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MEMORANDUM FOR
HIC
DEPUTY SECRETARY
OF
DEFENSE
SUBJECT;
GRILL
FLAME Program
- ACTION MEMORANDUM
(lj;
i he Defense
Intel 1 i ounce Agency
{
\)
proposes
contracting
for tests
of
d
procedure
is
on
'into!
1 ectunl
endi nvor
procedure known
as
remote
viewing.
Thv
by which
a
person
is
asked
to mentally perceive characteristics yf
,<
remote
location.
For example
,
an
individual
would
be provided 'wi th map
coordinates
and asked
to
locale,
identify or describe
targets
within, the coordinates.
.
Re-
mote view mg does
not
involve any electronic
sensing devices
.it or .focused at
the
target
site nor
interpretation
of photographs .obtained
from overhead or
qbl Ique means
.
No
special
equ
i prneht
or environment- is
required
for
the* testing,
and
individuals
tested
wi
I
not
be given drugs
or other stimuli.
While?
it
is
arguable
that
tin s contract
itself would
not: require approval
under Procedure
ID
of .Del) .Directive- B?40y’!R,
prudence would dictate
that
it:
be
so
treated,
and
it.
ic clear
that
the underlying Memorandum of Understanding
(MOIJ)
and anv
further
development would require
such
approval
.
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(5)
Enclosure
is
a
proposed MOU which would establish- a
joint
service
(D1A,
Army and .Air
Force}
three year
effort
known
as
GR1I.L
I" LAMf
,
to determine
the
operational
parameters and usefulness
of
the phenomenon
of psychoonorgoti cs
This
term,
psychoenergetics
,
Includes
both
the programs discussed
below.
The
total
program would
be jointly
funded by
III A,
Army 'and
the Air Force
.
This
program will
include contracting for
tests
to examine remote
viewing
(clair-
voyance:)
and psychokinetics
( remote perturbation)
.
As
on example
of
the
an
individual! would be provided with map coordinates and asked
to
locate
tifyur
to move
describe
targets
I nan innate object
within
those
coordinates.
Psychok'i ho tics
is
the
;
from
a distance
; many examples
can
be
hypothesised.
former
,
i d cr-
ab
i 1
i
i;
(£)
Enclosure
2 conta
subconiiiri tire
of
state
that
the
ns
the minutes
of
a meeting
of
the Army Surgeon
General
s
idle
Human Subject's
Research
Review
board.
While
these
re.
is
no
"known hazard
to
the
persons
involved,"
the
possi
a a
hue
minute;
v
,,
,
,
blit ty of psychological
or
pby.s ical
• harm to an
individual
from the clairvoyance
or .psychokinetics experience was
not
categorically ruled
out.
Moreover,
while
the
subcoimirt ttee addressed
the existing
protocol
of
the Stanford
Research
Insti-
tute
(the proposed
contractor.)
,
and concluded
that
the present
state of the
project
is
such
that
it does
not envision research or clinical
investigation's
involving
human subjects,
they indicate
that
it
is
possible
that
follow
on work
may
be
so categorized.
{£)
Enclosure
is
an
Army- paper
for
the Assistant
to the Chairman of the
Joint
Chiefs
of Staff
on
GRILL
FLAME which,
at page
3,
discussed
an
ad
hoc: panel
review
of
this
area,
of research.
The most significant
results
of this
panel
review are
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in
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of
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increases
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the subject.. '.or that temporarily adversely
ordinary
affects
a
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daily life
for
the
subject.
. .or
mental
or physical
condition.
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applying paranormal
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to military ann
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research would *K ermine
if funtlng*
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interns
techniques
to military
targets.
Enclosures:
,
,
corn
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of Understanding
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April
19/
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