SG1A Approved For Release 2004/09/09 SECRET eee Bo R002900010001-9 . . SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED ACTION STAR GATE REQUEST: The DCI.is requested to construct a retrospective review and technical analysis of the data that has been produced by the program since its inception 20 years ago. This includes an inventory and analysis of the files held in the CIA, while it administered the program,as well as in DIA. The study should also address compliance with Congressional direction. (C) Response: The data for this retrospective review, technical analysis, and compliance with Congressional direction have been retrieved from current DIA activity files. CIA will conduct its own program review. DIA is not the home of record for results obtained by DoD Service organizations regarding this phenomena during the 1970s. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL) During the period between 1975 and 1979, the following DoD Service elements supported psi research: -- The U.S. Navy program was to evaluate an individual’s ability to perceive remote visual stimuli. This effort was to answer the question whether the phenomena exist. No additional information is on file regarding the Navy program. -- The U.S. Air Force National Air Intelligence Center, formerly the Foreign Technology Division (FTD), initiated its program by asking whether the phenomena existed and whether it could be used to collect intelligence. The analysis revealed that further research was required before remote viewing (RV) could become an effective tool. As a result, FTD began to explore areas that would have a direct bearing on improving the application of RV to include the effects of feedback and effectiveness over distance. In addition, FTD focused on the former Soviet Union and initiated attempts to replicate foreign experiments. No further information is on file about the FTD work in this arena. CLASSIFIED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES DECLASSIFY ON OADR REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE-INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY FURTHER DISSEMINATION | ~ LIMITED DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER: DoD AUTHORITY SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE l Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9
Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9 SECRET -- The U.S. Army’s Missile Research and Development Command (MIRADCOM) had Stanford Research Institute (SRI) under contract from August 1977 to 1978. The work was done under the sponsorship of the Missile Intelligence Agency (MIA). The objective of the MIA program was to determine whether selected individuals could interact and influence, by mental means only, sensitive electronic equipment. The extension of MIA? s effort was related to the general question concerning the existence of the phenomena. Under the division of labor in the Army GRILL FLAME project, MIRADCOM had responsibility for developing a Remote Perturbation experimental program. The project was to have been conducted in two phases. -- From May 1979 to September 1979, SRI assisted MIRADCOM in developing sensitive measurement equipment for the experiment. Phase II was to be another contract with SRI, possibly involving human test subjects. -- The MIA portion was to be passed to another MIRADCOM element (the Missile R&D Laboratory). No further information is on file regarding MIRADCOM’s efforts in this arena. (S/NOFORN) The Army Material Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA) extended the applications- oriented research lines begun by other organizations. Its interest was RV, and it sought immediate applications of the phenomena by targeting SRI viewers on daily field exercises. In September 1978, AMSAA contracted with SRI to do a number of tactically oriented RV tasks. In 1979, AMSAA extended the contract with SRI to April 1980. No further information is on file. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL) During this same period of time, the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (USAINSCOM) was also asked whether RV could be used to collect intelligence data. As a result, USAINSCOM established an in-house unit to collect intelligence information in response to customer requirements. The USAINSCOM personnel that were assigned to the unit received initial RV training at SRI. In addition, USAINSCOM financed research efforts that were closely linked to its applications and operational mission. End-of-year funds were to have been requested in FY 1980. Additional Army HUMINT program funds were to have been included for Project GRILL FLAME for FY 1981. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL) REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE-INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY FURTHER DISSEMINATION LIMITED DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE 2 Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9