Approved For Release 2000/08 RE op96-00789R002200440001-9 (S/NF) The three-year program report recommended Alternative 2. The basis for this choice is found in the performance of the primary SRI viewer and several of the INSCOM viewers. Each did considerably better than chance over a series of operational remote viewings. This statistically significant series should not be taken to mean that an operational capability exists; it means only that there is 4 potential that might be developed into a useful intelligence collection tool. For instance, the configural and analytical content of RV sessions must be improved. Even today, SRI does not claim to be able to train and develop a cadre of remote viewers who can consistently produce operational-quality intelligence. Someday, hopefully soon, this will be possible. (S/NF) A complete assessment of the Grill Flame project can be found in "The Three-Year Grill Flame Program," dated 22 August 1983. The key findings are as follows: @ Remote viewing is a real phenomenon and is not degraded by distance. ® Remote viewing can be improved by appropriate training procedures. @ Remote viewing also has potential for U.S. intelligence applications and a potential threat to national security exists from foreign achievements in psychoenergetics. (S/NF) It should again be noted that there was a wide gap between Army INSCOM, and DIA‘s understanding as to what the current state of the art is in psychoenergetics research. To give the Three Year Program some semblance of order and direction, eight major areas of interest were identified. Each bears directly on the applications orientation of the two sponsors. 49 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R : - - 002200440001-9 SECRET A. (U) Training (S/NF) The effort was divided into research and development, and training personnel from client organizations. At the end of the program, the assumption was that improved remote viewing can be achieved through training. While almost all of the effort during the Three-Year Program was placed on only one methodology, research was begun on another training program when the Three-Year Program was concluded. Additional training methodologies that should yield more and better training programs are continually reviewed at SRI. B. (U) RV Enhancement (C) To this point, most of the targeting has been using coordinates. Other targeting strategies were investigated and they show promise. In addition an attempt to identify and separate good from bad data during sessions was made, Calibration trials and audio linguistic analysis were both looked at but did not hold enough promise to warrant their continuance. C. (U) Search (C) Search is looking for an object or person that is lost. Some progress was made, however, this problem still baffles the researchers. D. (U) Evaluation (C) A number of evaluation methods have been developed over the years, yet no standard procedure exists. Very little was accomplished on this subject during the Three Year Program, but the research on this important area continues. E. (U) Data Base Management (C) During the program a system was developed to store and sort both RV data and intelligence information. F. (U) Countermeasures (C) Research on this area still largely resides on gaining an improved understanding of the RV phenomena. Direct searches for countermeasure techniques cannot take place without having some basic understanding of the phenomena. 50 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CRE I 16-007s9R002200440001 -9
Approved For Release 2000/06, BG RE RDPIY-00789R002200440001-9 SG1A (U) Evaluation Recommendations (C) The final section of the Three-Year Grill Flame Program Report made two recommendations. It is interesting both have been followed. The recommendations were: ® Applied intelligence-oriented research in remote viewing should be continued. (It has, although through another funding source.) ® Basic research on RV and PK should be initiated. (It has, also through another source.) 51 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08 Fee FPP 96-00789R002200440001-9 SECTION 6. THE FOLLOW-ON PROGRAM (U) (S/NF) In FY 1984, the U.S. Congress imposed a prohibition on spending NFIB money for psychoenergetics research. At this point, the Three-Year Grill Flame Program had ended and an assessment of the research was made. The recommendation was that the work showed very promising potential, especially the use of RV to gather intelligence. Fortunately both Army and DIA were able to secure R&D funds to continue financing the research at SRI. A. (U) FY 1984 (S/NF) In FY 1984, as before, the Army portion of the program was dedicated to topics that would assist INSCOM in improving the performance of their in-house RV group. The DIA funds were used to continue lines of research that began in the Grill Flame era. A complete list of areas investigated and the FY 1984 budget are shown in Table 8. Prior to FY 1984, only one training methodology had been investigated and it was used to train a number of individuals to do RV. During FY 1984, research on an alternative program was begun and good initial results were obtained using that technique. (S/NF) Also in FY 1984, a major emphasis was placed on methods to evaluate data derived from RV. Until then, RV research had concentrated on training people to do RV, improving the quality of RV data, and looking at variables that affect RV. A very vital area, evaluation, had received some attention but no concentrated effort. Evaluation is, of course, critical to any research effort and evaluating RV data has been an especially difficult task and one that is surrounded by much controversy. Complete and detailed reports are available on each of the tasks investigated in Fy 1984. 52 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9