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Memorandum for the assistant secretary of the army
(research
DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION)
DIRECTOR, DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SUBJECT:
GRILL FLAME Activity
(U)
(S/NF)
In USDRE memorandum of 19 January
i.983,
subject
as above > Program
6 resources were permitted to be used on
GRILL FLAME activities
to. maintain the Army INSCOM capability
and to supplement the FY 83 DIA evaluation effort.
(S/NF)
To enable me to decide on further sponsorship
of GRILL FLAME or related activities, please provide me an
accounting of all FY 83/84/85 funding sources/amounts applied
on any GRILL FLAME effort,
as well as a summary of program
results.
This information should be available for my review
no later than 27 November 1984.
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GRILL FLAME and follow-on (U)
(S/NF)
GRILL
FLAME
was
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joint
3-year
project
between
DIA
and
MQ
DA/INSCOM
that
Investigated
the
threat
and
application
potential
of
psychoenergetics phenomenon.
Aspects of the project included:
a Joint HQ DA/INSCOM DIA contractual effort with SRI to Investigate
remote-viewing phenomenon.
a DIA sponsored SRI Investigation of foreign research on
psychoenergetics.
a
HQ DA/INSCOM In-house effort addressing Intelligence
applications to remote viewing.
The project began In FY 81 and was terminated In FY 1983.
(S/NF)
Key findings and recommendations from the GRILL FLAME project
were submitted to congressional committees and to key Intelligence and
R/D community personnel via the GRILL FLAME PROJECT REPORT, dated 19
October 1983 .
A detailed briefing was given to Dr. R. DeLauer (DDR&E) on
3 October 1983.
(S/NF)
Key findings of the project were:
a
Remote viewing
Is a real phenomenon,
and is not degraded by dis-
tance or shielding.
a
Remote viewing ability can be Improved by appropriate training
procedures.
a
Remote viewing has potential for US intelligence applications.
However,
at this stage of development, descriptive content (e.g.,
sketches, configurations)
Is more reliable than analytic content
(e.g., function, complex technical data).
a
A potential threat to U.S.
national
security exists from foreign
psychoenergetics research, which appears to be well funded and receives
high-level government support.
(S/NF)
There were several key recommendations that resulted from the 3-
year GRILL FLAME effort:
a
Basic research In both remote viewing and psychokinesis phenomena
should be Initiated.
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a
Applied Intelligence applications research
In remote viewing
should
be continued and be under the overall management of DIA.
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Continue to evaluate foreign research efforts.
(S/HF)
These recommendations were supported by an Independent science
«ss!st«K“effort
ed °n *#
the vel,du* of the SRI extern**
(S/NF)
Subsequent to these recommendations . three espects of
psychoenergetics were pursued In FY 84:
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s1
J Iesear55 int0 Improving remote viewing for developing
training techniques
(to reduce training time), for developing personnel
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n® and Se^ ec^®n methods, for Initiating research Into enereatlc
procedure°
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deve^°P* n9 an improved data evaluation
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DIA contractual review of new foreign psychoenergetlc research.
BqDA 5°5t< [*u*nce of In-house remote viewing applications and the
continuance of In-house personnel training In remote viewing skills.
(S/HF)
FY 83 congressional language directed that future
parapsychologlcal experimentation be conducted outside the KFIP
Consequently, R/D funds for accomplishing these tasks
In 1984 were
obtained from R/° source as shown on Table
I.
Some R/D funds were also
used In 1983 to cover short-falls In anticipated GDIP funding for that
year.
Details on HQDA funding for previous applied efforts are beln
sent via a separate response.
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In^l985, DIA received formal congressional committee approval
to continue In a management role In DoD for psychoenergetics
Investigations, provided funding from outside of the NFIP were
ro!fl^E°
n
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qu
fntly
i S
IA ®sta511shed the frame-work for an Integrated DoD
research effort,
and developed terms of reference and agreement for
candidate participants from the R/D community.
In addition, DIA Is
to DIA
t0 Seta11
the °Perat * ona l remote viewing unit from HQDA/INSCOM
(S/NF/WN)
The main thrust of this new Integrated effort will be to
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ote viawin9 f° that reliable applications can be
pursued in the Intelligence Community, to evaluate the application
potential of energetics
(PK), and to examine threat potential of new
foreign research^- This new effort will require a strong basic and
applied research effort In order to Identify functional parameters and
explanatory mechanisms,
and to Identify the best training methods for
enhancing remote viewing data.
A consistent applied effort Is also
required In order to fully evaluate application potential and to
determine remote viewing data reliability and utility.
For 1985
It
Is
estimated that at least $2,000k would be required for 1n1t1at1ng*a solid,
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well-integrated
R/0
effort
In
both
remote
viewing
and
energetic
phenomena.
It
Is anticipated that this funding level will be provided by
HQDA/SGRD
In FY 1985 for pursuing basic
and applied R/0 efforts.
Basic
requirements
for
this
support
were
defined
In
a
letter
requesting
new
research from DIA/DR to HQDA/SG on 9 November 1984.
(S/NF)
In FY86 DIA plans
to
request
congressional
approval
to
return
funding for GRILL FLAME Intelligence-oriented applications to the NFIP.
Funding
requirements
could
be
somewhat
greater
In
FY
1986
due
to
anticipated
In-depth
application
pursuits,
and
for
further expansion
of
basic
research.
DIA
Is
currently
developing
detailed
plans
In
anticipation of continued R/0 support for accomplishing both research and
applications.
Without this
support,
DIA would be unable to evaluate
the
threat
significance
of
foreign
achievements
in
psychoenergetics,
and' a
potential
new
Intelligence
data
collection
tool
would
fall
to
be
developed.
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PSVCHOENCRSETICS FUNDING
Organization
DIA
DDRE
HQDA/SGRD (Anticipated)
Funding UK)
1983
1984
1985
439(1)
79(2)
79(2)
200(3)
600(3)
2,000(3)
(1) 6DIP funds
(2) For Evaluation of Foreign Research Only (GDIP funds)
(3) R/D funds
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