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INSCOM ESTABLISHED A
PROJECT TEAM UNDER THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF
OF
STAFF FOR
HUMAN
INTEL L IGENCE/^
THE CRITERIA DEVELOPED
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TO DETERMINE
IF REMOTE VIEWING WOULD BE A VIABLE
coaeano
METHOD WAS AS FOLLOWS:
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FIRST,
COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE LEARNED?
NEXT,
COULD
REMOTE VIEWING BE APPLIED AS A COLLECTION METHOD?
AND,
FINALLY,
COULD REMOTE VIEWING RESPOND TO COLLECTION
REQUIREMENTS
IN
A TIMELY MANNER?
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FIRST,
COULD REMOTE VIEW I NG BE LEARNED:
SRI
INTERNATIONAL ,
AN ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER
IN, THE
FIELD OF PARANORMAL RESEARCH,
RELIED UPON ESTABLISHED
PSYCHICS,
WHO USED THEIR
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES TO
REMOTE VIEW,
INSCOM,
USING THE PERSONALITY TRAITS
AND CHARACTERISTICS COMPILED BY SRI
DURING THEIR WORK
WITH THESE PSYCHICS,
SCREENED APPROXIMATELY 250
INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WITHIN THE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
AREA,
LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS,
BASED ON SR I OBSERVATION S,
SUCCESSFUL REMOTE VIEWERS
TEND TO BE CONFIDENT ,
OUTGOING , ADVENTUROUS ,
BROADLY SUCCESSFUL
INDIVIDUALS W ITH SOME ARTISTIC
BENT,
AFTER A SERIES OF SCREENINGS AND
INTERVIEWS,
NINE PEOPLE WERE SELECTED,
THEY WERE A MIXTURE OF
MILI TARY AND CIVI LIAN,
OFFICERS AND ENLISTED, MEN
AND WOMEN,'" AFTER ADDITIONAL
INTERVIEWS WITH THE SRI
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SCIENTISTS SIX WERE SELECTED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA'
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FOR TWO WEEKS OF ACTUAL TRAINING,
UPON THEIR RETURN
TO FORT MEADE THEY CONTINUED
IN AN
IN-HOUSE TRAINING
PROGRAM MODELED AFTER THE SRI 'TRAINING PHASE,
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AFTER THE PERSONNEL WERE LOCATED AND TRAINING HAD BEGUN,
THE NEXT QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED APPLIED TO THE SECOND
AND THIRD CRITERIA CONCERNING OPERATIONS.
THAT
IS,
COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE APPLIED AS A COLLECTION
METHOD?
IF SO,
WOULD THE INFORMATION BE OF REASONABLE
ACCURACY AND ACCEPTED AND USED BY THE INTELLIGENCE
ANALYST WHO RECEIVE THE PRODUCT.
FINALLY,
COULD
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REMOTE VIEWING RESPOND TO COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS
IN
A TIMELY MANNER?
WORK
TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WAS OVERCOME BY EVENTS.
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SEPTEMBER
1979, ACS I
TASKED
INSCOM TO LOCATE A
MISSING NAVY A I RCRAFT^! THE ONLY INFORMATION
PROVIDED WAS A PICTURE OF THE TYPE AIRCRAFT MISSING
AND THE NAMES OF THE CREW,
WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS
OPERATING WAS NOT DISCLOSED,
ON
A SEPTEMBER 1979,
THE FIRST OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING SESSION TOOK PLACE.
IN THIS
INITIAL SESSION,
THE REMOTE VIEWER PLACED THE
AIRCRAFT TO W ITHIN 15
MI L E S OF WHERE
IT WAS ACTUALLY
LOCATED.
BASED ON THESE RESULTS,
INSCOM WAS TASKED
TO WORK AGAINST ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL TARGETS,
THESE TASKINGS FORCED A PREMATURE HALT TO THE
INITIAL
TRAINING PHASE.
IN DECEMBER 1979, THE PROJECT WAS
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COMMITTED TO OPERATIONS,
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THE BACKGROUND OF
INSCOM AND THE GRILL FLAME PROJECT
WOULD BE
INCOMPLETE
' WITHOUT EXAMINING THE DIFFERENT ROLE
OF DIA AND
INSCOM,
SINCE THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
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SOME BLURRI NG OF THESE
D I STINCTIONS
IN THE PAST.
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DIA
IS CONCERNED WITH:
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ASSESSI NG
THE TH REAT,
PRINCIPALLY FROM THE
SOVIET UNION AND CHINA.
,
DETERMINING COUNTERMEASURES TO ANY U.S.
VULNERABILITY
,
AND,
DETERMIN ING THE POTENT I AL OF REMOTE VIEWING
USING ESTABL ISHE D PSYCHI CS.
DIA PERFORMS THIS FUNCTION PRIMARILY THROUGH
CONTRACTS
INSCOM IM»W§ REMOTE VIEWING TO ASSIST
IN
ITS
EVALUATION AS A COLLECTION METHOD, AND TO DETERMINE
COJi-D i-jjurf
IF REMOTE VIEWING*#^ BE LEARNED BY PROFESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WHO ARE NOT ESTABLISHED
PSYCHICS,
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OUR REMOTE VIEWING COLLECTION % DONE WITH ASSIGNED
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PERSONNEL
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COLLECTIO N.
FOR EXAMPLE:
.
WHICH TARGETIN G METHODS HAVE THE HIGHEST
PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS,
,
CAN THE ACCURACY OF A REMOTE VIEWER BE DETERMINED
FROM AN ANALYSIS OF
HIS STATEMENTS?
,
CAN THE SRI
NEW TRAININ G TECHNIQUE
INCREASE THE
QUALITY AND RELIAB ILITY OF COLLECTION.
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THIS COMPLETES THE BACKGROUND PORTION OF THE BRIEFING.
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TIC NEXT PORTION COVERS THE ANATOMY OF A COLLECTION PROJECT
AND PRESENTS EXAMPLES OF RESULTS FROM COTLETED PROJECTS.
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TYPICALLY , A PROJECT KGINS WITH A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON A
TARGET, WHICH
IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO NORMAL COLLECTION SYSTEMS'/®
F® CUING DATA TO TARGET OTHER INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS.
BASED UPON PERSONNEL AVAILABLE , PRIORITY OF TIC TARGET, AND TTC
POTENTIAL F® PROVIDING REQUESTED INFORMATION , THE INSCOM PROJECT
MANAGER MAKES A DECISION WHETHER TO ACCEPT OR DECLINE THE PROJECT.
MANY TIMES , EVEN THOUGH TIC LIKELIHOOD OF OBTAINING THE INFORMATION
IS NOT HIGH, THE PROJECT IS ACCEPTED SINCE NO OTHER INTELLIGENCE
SOURCE HAD BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NEDED INFORMATION,
ONCE THE
PROJECT
IS ACCEPTED, THE FIRST TASK IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A REMOTE
VIEWING COLLECTION PLAN .
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THIS COLLECTION PLAN LISTS THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION
(EEI) AND THE INTELLIGENCE INDICATORS WHICH WILL ADDRESS THESE EEI
.
ALSO LISTED ARE THE TARGET TIME WINDOWS FOR WHICH THESE INDICATORS
WILL BE RELEVANT,
THE COLLECTION PLAN ALSO SPECIFIES WHICH REMOTE
VIEWERS WILL BE USED.
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THERE MAY E MORE THAN ONE ESSION FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT,
SEVERAL
ESSIONS MAY HAVE TO BE DONE TO ADDRESS ALL TE INDICATORS NEEED TO
ANSWER THE EEI
,
I REMOTE VIEWING— IS A TEAM EFFORT
THERE ARE TW) MEMERS OF THIS TEAM,
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ONE
IS THE INTERVIEWER , THE OTHER
IS THE REMOTE VI EWER
,
THE
INTERVIEWER CONTROLS THE SESSION,
HIS JOB
IS TO KEEP THE REMOTE VIEWER
HIS
on track ; to direct m focus mafflBmmm and to question
HIM ABOUT THE TARGET.
THE REMOTE VIEWER IS RESPONSIBLE ONLY FOR
REPORTING .
THE GOAL OF THE SESSION
IS TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE,
TO DO THIS,
GREAT CARE IS MEN TO TRY AND FORCE THE REMOTE VIEWER TO PRODUCE
ONLY INFORMATION OF INTELLIGENCE VALUE,
THIS IS DONE BY DENYING
HIM OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE TARGET,
1C ALWAYS KEEP
THE REMOTE VIEWER "BLIND"
.
MOST TIMES THE INTERVIEWER
IS ALSO KEPT
"BLIND" ,
SO HE WILL NOT INADVERTENTLY LEAD THE REMOTE VIEWER.
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AT THE START OF THE SESSION,' THE INTERVIEWER PROVIDES THE REMOTE
VIEWER WITH THE TARGET CUING DATA
,
THE REMOTE VIEWER HAS NOT SEN
THIS INFORMATION BEFORE ,
HE RECEIVES IT ONLY AT THE START OF THE
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REMOTE VIEWING SESSION,
TARGET CUING DATA MAY FALL INTO SEVERAL
CATEGORIES,
IT MAY E GEOGRAPHIC OR UTM COORDINATES , AN OVERHEAD
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AREA, OR A PHOTOGRAPH OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR OBJECT .
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PERHAPS, THERE IS SOME REASON NOT TO GIVE TARGET INFORMATION TO A
REMOTE VIBCR,
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THE WAY TO OVERCOME THIS IS SIMPLY TO PLACE THE TARGET INFORMATION
IN A SPLED ENVELOPE . w
v]ewer
is given fflIS
ENVELOPE AND « IS TOLD THAT THE TARGET FOR-, TODAY IS IN THE ENVELOPE .
HE IS THEN SIMPLY ASKED TO DESCRIBE THE .TARGET,
ONCE THE REMOTE
VIEWER HAS THIS CUING DATA, THE TAPE RECORDER IS TURNED ON AND TPE
SESSION EEGINS,
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AFTER THE SESSION, WHICH LASTS ABOUT 30 MINUTES , THE REMOTE VIEWER
IS ASKED TO DRAW THE PERCEPTIONS HE HAD DURING SESSION.
THIS IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE DRAWINGS MAY BE MORE ACCURATE OR SHOW A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN THE VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS OF TIE TARGET.
AFTER THE DRAWINGS ARE DONE AND THE REMOTE VIEWER TALKS ABOUT THEM,
THE REMOTE VIEWING SESSION IS COMPLETED .
THE TAPE
IS HEN TRANSCRIBED
AND A TRANSCRIPT FURNISIED TO TIE PROJECT REQUESTOR, AFTER THE PROJECT
IS COMPLETED THE REQUESTOR PROVIDES AN EVALUATION .
AS IN .ANY OTHER
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TASK, FEEDBACK IS ESSENTIAL.
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THE FOLLOWING GRAPHICS ARE SUMMARIES OF OUR OPERATION FROM
SEPTEMBER 1979 THROUGH
mid -sep
at .
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NOTE THE COMPARISON OF SESSIONS TO PROJECTS.
THE. SPECIFIC NUMBER OF
COLLECTION SESSIONS, NECESSARY TO MET A PROJECT'S REQUIREMENTS,
IS
BASED UPON TIE REQUESTOR'S TASKING ,
AS AN EXAMPLE, HE SUPPORT
PROVIDED DURING THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS COVERED AN EXIENDED PERIOD
OF TIME AND RESULTED IN AN EXCESS OF 200 SESSIONS.
OF HIE 65 PROJECTS
COMPLETED AND FULLY EVALUATED i® 50 PERCENT HAVE PROVIDED INFORMATION
OF VALUE TO THE REQUESTOR.
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TIE PRINCIPAL COST OF REMOTE VIEWING COLLECTION
IS TIE PEOPLE
INVOLVED.
THERE _IS_NO EXPENSIVE HARDWARE v’Affl LASTLY,
THERE IS NO KNOWN DEFENSE
TIE , TARGFT SI7E.0R DEGREE OF DIFICULTY ALL HAVE NO APPARENT
EFFECT ON COLLECTION BY REMOTE VIEWING.
EVEN CONCEPTUALIZED FLANS
HAVE BEN COLLECTED AGAINST PRIOR TO THEIR ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION,
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REMOTE VIEWING HAS BEEN SUCCESSFILLY USED AGAINST SEVEN CATEGORIES.
OF TASKING.
FIVE ARE DESCRIBED IN THE PROJECT BOOK AND ARE COLOR
CODED FOR EASY REFERENCE,
THEY ARE:
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1,
PENETRATION OF INACCESSIBLE TARGETS (BLAQ< TAB)
2,
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
(RED TAB)
3,
CUING OF OTHER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS
(YELLOW TAB)
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IMMINENT HOSTILITIES
(ELUE TAB)
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AT THIS TIME TWO CATEGORIES:
PENE1RATI0N OF INACCESSIBLE TARGETS,
!
AND THE Cyffi OF OTHER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEM,
DOMINANT
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THERE ARE TWO ADDITION/! CATEGORIES WHICH WE BELIEME TO BE EQUALLY
IlfORTANT. BUT FOR WHICH THE DATA BASE IS INSUFFICIENT.
THEY ARE
HIMAN SOURCE ASSESSMENTS AND ACCURATE PERSONALITY PROFILES .
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EACH EXWLE
IN THE BOCK PRESENTS THE ACTUAL TARGET , TIE REASON!®
TARGETING, AND THE TARGETING DATA .
EXAffLES OF VERBATIM VIE®!
—
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DESCRIPTIONS ARE PROVIEED'WITH THE ANALYSTS COffENTS » UK GBff.
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WHICH ARE NOT DETAILED IN THE BOOK ATE LISTED
IN THE APPENDIX.
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AT THIS POINT
I WOULD LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH TWO OF TIE EXAffLES
IN THE BOOK.
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AS YOU REVIEW THIS BOOK, YOU MAY ASK ABOUT PTOJECTS WHICH WERE
UNSUrrFSSFll
,
OUR ONLY DETERMINANT OF SUCCESS OR FAILURE IS
WTETHER OR NOT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS OF INTELLIGENCE VALUE .
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED IS ACCURATE AND OF HlOi
QUALITY,
BUT,
IF
IT IS OF "NO INTELLIGENCE VALUE" ,
IT jUj,,
CONSIDERED A FAILURE .
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE WAY THE
INFORMATION IS PRESENTED, THE ANALYSTS ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW TIE
DATA IN A NON-TRADITIONAL MANNER.
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FOR EXAMPLE/
IN SIX PROJECTS INFORMATION FORWATO WAS INITIALLY
CONSIDERED INACCURATE ,
HOWEVER, ON LATERJEM IT WAS
DETAINED TO BE CORRECT,
IN ONE CASE/ THE 'TASKER EVEN
admitted error
in his control data,
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THIS BRIEFING HAS COVERED THE HISTORY OF
INSCOM AND
THE GRILL FLAME PROGRAM,
HOW HE BEGAN
IN THE
TOOK,
PROGRAM, AND SOME OF THE ACTIONS WE IW6M6W- w
TO
IMPROVE OUR PRODUCT,
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IN
SUMMARY:
THE COLLECTION OF
INTELLIGENCE THROUGH REMOTE VIEWING
HAS DEMONSTRATED
ITS VALUE,
REMOTE VIEWING, IS A
P
SUCCESSFUL COLLECTION METHOD
(NOT AN EXPERIMENT),
THE PROFESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS WHO ASSIGN
US PROJECTS,
US ONLY BY THE INTELLIGENCE
WF.
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REMOTE VIEWING SHOULD NEVER STAND ALONE, BUT
SHOULD BE USED
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
INFORMATION FROM
OTHER
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES,
REMOTE VIEWING
IS PASSIVE,
INEXPENSIVE.
THERE
IS
NO DEFENSE AND THERE
IS NO RISK OF COLLECTION COMPROMISE
THIS CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING,
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
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