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MEMORANDUM FOR:
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE
ATTENTION:
MAJOR JOHN
F.
HAY
8 October
1980
SUBJECT:
INSCOM Input to GRILL FLAME Briefing for Under Secretary of the Army
1.
(U)
Reference:
BG Wilmot/DAMI-IS message,
DTG 201520Z Aug 80,
subject:
Grill Flame
(U).
2.
(S/NOFORN)
Following information is forwarded as requested by relerence
message.
Data is keyed to format contained
in
reference*.
a.
SHORT BACKGROUND:
In September
1978,
INSCOM was tasked by ACSI,
DA,
to
establish
a training familiarization program using specially selected I^COM
personnel,
establish RV intelligence collection techniques,
and to estabiish
a
system for responding to intelligence collection requirements
so that ^^
produced
data is quickly and efficiently used.
Screening/selection of prospective INSCOM RV
personnel was accomplished during the period December
1978 to February
1979
employing
a general sketch of personality traits which had been observed/compiled
by
SRI
251 INSCOM personnel
in the Baltimore-Washington area were considered.
117 of these were interviewed.
Of 30-40 highly prospective candidates,
12 were
finally selected based solely
on their respective future assignment availabiliy.
In February,
SRI
researchers
in conjunction with IGFP management selected six
the final 12 candidates for training based on personal interviews conducted at
Ft Meade,
MD.
Of those selected,
a cross section
of Professionals from the three
general intelligence collection disciplinea
(HUMINT,
PHOT
NT
and SIGINT
was
achieved.
Xn-houae
(INSCOM) familiarization/training of the
RV personnel in SRI
RV protocol to prepare for their SRI training sessions began
in February
1977.
During the period April-October
1979,
170 RV training sessions were conducted.
During the period April-June
1979,
six RV personnel were progressively cycled to SRI
for
consecutive RV training days each,
during which they received training in RV
"beacon” technology.
During the period July-December
1979,
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six
RV personnel were returned to SRI for two weeks each for further
honing
of individual abilities observed during their earlier training sessions.
During
this training cycle,
emphasis was placed variously on "beacon
,
geographic
coordinate,
35mm slide and precognitive 35mm slide techniques.
Commencing
SeDtember 1979,
IGFP initiated operational sessions directed against
real world
intelligence gaps at
a
low
level,
and concurrent to ongoing training activities.
This posture was abruptly modified
in November 1979 with the onset of
U^°staQ
situation
in Iran and
a JCS request for
IGFP coilBetion assistance
.
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’
IGFP has been fully operational
in its response to
real world
US ^telligenc
needs,
and has conducted 385 operational sessions toward that end.
Of these 385
RV
sessions,
171 have been performed
in direct support of JCS requirements
stemming
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The remaining 214 RV sessions have been in support
of NSC,
CIA,
ACSI,
DA,
AF,
and INSCOM analysts.
(See Inclosure
1 and
2 for
overview
of program development and summary
of sessions.)
b.
DATE
OF YOUR EFFORTS:
We have been operating
in
a training mode since
late February
1979 and responding
to operational
tasks since September
1979.
(See
Incl
4)
c.
NUMBER OF PERSONNEL
INV0L\£D:
8-13
d.
FUNDS EXPENDED:
See Inclosure
3.
e.
NUMBER
0E TESTS ATTEMPTED:
See Inclosure
2.
As far as methods
go,
we
have used
the following for "targeting"
the Remote Viewer:
geographic coordinates,
UTM,
pictures
(of individual or place),
geo coord/time/event,
sealed envelope
containing target data,
unit
ID codes,
pictures
of objects,
time,
and street
address/name.
f.
TEST
RESULTS:
See Inclosure
2.
g.
OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAM:
As stated
in para
2a.
h.
CONCLUSION(S)
:
RV
as an intelligence gathering tool,
has provided
useful and timely information involving numerous operational situations.
We still cannot explain
the how's and why's of
RV,
but believe we have sufficient
data base
to demonstrate that
RV produced information is useful
to decision-makers.
Therefore,
work
in this
very sensitive and unique area must continue.
i.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
(1)
Continue working
in conjunction with DIA,
to establish
a system to
respond
to intelligence collection requirements.
(2)
Continue work designed to identify and define and exchange,
if
possible,
individual
RV capabilities.
(3)
Continue work
to define parameters of operations,
to include
accuracy,
reliability,
and repeatability.
4Incl
as
Colonel,
GS
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