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US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755
21 February 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT:
INSCOM PROJECT GRILL FLAME:
PROGRESS REPORT
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1.
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Period Covered:
27 October
1978
-
16 February
1979
2.
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Purpose:
The purpose of
the progress
report
is
to provide
periodic status reports
concerning INSCOM' s involvement
in project
GRILL FLAME.
These reports will be shown
to "key"
INSCOM personnel and
then only after the INSCOM GRILL FLAME Project Officer has determined
that
a "need- to-know"
exists.
3.
(S/ORCON)
Introduction:
Sometime, during the month
of October 1978,
Colonel A.
W.
Hamel, ADCSOPS-HUMINT ,
INSCOM, was tasked by the DC SOPS,
INSCOM,
to provide
a Project Officer for a new program that INSCOM was
becoming involved in at the direction of
the ACSI.
Major Murray
B.
Watt,
PPPA,
ADCSOPS-HUMINT, was selected
to be
the INSCOM Project Manager
(PM)
and on
27 October
.1978 was
so notified.
In short,
the new project
involved
the development of
a program using
parapsychology phenomena for intelligence applications.
INSCOM was verb-
ally tasked
(Note:
There exists no written tasking between OACSI and HQ,
INSCOM)
to explore
the technique of remote viewing using INSCOM selected
personnel who would be trained by Stanford Research Institute
- Inter-
national
(SRI).
Remote viewing pertains
to
the ability of certain
individuals
to access and describe, by means
of mental processes,
informa-
tion sources blocked from ordinary perception,
and generally accepted as
secure against
such access.
4.
(S/ORCON)
Tasking:
As previously stated,
HQ INSCOM never received
any written tasking on
this subject.
However,
the
CG,
INSCOM and
the
ACSI had agreed upon the concept of remote viewing and
the need for Army
involvement
in
this area.
At TAB A is a copy of the revised Statement
of Work which provides for the training of
three INSCOM personnel by SRI
.
ARMY review(s) completed.
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SUBJECT:
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PROGRESS REPORT
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5.
(S/ORCON)
Project Development:
The initial concern
of
the Project
Manager
(PM)
was
to
develop
a
full understanding of parapsychology and
the various aspects of
the phenomena.
Towards
this
end,
the PM has been
greatly assisted by Lieutenant Frederick H.
Atwater.
LT Atwater,
although
assigned
to
the Special Security Detachment,
902d MI
Group, was attached
to the GRILL FLAME project because of previous research
into
this area
during work on
a separate project,
a.
To
develop
a sense of appreciation
for an understanding of para-
psychology ,
the PM undertook
a vigorous Research Program
(which
is
still
ongoing)
to include
the
following:
(1)
Extensive reading on
the
subject: matter.
(2)
Visits
to DOD officials with knowledge
of
the subject matter.
(3)
Visits
to
SRI
(see TABs
B and C)
.
(A)
Visits
to AMSAA
(see TABs D
and
E)
.
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b.
On
24 November 1978,
the tentative milestone schedule
for INSCOM
GRILL FLAME activity was submitted
to
the ADCSOPS-HUMINT
(COL Hamel)
for
his approval
(see TAB
F)
.
c.
DOD Committee Action:
On 28 November 1978,
the first meeting of
the Working Group Committee of
the DOD Special
Sensors Project met
at
DIA.
(See TAB G.)
One of
the
first actions
of
the Working Group was
to
form-
ally change
the name of
the group
to
the DOD GRILL FLAME Committee.
The
Working Group will meet
at
the
call
of
the Chairperson,
Dr.
Jack Vorona,
DIA.
MAJ Watt,
not only is
a member of
the Working Group,
but he
also
sits
on
the two Ad Hoc Committees
formed
to establish "Goals and Objec-
tives
11 and
to
develop "experimental protocol and methods
for validating
experiments
.
cl.
DA GRILL FLAME Committee:
DA representatives
met
at
HQ DARCOM
on 28 November 1978
to discuss
Project: GRILL FLAME and what the Army
position should be
(see TAB
H)
.
e.
Procedures
for conducting "Survey
11 —- Throughout
the orientation
period,
MAJ Watt and LT Atwater were busy preparing
a method
that would
help
them select
the INSCOM personnel who would volunteer for participa-
tion
in
the GRILL FLAME Project
that INSCOM was going
to carry out.
It
was decided to conduct
an interview with selected INSCOM personnel
throughout
the greater Washington area.
The interviews would serve
as
the "guise"
under which project personnel
could obtain viewpoints,
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opinions,
and general feelings
toward the subject of parapsychology and
the uses
to which such psychic ability should be applied.
The following
chart denotes
the number of personnel considered and interviewed.
For
security purposes
the number of personnel actually selected has been
omitted—such
data can be readily obtained from project personnel only
on
a very strict "need-to-know" basis.
UNIT
CONSIDERED
INTERVIEWED
SOD
IIPD
DCI
902d
ADCSOPS-HUMINT
OPS GP
DCSOPS
ITAC
Misc.
Total
251
117
The large difference between number considered and number interviewed
is
due
to the elimination
factors
that were initially applied when meeting
with the various unit commanders or principal staff officers.
The selec-
tion criteria/process was
carried out in the
following manner:
(1)
Decision made
to interview only WO/OFF/ Civilians
(GS9 and
above) .*
(2)
Initial elimination based on:
(a)
Commander’s
evaluation.
(b)
Retainability -
at least 20 months.
(c)
Health.
(d)
Not readily available
(programmed TDY ,
schools,
etc.).
(3)
Conduct personal interviews/ survey
(4)
Reassessment process.
(5)
Request
specific personnel
to volunteer for INSCOM program.
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SRI personnel interview selected personnel.
(7)
Final decision/selection of personnel.
^Exceptions
to
this
rule were made in
three cases when project personnel
received strong recommendations concerning three individuals who did not
meet original
criteria.
f.
Security Aspects:
Throughout the developmental phases of this
project;,
security has been of primary concern—not only security of
GRILL FLAME itself but security/safety of personnel involved with
the
project.
Access
to GRILL FLAME information
is limited
to
a "Strict Need-to-
Know Basis" and the PM maintains
a Security Access Roster of all INSCOM
personnel with knowledge
of
the. activities
of
the program.
Further,
the
PM serves
as POC
for all other agencies desiring GRILL FLAME information
including security
status
as
regards GRILL FLAME.
6.
(S/ORCON)
Future Plans:
The coming weeks will basically be devoted
to the following activities:
a.
Initial in-house training of all project personnel.
b.
Training at
SRI.
c.
Establishing procedures
and determining appropriate applications.
MURRAY
B.
WATT
Major,
MI
INSCOM GRILL FLAME
Project Officer
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SUBJECT:
CENTER LANE Operational Accomplishments
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ISSUE:
(U)
To
provide
the
Director,
DIA
with
statistical
and
narrative
information
on CENTER
LANE operations.
FACTS:
1.
(S/CL-3/NOFORN)
Total number
of projects
from
September
1979
to
September
1984:
2.
(S/CL-3/N0F0RN)
Number
of projects rated
by sponsor
as having
intelligence
value:
3.
(S/CL-3/N0F0RN)
Number
of projects rated
by sponsor
as having no
intelligence
value:
4.
(S/CL-3/N0F0RN)
Number
of projects reporting
information not verifiable by
the
sponsor:
5.
( S/CL- 3/N0F0RN)
Number
of projects without
evaluations
from
the
sponsor:
6.
S/CL-3/N0F0RN)
Number
of projects cancelled:
7.
(S/CL-3/N0F0RN)
Number
of
ongoing
projects:
106
( S/CL-3/N0F0RN)
Attached
is
a
summary
of
all
operational
projects
listed by project
number,
task,
and
value
of
information
obtained
LTC Brian Buzby/AVN 923-2656
WARNING NOTICE:
CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM
RESTRICT DISSEMINATION
TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS
TO CATEGORY THREE
(3)
SENSITIVE
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS
INVOLVED
NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS
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