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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755
15 March 1979
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT:
INSCOM GRILL FLAME Project Selection Process
(U)
1.
(S)
A total
of
251 officers,
warrant officers,
and
civilians
(GS-9 and above) were considered for participation
in the INSCOM GRILL FLAME Project
(IGFP).*.
These
251.
individuals were experienced
in
the intelligence disciplines
of SIGINT,
PHOTINT,
and HUMINT and represented more than eight
units/organizations within
INSCOM.
UNIT/ ORGANIZATION
NO.
CONSIDERED
SOD
1 1 PD
DCI
902D
ADCSOPS-HUMINT
OPS GROUP
DCSOPS
ITAC
MI SC.
ELEMENTS
251
TOTAL
2.
(S)
Of the 251
individuals considered 117 were interviewed
by IGFP personnel.
The large difference between number consider-
ed and number actually interviewed was due
to the following
elimination factors applied by
IGFP personnel:
a.
Commander's evaluation
b.
Retainability
-
at
least
20 months
c.
Health
d.
Not readily
available
(programmed TDY
,
schools,
etc.)
*Two enlisted personnel and one civilian
(GS-7) were interviewed
based on strong recommendations of other interviewees.
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Director,
DIA
DECLASSIFY ON:
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EXTENDED BY:
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DIA
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SUBJECT:
INSCOM GRILL FLAME Project Selection Process
(U)
These
117 individuals were interviewed under the guise of
a
"survey"
on parapsychology
(see
Incl
1)
and shown two "open
source"
articles
on parapsychology
(see Incl
2).
Of the
117
individuals
interviewed,
one refused to talk about para-
psychology
at
all,
three thought
that most of what
they had
heard was nonsense or trickery,
three were opposed to the
investigation of psychic phenomena on religious grounds and
110 had favorable opinions towards parapsychology
and the
possible use of psychic phenomena
in
the military.
UNIT/ORGAN I ZAT I ON
INTERVIEWED
SOD
I IPD
DC I
902D
ADCSOPS-HUMINT
OPS GROUP
DCSOPS
I TAG
MI SC.
ELEMENTS
117
TOTAL
3.
(S)
With 94% of
the people interviewed showing favorable
attitudes
for the
IGFP,
it was obvious that further screening
was necessary to reduce this number
to
a manageable amount.
The training contract with Stanford Research Institute
(SRI),
Menlo Park,
California,
calls
for only three trainees.
SRI
personnel had advised that we seek out potential trainees
on the basis of "individuals who are self-confident
,
uninhibited
,
successful
.
and not afraid to be wrong."
To this criteria,
IGFP
personnel
added maturity
,
adaptability,
innovativeness,
MOS
(so
as
to include the specialties
of SIGINT,
PHOTINT,
and HUMINT)
,
previous psychic experiences,
and compatabilitv
Fifteen
individuals were selected as prime candidates but
it
is the
opinion of
IGFP personnel
that approximately
30-35 possessed
the requisite potentials desired for the
IGFP.
The main
constraint was
the
SRI
contract terms
for training only three
individuals
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SUBJECT:
INSCOM GRILL FLAME Project Selection Process
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4.
(S)
On
14 February
1979,
SRI
contract personnel selected
six of the
15 individuals
for further evaluation by them
at
the
SRI
facility.
From these
six,
three will be chosen
for
training under the contract
terms.
The evaluation
at
the SRI
facility will be
to determine which of the six selectees
are
most
adaptable
to
the training sessions.
/
fiv
Incl
MURRAY
B.
WATT
as
Major,
MI
INSCOM GRILL FLAME
Project Officer
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