SG1A Approved For Release 2000/0 Ril 2op96.00789R002200440001-9 (S/NF) Cc. (U) ARMY (S/NF) Prior to the formation of a joint service DoD contract, three Army units were sponsoring research efforts at SRI. 1.  (U) Missile Intelligence Agency (MIA) (S/NF) The objective of the MIA program was to determine the degree to which selected personnel are able to interact with and influence, by mental means only, sensitive electronic equipment and to ascertain how this phenomenon might be exploited for Army-designated applications. While there have been a number of studies in psychokinesis, many of those studies were considered to be incomplete in some of the more significant details. Many had no controls or afforded insufficient details about experimental apparatus. A proper experiment on mental means of influencing electronic equipment needs two things besides an individual who will attempt, by mental means alone, to change the random source’s output: a source of true random electronic output and an accepted statistical technique. (S/NF) The MIA program had two phases. In Phase I a computer-based binary random number generator (RNG) was constructed. The system was tested by a series of standard, fixed-length statistical tests and found to meet all criteria for randomness. In Phase II, subjects were selected and trials begun. When all were completed, the SRI investigators concluded that there was an anomalous, unexplained effect on the electronic system which could not be accounted for by engineering considerations only. Two possible mechanisms could be responsible for the results: The first is that the subject, without physical intervention, produced a physical change in the electronic system. A second possibility is that the subject scanned the unperturbed binary sequence ahead in time 25 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9
SG1I Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9 SECRET (S/NF) and selected the proper time to initiate the trial. The military implications of the remote perturbation would depend on which of the two mechanisms is correct. The data from these experiments were inconclusive. 2. (U) Army Material Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA) (S/NF) Another Army Unit, AMSAA, contracted SRI to remote view daily field tests being conducted at Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation. These tests were generally unsuccessful. The SRI conclusion was that repetitive targeting on familiar sites is more difficult than viewing strategic targets. When the tests were successful, the site descriptions were of a higher quality than the tracking data. Since no final reports were produced on this work, it is difficult to evaluate its contribution to the field. This, however, may be an example of the penalty for attempting to acquire operational level data without having done enough basic research. We were warned of this source of error as early as mid-1970 ae: CIA, Even now, research has not yet established how to search for or how to track a target. 3. (U) Intelligence And Security Command (INSCOM) (S/NF) A third Army unit, INSCOM, provided $75,000 for research at SRI in 1979-1980. INSCOM and DIA would later form a joint service program (described in detail in section 5). Only their work prior to the joint program will be discussed here. It was also INSCOM that compartmentalized the area of psychoenergetics under the code name Grill Flame. (S/NF) In 1978, INSCOM was tasked by the Army to determine if parapsychology could in any way be used to collect intelligence. Specifically, INSCOM was tasked to determine if remote viewing can be used as a collection modality to gain operationally useful data. They chose to test the issue empirically. A unit was assembled and organized in 1979. The initial training phase was conducted at SRI during that summer. This was followed by an INSCOM in-house training program. The first operational sessions at INSCOM were conducted in September 1979. In December, the in-house remote viewing unit was declared an operational 26 Approved For Release 2000/08/036 GR Fdbeos-00789R002200440001-9