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I AM LTC JACHIM, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE INSCOM PORTION OF
DOD PROJECT GRILL FLAME.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH BACKGROUND
INFORMATION CONCERNING INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT IN PROJECT
GRILL FLAME. THIS BRIEFING IS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR PORTIONS.
· FIRST, THE HISTORY OF INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT AND THE ROLES
OF DIA AND INSCOM IN THE PROJECT.
· NEXT, A DISCUSSION OF REMOTE VIEWING AND EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED
PROJECTS FOR WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED THE REQUESTOR'S EVALUATION.
· AND, FINALLY, A REVIEW OF THOSE PROJECTS WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED
BUT NOT EVALUATED.
FIRST THE HISTORY OF INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT. IN THE FALL OF 1978,
ACSI TASKED INSCOM TO DETERMINE IF PARAPSYCHOLOGY COULD BE USED
TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE. FOR OUR PURPOSES PARAPSYCHOLOGY IS
DEFINED IN TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES:
Fin. - FIRST, PHYSICAL ACTIONS PERFORMED BY MENTAL POWERS THAT
CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY KNOWN PHYSICAL MEANS. ) THIS
IS KNOWN AS TELEKENESIS OR PHYCHOKENISIS, AND
SECOND, PERCEPTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE EXPLAINED THROUGH
KNOWN SENSORY MEANS. THIS IS KNOWN AS ESP, TELEPATHY
AND REMOTE VIEWING.
SPECIFICALLY, INSCOM'S TASKING WAS TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE
SWVIEWING COULD BE USED AS A COLLECTION METHOD.
REMOTE VIEWING
IS DEFINED, AS THE ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL, TO ACCESS INFORMATION
PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN, WITHOUT REGARD TO TIME, LOCATION, OR ANY
ATTEMPT TO HIDE THE TARGET FROM A COLLECTOR.
TO MEET ACSI'S TASKING INSCOM ESTABLISHED A PROJECT TEAM UNDER
THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR HUMAN INTELLIGENCE.
THE CRITERIA DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING WOULD
BE A VIABLE COLLECTION 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:
FIRST, COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE LEARNED:
SRI INTERNATIONAL,
AN ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER IN THE FIELD OF PARANORMAL RESEARCH,
WHICH IS'LOCATED IN MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA RELIED UPON : A
ESTABLISHED PHYCHICS, WHO USED THEIR INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
TO REMOTE VIEW.
INSCOM, USING THE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND
CHARACTERISTICS COMPILED BY SRI DURING THEIR WORK WITH
THESE PHYCHICS, SCREENED APPROXIMATELY 250 INTELLIGENCE
PERSONNEL WITHIN THE BALTIMORE/WAHINGTON AREA, LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS, BASED ON SRI OBSERVATIONS,
SUCCESSFUL REMOTE VIEWERS TEND TO BE CONFIDENT, OUTGOING,
ADVENTUROUS, BROADLY SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS WITH SOME ARTISTIC
BENT. ) WE GLEANED MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION FROM COMMANDERS
AND SUPERVISORS, WE THEN CONDUCTED OVER 100 INDIVIDUAL
THE
INTERVIEW_S. AFTER A SERIES OF SCREENINGS AND INTERVIEWS,
NINE PEOPLE WERE SELECTED.
THEY WERE A MIXTURE OF MILITARY
AND CIVILIAN, OFFICERS AND ENLISTED, MEN AND WOMEN, AFTER
ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE SRI SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN
PHYCHIC RESEARCH, SIX WERE SELECTED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA 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. TO DETERMINE HOW LONG THIS TRAINING
SHOULD LAST, SINCE NO ONE HAD ATTEMPTED TO TRAIN PHYCHICS,
GUIDANCE WAS AGAIN SOUGHT FROM SRI. BASED UPON THEIR
JUDGMENT AN 18 TO 24 MONTH TRAINING CYCLE WAS ESTABLISHED.
MILESTONES DURING THIS FIRST PERIOD WERE:
THE FALL OF 1978
THROUGH FEBRUARY 1979 - PERSONNEL WERE LOCATED: FROM FEBRUARY
1979 THROUGH DECEMBER 1979 - INITIAL TRAINING AT SRI IN CALIFORNIA
AND FORT MEADE WAS UNDERTAKEN. INSCOM'S FIRST TRAINING SESSION
WAS CONDUCTED ON 28 FEBRUARY 1979.
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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 REMOTE VIEWING RESPOND TO COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS
IN A TIMELY MANNER?
WORK TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WAS OVERCOME BY EVENTS.
IN
SEPTEMBER 1979, ACSI TASKED INSCOM TO LOCATE A MISSING NAVY
AIRCRAFT.
THE ONLY INFORMATION PROVIDED WAS A PICTURE OF
NAMES
THE TYPE AIRCRAFT MISSING AND THE ANMES OF THE CREW.
WHERE
THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING WAS NOT DISCLOSED. ON 4 SEPTEMBER )
1979, THE FIRST OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING SESSION TOOK PLACE.
IN THIS INITIAL SESSION, THE REMOTE VIEWER PLACED THE AIRCRAFT
TO WITHIN 15 MILES 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 COMMITTED TO OPERATIONS.
(FALLE)
NEXT I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON THE
DIFFERENT ROLES OF DIA
AND INSCOM, SINCE THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOME BLURRING OF
THESE DISTINCTIONS IN THE PAST.
DIA IS CONCERNED WITH:
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ASSESSING THE THREAT, PRINCIPALLY FROM THE SOVIET
UNION AND CHINA,
· : DETERMINING COUNTERMEASURES TO ANY U.S. VULNERABILITIES.
· AND, DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL OF REMOTE VIEWING
USING ESTABLISHED PSYCHICS.
DIA PERFORMS THIS FUNCTION PRIMARILY THROUGH CONTRACTS AT SRI.
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INSCOM IS APPLYING REMOTE VIEWING TO ASSIST IN ITS EVALUATION
WORKING
AS A COLLECTION METHOD, " AND"TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING
CAN BE LEARNED BY PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WHO ARE
NOT ESTABLISHED PSYCHICS.
OUR REMOTE VIEWING COLLECTION IS DONE WITH ASSIGNED PERSONNEL.
AND WE CONTRACT ONLY FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS WHICH ENHANCE OUR
COLECTION.
FOR EXAMPLE:
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WHICH TARGETING 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 TRAINING TECHNIQUE INCREASE THE
QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF COLLECTION:
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THIS COMPLETES THE BACKGROUND PORTION OF THE BRIEFING.
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THIS BRIEFING HAS COVERED THE MISTORY OF INSCOM AND THE GRILL
FLAME PROGRAM ..
KOM LE PEGAN IN THE PROGRAM, AND SOME OF
THE ACTIONS WE HAVE BEGUN TO IMPROVE OUR PRODUCT.
OUR
OBJECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE CONCERN:
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SELECTION OF PEOPLE: WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP A
METHOD OF RECURRING RECRUITMENT, AND IN COORDINATION
WITH THE STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST, REMA IDATO THE INITIAL
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SCREENING CRITEREA USED. NEXT.
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INCREASE THE REIABILITY OF REMOTE VIEWING. WE ARE
STUDYING HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE SRI REPORT ON AUDIO
ANALYSIS, THE STAFE PHYCHOLOGIST IS ASSISTING US
BYWORKING ON INDIVIDUAL REMOTE VIEWER PROFILES
AND LOCATING PLACES WHERE ENHANCED INDIVIDUAL-TRAINING
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COULD BE RECEIVED. AND, WE ALSO WISH TO EVALUATE
THE NEW GRI TRAINING PROGRAM, SINCE THEY INDICATE
IT WILL DECREASE TENDENCIES OF A REMOTE VIEWER
TO ANALYZE RATHER THAN JUST REPORT, INCREASE THE
QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF REMOTE VIEWING AND
ABOUT
PROVIDE SOME PREDICTIVE VALUE AOBUT THE REMOTE VIEWING
PRODUCT.
IN SUMMARY:
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THE COLLECTION OF INTELLIGENCE THROUGH REMOTE VIEWING HAS DEMONSTRATED
ITS VALUE,
REMOTE VIEWING IS NOT AN EXPERIMENT, IT IS A SACCESSFUL
COLLECTION METHOD.
THE PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS WHO ASSIGN
US PROJECTS, EVALUATE US BY THE INTELLIGENCE WE PRODUCE, REMOTE
VIEWING SHOULD NEVER STAND ALONE, BUT SHOULD BE USED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH INFORMATION FROM OTHER INTELLIGENCE SOURCES.
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ARMY REMOTE VIEWING IS NOT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, IT IS MORERATIONAL
COLLECTION> REMOTE VIEWING IS PASSIVE, INEXPENSIVE, THERE JS.NO.
DEFENSE AND THERE IS NO RISK OF. COLLECTION COMPROMISE.
THIS CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
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