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1. (U)
PURPOSE :
To provide an overview of CENTER LANE.
(U)
RECOMMENDED POSITION:
That CENTER LANE operations, training, and development
continue within the U. S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.
1.
(U)
POINTS SUPPORTING RECOMMENDED POSITION:
(S/CL-3/NOFORN)
Since October 1978, when ACSI ( then MG Thompson) tasked INSCOM
» develop
a parapsychology program (then GRILL FLAME), INSCOM has through strictly
controlled, thoroughly documented, and carefully monitored training, operations, and
icvelopment established the feasibility and soundness of the remote viewing phenomenon
intelligence collection tool.
Without continuation, this crucial momentum would
no lost.
b.
(S/CL-2/NOFORN)
Since May 1931, when I assumed command of INSCOM, the project
( now CENTER LANE) has provided the U.S. Army and such agencies as DIA, CIA, NSA, FBI,
ind the Secret Service critical intelligence unavailable from other sources. Without
continuation, the Intelligence Community would lose a valuable collection capability
which now allows penetration of intelligence targets inaccessible to any conventional
(S/CL-2/NOFORN)
Continuing work in the academic and R&b communities has refined
the methodology, demonstrating far greater accuracy, control, and reliability than ever
before.
Without
continuation,
CENTER LANE
would be kept from
realizing
its
true
potential.
( S-CL-2/NOFORN)
A
current
collection
project is
focused
on
providing
information to the CIA in their efforts to locate William F. Buckley who was kidnapped
'rom Beirut on 16 March 1984. An SOI on that project is attached as Inclosure 1. At.
'closure 2 is an MFR from the CIA commenting on the value of CENTER LANE.
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OTHER VIEWS:
(S/CL-2/NOFORN)
"The phenomenon is not real."
This argument simply does not
stand up in the face of many valid scientific replications
conducted by reputable
.hatitutions
such
Princeton
as
University,
Maimonidies
Medical Center,
Bell
'aboratories, and McDonnell Douglas Corporation and SRI-International, among others.
In
addition, a congressionally directed independent scientific review pane: concluded
in
Ttofer 1983,
"The
evidence
10
shown
İs
Loo
impressive
to dismiss
more
ruiterdence."
as
h.
( S/CL-2/NOFORN)
"The phenomenon is not
well understood and therefore has no
practical value." . The users of intelligence produced by CENTER LANE feel that it does
Livo value.
c.
(S/CL-2/NOFORN)
"The phenomenon is the work of the devil and should not be
xploited."
This is an emotional statement that critics and skeptics of the CENTER LANE.
project occasionally use because they do not accept an explanation of the phenomenon.
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SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATION
SUBJECT :
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY
84-04
1. ( S/CL3/NOFORN) From 21 March to 20 April 1984, INSCOM CENTER
LANE Project (ICLP) conducted 11 Remote Viewing interviews at
the request of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) concerning
SUBJECT. On 20 March the CIA provided ICLP
with the three
following essential elements of information (EEI) :
a. Determine the location of William Buckley.
b. Determine his physical and mental condition.
c. Determine the identity of his captors.
On 10 April a fourth EEI was added: Determine who the CIA should
contact
to arrange
for
Buckley's release. A photograph of
Buckley, taken before his apprehension, was used as cuing
material for the first few remote viewing interviews. Subsequent
interviews were cued by using Buckley's namc, date and place of
birth, and by a photograph of Buckley allegedly taken by his
captors. The photograph was provided [CLP by the CIA.
2.(S/CL2/NOFORN )
Contact and cooperation between
the CIA and
ICLP is close, constant
and timely.
Frequently
information
provided by ICLP was
"on the streets" in Lebanon hours after
being passed to the CIA. Much of the information provided by
ICLP has been verified later by other CIA sources. Other
information provided by ICLP will not be able to be verified
until Buckley is returned, if then.
3. (S/CL2/NOFORN) Information provided by ICLP has been used in
three different ways by the CIA.
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a.
It has been used to cue other intelligence collection
means.
b. It has been used to confirm or deny information gathered
by other collection means.
C.
It has been used by CIA intelligence analysts and
collection managers to develop
intelligence and to target
conventional resources.
4. (S/CL3/NOFORN) The difficulty inherent in a "search problem'
such as the Buckley case is in identifying precisely where on
the earth the object or person is once contact has been made.
During the course of the Buckley case ICLP personnel used
several new techniques to resolve the "search problem". These
new
techniques appear to have been successful and will add to
the
state-of-the-art knowledge of the problem. Research is
currently ongoing in the R&D Community on the search problem.
This should offer help in this area in the future.
5. (S/CL3/NOFORN )
No
remote
viewing interviews have been
conducted on the Buckley case since 20 April because the ICLP
Exhausted all current
leads.
Additional
interviews will be
conducted when the CIA
provides information from other sources
which needs to be confirmed or when additional EEI is provided.
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Central Intelligence Agency
GENC
Washington, D. C. 20505
1 May 1984
Comments on Recent CENTER LANE Experience
1. CIA's relationship with the US Army activities covered
under the designator of CENTER LANE has been that of a customer.
We have no Agency people or funds assigned to or otherwise
designated in support of those activities. We do have contact
for the purpose of querying and tasking the Project's capabili-
ties when we believe we have an appropriate matter to investigate.
2.
Appropriate "targets" for us might include such as
locating individuals or describing mysterious facilities in
foreign countries. Our aim in consulting Subject Projects would
be to obtain leads to develop access with more conventional
sources.
Staff advisers inform me that during such tasks for us,
CENTER LANE sources have often "made contact" far beyond what
might be expected by probabilities and coincidence. Significant
problems of course remain.
To use analogy, they are best de-
scribed as a less than hoped for signal-to-noise ratio and a less
than photographic resolution, as well as some outright misses.
Nevertheless, the attitude of Project personnel has always been
professional, helpful, and receptive to our concerns. I am
confident that they have a good grip on where they are in the
state of their art as an applied technology.
3.
We would like to continue to call upon CENTER LANE,
especially in those special instances where, for the moment, we
have no other recourse and still feel a need to act. With shared
practical experiences, it seems likely that CENTER LANE can build
further capabilities as a collector, and we can sharpen our
ability to use this product in the analytical process.
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SG11
Deputy Director for Operations
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