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IAGPA-F-SD
12 October 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR ADCSOPA-HUMINT
SUBJECT :
Secretary of the Army Briefing, 5 October 1983
1. (S/CL-4/NOFORN) On 25 October 1983, from 1015 - 1105 hours, a CENTER
LANE (U) briefing was presented to the Secretary of the Army, The Honorable
John 0. Marsh, in Room 3E718, The Pentagon. The Secretary requested the
briefing on 1 September 1983 when he approved the continuation of the
CENTER LANE project (Incl 1). Attendees were:
a.
The Honorable John 0. Marsh
Secretary of the Army
b.
The Honorable Delbert L. Spurlock
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and
Reserve Affairs)
c.
Mr. George L. Carey
Special Assistant, Chief of Legislative Liaison
Department of the Army (DA)
d. LTC Larry K. Brewer
Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Army
e.
BG James W. Shufelt
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence
for Foreign and Counterintelligence, DA
f. LTC Jerry Fox
DAMI-ISH, ACSI, DA
g.
LTC Brian Buzby
Project Manager, INSCOM Project CENTER LANE.
h. CPT Fred Atwater
Operations Officer, INSCOM Project CENTER LANE
Mr. Spurlock was present at the invitation of Mr. Marsh.
He had been
the Army General Consul during the time the Secretary was reviewing the
project.
WARNING NOTICE
CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM
RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VARIFIED ACCESS TO
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CLASSIFIED BY: CG, INSCOM
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SUBJECT :
Secretary of the Army Briefing, 5 October 1983 (U)
2. (U) A copy of the briefing script is attached as Inclosure 2.
3.
(S/CL-4/NOFORN) Before the briefing began, the Secretary directed that
it last no longer than 20 minutes. The narrative portion of the script was
accelerated, and it was planned to provide an abbreviated overview of the
projects in the briefing book and a discussion of two current projects.
The Secretary instructed us to begin the explanation of the projects and
that he would let us know when to stop. The Secretary took the time to
receive an explanation of all the projects in the briefing book and two
current NSA projects.
4. (U) During a break in the briefing, Mr. Spurlock asked several
questions, and following the formal presentation of the briefing, the
Secretary asked several questions. A summary of those questions and
answers provided is at Inclosure 3.
5. (S/CL-2/NOFORN)
The briefing went well.
The Secretary showed genuine
interest in the subject and indicated that INSCOM's efforts in the field of
psychoenergetics should continue. His direct statement was " ... enough
potential that it ought not to be abandoned." At the conclusion of the
briefing, the Secretary addressed a comment to Mr. Spurlock that Secretary
of Defense Weinberger had "come on the net" concerning the subject, and
maybe it would be appropriate to brief him on the subject. The Secretary
did not elaborate.
3 Incl
as
BRIAN BUZBY
LTC, MI
CENTER LANE Project Manager
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I AM LTC BUZBY, PROJECT MANAGER FOR INSCOM PROJECT CENTER LANE.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY OPERATIONS OFFICER, FRED
ATWATER.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH
BACKGROUND INFORMATION CONCERNING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES USING
THE CENTER LANE TECHNIQUE.
THAT TECHNIQUE IS THE USE OF PSYCHO-
ENERGETICS FOR INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES.
I
WILL DISCUSS THE
HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM, OUR PERSONNEL AND FISCAL SITUATION,
TRAINING, OPERATIONS, AND OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE,
THE OVERALL
CLASSIFICATION OF THE BRIEFING IS SECRET, CENTER LANE LEVEL 4.
SIR, AS YOU ARE AWARE, CENTER LANE IS A REGISTERED DEPARTMENT OF
THE ARMY SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM.
THAT STATUS
AND
THE
SENSITIVITY OF THE CENTER LANE MISSION REQUIRE US TO ADHERE TO
STRICT SECURITY PROCEDURES.
AS PART OF THOSE PROCEDURES, WE ASK
ALL PERSONNEL WHO RECEIVE A CENTER LANE BRIEFING TO COMPLETE A
SECURITY BRIEFING CERTIFICATE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES AN ACCEPTANCE OF
THE SENSITIVITY OF CENTER LANE INFORMATION.
I NOW INVITE YOU TO
COMPLETE THAT CERTIFICATE.
(CHART 1)
PSYCHOENERGETICS ARE THE PROCESSES BY WHICH AN
INDIVIDUAL
MAY PSYCHICALLY
INTERACT WITH OBJECTS, LOCATIONS,
ORGANISMS
OR EVENTS.
THIS
INCLUDES
SUCH DISCIPLINES AS
PSYCHOKINESIS, REMOTE VIEWING, AND REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS.
As
YOU RECALL SIR, GENERAL STUBBLEBINE DISCUSSED ONE FORM OF REMOTE
COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOU.
THIS WAS THE "BAXTER EFFECT" ON BLOOD
CELLS WHERE, THROUGH THE USE OF PSYCHOGALVANIC MEASUREMENT,
BLOOD CELLS
ISOLATED FROM A
DONOR APPEARED
TO
REVEAL
THE
"PSYCHOLOGICAL" STATE OF THE DONOR.
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THE US GOVERNMENT, TO INCLUDE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, HAS
BEEN INVOLVED IN EXAMINING POTENTIAL USES OF PSYCHOENERGETICS
SINCE THE EARLY 1970'S. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE APPLICATION OF
REMOTE VIEWING AS AN INTELLIGENCE GATHERING TOOL BY THE CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, THREAT ANALYSIS BY THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY, AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS BY US ARMY DARCOM
ELEMENTS.
LET'S NOW LOOK INTO INSCOM'S EFFORTS.
( CHART CHANGE)
THE US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND'S
INVOLVEMENT WITH PSYCHOENERGETICS BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER 1977. AT
THAT TIME, AN
INSCOM ELEMENT
IMPLEMENTED THE GONDOLA WISH
PROGRAM WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE THE SOVIET AND EAST
EUROPEAN PSYCHOENERGETIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION THREAT INTO THE
ALL-SOURCE OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC) SUPPORT SCENARIO.
BY SPRING OF 1978, THE ARMY ACSI CONCLUDED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT
EVIDENCE TO WARRANT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
TO EXPLORE
MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOENERGETICS.
HE
CANCELLED THE GONDOLA WISH EFFORT, PLACED A COMPLETE SECURITY
ENVELOPE OVER
ARMY 'S
INTEREST
IN
PSYCHOENERGETICS,
AND
IMPLEMENTED
A
NEW
PROGRAM DIRECTED
TOWARDS
INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION USING REMOTE VIEWING.
THE NEW EFFORT WAS GIVEN THE
UNCLASSIFIED NICKNAME GRILL FLAME.
IN OCTOBER 1978, ACSI TASKED
INSCOM TO ESTABLISH
A
PROGRAM USING PSYCHOENERGETICS FOR
INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS UTILIZING REMOTE VIEWING.
REMOTE
VIEWING IS AN SRI INTERNATIONAL COINED TERM WHICH IS DEFINED AS
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THE
ACQUISITION
AND
DESCRIPTION.
BY
MENTAL
MEANS,
OF
INFORMATION BLOCKED
FROM ORDINARY
PERCEPTION BY DISTANCE,
SHIELDING, OR TIME.
BY SPRING 1979, PROJECT PERSONNEL HAD BEEN
SELECTED AND TRAINING INITIATED.
IN MARCH 1980, THE UNDER
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, WILLIAM
PERRY, ORDERED CURTAILMENT OF ALL PROGRAM 6 MONIES SUPPORTING
PSYCHOENERGETIC R&D EFFORTS, BUT POSED NO OBJECTION TO THE
CONTINUANCE
OF
INSCOM'S
NON
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT
THIS ACTION CAUSED DARCOM TO
INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS EFFORTS.
CEASE ALL ACTIVITY AT THE END OF FY 80.
IN 1981, THE ACSI
TRANSFERRED TOTAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROJECT TO
INSCOM. ALSO IN 1981, A JOINT SERVICES GRILL FLAME COMMITTEE,
CONSISTING OF DIA, THE AIR FORCE AND ARMY WAS FORMED.
THE NAVY
EXPRESSED NO INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN ANY DISCUSSIONS, AND
LATER THE AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF DIRECTED THAT THE AIR FORCE
WITHDRAW FROM THE COMMITTEE AND ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC PROGRAMS.
THIS JOINT SERVICES
WAS
FORMED
TO
IMPLEMENT
A
3-YEAR
COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM DESIGNED
TO DETERMINE THE
OPERATIONAL
PARAMETERS AND USEFULNESS OF PSYCHOENERGETICS, AND ASSESS THE
WITHIN THIS
THREAT THESE PHENOMENA POSED TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
JOINT
SERVICES PROGRAM,
THE
ROLES OF
DIA AND ARMY WERE
DISTINCT.
DIA WAS R&D ORIENTED AND INSCOM'S GRILL FLAME PROJECT
WAS TO USE REMOTE VIEWING AS AN OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUE TO COLLECT
INTELLIGENCE AND TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING COULD BE LEARNED
BY PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WHO WERE NOT "ESTABLISHED
PSYCHICS."
INSCOM PARTICIPATED IN THIS JOINT SERVICES EFFORT
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UNTIL THE END OF FY 82 WHEN THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
SENATE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
INTELLIGENCE
(SENATOR WALLOP)
CURTAILED ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED
BY THE ARMY
IN
THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM
(NF IP) .
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONFEREES AGREED, HOWEVER, TO LET DIA
COMPLETE THE THIRD YEAR OF THEIR EFFORT AND DIRECTED THAT FUTURE
FUNDING
-- IF ANY -- OF
THIS PSYCHOENERGETIC ACTIVITY BE
BUDGETED OUTSIDE THE NFIP.
SO IN THE FALL OF 1982, IN KEEPING
WITH THESE CONGRESSIONAL DESIRES AND WISHING TO MAINTAIN THE
MOMENTUM OF EFFORT ALREADY ESTABLISHED, THE CG, INSCOM DECIDED
TO CONTINUE INSCOM'S PROJECT AND PROVIDE FUNDING WITH SECURITY
AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES (S&IA) MONIES.
INSCOM TERMINATED
FORMAL INVOLVEMENT WITH GRILL FLAME AT THE END OF FY 82, AND
CONTINUED ITS EFFORTS UNDER A PROVISIONAL SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM
NICKNAMED CENTER LANE.
NEXT I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVER VIEW OF INSCOM'S
OPERATIONAL
EFFORTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
(CHART ON)
DURING 1979, WE CONDUCTED 79 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS, 43 OF WHICH
WERE DEDICATED TO ASSISTING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DURING
THE
IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS. DURING 1980, AFTER WE
ACQUIRED
OPERATIONAL
EXPERIENCE, OUR
OWN
SEPARATE FACILITIES,
AND
INCREASED MANPOWER, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION TO
386 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS, 154 OF WHICH WERE STILL DEDICATED TO
IRAN.
PERSONNEL LOSSES RESULTED
A
IN
SHARP
DECLINE
OF
OPERATIONAL MISSIONS, A SITUATION THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
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OVERALL, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE CONDUCTED MORE THAN 700
OPERATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION MISSIONS.
A CONSIDERABLE
PORTION OF
THESE
(OVER 200)
WERE
IN
SUPPORT OF THE IRAN
SITUATION,
WHICH THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF RATED AS
BEING
QUALITATIVELY EQUAL TO
THOSE OF OTHER INTELLIGENCE
SOURCES
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
BECAUSE OF THE TURMOIL THAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PROJECT, WE HAVE NOT HAD A STABLE PERSONNEL SITUATION.
(CHART CHANGE)
IN 1979, CG INSCOM FORMED
A
TASK
FORCE
CONSISTING OF
5
PERSONNEL :
A
PROJECT
MANAGER,
AN
OPERATIONS/TRAINING OFFICER,
A
SECRETARY,
AND
TWO
SOURCES
(RVERS).
IN 1980, TWO ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL WERE
ASSIGNED.
BY 1981, WE WERE READY TO EXPAND AND RECRUITED 2 NEW
PERSONNEL FOR TRAINING IN THE PROJECT.
BUT BY THE END OF 1981,
PCS MOVES SEVERELY HAMPERED OUR OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY.
£
HAVING
BEEN DENIED NFIP FUNDING AND, THEREFORE, A TDA UNDER THE GDIP BY
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION, CG, INSCOM HAS PROVIDED OUT-OF-HIDE
PERSONNEL SPACES IN SUPPORT OF CENTER LANE SINCE THE LOSS OF
THIS FUNDING AT THE END OF FY 82.
THE FY 85 GDIP INITIATIVE WAS
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POSTPONED IN LATE AUGUST (29 AUG 83), AND NOW ACSI DOES NOT
ANTICIPATE THE POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF NFIP FUNDING UNTIL FY86;
THEREFORE, CENTER LANE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHIN INSCOM AS
A TASK FORCE WITHOUT A TDA.
OUR CURRENT FULL-TIME STRENGTH IS
AS SHOWN ON THE CHART.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL TRAINEE
SOURCES ASSIGNED TO US BY NEXT SPRING AND POSSIBLY TWO MORE BY
THE FOLLOWING WINTER.
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(CHART CHANGE)
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
REQUIRES US TO TRAIN
PERSONNEL TO PERFORM REMOTE VIEWING.
TRAINING ACTUALLY BEGAN IN
1979, WITH OUR IN-HOUSE EFFORT TO INTRODUCE SELECTED INSCOM
PERSONNEL TO THE REMOTE VIEWING PROCESS.
DURING 1979, WE
INTEGRATED THE SRI CONTRACTED ORIENTATION TRAINING TECHNOLOGY
INTO OUR IN-HOUSE TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE IT IS STILL IN USE
TODAY FOR NEW PERSONNEL.
OUR IN-HOUSE TRAINING DEVELOPED FROM
THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PSYCHOENERGETIC
TECHNOLOGY
DRAWN
FROM
ACADEMIC
INSTITUTIONS,
SCIENTIFIC
LABORATORIES, AND RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS AROUND THE WORLD.
WE
TOOK AN ECLECTIC APPROACH;
USING THOSE METHODS WHICH HAD
APPLICATIONS
POTENTIAL
OUR
TO
OPERATIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.
IN-HOUSE TRAINING IS COMPOSED OF PRACTICAL EXERCISES, LECTURES,
LITERATURE REVIEW, AND OBSERVATION OF OTHERS.
BY THE END OF
1980,
WE
BEGAN
AN
ADVANCED
TRAINING PROGRAM USING THE
HEMISPHERIC
SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS DEVELOPED BY ROBERT A.
MONROE AND USED AT THE MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN
VIRGINIA.
AS YOU RECALL, GENERAL STUBBLEBINE BRIEFED YOU ON THE
HEMISYNC PROCESS AND PROVIDED YOU WITH SLEEP TAPES.
THIS
TRAINING ENABLES SOURCE PERSONNEL (RVERS) TO ACHIEVE STATES
THIS ADVANCED TRAINING
CONDUCIVE TO PSYCHOENERGETIC AWARENESS.
IN MID
IS BEING FURTHER REFINED AND CONTINUES TO BE USED TODAY.
1982, WE BEGAN A NEW TRAINING PROGRAM IN COORDINATE REMOTE
VIEWING WITH SRI.
THIS NEW COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING OR CRV
TRAINING PROCESS SUBDIVIDES THE DETECTION AND DECODING OF
PSYCHIC IMPRESSIONS INTO DISCRETE, ACHIEVABLE SKILL LEVELS.
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THIS PROCESS HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR REFINING RV AND GIVES US A
METHOD BY WHICH WE CAN BRING NEW SOURCE PERSONNEL UP TO AN
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE LEVEL WITH MINIMAL DRAIN ON OUR LIMITED
IN-HOUSE RESOURCES.
WE CONTINUE
TO
LOOK
FOR
ADDITIONAL
CONTRACTORS
TO
ASSIST US
IN
MAINTAINING
STATE-OF-THE-ART
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.
THIS NEXT CHART SHOWS OUR COSTS, LESS PERSONNEL SALARIES, SINCE
THE PROJECT'S INCEPTION.
(PAUSE)
SIR, I REMIND YOU THAT FY'S
81 AND 82 SAW OUR PARTICIPATION
IN THE JOINT PROGRAM AND,
THEREFORE, AN INCREASE IN OUR EXPENDITURES.
DURING THE LAST
FIVE YEARS OF
INSCOM'S EFFORT
IN PSYCHOENERGETICS, WE HAVE
CONDUCTED OVER 700 OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION MISSIONS
IN SUPPORT OF 89 COLLECTION PROJECTS, AND MANAGED 4 SOURCE
TRAINING PROGRAMS -- ALL WITH A LIMITED NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AND
AT A COST TO DATE OF ONLY $703K.
(CHART CHANGE)
THE NEXT PART OF
MY
BRIEFING WILL COVER
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROJECTS,
THEIR
SPONSORS, AND OUR
SUCCESS RATIOS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONE COLLECTION
PROJECT MAY REQUIRE ONE OR MANY OPERATIONAL MISSIONS TO SATISFY
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION (EE)).
THE IRAN PROJECT, FOR
EXAMPLE, REQUIRED OVER 200 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS.
IN 1979, WE CONDUCTED 7 COLLECTION PROJECTS FOR 4 SEPARATE
SPONSOR AGENCIES.
IN 1980, WE CONDUCTED 41 PROJECTS FOR 6
SPONSOR AGENCIES.
IN 1981, AS MANPOWER CONSTRAINTS BEGAN TO
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LIMIT OUR CAPABILITY, WE CONDUCTED ONLY 20 PROJECTS FOR
5
SPONSORS.
IN 1982, OUR PRODUCTION FELL AGAIN TO JUST 11
PROJECTS AS WE ONLY HAD ONE OPERATIONAL SOURCE ASSIGNED.
SO FAR
IN 1983, WE HAVE 10 PROJECTS, 8 OF WHICH REMAIN ACTIVE.
IN SUMMARY, OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS
INSCOM HAS CONDUCTED 89
COLLECTION PROJECTS FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT US GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES.
OUR SUCCESSES MUST BE EXAMINED FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES.
( CHART CHANGE)
OVER 85% OF OUR OPERATIONAL MISSIONS HAVE
PRODUCED ACCURATE TARGET INFORMATION.
EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT,
APPROXIMATELY
50% OF
THE
700
MISSIONS
PRODUCED USABLE
INTELLIGENCE.
( CHART OFF)
MR. ATWATER WILL NOW ILLUSTRATE FOR YOU, THROUGH THE USE OF OUR
PROJECT BOOKS, CENTER LANE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND THE USE
OF CENTER LANE INTELLIGENCE.
SIR, I NOW WILL ADDRESS OUR FUTURE.
RECENTLY, THE PROHIBITION AGAINST UTILIZING PROGRAM 6 FUNDS WAS
SUSPENDED BY THE CURRENT UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH
AND ENGINEERING AND THE ACSI HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO USE THESE
FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE INSCOM CENTER LANE PROJECT.
THIS WILL
ENABLE US TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS INTO AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN
NEGLECTED OVER THE YEARS DUE TO LACK OF A SUFFICIENT FUNDING
BASE.
WE PLAN THE FOLLOWING EXPENDITURES FOR FY 84: (CHART ON)
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PURCHASE OF BIOMONITORING EQUIPMENT
TO BE USED TO
DETERMINE
PHYSIOLOGICAL
CHANGES
DURING
THE
CONDUCT OF
PSYCHOENERGETIC TASKS.
DEVELOPMENT
OF
A
STATE-OF-THE-ART
PSYCHOLOGICAL
SCREENING/SELECTION PROFILE FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL
SOURCES.
SUCH A PROFILE WOULD IDENTIFY PERSONNEL WHO MAY HAVE
SOME PSYCHOENERGETIC TALENT OR WHO COULD BE TRAINED.
WE PLAN TO
USE THIS STUDY TO ASSIST US IN RECRUITING NEW SOURCES. FUNDS
NOTED ARE FOR BOTH SRI AND SRI SUBCONTRACTS.
DETERMINE THE COUNTERMEASURES POTENTIAL OF EXTREMELY LOW
FREQUENCY (ELF) ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION.
THIS EFFORT WILL
EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY THAT CERTAIN AS YET UNIDENTIFIED ELF
RADIATIONS HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON MENTAL STATES CRITICAL
TO PSYCHOENERGETIC PERFORMANCE.
THIS STUDY MAY ALSO PROVIDE
INFORMATION
ON
ELF
ENVIRONMENTS
CONDUCIVE
TO
OPTIMUM
PSYCHOENERGETIC PERFORMANCE.
THE LOGICAL FOLLOW-ON TO THIS
EFFORT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COUNTER-COUNTERMEASURES
ENVIRONMENTS FOR CENTER LANE SOURCES.
FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI
AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT.
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PSYCHOENERGETIC TECHNIQUE FOR USE
IN "SEARCH PROBLEMS."
OVER THE YEARS SPONSOR AGENCIES HAVE
ASKED US TO ASSIST IN LOCATING LOST OR MISSING EQUIPMENT OR
PERSONNEL.
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A CONVENTIONAL REMOTE VIEWING
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TASK, WE HAVE HAD LITTLE SUCCESS AT PROVIDING TIMELY USABLE
INTELLIGENCE IN THESE CASES.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT INFORMATION
WE PROVIDED WAS INACCURATE, JUST THAT IT WAS NOT DIRECTLY USABLE
TO RESOLVE THE INTELLIGENCE PROBLEM AT HAND.
IF IN FACT A NEW
PSYCHOENERGETIC "SEARCH PROBLEM"
TECHNIQUE
IS
DEVELOPED, WE
WOULD ANTICIPATE TRAINING SOURCE PERSONNEL IN THIS TECHNIQUE
BECAUSE "SEARCH PROBLEMS" CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITY TASKS RECEIVED
BY THIS OFFICE.
FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI.
CONTINUATION OF COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING TRAINING AT
ENHANCED LEVELS FOR ONE SOURCE.
FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A
SRI SUBCONTRACT.
INITIATION OF CRV TRAINING FOR
THREE
NEW
SOURCE
PERSONNEL. FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT.
THIS $496.5K P6 MONEY WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $235K INSCOM S&IA
FUNDS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR TRAVEL AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.
BECAUSE THIS P6 FUNDING BASE HAS SO RECENTLY BECOME AVAILABLE TO
US, FINAL BUDGET PLANS
FOR
FYS 85-89 ARE STILL
BEING
FORMULATED.
HAVING THE MOST
IMPACT ON OUR PLANS IS THE FACT
THAT THE CG INSCOM HAS JUST PROVIDED US WITH A REVISED MISSION
STATEMENT :
(CHART CHANGE)
CONDUCT INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
OPERATIONS UTILIZING ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES APPLICABLE.
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SELECTED
PERSONNEL
IN
STATE-OF-THE-ART
PSYCHOENERGETIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
TECHNIQUES.
EXPAND OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND TRAINING BEYOND THE
CONFINES OF
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
INTO
THE
FIELDS
OF
PSYCHOENERGETIC COMMUNICATION AND PSYCHOKINESIS.
THIS NEW MISSION STATEMENT EXPANDS OUR EFFORT A GREAT DEAL.
WE
ARE NO LONGER CONFINED TO REMOTE VIEWING AS OUR PRINCIPAL TOOL
AND WILL NOW DEVELOP AND USE TELEPATHIC AND PSYCHOKINETIC SKILLS.
AN IMPORTANT APPLICATION OF OUR NEW MISSION STATEMENT WILL BE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTERMEASURE CAPABILITIES.
THE INVESTIGATION OF PSYCHOENERGETIC COUNTERMEASURES HAS LAGGED
BEHIND OTHER EFFORTS FOR ONE MAIN REASON.
DEVELOPMENT OF
EFFECTIVE COUNTERMEASURES REQUIRES A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE
UNDERLYING MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN PSYCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES, AND
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO THESE AREAS HAS NEVER BEEN ADEQUATELY
SUPPORTED BY
FUNDING
BASE .
NOW THAT P6 RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT MONEY HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED, WE
ANTICIPATE THAT A
MULTI-YEAR.
ADEQUATELY FUNDED BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAM CAN BE
DEVELOPED
TO
INVESTIGATE
THE
ACTUAL
MECHANISM
BEHIND
PSYCHOENERGETIC FUNCTIONING.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT DIA
IS WORKING ON A 10-YEAR, $11 MILLION PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME.
THE
LOGICAL FALLOUT FROM SUCH A
RESEARCH EFFORT WOULD BE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF :
MEACONING,
INTRUSION, JAMMING AND
DECEPTION
TECHNIQUES.
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UNTIL SUCH TECHNIQUES CAN BE DEVELOPED, CONVENTIONAL COVER,
CONCEALMENT, AND DECEPTION MEASURES CAN BE EMPLOYED TO CONFUSE
HOSTILE PSYCHOENERGETIC COLLECTORS AND TO MISLEAD INTELLIGENCE
ANALYSTS.
FINALLY, CURRENT TRAINING PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE,
WE ARE
INVESTIGATING A NEW REMOTE VIEWING TRAINING METHOD WHICH WOULD
TEACH SOURCES TO ACCESS TARGET SITES BY ABSTRACT CUING WITHOUT
DEPENDENCE ON COORDINATES.
WE ARE EXPANDING OUR ADVANCED
TRAINING PROGRAM TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF OUR NEW MISSION
STATEMENT.
THIS EXPANSION OF ADVANCED TRAINING WILL INCLUDE THE
USE OF A SENSORY ISOLATION TANK TO HELP REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL
"NOISE" DURING OPERATIONS AND TRAINING,
WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING
A TRAINING VEHICLE TO ENABLE OPERATIONAL SOURCES TO COLLECTIVELY
FOCUS PSYCHOENERGETIC
ABILITIES
ON
SELECTED
TARGETS.
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COLLECTIVELY FOCUSED PSYCHOENERGETICS (CFP)
CAPABILITY IS CRITICAL TO FULFILL MISSION STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
SIR, THIS COMPLETES MY BRIEFING.
I REMIND YOU THAT THE OVERALL CLASSIFICATION OF THIS BRIEFING IS
SECRET CENTER LANE LEVEL-4.
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QUESTIONS/ANSWERS DURING
SECRETARY OF THE ARMY BRIEFING
1. (S/CL-4/NOFORN)
Secretary of the Army
(a) Q: During introductions, the Secretary asked CPT Atwater what
his status was.
A: CPT Atwater replied that he was a Great Skills Officer and
worked for LTC Buzby. The Secretary indicated an under-
standing of the program and did not pursue the subject.
(b) Q:
Aren't you being "cute" in continuing your efforts in the
project when Congress dictated that intelligence should
not be part of NFIP?
A: The Army General Consul's legal opinion is that INSCOM is
not going against the will of Congress. (LTC Fox)
(c) Q: Do you target US locations?
A:
We do not target US personnel or activities either in CONUS
or overseas, however, we do target HOIS activities, buildings,
and personnel in the US. (CPT Atwater)
(d) Q: Can you affect the behavior or individuals through remote
viewing/psychoenergetics?
A:
There is some evidence that the Soviets have demonstrated an
ability in this arena. The Soviets have donc successful
experiments in remote telepathic hypnosis. They have also
done experiments in an attempt to influence the behavior of
pilots. State-of-the-Art expertise would allow a person's
behavior to be influenced from the point of view of changing
their "state of mind" or attitude. (The Secretary asked the
question to determine if the Soviets, for example, could
affect US decision makers' attitudes during times of crisis.)
Our response was affirmative!
(CPT Atwater)
(e) Q:
What are you doing about the Soviet threat?
A:
Threat analysis is the job of ITAC, the INSCOM threat analysis
organization.
(LTC Buzby)
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(f) Q: Where do you find your sources?
A:
We obtain our sources from the active duty US Army
population and DA civilians. We have a sophisticated
identification, screening, and selection process for
assignment of personnel to the project. We do not use
"psychics or clairvoyants" from the general population
to collect intelligence information. (LTC Buzby/CPT Atwater)
(g) Q: Is there anything about the project you haven't told me or
don't want to tell me?
A:
No, Sir. (LTC Buzby)
2. (S/CL-4/NOFORN) Mr. Spurlock:
(a) Q: What do you do with project personnel after they have
completed an assignment with you?
A:
Because of the training associated with the project, and the
limited number of people capable of performing remote viewing,
we try to keep people assigned as long as possible. When an
individual is ready for PCS, he returns to a traditional
career assignment. We follow that individual's assignment,
and then make an effort to have him reassigned to the project
after completion of that assignment. We have one individual
in that category scheduled for reassignment in the Spring of
1984. (LTC Buzby/CPT Atwater)
(b) Q:
Is remote viewing an invasion of privacy; do you target
personnel?
A: No, sometimes we use photos of personnel to acquire a remote
viewing site.
(c) Q:
What have you done to ensure you comply with applicable DoD
human use directives?
A:
We have coordinated activities with MG Rapmund, Assistant
Surgeon General for Research and Development and his staff to
ensure that the project is in compliance with all applicable
directives. Additionally, we have obtained a legal opinion
from the Army General Consul that the project complies with
applicable directives.
3. (U) Answers provided to Secretary Marsh and Assistant Secretary
Spurlock satisfied their questions.
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