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IN FALL 1977, THE U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
( INSCOM) SAW THE NEED TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION USING THE THEN NEWLY EMERGING PSYCHOENERGETICS TECHNOLOGY
OF REMOTE VIEWING.
THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS
TO DETERMINE THE
OPERATIONAL SECURITY (OPSEC) THREAT TO U.S. DEFENSE
INTERESTS BY
MIMICKING POSSIBLE HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE
CAPABILITIES, DIRECTING
THESE AGAINST SENSITIVE U.S. MILITARY TARGETS, AND EVALUATING THE
RESULTS.
IT SOON BECAME APPARENT THAT PSYCHOENERGETICS PROMISED FAR
WIDER APPLICATIONS THAN JUST IN THE REALM OF OPSEC. IN FALL 1978 THE
PROGRAM EMERGED FROM AN OPSEC COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAM TO A
HUMINT COLLECTION ACTIVITY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ASSISTANT
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR OPERATIONS -- HUMINT (ADCSOPS-HUMINT) AT
INSCOM AND THE HUMINT STAFF OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR
INTELLIGENCE, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (ACSI DA) HUMINT STAFF.
THERE
IT MOVED THROUGH AN EVALUATION PHASE INTO AN "OPERATIONS
AND
TRAINING"
MODE ,
THE
WITH
OBJECTIVE OF
TRAINING
PROFESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL
TO CONDUCT
PSYCHOENERGETIC
INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION OPERATIONS.
FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE AND
QUALITY OF MATERIAL THAT WAS PRODUCED DURING THE EVALUATION PHASE OF
THE PROGRAM.
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IN JULY 1979 AN INTERVIEWER AND A SOURCE CLOSED THEMSELVES IN
A QUIET ROOM TO CONDUCT A REMOTE VIEWING SESSION.
A THIRD
INDIVIDUAL, REFERED TO AS A BEACON, LEFT THE AREA AND WENT TO
A SITE UNKNOWN TO EITHER THE INTERVIEWER
OR
THE
SOURCE.
THIRTY MINUTES LATER, THE
INTERVIEWER
ASKED
THE SOURCE TO
DESCRIBE WHAT HE PERCEIVED ABOUT THE BEACON'S LOCATION.
(SLIDE ON)
THE TRAINEE BEGAN BY SAYING, "THE FIRST IMPRESSION I GET IS A
REVOLVING
LIGHT
PATTERN.
ITS
MOVING
IN
A
CLOCKWISE
DIRECTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M WATCHING SOMETHING MOVE, BUT
PERHAPS, PERHAPS, I'M MOVING OR (THE BEACON) IS MOVING."
THE
SOURCE WENT ON TO SAY, "I HAVE A FEELING THAT THERE ARE TREES
AROUND HIM. "
"ITS SOME TYPE OF PARK, OR RECREATION
AREA; I FEEL IT'S OUT DOORS."
AFTER THE
SOURCE FINISHED HIS VERBAL DESCRIPTION OF THE
DESIGNATED TARGET AREA AND SKETCHED HIS PERCEPTIONS, HE AND
THE INTERVIEWER AWAITED THE RETURN OF THE "BEACON".
(SLIDE OFF)
ON THIS DAY THE "BEACON" HAD CHOSEN TO JOG AROUND A TRACK AT
THE TIME OF THE SESSION.
(SLIDE ON)
. . . PAUSE ....
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BECAUSE OF
THE
QUALITY AND
REPLICABILITY OF
THESE
RESULTS,
OPERATIONAL
TRAINING WAS EXPANDED,
AND
IN
1979, SEVEN
SEPARATE
COLLECTION PROJECTS WERE CONDUCTED,
IN
SUPPORT OF
THE
NATIONAL
SECURITY COUNCIL, THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, AND ARMY INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS.
AS OUR EXPERIENCE FACTOR
INCREASED,
AND
THE
REMOTE VIEWING
TECHNIQUE EVOLVED FURTHER, IT BECAME POSSIBLE FOR US NOT ONLY TO
EXPLORE MORE DIVERSE AND WIDER APPLICATIONS FOR THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT
TO EXPAND OUR COLLECTION CAPABILITIES.
IN 1980, THE CIA BECAME A'
REGULAR CUSTOMER, AND IN SUPPORTING
THAT AGENCY AS WELL AS OUR
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IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE:
SEPARATE
IN MAY, 1980, IN RESPONSE TO CIA TASKING, TWOA SOURCES WERE
SHOWN A PHOTOGRAPH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED BUILDING AND ASKED TO
DESCRIBE
ANY
OF
AREA
THE
BUILDING WHICH
MIGHT
BE
OF
INTELLIGENCE INTEREST.
NEITHER SOURCES NOR INTERVIEWERS WERE
GIVEN ANY INDICATION AS TO ITS LOCATION, NATIONALITY OR USE.
HERE IS AN EXTRACT OF VIEWER RESPONSES:
VIEWER #1:
UPPER FLOOR AREA, WHICH WAS USED "MAINLY FOR
SLEEPING, "
CONTAINS
A
DEN-LIKE
AREA
WITH
SMALLER
AREAS
WHERE
CONFIDENTIAL ,
SMALL,
USUALLY ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS ARE HELD.
CIA ANALYST COMMENTS :
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VIEWER #1:
SMALLER
ROOM
ON
GROUND FLOOR
USED FOR
LISTENING POST.
CONTAINS EQUIPMENT SUCH AS :
SWITCHBOARD,
WIRES,
CONSOLES,
RECORDING
DEVICES, ETC. THERE IS ONE OPERATOR WEARING
HEADPHONES.
MONITORING IS CONDUCTED PRIMARILY
AGAINST CONVERSATIONS IN A LARGE DEN-LIKE ROOM.
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VIEWER #2:
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ON
THE
FIRST
FLOOR.
UPPER FLOOR HAD A "SAFE HOUSE" ATMOSPHERE, AND
SEEMED TO BE A RESIDENTIAL LOCATION, WITH AN
INN OR
TAVERN FEEL
ABOUT
IT;
THERE
WAS
SOMETHING
IMPORTANT ABOUT PEOPLE COMING AND
GOING.
SMALL ROOM ON GROUND FLOOR CONTAINS A
COMMUNICATION
ROOM,
WITH
RECEIVING
AND
TRANSMITTING
CAPABILITY ;
BASICALLY
ONE
OPERATOR, WEARING HEADPHONES.
BUILDING USED
FOR
GATHERING
OF
PEOPLE
IN
A
SMALL
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
ONE OF THE VIEWERS PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING SKETCH: (SLIDE)
CIA ANALYST COMMENTS:
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THE RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY OF APPLIED OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING
CONTINUED TO IMPROVE THROUGH 1981 AS OUR TRAINED PSYCHOENERGETIC
SOURCES GAINED GREATER EXPERTISE.
THIS, COUPLED WITH
INCREASED
EXPERIENCE IN SOURCE TARGETING AND INFORMATION ANALYSIS BY PROJECT
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LONE
SUPPORT
PERSONNEL ,
GREATLY
ENHANCED
COLLECTION
CAPABILITY.
TWENTY-FIVE NEW COLLECTION PROJECTS WERE ADDED TO OUR MOUNTING TOTAL
OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
A REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT
ILLUSTRATING
THE
COUNTER-TERRORIST POTENTIAL OF REMOTE VIEWING IS AS FOLLOWS.
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IN 1982, THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY BEGAN TO SEE THE VALUE OF
REMOTE VIEWING TO OBTAIN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION IN ASSESSING THE
FOREIGN THREAT TO U.S. COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, AND TASKED THE
INSCOM PSYCHOENERGETIC PROGRAM TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.
DURING THE
YEAR,
ELEVEN
SEPARATE
COLLECTION
PROJECTS
WERE
UNDERTAKEN.
AS 1982 ENDED, PROGRAM DIRECTION CHANGED.
AFTER
SEVERAL
YEARS
OF
EXPERIENCE
CONDUCTING
HUNDREDS
OF
PSYCHOENERGETIC COLLECTION OPERATIONS, IT WAS NOW POSSIBLE TO DEFINE
BOTH THE CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE
FUTURE ROLE REMOTE VIEWING SHOULD PLAY IN SERVING THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED
THROUGH YEARS OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE, A REVOLUTIONARY, EVOLVING,
STATE
OF
THE
ART
PSYCHOENERGETIC TRAINING
PROGRAM
KNOWN
AS
COORDINATE REMOTE
VIEWING
(CRV)
WAS
INITIATED
TO
INSURE
THE
RESPONSIVENESS OF SOURCE CAPABILITIES TO
IDENTIFIED NEEDS OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THE EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY AND ITS INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS, THE SECRETARY OF THE
ARMY DESIGNATED THE INSCOM PSYCHOENERGETICS PROGRAM A SPECIAL ACCESS
PROGRAM (SAP) AND WE BECAME KNOWN AS CENTER LANE.
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DURING 1983, WE CONDUCTED 15 COLLECTION PROJECTS.
AS WE BEGAN
TO
RECOGNIZE THAT COLLECTION CAPABILITIES HAD EVOLVED TO THE POINT THAT
REMOTE VIEWING COULD BE USED TO EXPLOIT EVEN MORE TECHNICAL TARGETS,
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THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM,
DIA AND INSCOM HAVE
ENJOYED A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
FOR YEARS A FORMAL CONNECTION
EXISTED UNDER PROJECT GRILL FLAME.
CONGRESSIONAL
ACTION
AFTER POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
FORCED A
SEPARATION
OF
THE TWO EFFORTS IN FALL 1982, INSCOM
CONTINUED TRAINING AND OPERATIONS, WHILE DIA PURSUED RESEARCH AND
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DEVELOPMENT.
STRONG RECIPROCAL
BENEFITS RESULTED,
WITH
DIA
SPONSORED R&D PRODUCING DRAMATIC
REFINEMENTS
IN
TECHNOLOGY AND
SCIENTIFIC
THEORY, WHILE
ARMY
INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
IN
TURN
VALIDATED
R&D
RESULTS
AND
IDENTIFIED FURTHER
AVENUES
AND
POSSIBILITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATE
SOURCE CAPABILITIES RECENTLY DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE
NEW
TRAINING PROGRAM.
FROM A GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE ALONE, ONE OF OUR SOURCE TRAINEES
CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE ST. LOUIS ARCH.
FOR HIM, SUCH A TASK
HAD BECOME RELATIVELY ROUTINE.
AT THIS POINT, HOWEVER, HE WAS
DIRECTED
TO
DESCRIBE
WHAT
WAS
LOCATED
14.8 KILOMETERS
SOUTHWEST OF THE ARCH.
HE
IDENTIFIED A BUILDING
AT THIS
LOCATION
AND
PRODUCED
THE
FOLLOWING
SUMMARY
OF
SITE
INFORMATION WITHOUT BEING PROVIDED ANY FURTHER DATA BY THE
INTERVIEWER.
"THE BUILDING 14.8 KM SW OF THE ST. LOUIS ARCH HAS A
SOMBER, QUIET, OFFICIAL FEEL,
PEOPLE GO TO THIS PLACE
WITH A COMMON
PURPOSE; TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE.
THEY ARE
INTERESTED
AND
CURIOUS
ABOUT
THE
BUILDING
AND
ITS
HISTORY.
THE HISTORY OF THIS BUILDING DEALS WITH OLD
(SLIDE)
COLONIAL AMERICA.
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THE BUILDING IS LOCATED ON FLAT LAND,
LIKE A FARM AND HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A MAN.
THIS MAN
(DEAD NOW) WORE A UNIFORM AND WAS A HISTORICAL MILITARY
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LEADER.
THIS BUILDING WAS THIS MAN'S HOME.
THIS MAN WAS
A LEADER AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 5'10" TALL, HAD BLACK HAIR
AND A BEARD, WAS HEAVYSET AND STONEFACED.
IN THINKING
ABOUT THE ABOVE INFORMATION I SEE A PICTURE IN MY MIND OF
U.S. GRANT.
( SLIDE)
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SITE WAS INDEED THE HOUSE AND FARM, NOW OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC, WHICH WAS ONCE OWNED BY ULYSSES S. GRANT.
UNDER THIS NEW TRAINING TECHNIQUE, TARGET OR SITE RESOLUTION CAN BE
SO HIGH THAT THE SOURCE'S PERCEPTION OF
THE SITE EXCEEDS HIS
CAPABILITY TO DESCRIBE IT ANALYTICALLY, AND HE IS THEREFORE TRAINED
TO CONSTRUCT AN ACTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF THE SITE.
THIS
ABILITY IS NOT USED SOLELY AS AN ATTEMPT TO RENDER A
MORE EXACT
REPRESENTATION OF THE SITE THAN CAN BE DONE VERBALLY, OR BY MEANS OF
DRAWING.
RATHER, THE KINESTHETIC ACTIVITY DURING MODELING APPEARS
TO (1) REDUCE MENTAL NOISE AND (2) ACT AS A TRIGGER TO PRODUCE
FURTHER ANALYTICAL CONTENT ON THE SITE -- EVEN CONCERNING ASPECTS NOT
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED BY THE MODELING.
THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE
DEMONSTRATES THE SUCCESS WE HAVE ENJOYED USING THIS PHASE OF THE
TECHNOLOGY.
THE TRAINER READ THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES TO THE
SOURCE.
SOURCE DESCRIBED A LARGE, SMOOTH, GRAY BROWN MANMADE STRUCTURE
WHICH SLOPED UP.
THE SOURCE THEN CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE
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SITE AS A DAM, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL HE MODELED THE SITE (SLIDE
ON) THAT SOURCE REPORTED A POWER GENERATION PLANT.
WHILE MANY
DAMS HAVE POWER GENEREATION CAPABILITY, SOURCE'S MODEL
SO
ACCURATELY MATCHED THE SITE, THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT HE WAS
REMOTE VIEWING THE GRAND COULEE DAM (SLIDE ON).
ANOTHER EXAMPLE :
HAVING BEEN PROVIDED
WITH
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES,
SOURCE
DESCRIBED WHAT SEEMED TO HIM TO BE A COMPLEX MANMADE STRUCTURE
NEAR THE WATER.
THIS STRUCTURE SEEMED TO HIM STRANGE AND
INTERESTING.
AS HE MODELED THE SITE, (SLIDE ON) HE DISCOVERED
THAT IT WAS AN OLD PYRAMID STRUCTURE.
AS HE COMPLETED THE
MODEL HE STATED THAT THE NAME OF THIS OLD PYRAMID STRUCTURE
SOUNDED PHONETICALLY LIKE "TO LOO."
(SLIDE ON)
THE SITE WAS
IN FACT THE MAYAN PYRAMID OF TULUM ON THE EAST COAST OF
YUCATAN.
PSCHOENERGETIC TECHNOLOGY IS CERTAINLY NOT A PANACEA, BUT IT IS A
VALUABLE RESOURCE IN COLLECTING AGAINST TARGETS INACCESSIBLE TO MORE
CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS -- IE., COLLECTION IN TOTALLY DENIED AREAS,
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AGAINST UNUSUALLY HEAVILY DEFENDED TARGETS, IN SITUATIONS REQUIRING
ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSE, OR AGAINST TARGETS WHOSE LOCATIONS
ARE
UNKNOWN.
ONE
HUNDRED
AND
SIX PROJECTS
SINCE
1979
HAVE
ESTABLISHED REMOTE VIEWING AS A VALID AND WORTHWHILE
INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION
SYSTEM.
IT
OFFERS
THE
INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY
AN
ADDITIONAL TOOL, COMPLEMENTARY TO THE SIGINT/HUMINT/IMINT TRIAD, BUT
WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
MAKE TOWARDS
EFFECTIVE MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT.
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