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CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7
Opens with: I AM LTC BUZBY. PROJECT MANAGER FOR INSCOM PROJECT CENTER LANE
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Approved For Release 2000/08/08 - 0|APDP96-00788R001700330002-7 ULDALI I AM LTC BUZBY. PROJECT MANAGER FOR INSCOM PROJECT CENTER LANE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY DEPUTY, BILL RAY, AND MY OPERATIONS OFFICER, FRED ATWATER. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO ORIENT YOU TO A UNIQUE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROJECT THAT USES THE CENTER LANE TECHNIQUE. ' I WILL DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM, TRAINING,' OPERATIONS, AND OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.' FOLLOWING THE BRIEFING. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OF OUR OPERATIONAL BUILDING, THE OVERALL CLASSIFICATION OF THE BRIEFING IS SECRET, CENTER LANE LEVEL 4. SIR,' 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. GENTLEMEN, I HAVE A RECORD THAT YOU COMPLETED THE CERTIFICATES WHEN YOU REVIEWED THE CENTER LANE PROJECT WITH LTC FOX IN LATE JANUARY 1984. (CHART 1) SIR,' THE INSCOM CENTER LANE PROJECT INVOLVES THE USE OF PSYCHOENERGETICS FOR INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES. PSYCHOENERGETICS ARE THE PROCESSES BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL MAY PSYCHICALLY INTERACT WITH OBJECTS, LOCATIONS/ ORGANISMS OR EVENTS. THIS INCLUDES SUCH DISCIPLINES AS PSYCHOKENESIS, REMOTE VIEWING, AND REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS, OLUNLT Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 1
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 THE CENTER LANE MISSION IS TO USE PSCHO ENERGETICS TO ENHANCE OTHER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS ;. THAT IS SIGINT, IMINT, AND HUMINT. OUR MISSION IS AS SHOWN ON THE NEXT CHART. CONDUCT INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS UTILIZING ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES APPLICABLE. TRAIN 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 PSYCHOKENESIS. THE US ARMY'S INTEREST IN PSYCHOENERGETICS GOES BACK TO 1972, WHEN THE SURGEON GENERAL THROUGH THE MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AGENCY (MIIA), TOGETHER WITH DIA, PUBLISHED STUDIES OF SOVIET BLOCK WORK.' IN 1976," THE MISSILE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (MIA) INFORMALLY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN US REPLICATION OF CLAIMED SOVIET EXPERIMENTS IN PSYCHOKENESIS.' SRI DEVELOPED A SMALL PROGRAM FOR THEM AND IN AUGUST 1977, MIA AWARDED SRI AN $80K ONE-YEAR R&D CONTRACT .. ' DURING THE SAME TIME,' ANOTHER DARCOM Gronrr Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 2
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 . AGENCY / THE ARMY MATERIAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AGENCY WAS INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF REMOTE VIEWING CONCEPTS WITH SRI.' THESE EFFORTS CONTINUED THROUGH FY 1980. IN MARCH 1980, WILLIAM J. PERRY / THEN UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, ORDERED CURTAILMENT OF ALL P6 MONIES SUPPORTING THE PROGRAMA BUT POSED NO OBJECTION TO CONTINUANCE OF NON-R&D INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS EFFORTS', ' THIS ACTION EVENTUALLY CAUSED DARCOM TO CEASE ALL ACTIVITY. (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 3 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 2.
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 DEUNET INSCOM TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM USING PSYCHOENERGETICS FOR INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS UTILIZING REMOTE VIEWING. BY SPRING 1979, PROJECT PERSONNEL HAD BEEN SELECTED AND TRAINING INITIATED. THE MARCH 1980 PERRY MEMORANDUM WITHDREW THE PROGRAM 6 MONIES SUPPORTING PSYCHOENERGETIC R&D EFFORTS, BUT IT DID NOT PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS .. 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 EFFORT WAS FORMED TO IMPLEMENT A 3-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS AND USEFULNESS OF PSYCHOENERGETICS, AND ASSESS THE THREAT THESE. PHENOMENA POSED TO NATIONAL SECURITY. WITHIN THIS 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 UNTIL THE END OF FY 82 WHEN THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE (SENATOR WALLOP) CEODOCT - Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 4
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 -- GIA RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 CURTAILED ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE ARMY IN THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM (NFIP). ' 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 OVERVIEW OF INSCOM'S OPERATIONAL EFFORTS OVER TH 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 SEPARATED 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 SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN A SHARP DECLINE OF OERATIONAL MISSIONS, A SITUATION THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. -SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 5
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 GIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 . 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 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 POSTPONED IN LATE AUGUST (29 AUG 83),. THAT MEANS CENTER LANE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHIN INSCOM AS A TASK FORCE WITHOUT A TDA. WE HAVE SUBMITTED AN FY 86-90 POM SUBMISSION THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR A 20 PERSON ORGANIZATION, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 10 PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO THE ACTIVITY. aranr Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 6
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 (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 TO OUR 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 (HEMI-SYNC) PROCESS DEVELOPED BY ROBERT A. MONROE AND USED AT THE MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN VIRGINIA. THIS TRAINING ENABLES SOURCE PERSONNEL STATES CONDUCIVE TO PSYCHOENERGETIC (RVERS) TO ACHIEVE AWARENESS. THIS ADVANCED TRAINING IS BEING FURTHER REFINED AND CONTINUES TO BE USED TODAY. IN MID 1982,' WE BEGAN A NEW TRAINING PROGRAM IN COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING WITH SRI. THIS NEW COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING OR CRV TRAINING PROCESS SUBDIVIDES SEADET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 7
1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 00)A-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 THE DETECTION AND DECODING OF PSYCHIC IMPRESSIONS INTO DISCRETE, ACHIEVABLE SKILL LEVELS. 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. (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 (EEI) ... 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 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. IN 1983; WE RECEIVED 14 PROJECTS FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT "CUSTOMERS" ( USAINSCOM, CIA, NSA, ACSI, ISA, FBI/SS. SO FAR IN 1984 WE HAVE RECEIVED 6 PROJECTS FROM 3 DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS, SEODET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 8
. . Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 SECRET IN SUMMARY/ OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS INSCOM HAS CONDUCTED 100 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) LAST YEAR,' THE CURRENT UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING SUSPENDED THE PROHIBITION AGAINST UTILIZING PROGRAM 6 FUNDS AND THE ACSI MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO USE THESE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE INSCOM CENTER LANE PROJECT. THESE P6 FUNDS ENABLED US TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS INTO AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED OVER THE YEARS DUE TO LACK OF A SUFFICIENT FUNDING BASE. WE HAVE CONTRACTED FOR THE FOLLOWING EXPENDITURES IN FY 84 : (CHART ON). 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 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 2 1 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 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 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 10
Approved For Release 2000/08/08-161A-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 - 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 FOUR NEW SOURCE PERSONNEL:' FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT. THIS P6 MONEY WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $235K INSCOM S&IA FUNDS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR TRAVEL AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. SCODET Approved For Release 2000/08708 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 11