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AM LTC BUZBY, PROJECT MANAGER FOR INSCOM PROJECT CENTER LANE.
WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY OPERATIONS OFFICER, FRED
I
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 PROGRAM'S HISTORY, RESOURCES,
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.
CENTER LANE IS A REGISTERED DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SPECIAL
ACCESS PROGRAM.
THAT STATUS AND THE SENSITIVITY OF THE CENTER
LANE
MISSION
REQUIRE
TO
US
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.
( 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.
ARMY review(s) completed.
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OUR MISSION IS AS DEPICTED ON THIS 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.
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE CENTER LANE ACTIVITIES, IT
IS NECESSARY TO DISCUSS OUR HISTORY.
(CHART BLANK?) SINCE 1972, THE US GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN EXAMINING POTENTIAL
USES
OF PSYCHOENERGETICS.
IN
THE
EARLY
1970'S SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION FOR PSYCHOENERGETICS, PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF
REMOTE VIEWING AS AN INTELLIGENCE GATHERING TOOL, RECEIVED GREAT
IMPETUS FROM WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS ASTOUNDING SUCCESSES
IN REMOTE VIEWING RESEARCH BY TWO LASER
PHYSICISTS AT SRI
INTERNATIONAL IN MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA,
REMOTE VIEWING IS AN
SRI
INTERNATIONAL
COINED
WHICH
TERM
IS
DEFINED
AS
THE
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ACQUISITION AND DESCRIPTION BY MENTAL MEANS, OF
INFORMATION
BLOCKED FROM ORDINARY PERCEPTION BY DISTANCE,
SHIELDING OR
TIME.
USING SEVERAL APPARENTLY GIFTED PSYCHIC SUBJECTS, THE
SCIENTISTS CONDUCTED
A
REVIEW OF CIA-SPONSORED TESTS.
MUCH
DETAILED,
ACCURATE
INFORMATION,
OF
SOME
IT
PREVIOUSLY
UNREPORTED, WAS PROVIDED ABOUT A SECRET NSA FACILITY, THE SOVIET
R&D FACILITY
IN
SEMIPALITINSK
( SEMI-POLY-TINSK ),
GUERRILLA
TRAINING BASES IN LIBYA,
SG1A
SG1A
SG1A
BECAUSE OF THESE ORIGINAL TESTS,
THE LAST DECADE OF WORK CENTERED ON REMOTE VIEWING.
SINCE THOSE
ORIGINAL
TESTS, THE CIA
SUSPENDED
THEIR ACTIVE
ROLE
IN
PSYCHOENERGETIC ACTIVITIES FOR "POLITICAL'
REASONS, BUT HAVE
CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH STATE OF INTEREST IN ALL ON-GOING
WORK BECAUSE OF OBVIOUS DEFENSE APPLICATIONS.
DURING THE SAME
TIME FRAME, THE MILITARY SERVICES AND DIA HAVE, AT ONE TIME OR
ANOTHER, BEEN INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS PSYCHOENERGETICS TESTS, MOST
OF THEM APPLICATIONS-ORIENTED.
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
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PROGRAM FOR THEM AND IN AUGUST 1977, MIA AWARDED SRI AN $80K
ONE-YEAR R&D CONTRACT.
DURING THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER DARCOM
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
PROGRAM, 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.
SG1B
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RETURNING TO INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT, BY SUMMER OF 1978, THE
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.
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
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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) 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. AS A
POINT OF INTEREST, DIA COMPLETED THEIR PROGRAM AT THE END OF FY
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83.
THEY HAVE RECEIVED P-6 FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $600K, AND
WILL CONTRACT WITH SRI-INTERNATIONAL IN
THE
NEAR FUTURE FOR
ADDITIONAL PSYCHOENERGETICS R&D THAT WILL EXTEND INTO FY 85.
THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT'S HISTORY, THE SUBJECT OF WHETHER OR NOT
PSYCHOENERGETICS CONSTITUTES HUMAN USE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE.
( CHART CHANGE )
IN FEBRUARY 1979, THE ARMY GENERAL COUNSEL
DETERMINED THAT GRILL FLAME ACTIVITIES INVOLVED TESTING ON HUMAN
SUBJECTS, AND RECOMMENDED THAT FURTHER ACTION BE TAKEN TO COMPLY
WITH ARMY GUIDELINES ON HUMAN SUBJECT TESTING.
IN MARCH 1979,
THE SURGEON GENERAL'S HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH REVIEW BOARD
REVIEWED THE GRILL FLAME PROTOCOL AND CONCLUDED THAT
IT
REPRESENTED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND VALIDATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER, RATHER THAN RESEARCH OR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION.
As
SUCH, GRILL FLAME ACTIVITIES DID NOT REQUIRE APPROVAL FOR HUMAN
USE.
£
HOWEVER, THE BOARD EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT FUTURE ARMY
FOLLOW-ON WORK MIGHT BE CLASSIFIED AS RESEARCH, AND PLANS SHOULD
BE CONSIDERED TO ESTABLISH CREDIBLE HUMAN USE REVIEW PROCEDURES
TO OVERSEE GRILL FLAME ACTIVITIES,
IN APRIL 1979, ARMY GENERAL
COUNSEL DETERMINED THAT THE ARMY COULD CONTINUE/PROCEED WITH
GRILL FLAME ACTIVITIES AS 1
LONG AS DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH,
EDUCATION AND WELFARE
GUIDELINES WERE FOLLOWED AND OTHER
APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TAKEN.
IN NOVEMBER 1979,
AFTER REVIEW OF REVISED PROTOCOLS, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT GRILL
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FLAME ACTIVITIES DID CONSTITUTE HUMAN USE.
SUBSEQUENTLY,
IN
APRIL 1980, THE UNDER SECRETARY OF
THE ARMY APPROVED
THE
CONTINUATION OF GRILL FLAME ACTIVITIES.
IN OCTOBER 1980, THE
DOD, DIA, AND ARMY GENERAL COUNSEL JOINTLY AGREED THAT IT WOULD
BE PRUDENT TO OBTAIN WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE TO CONDUCT GRILL FLAME ACTIVITIES.
ACSI, DA
CONCURRENTLY
INITIATED ACTION TO OBTAIN SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
APPROVAL
TO
CONDUCT
GRILL FLAME
ACTIVITIES.
SINCE
THEN
SECRETARY OR UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY APPROVAL FOR GRILL
FLAME/ICLP ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN GRANTED ON 14 JANUARY 1981, 1
FEBRUARY 1982, AND 1 SEPTEMBER 1983.
APPROVALS ARE GENERALLY
VALID FOR ONE YEAR.
THE CENTER LANE PROGRAM IS NOW REVIEWED BY
THE INSCOM HUMAN TECHNOLOGY REVIEW BOARD, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE
COMMAND TO INITIATE ACTION TO OBTAIN SECRETARIAL APPROVAL FOR
CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.
WE BRIEFED THE BOARD ON 6 JUNE
1984.
NEXT I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF
INSCOM'S
OPERATIONAL EFFORTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
FOR THE SAKE OF
CLARITY, I
NEED TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHAT WE
DESIGNATE A PROJECT, AND AN OPERATIONAL MISSION.
A PROJECT, A
FEW OF WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER, MAY CONSIST OF ONE OR
SEVERAL MISSIONS.
IT
IS A SPECIFIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION
REQUIREMENT OF
AN AGENCY,
AND
AS
IN
TRADITIONAL
COLLECTION
SYSTEMS, A PROJECT MAY REQUIRE
SEVERAL ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF
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(EEI)
TO
SATISFY
A
COLLECTION
REQUIREMENT.
"MISSIONS"
ARE
CONDUCTED
TO ACQUIRE INTELLIGENCE
INDICATORS
PERTAINING TO EEI.
(CHART ON)
DURING 1979, WE CONDUCTED 79
OPERATIONAL MISSIONS, 43 OF WHICH WERE
DEDICATED TO ASSISTING
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DURING THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
PROJECT.
£
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
SUBSEQUENTLY
RESULTED
IN
DEDICATED
TO
IRAN.
PERSONNEL LOSSES
A
SHARP
DECLINE OF
OPERATIONAL
MISSIONS.
OVERALL, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE CONDUCTED OVER 760
OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION MISSIONS.
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
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THIS FUNDING AT THE END OF FY 82.
OUR PERSONNEL STRENGTH AT THE
END OF FY 84 WILL BE 9 OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL AND TWO SUPPORT
PERSONNEL .
(CHART CHANGE)
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
REQUIRES US TO TRAIN
PERSONNEL
PERFORM PSYCHOENERGETIC
TASKS.
TO DATE OUR
TRAINING
PROGRAM HAS BEEN AIMED AT TRAINING REMOTE VIEWING
SOURCES.
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
THE
HEMISPHERIC
SYNCHRONIZATION
TRAINING
PROGRAM
USING
(HEMI-SYNC) PROCESS DEVELOPED BY ROBERT A. MONROE AND USED AT
THE MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN VIRGINIA.
THIS
TRAINING
ENABLES SOURCE PERSONNEL (RVERS) TO ACHIEVE
STATES
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CONDUCIVE TO PSYCHOENERGETIC AWARENESS.
IN MID 1982, WE BEGAN A
NEW TRAINING PROGRAM IN COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING, OR CRV, WITH
SRI.
IN CRV, A SET OF COORDINATES IS USED TO DIRECT THE SOURCE
TO THE TARGET
OF
INTEREST.
THE NEW TRAINING METHODOLOGY
SUBDIVIDES THE PROCESS OF PSYCHIC "SIGNAL" ACQUISITION AND
DECODING INTO DISTINCT, MORE EASILY MASTERED 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.
THIS NEXT CHART SHOWS OUR COSTS, LESS PERSONNEL SALARIES, FROM
THE PROJECT'S INCEPTION THROUGH FY 83.
(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 92 COLLECTION PROJECTS, AND MANAGED
4
SOURCE TRAINING PROGRAMS
-- ALL
WITH A LIMITED NUMBER
OF
PERSONNEL AND AT A COST TO DATE OF ONLY $703K.
I WILL ADDRESS
THIS YEAR'S EXPENDITURES LATER IN THE BRIEFING.
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THE NEXT PART OF
MY
BRIEFING WILL COVER
INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION
PROJECTS,
THEIR SPONSORS,
AND OUR
SUCCESS RATIOS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER 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).
TO DATE IN 1984 WE
HAVE RECEIVED 7 PROJECTS IN SUPPORT OF 5 CUSTOMERS.
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%
THE
OF
760
MISSIONS
PRODUCED
USABLE
INTELLIGENCE.
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GOOD OLD FRED 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 PRESENT POSTURE.
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. ACQUISITION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS PENDING
REASSESSMENT OF OUR REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN SELECTION OF THE BEST
FOR OUR NEEDS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH
THE
INSCOM
STAFF
PSYCHOLOGIST TO PURCHASE THAT EQUIPMENT.
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
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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
ENVIRONMENTS
ELF
£
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
WOULD ANTICIPATE TRAINING SOURCE PERSONNEL
IN
THIS TECHNIQUE
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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 :
THE TRAINEE HAS COMPLETED 75%
OF THIS TRAINING AND IS CONSIDERED OPERATIONAL.
FUNDS NOTED ARE
FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT.
INITIATION OF CRV TRAINING FOR FOUR
NEW SOURCE
PERSONNEL .
THE FOUR TRAINEES HAVE COMLETED 50 PER CENT OF THEIR
TRAINING.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE THE FIRST PHASE OF
THEIR CRV TRAINING BY DECEMBER 1984. FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI
AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT.
THIS P6 MONEY IS SUPPLEMENTED BY $235K INSCOM S&IA FUNDS WHICH
ARE USED FOR TRAVEL AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.
SIR, I
WILL NOW ADDRESS OUR FUTURE.
WITH AN ESTABLISHED
EXPERIENCE AND SUCCESS RATE AND SOME
DEGREE
OF PERSONNEL
STABILIZATION, WE WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS OUR FULL ATTENTION ON
OUR MISSION -- THE COLLECTION OF
INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION THROUGH
PSYCHOENERGETICS,
TO
ENHANCE
INSCOM'S OTHER
INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION SYSTEMS. THIS CHART SHOWS OUR PROJECTED END-OF-YEAR
PERSONNEL STRENGTH THROUGH FY 86. THE FY 86 FIGURE OF 12 IS THE
SAME AS THAT PROJECTED IN OUR FY 86-90 GDIP SUBMISSION.
THIS
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NEXT CHART SHOWS OUR PROJECTED EXPENDITURES FOR THE REMAINDER OF
FY 84 AND FY'S 85-86. TRAINING EXPENSES FOR FY'S 85 AND 86 ARE
DEPENDENT UPON THE SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT OF TWO NEW REMOTE
VIEWING SOURCES. THE RESOURCES ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROGRAM OVER
THE NEXT TWO
YEARS WILL ALLOW THE PROJECT TO MAINTAIN
ITS
MOMENTUM
AND
INSCOM
TO
CONTINUE
AS LEADER
IN
THIS
NEW
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION TECHNOLOGY.
SIR, THIS COMPLETES MY BRIEFING.
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