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2 3 MAY 1994
Honorable Sam Nunn
Chairman, Armed Services Committee
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The enclosed information is an interim response to the FY 1994 Defense
Authorization Conference Classified Annex Joint Explanatory Statement, which
requests a program plan for Project STARGATE.
The project plan and recommendations of the scientific panel will be provided
to all intelligence oversight and appropriations committees prior to the
Defense Authorization Conference.
Sincerely,
1 Enclosure
STARGATE CDA
(S/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS) 1 Cy
JAMES R. CLAPPER, JR.
Lieutenant General, USAF
Program Manager
cc:
Honorable Strom Thurmond
Ranking Minority Member
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Congressionally Directed Action
STARGATE
REQUEST: (S) The Defense Authorization Conference Committee, in its
Classified Annex Joint Explanatory Statement, Enclosure 13, requested the
Director of DIA prepare a program plan and submit an appropriate budget
request for a research effort, over several years, to determine whether the
STARGATE program can show results that are cost-effective and satisfy
reasonable performance criteria. This plan, and any research under this
program, should be subject to peer review by neutral scientific experts. The
Director of DIA is directed to prepare this research and peer review plan
within existing program funds.
RESPONSE: (S/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS) The Defense Intelligence Agency has prepared a
draft multiyear research and peer review plan that addresses the cost-
effectiveness and performance criteria of Project STARGATE. The plan focuses
on :
-- Identifying the underlying mechanisms of Anomalous Mental Phenomena
(AMP) .
-- Establishing the limits of operational usefulness of AMP.
-- Determining the degree to which foreign activities in AMP represent a
threat to national security.
-- Developing countermeasures to neutralize this threat.
-- Using research findings to improve operational activities.
-- Developing data fusion criteria to integrate AMP results with other
intelligence sources.
(S/NOFORN) The Defense Intelligence Agency will convene a panel of scientists
to review the major tenets of the program plan and provide recommendations on
the research it achieves.
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