GRILL FLAME/CENTER LANE

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• Publication Date: January 31, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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ARMY review(s) completed.
LTC Buzby/AV923-7829
31 January 1984
SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME/CENTER LANE (S/CL3/NOFORN)
TO: Commanding General
PURPOSE: To inform CG, INSCOM of background/status of subject program.
FACTS:
1. (S/CL3/NOFORM) USAINSCOM became involved in the intelligence application
of psychoenergetics in 1977. In 1981, INSCOM participated in a joint services
program with DIA to explore phenomenon known as remote viewing -- a procedure
by which a person is asked to mentally perceive characteristics of a remote lo-
cation.
2. (S/CL3/NOFORN) Under Procedure 18, DOD Directive 5240.1R, approval by the
Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense was required if the procedure "may ex-
pose an individual to the possibility of injury (including physical, psycholog-
ical, or social injury) that increases the ordinary risks of daily life for the
subject . . . or that temporarily adversely affects a person's mental or physi-
cal condition."
3. (S/CL3/NOFORN) Legal review by the DA General Counsel determined that the
program constituted human experimentation as defined by Procedure 18 and that
the potential benefits justified the risks of harm to the participants. The
DOD General Counsel reviewed and approved the OGC, DA legal opinion on 17
November 1981.
4. (S/CL3/NOFORN) INSCOM dropped out of the joint services program on 30 Sep-
tember 1982 after a Congressional directive dictated that the program did not
belong under the NFIP. INSCOM obtained approval to continue its efforts in
psychoenergetics after that under CENTER LANE program which was funded with
S&IA monies.
5. (S/CL3/NOFORM) The CENTER LANE program is annually reviewed and approved
by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to Procedure 18 (currently Procedure 13
of DOD Directive 5240.1R) and AR 381-10. The Secretary of the Army last ap-
proved CENTER LANE on 1 September 1983.
SECRET
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CLASSIFIED BY: CG, USAINSCOM
DECLASSIFY ON: OADR
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6. (S/CL3/NOFORN) The CG, USAINSCOM directed in early November 1983 that the
Rapid Acquisition Personnel Program (RAPT) he implemented as a screening and
"sensitizing" program in support of CENTER LANE. Based on the CG's directive,
the CENTER LANE Project Manager prepared a Letter of Instruction to integrate
RAPT training into the CENTER LANE program. As is the case for the initial
program, the human use standards of the DOD Directive 5240.1R and 45 CFR 46 are
followed. All contracts in support of CENTER LANE training incorporate U.S.
Government "human use" procedures by reference. All USAINSCOM personnel who
attend RAPT sign a voluntary informed consent form prior to initiation of
training. RAPT training is funded by CENTEX, HQ USAINSCOM, Arlington Hall Sta-
tion, Arlington, Virginia from S&IA funds. The Secretary of the Army was
briefed concerning the INSCOM involvement of Monroe Institute, of Applied
Sciences on 5 January 1984, at his request.
7. (S/CL3/NOFORN) CENTER LANE funding for FY84 is as follows:
a. (S/CL3/NOFORN) DA, DCSRDA P6 funds in the amount of $496K were ac-
quired through the auspices of DAMI-ISH to finance training and potential ap-
plication programs and to purchase biomonitoring equipment. CENTER LANE has an
existing $470K contract with sRI International, Menlo Park, California for the
training. The biomonitorial equipment ($26,000) has not yet been purchased.
b. (S/CL3/NOFORN) CENTER LANE has a FY84 S&IA budget of $239,000 with HQ
USAINSCOM, Fort Meade, MD to pay for TDY costs, administrative overhead, and
additional training costs. The recent acquisition of the P6 funds, and the ac-
quisition of additional personnel resources will acquire a reprogramming of
some of the contractual monies ($100,000) to TAY costs.
c. (S/CL3/NOFORN) The Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineer-
ing (USDRE) has offered $600K additional funding for CENTER LANE research.
This funding will support a DIA psychoenergetics initiative. DAMI-ISH is coor-
dinating this action with the ASA(RD&A).
31 January 1984
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SECRET
LTC, MI
CENTER LANE Project Manager
IAN BUZBY
NOFORN
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