BRIEFING FOR LTG BROWN (DIRECTOR OF THE ARMY STAFF), 1 MARCH 1984

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1984
• Content Type: BRIEF

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BRIEFING FOR LTG BROWN
DIRECTOR OF THE ARMY STAFF
1 MARCH 1984
GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A REVIEW OF
INSCOM'S ACTIVITIES UNDER THE CENTER LANE PROGRAM TO SUPPLEMENT
THE BRIEFING OF 23 AUGUST 1983. THE THRUST OF THE BRIEFING WILL
BE ON THE PROGRAM'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND PERSONNEL SELECTION
PROCEDURES.
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THE CENTER LANE MISSION HAS BEEN TO USE REMOTE VIEWING AS AN
OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUE TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION TO
ENHANCE OTHER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS, AND TO DETERMINE
IF REMOTE VIEWING COULD BE LEARNED BY PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE
PERSONNEL WHO WERE NOT ESTABLISHED "PSYCHICS." REMOTE VIEWING
IS AN SRI-INTERNATIONAL COINED TERM WHICH IS DEFINED AS THE
ACQUISITION AND DESCRIPTION BY MENTAL MEANS OF INFORMATION
BLOCKED FROM ORDINARY PERCEPTION BY DISTANCE, SHIELDING OR
TIME. FROM THE PROGRAMS START IN OCTOBER 1978 INSCOM HAS
DEMONSTRATED THAT REMOTE VIEWING IS AN EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION COLLECTION TOOL, AND PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE
OFFICERS CAN BE TRAINED IN REMOTE VIEWING.
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VALIDATION OF REMOTE VIEWING BY INSCOM WAS INITIALLY
ACCOMPLISHED WITH A HIGHLY CONTROLLED, OBJECTIVE IN-HOUSE
PROGRAM OF TRAINING FOR ASSIGNED PERSONNEL. OVER A FOUR YEAR
PERIOD APPROXIMATELY 350 OF THESE CONTROLLED REMOTE VIEWINGS
WERE CONDUCTED. SUCH VALIDATION CONTINUES TODAY INDEPENDENT OF
CONTRACTOR'S EFFORTS.
SINCE THE FIRST OPERATIONAL INTERVIEW IN SEPTEMBER 1979,
PROJECT PERSONNEL HAVE CONDUCTED 726 OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING
INTERVIEWS IN SUPPORT OF 96 INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROJECTS FOR
A NUMBER OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY CUSTOMERS. THIS CHART
SHOWS OUR RESULTS FROM THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. IT IS IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL SOURCES WE HAD AVAILABLE. A
SOURCE IS A REMOTE VIEWER. (1979: 7; 1980: 41; 1981: 20;
1982: 11; 1983: 15; 1984: 2; 6)
SIR, TO ILLUSTRATE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I WILL FIRST EXPLAIN
OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES AND THEN PROVIDE YOU WITH A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL PROJECTS. I HAVE BROUGHT
SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED PROJECTS FOR YOU TO EXAMINE IN
DETAIL IF YOU DESIRE. THE EXAMPLES I HAVE ARE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE YOU SAW LAST AUGUST.
CENTER LANE RESPONDS TO TASKINGS THROUGHOUT THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY. AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF INSCOM MUST RECEIVE APPROVAL
FROM OACSI TO TASK CENTER LANE. WE REFER TO TASKINGS AS
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PROJECTS. A PROJECT BEGINS WHEN A "CUSTOMER" CONTACTS THE
CENTER LANE PROJECT MANAGER DIRECTLY TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY
OF USING PSYCHOENERGETICS TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.
OUR ASSOCIATION WITH CERTAIN CUSTOMERS IS CONSIDERED SENSITIVE.
SPECIFICALLY THE NSA DOES NOT WANT IT KNOWN THAT THEY TASK.
IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN CENTER LANE
PERSONNEL AND THE CUSTOMER IN ORDER TO DEVELOP NECESSARY CUING
DATA AND EEI. ONCE THE PROJECT MANAGER DETERMINES CENTER LANE
IS AN APPROPRIATE TASKING AGENCY, HE ACCEPTS THE PROJECT,
NOTIFIES HIS CHAIN OF COMMAND OF THE TASKING, PROCESSES THE
PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVELY, AND ASSIGNS THE PROJECT TO AVAILABLE
RESOURCES.
ONE PROJECT MAY HAVE SEVERAL SOURCE INTERVIEWS. EACH IS
STRUCTURED BY A MONITOR WHO PREPARES THE SOURCE FOR THE
INTERVIEW, PROVIDES THE CUING DATA, GUIDES THE SOURCE'S EFFORTS
TO RESPOND TO THE EEI, RECORDS THE DATA, AND PREPARES THE REPORT.
EVERY INTERVIEW IS RECORDED AND TRANSCRIBED. FROM THE
INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION THE MONITOR PREPARES AN AGENT REPORT.
AFTER THE REPORT IS PREPARED, THE CUSTOMER IS CONTACTED AND TOLD
THAT A REPORT IS READY FOR REVIEW. AGAIN THERE IS DIRECT
CONTACT BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER AND THE CENTER LANE OFFICE. AT
THIS TIME, THE CUSTOMER REVIEWS THE TRANSCRIPT AND RECEIVES A
COPY OF THE REPORT.
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THE PROJECT IS CLOSED WHEN ALL EEI HAVE BEEN SATISFIED AND
REPORTS DELIVERED. CENTER LANE MANAGEMENT REQUESTS A WRITTEN
EVALUATION FOR EACH REPORT AND FOR THE PROJECT. THOSE
EVALUATIONS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE ACCURACY OF THE SOURCE
AND THE INTELLIGENCE VALUE OF THE INFORMATION DEVELOPED.
SIR, NOW THAT I HAVE EXPLAINED HOW WE OPERATE, I WOULD LIKE
TO REVIEW SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR YOU.
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As WITH ANY OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY, A STRUCTURED ORGANIZATION
AND QUALITY PERSONNEL ARE ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS. SINCE THE
PROJECT'S BEGINNING IN 1978, WE HAVE OPERATED ON AN "OUT OF
HIDE" BASIS WITHIN INSCOM. THAT STATUS, HOWEVER, HAS NOT
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PROHIBITED US FROM IDENTIFYING AND SELECTING QUALITY PERSONNEL
FOR ASSIGNMENT TO THE PROGRAM., I WOULD NOW LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU
WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PERSONNEL SELECTION PROCEDURES.
IN LATE 1978, WE IDENTIFIED 251 INSCOM PERSONNEL IN THE
GREATER BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE
INSCOM GRILL FLAME PROGRAM. PRELIMINARY SCREENING REDUCED THAT
NUMBER TO 117. THOSE 117 PEOPLE WERE THEN INTERVIEWED BY THE
PROJECT'S MANAGEMENT. FIFTEEN INDIVIDUALS WERE IDENTIFIED AS
PRIME CANDIDATES AND FOUR WERE EVENTUALLY SELECTED FOR
ASSIGNMENT TO THE PROJECT AS FULL-TIME SOURCES.
AS THE PROGRAM BEGAN TO GROW, WE REFINED OUR PERSONNEL
SCREENING PROCEDURES, IN EARLY 1980, THE NEWLY ASSIGNED INSCOM
STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST INITIATED A PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING PROGRAM FOR
THE PROGRAM'S PARTICIPANTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE TESTING WAS TO
DETERMINE A PROFILE OF A SUCCESSFUL REMOTE VIEWER BY WHICH
FURTHER PARTICIPANTS COULD BE IDENTIFIED. FROM THESE TEST
RESULTS, THE COMMAND PSYCHOLOGIST CONSTRUCTED A TEST KNOWN AS
THE INSCOM FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE USED WITH OTHER
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AS INITIAL SCREENING TOOLS TO BE USED IN THE
SELECTION OF NEW PROJECT PARTICIPANTS. INDIVIDUALS WHO SCORED
WITHIN PARAMETERS SPECIFIELI BY THE STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST THEN
RECEIVED PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.
THIS SELECTION PROCESS WAS IMPLEMENTED IN MID 1980 AND IS IN
EFFECT TODAY.
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WHILE THE SCREENING AND SELECTION PROCESS WE DEVELOPED IS
ADEQUATE, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR BETTER WAYS TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE
WHO MAY HAVE SOME PSYCHOENERGETIC TALENT OR COULD BE TRAINED TO
PERFORM PSYCHOENERGETIC FUNCTIONS. IN NOVEMBER 1983, I AWARDED
A CONTRACT TO SRI-INTERNATIONAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
STATE-OF-THE-ART PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING/SELECTION PROFILE FOR
USE IN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SOURCES. SRI-INTERNATIONAL WILL
COMPLETE WORK ON THAT PROFILE BY DECEMBER 1984.
As PART OF OUR TRAINING PROGRAM, WE DISCOVERED THE MIAS IN
1978, AND BEGAN A TRAINING PROGRAM WITH THEM IN 1980. IN
NOVEMBER 1983 WE IMPLEMENTED AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM WITH THE
INSTITUTE THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO IDENTIFY PERSONNEL FOR
POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT. THE PRINCIPAL BEHIND THE
TRAINING IS THE HEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS. SIR, YOU
WILL RECALL THAT I PROVIDED AN INFORMATION BRIEFING TO THE
SECRETARY OF THE ARMY IN EARLY JANUARY ON THE MONROE INSTITUTE,
MR. MONROE, AND INSCOM's INVOLVEMENT WITH THE INSTITUTE AND MR.
MONROE.
SIR, I WILL NOW DISCUSS OUR FUTURE. CENTER LANE IS AN
OPERATIONAL COLLECTION ACTIVITY CONDUCTED WITHIN INSCOM IN A
COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH DIA. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PERSONNEL
STRENGTH OF EIGHT. THAT INCLUDES MYSELF, THE OPERATIONS
OFFICER, ONE FULLY OPERATIONAL SOURCE, THREE SOURCES IN VARIOUS
STAGES OF TRAINING, AND TWO SECRETARIES. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO
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RECEIVE THREE MORE INDIVIDUALS BY THIS SUMMER. THEY WILL BE
TRAINED AS INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES. OUR EFFORTS FOR FY 84 ARE
FUNDED WITH P-6 FUNDS OBTAINED THROUGH THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF THE ARMY FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION AND
PROGRAMMED INSCOM S&IA FUNDS. RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR FY 85 WILL
BE CONTINGENT UPON THE CONTINUATION OF DIA'S R&D EFFORTS.
SIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
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