SECURE FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL FORM (STATUS OF STARGATE PROGRAM)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00791R000100040016-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: March 7, 1995
• Content Type: HW

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CLASSIFICATION
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Status of STARGATR Program
In response to Congressional direction that the Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA) transfer the STARGATE program to
CIA, and that we perform a retrospective review of the
program's activities, we have initiated a number of actions,
including:
? Trading data with DIA to conduct the requested
review and program transfer, including several
officially declassified documents.
? Exchanging draft tasking statements with the
National Research Council (NRC) to establish a
Blue Ribbon Panel to ensure a comprehensive and
unbiased technical retrospective review of the
program.
? Beginning an effort to declassify information
related to STARGATE. We already have held
informal discussions with the Agency's Center
for the Study of Intelligence on developing
strategies for declassifying information and are
preparing a memorandum that specifies our
declassification requirements for DIA.
? Requesting the cooperation of the US Army
Research Institute, which holds a contract
related to behavioral sciences with the NRC. We
also are preparing to transfer resources to the
Institute for the cost of managing and
supporting the NRC during the technical review.
? Contacting several organizations involved in the
program to review STARGATE's operations.
Following the completion of these declassification and
review efforts, we will develop a comprehensive management
strategy for the program, (S)
Declassification
To comply with Congressional direction, we will
declassify immediately certain aspects of our program,
including the Agency's past sponsorship of activities
related to the investigation of paranormal phenomena for
intelligence purposes and the results of this research. In
order to determine what additional information related to
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the STARGATE program can be declassified, we will convene a
DCI classification review committee. This committee will
conduct a detailed review of all CIA and DIA program
documents and other information--including actual targets
against which operations were conducted and their nature,
the customers for these operations, and resources allocated
to this effort--to declassify further where appropriate.
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To facilitate the declassification effort and the Blue
Ribbon Panel review, we will request DIA to:
? Declassify its sponsorship of STARGATE and to
continue downgrading and declassifying the
technical reports associated with the program.
? Eliminate the program's compartmentation, and
remove from a limited distribution status all
other classified documentation related to
STARGATE and consider declassifying these
documents further.
* Transfer to CIA all DIA documents associated
with STARGATE following declassification
consideration for archival purposes and further
review by the DCI declassification committee.
? Assist the Agency in executing the Blue Ribbon
Panel review by providing unclassified
information relating to the program when
requested by the Panel. (S)
Retrospective Review
To perform the retrospective review of STARGATE's 20-
year history and a technical analysis of the program's
results, we will work closely with the NRC, which has ready
access to a variety of experts in the scientific fields
related to the program. In addition to establishing the
Blue Ribbon Panel of parapsychological phenomena, CIA will
request the NRC to:
? Review research and development studies related
to this program--less than 50 studies--for which
unclassified reports are available.
* Meet with former program officials to develop a
comprehensive understanding of STARGATE's
current direction.
? Perform technical evaluation of all the data
related to the program, including experimental
designs and their results, and proposed future
research. This evaluation will contain
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recommendations on which technical areas have
the potential for fruitful research and will
identify areas that should not be pursued
further.
? Draft the final report, which will incorporate
the findings of the Blue Ribbon Panel; the NRC
also will participate, as appropriate, in
briefing these findings to the Congress. (S)
The review and analysis of the Blue Ribbon Panel will
be unclassified, but we will not release its findings until
the Congress and the involved agencies have been briefed.
We are working with the NRC to determine the appropriate
amount of time for the study, which could require up to six
months. (S)
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Schedule of Events
March 1995
< Status of transfer of program activities to CIA.
? Preliminary declassification actions by CIA, request to
DIA for further action.
April 1995
? Establish DCI declassification committee to review long-
term issues.
< Form Blue Ribbon Panel to conduct retrospective review
and technical data analysis.
March-June 1995
? Conduct technical review, interview intelligence
Community users, draft preliminary report and
recommendations.
July 1995
? Develop CIA program management strategy that addresses
proper scope, resources, and management.
? Brief Congress on results and recommendations of Blue
Ribbon Panel.
? Report program design and status to Congress and complete
actual transfer.
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