GRILL FLAME WORKING GROUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00788R001200410019-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 1998
• Sequence Number: 19
• Content Type: REPORT

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been accomplished because of a lack. of controls, documentation, repeatability
and other limitations.
Recommendations
1. Exploratory testing of the utility of these unexplained capabilities
should continue and increase in scope.
2. Until sufficient and compelling observations or theories are
advanced, basic scientific research on these capabilities and their
characteristics are unlikely to be successful.
3. A central coordination and review authority for all GRILLFLAME
type applications and investigations is needed.
The GRILLFLAME Working Group (GFWG) has developed the following
recommendations on the substance and tone of the GRILLFLAME Scient iif c -
Evaluation Committee's report on paranormal phenomena. The -S
report contains many factual errors and an inordinate number of ambi-
guities in the body-of the report that, taken alone would confuse policy
planners and other readers.. Row xar wo fewid strong apeemenz- with
and support mach off' the ft-poft. Those conclusions and recommendations
which are strongly agreed or disagreed with are highlighted below.
We:s: en:r c agree with the following:
Conclusions
1. Unexplained observation of human capability to generate data
of potential intelligence utility has been documented.
2. Scientific proof of.these unexplained capabilities has not
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4. Foreign intelligence analysis on explained human capability
should be ?=d?.
Strong Disagreement with the Following_
I. There are no sufficient and compelling arguments in the report to
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2. The unqualified, condemnation of the "SRI approach" Is-not
understood or acceptable without further explanation.
Finally, the working group notes it was most disappointed by the
lack of original thought in the report. From the viewpoint and
experience of this committee, this report has added no new information
of value to either advancing the utility or dismissing the importance of
these infrequent, but impressive unexplained capabilities.
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