BRIEFING ON INSCOM S INVOLVEMENT IN PROJECT GRILL FLAME

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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 6, 1982
• Content Type: BRIEF

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(SLIDE 0 ON) I AM LTC JACHIM, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE INS PORTION
OF DOD PROJECT GRILE~AMEL
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH
BACKGROUND INFORMATION CONCERNING INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT
(SLIDE 0 OFF) -. IN PROJECT GRILL FLAME,' THIS BRIEFING IS DIVIDED INTO
THREE MAJOR PORTIONS,
(SLIDE 1 ON) FIRST., THE HISTORY OF INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT AND THE
ROLES OF DIA AND INSCOM IN THE PROJECT.
NEXT, A DISCUSSION OF REMOTE VIEWING AND EXAMPLES OF
COMPLETED PROJECTS FOR WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED THE
REQUESTOR'S EVALUATION.
AND, FINALLY, A REVIEW OF TWO PROJECTS WHICH HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED BUT NOT EVALUATED,
(SLIDE 1 OFF)
(SLIDE 2 ON) FIRST THE HISTORY OF INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT, fN THE
FALL OF 1978, ACSI TASKED INSCOM TO DETERMINE IF
(SLIDE 2 OFF) PARAPSYCHOLOGY COULD BE USED TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE
FOR OUR PURPOSES PARAPSYCHOLOGY IS DEFINED IN TWO MAJOR
CATEGORIES:
(SLIDE 2A ON) FIRST, PHYSICAL ACTIONS PERFORMED BY MENTAL POWERS
THAT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY KNOWN PHYSICAL MEANS,
THIS IS KNOWN AS TELEKINESIS OR PSYCHOKINESIS, AND
SECOND) PERCEPTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE EXPLAINED THROUGH
KNOWN SENSORY MEANS, THIS IS KNOWN AS ESP, TELEPATHY
AND REMOTE VIEWING,
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SPECIFICALLY, INSCOM'S TASKING WAS TO DETERMINE IF
(SLIDE 2B ON) REMOTE VIEWIN COULD BE USED AS A COLLECTION METHOD E
REMOTE VIEWING IS DEFINED, AS THE ABILITY OF AN
INDIVIDUAL, TO ACCESS INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN,
WITHOUT REGARD TO TIME, LOCATION, OR ANY ATTEMPT TO
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TO MEET ACSI'S TASKING INSCOM ESTABLISHED A.
PROJECT TEAM UNDER THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF
STAFF FOR HUMAN INTELLIGENCE' THE CRITERIA DEVELOPED
(SLIDE 2B OFF) ? . TO DETERMINE I F REMOTE VIEWING WOULD BE A VIABLE wu-Ecix
METHOD WAS AS FOLLOWS:
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FIRST. COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE LEARNED? NEXT, COULD
REMOTE VIEWING BE APPLIED AS A CQL ECTION METHO AND,
FINALLY, COULD REMOTE VIEWING RESPOND TO COLLECTION
REQUIREMENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER?
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FIRST, COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE LEARNED:
SRI INTERNATIONAL, AN ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER IN,THE
FIELD OF PARANORMAL RESEARCH, RELIED UPON ESTABLISHED
PSYCHICS, WHO USED THEIR INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES TO
REMOTE VIEW. INSCOM, USING THE PERSONALITY TRAITS
AND CHARACTERISTICS COMPILED BY SRI DURING THEIR WORK
WITH THESE PSYCHICS, SCREENED APPROXIMATELY 250
INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WITHIN THE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
AREA, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS,
BASED ON SRI OBSERVATIONS, SUCCESSFUL REMOTE VIEWERS
TEND TO BE CONFIDENT, OUTGOING, ADVENTUROUS,
BROADLY SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS WITH SOME ARTISTIC
BENT, AFTER A SERIES OF SCREENINGS AND INTERVIEWS,
NINE PEOPLE WERE SELECTED, THEY WERE A MIXTURE OF
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN, OFFICERS AND ENLISTED, MEN
AND WOMEN,' AFTER ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE SRI
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SCIENTISTS SIX WERE SELECTED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA`:
FOR TWO WEEKS OF ACTUAL TRAINING, UPON THEIR RETURN
TO FORT MEADE THEY CONTINUED IN AN IN-HOUSE TRAINING
PROGRAM MODELED AFTER THE SRI STRAINING PHASE,
AFTER THE PERSONNEL WERE LOCATED AND TRAINING HAD BEGUN,
THE NEXT QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED APPLIED TO THE SECOND
AND THIRD'CRITERIA CONCERNING OPERATIONS, THAT IS,
COULD REMOTE VIEWING APP IELAS A COLLECTION
METHOD?,AAIF SO, WOULD THE INFORMATION BE OF REASONABLE
ACCURACY AND ACCEPTED AND USED BY THE INTELLIGENCE
ANALYST WHO RECEIVE THE PRODUCT, FINALLY, COULD
REMOTE VIEWING RFC TO COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS IN
A TIMELY MANNER?
WORK TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WAS OVERCOME BY EVENTS,
(SLIDE 5A ON) IN SEPTEMBER 1979, ACSI TASKED INSCOM TO LOCATE A
MISSING NAVY AIRCRAFTO THE ONLY INFORMATION
PROVIDED WAS A PICTURE OF THE TYPE AIRCRAFT MISSING
AND THE NAMES OF THE CREW, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS
OPERATING WAS NOT DISCLOSED, ON 4 SEPTEMBER 1979,
THE FIRST OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING SESSION TOOK PLACE,
IN THIS INITIAL SESSION, THE REMOTE VIEWER PLACED THE
AIRCRAFT TO WITHIN 15_MILES OF WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY
LOCATED, BASED ON THESE RESULTS, INSCOM WAS TASKED
TO WORK AGAINST ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL TARGETS,
THESE TASKINGS FORCED A PREMATURE HALT TO THE INITIAL
TRAINING PHASE, IN DECEMBER 1979. THE PROJECT WAS
(SLIDE 5A OFF) COMMITTED TO OPERATIONS,,
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THE BACKGROUND OF INSCOM AND THE GRILL FLAME PROJECT
WOULD BE INCOMPLETE"WITHOUT EXAMINING THE DIFFERENT ROLE
OF DIA AND INSCOM, SINCE THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
SOME BLURRING OF rTHCSE_ DISTI~JCTIQ.N ' IN THE PAST,
(SLIDE 6 ON)
DIA IS CONCERNED WITH:
ASSESSING THE THREAT, PRINCIPALLY FROM THE
SOVIET UNION AND CHINA.
DETERMINING COUNTERMEASURES TO ANY U.S. VULNERABILITI
AND. DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL OF REMOTE VIEWING
USING ESTABLISHED PSYCHICS,
DIA PERFORMS THIS FUNCTION PRIMARILY THROUGH CONTRACTS
AT SRI.
INSCOM I' REMOTE VIEWING TO ASSIST IN ITS
EVALUATION AS A COLLECTION METHOD, AND TO DETERMINE
IF REMOTE VIEWING 10 BE LEARNED BY PROFESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WHO ARE NOT ESTABLISHED
PSYCHICS1
OUR REMOTE VIEWING COLLECTION DONE WITH ASSIGNED
PERSONNEL, WE^ ONLY FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS
WHICH 010W, OUR COLLECTION., FOR EXAMPLE:
WHICH TARGETING METHODS HAVE THE HIGHEST
PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS,
CAN THE ACCURACY OF A REMOTE VIEWER BE DETERMINED
FROM AN ANALYSIS OF HIS STATEMENTS?
CAN THE SRI NEW 'TRAINING TECHNIQUE INCREASE THE
QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF COLLECTION,
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THIS COMPLETES THE BACKGROUND PORTION OF THE BRIEFING,
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THE NEXT PORTION COVERS THE ANATOMY OF A COLLECTION PROJECT
AND PRESENTS EXAMPLES OF RESULTS FROM COMPLETED PROJECTS?
(SLIDE 6A ON) TYPICALLY, A PROJECT BEGINS WITH A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON A
TARGET, WHICH IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO NORMAL COLLECTION SYSTEMS;` OR
FOR CUING DATA TO TARGET OTHER INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS 1
BASED UPON PERSONNEL AVAILABLE, PRIORITY OF THE TARGET, AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR PROVIDING REQUESTED INFORMATION, THE INSCOM PROJECT
MANAGER MAKES A DECISION WHETHER TO ACCEPT OR DECLINE THE PROJECT.
MANY TIMES, EVEN THOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD OF OBTAINING THE INFORMATION
IS NOT HIGH, THE PROJECT IS ACCEPTED SINCE NO OTHER INTELLIGENCE
SOURCE HAD BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED INFORMATION. ONCE THE
PROJECT IS ACCEPTED, THE FIRST TASK IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A REMOTE
VIEWING COLLECTION PLAN
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THIS COLLECTION PLAN LISTS THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION
(EEI) AND THE INTELLIGENCE INDICATORS WHICH WILL ADDRESS THESE EEI,
ALSO LISTED ARE THE TARGET TIME WINDOWS FOR WH I CH THESE INDICATORS
WILL BE RELEVANT, THE COLLECTION PLAN ALSO SPECIFIES WHICH REMOTE
VIEWERS WILL BE USED.
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THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE SESSION FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT, SEVERAL
SESSIONS MAY HAVE TO BE DONE TO ADDRESS ALL THE INDICATORS NEEDED TO
ANSWER THE EEI ? A REMOTE VIEWING IS A TEAM EFFORT
(SLIDE 8 ON) THERE ARE TWO MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM.
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ONE IS THE INTERVIEWER, THE OTHER IS THE REMOTE VIEWER, THE
INTERVIEWER.CONTROLS THE SESSION, HIS JOB IS TO KEEP THE REMOTE VIEWER
ON ON TRACK,' TO DIRECT FOCUS AND TO QUESTION
HIM ABOUT THE TARGET, THE REMOTE VIEWER IS RESPONSIBLE 2LLf O
REPORTING,
THE GOAL OF THE SESSION IS TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE, TO DO THIS,
GREAT CARE IS TAKEN T O TRY AND FORCE THE REMOTE VIEWER T O PRO
ONLY INFORMATION OF INTELLIGENCE VALUE, THIS IS DONE BY DENG
HIM OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE TARGET, WE ALWAYS,LEP
THE REMOTE VI WE_'?" , MOST TIMES THE INTERVIEWER IS ALSO KEPT
"BLIND?", SO HE WILL NOT I NADVERTE N_TLY LEAD THE REMOTE VIEWER
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AT THE START OF THE SESSION, THE INTERVIEWER PROVIDES THE REMOTE
VIEWER WITH THE TARGET - Cll I NG _ DATA, THE REMOTE VIEWER HAS NOT SEEN
THIS INFORMATION BEFORE. HE RECEIVES IT ONLY AT THE START OF THE
(SLIDE 9 ON) REPUTE VIEWING SESSION. TARGET CUING DATA MAY FALL INTO SEVERAL
CATEGORIES, IT MAY BE GEOGRAPHIC OR UTM COORDINATES, AN ?-R' HEAD
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AREA, OR A PHOTOGRAPH OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR OBJECT,' t
PERHAPS, THERE IS SOME REASON NOT TO GIVE TARS INFORMATION TO A
REMOTE VIEWER.
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THE WAY TO OVERCOME THIS IS SIMPLY TO PLACE THE TARGET INFORMATION
IN A SEALED ENVELOP, s THE REMOTE VIEWER IS GIVEN THIS SEALED
ENVELOPE AND iff IS TOLD THAT THE TARGET FOR-..TODAY IS IN THE ENVELOPE.
FE IS THEN SIMPLY ASKED TO DESCRIBE THE TAROT. ONCE THE REN)TE
VIEWER HAS THIS CUING DATA, THE TAPE RECORDER IS TURNED ON AND THE
SESSION BEGINS.
(SLIDE 9 OFF)
(SLID 9B ON) AFTER THE SESSION, WHICH LASTS ABOUT 30 MINUTES, THE. REMOTE VIEWER
IS ASKED TO DRAW THE PERCEPTIONS HE HAD DURING SESSION. THIS IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE TIE DRAWINGS MAY BE MORE ACCURATE OR SI J A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN THE VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TARGET,
AFTER THE DRAWINGS ARE DONE AND THE RE!"0TE VIEWER TALKS ABOUT THEM,
THE REMOTE VIEWING SESSION IS COMPLETED, THE TAPE IS THEN ML
AND A TRANSCRIPT FUR TO THE PROJECT REQUESTOR. AFTER THE PROJECT
IS COMPLETED THE REQUESTOR PROVIDES AN EVALUATION. AS IN ANY OTHER
(SLIDE 9B OFF) TASK, FEEDBACK IS ESSENTIAL,
THE FOLLOWING GRAPHICS ARE SI RIES OF OUR OPERATION FROM
SEPTEMBER 1979 THROUGH
(SLID 10 ON) NOTE THE COMPARISON OF SESSIONS TO PROJECTS I THE SPECIFIC NUMBER OF
COLLECTION SESSIONS, NECESSARY TO MEET A PROJECT'S REQUIREMENTS, IS
BASED UPON THE RE T S T C I NG . AS AN EXAIE, TIE SUPPORT
PROVIDED DURING THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS COVERED AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF TIME AND RESULTED IN AN EXCESS OF 200 SESSIONS, OF THE 65 PROJECTS
COMPLETED AND FULLY EVALUATED 50 PERCENT HAVE PROVIDED INFORMATION
OF VALUE TO THE REQUESTOR .
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THE RESTS OF EVALUATED PROJECTS ARE DEPICTED ON THIS SLIDE.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WHILE L IS LISTED AS 11 OFFICIAL REQUESTOR
ON EIGHT PROJECTS, TWO PROJECTS WERE CONDUCTED IN SUPPORT OF 8'
MACOMS, TWO WERE 1~1 ACSI/INSCOM AND MOTHER WAS TEE MISSING
NA A6
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14OJLD NOW LIKE TO COVER OUR PROJECT BOO[,',', THE- PROJECT BOOK
ACCOMPANYING THIS BRIEFING PRESENTS EXP ES OF INTEI.,LIGiNCE COLLECTED
THROUGH REMOTE VIEIW'INGf PRIOR TO ITS REVIEW I WISH TO EMPHASIZE THE
FOLLOWING POINTS:
REMOTE VIEWING IS NOT A MAGIC LA's" AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE WORK. RE JTE VIEWING IS A HIGHLY CONTROLLED. AND MWLY
EST BLISHED, UNIQUE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION CAEABILI P! WHICH HAS TIE
FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
(SLIDE 12G) IT IS PASSIVE
TO THE EXTENT OF OUR KNO&EDGE, COLLECTION BY REMOTE VIEWING IS
TOTALLY PASSIVE, ONLY ONE 14-IM OF DETECTION OF REMOTE VIEWING IS
KNOWN. CHINESE SCIENTISTS CLAIM TO HAVE DETECTED RATE VIEWING
DURING THEIR EXPERII' NTS WITH CHILDREN. DATA ON THESE EXPERIMENTS
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IS
INSUFFICIENT TO VALIDATE THIS CLAIM. WORK TO REPLICATE THESE EXPERII
IS CONTINUING AT SRI N
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IT IS INEXPENSIVE
THE PRINCIPAL COST OF REMOTE VIEWING CqLECTIOil IS THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED, THERE IS NO EXPENSIVE l ;RI MARE "ND LASTLY,
TARE IS K04N DEFENSE
T l , TARO SIZE, OR DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY ALL HAVE NO APPARENT
EFFECT ON COLLECTION BY REMOTE VIEWING, EVEN CONCEPTUALIZED PLANS
HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AGAINST PRIOR TO THEIR ACTUAL I E NTATION,
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REMOTE VIEWING HAS BEEN SUCCESSF ._LY USED AGAINST SIGN CATEGORIES
OF TASKING, FIVE ARE DESCRIBED IN THE PROJECT BOOK AND ARE COLOR
CODED FOR EASY REFERENCE, THEY ARE:
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1. PENETRATION OF INACCESSIBLE TARGETS (I .AC( TAB)
2, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION (RED TAB)
3. CUING OTHER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS (YELLOW TAB)
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AT THIS TIME TWO CATEGORIES:
PENETRATION OF INACCESSIBLE TARGETS,
AND THE CU -I.... I NG OF OTI-ER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEJ
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DOMINANT
THERE ARE TWO AI DIT1( . CATEGORIES WHICH WE BELIEVE TO BE EQUALLY
IMPORTANT,, BUT FOR WHICH THE DATA BASE IS INSUFFICIENT. THEY ARE
HUMAN SOURCE. ASSESWNTS AND ACCURATE PERMIT' PROFILES
( S L I DE 13A ON) EACH EX '' E IN THE . PRESENTS THE A TUA T TIE SC F(
.TARS, AND THE TARGETING TA. EX ' S OF VERBATIM VIA
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DESCRIPTIONS ARE PROVI DEDAWI T}H THE AN' STS COffENTS * IS
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WHICH ARE NOT DETAILED IN THE BOOK ARE LISTED
IN THE APPENDIX,
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AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH TWO OF THE EXA LES
IN THE BOOK
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(SLIDE 13E ON) AS YOU REVIEW THIS BOOK, YOU MAY ASI< ABOUT PR TS 1ICH WERE
UNSUCCESSFUL OUR ONLY DETERMINANT OF SUCCESS OR FAILURE IS
WHETHER OR NOT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS OF INTELLIGENCE VAL ,
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED IS ACCURATE ADD OF HI(
QUALITY, BUT, IF IT IS OF ??NO INTELI.IC~ENC.E V~! ?', IT WOULD
CONSIDERED A FAILURE. HC WVER, CAUSE CF THE UNIQUE WAY THE
INFORMATION IS PRESENTED, THE ANALYSTS ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE
DATA IN A NONTRADITIONAL. MANNER
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FOR EXAMPLE, IN SIX PRO,.CTS I ONION Ft WAS INITIALLY
CONSIDERED INACCURATE, I-O[VER, ONiLATER RL`/ IT WAS
ERMINED TO BE CORRECT. IN ONE CASE. THE TA