GRILL FLAME ACTIVITY (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00788R001100480003-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 19, 1983
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Rele i&0 1 9 : W P96-00788R001100480003-6
SEC ET
RESEARCH AND
ENGINEERING
1l JAN 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (RESEARCH, I
DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE-NAVY (RESEARCH, ft
ENGINEERING, AND SYSTEMS)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE r241
DEVELOPMENT, AND LOGISTICS) I
DIRECTOR, DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY ~~.._
SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Activity (U)
Reference: USDRE Memo of 5 Mar 80 on the subject.
(S/NF) The reference limited OUSDRE sponsorship of GRILL FLAME research
activities, but interposed no objection to low-level support to
intelligence-related efforts.
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(S/NF) Since 1980, Jointly sponsored research by DIA and Army INSCOM
has shown GRILL FLAME to have potential for military applications.. In
the classified annex to the FY 1983 Authorization Conference Report,
however, the Intelligence Committee conferees agreed that if research
were to continue, it should be outside the National Foreign Intelligence
Program. Although DIA should have sufficient funding in FY 1983 to
complete its GRILL FLAME evaluation, the conferees did not provide
resources for Army intelligence participation in the project.
(S/NF) A scientific review of GRILL FLAME evidence accumulated in the
course of a three-year National Foreign Intelligence Program study is to
be completed by early April1983. In the interim, Program 6 resources
may be used to maintain the current Army INSCOM capability and
supplement as necessary the FY 83 DIA evaluation effort. I would like to
be informed in advance of the proposed Program 6 funding sources
identified to support these intelligence research activities. Future
OUSDRE sponsorship of GRILL FLAME or related activities will depend in
part on the results of the DIA evaluation and any other such review as I.
cc: Director, Defense Intelli-
gence Agency
Assistant Chief of Staff,
Intelligence, USA.
CLASSIFIEp ?
DECLASSI,p v
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
SECRET
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