INSCOM GRILL FLAME PROJECT

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00788R001200410009-6
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 3, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
FORT GEORGE 0. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755
MEMORANDUM FOR: OACSI, DA (ATTN: MAJ Stoner)
SUBJECT: INSCOM.GRILL FLAME Project (U)
3 October 1979
1. (S) TASKING: In October 1978, the ADCSOPS-HUMINT,
USAINSCOM, Fort Meade MD, was tasked by the Commander of
USAINSCOM to establish a program using psychoenergetics for
intelligence applications. Specifically, utilizing that
field of psychoenergetics referred to as Remote Viewing (RV).
In response to this tasking, the INSCOM GRILL FLAME Project
(IGFP) has evolved encompassing the following:
a. Establishing a training program in RV utilizing
selected INSCOM personnel.
b. Establishing procedures for intelligence collection
techniques utilizing RV.
c. Establishing a mechanism for responding to intelligence
collection requirements (tasking) using RV.
2. (S) SELECTION OF PERSONNEL: In order to accomplish this
task it was necessary to find personnel who might possess the
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qualities thought to be desirable for participation in this
unique intelligence program. Two hundred fifty-one INSCOM
personnel in the greater Baltimore/Washington D.C. area were
considered for participation in the IGFP. One hundred seven-
teen were interviewed under the guise of a "survey" to determine
attitudes about the possible use of psychoenergetic phenomena
in the intelligence field. During these interviews IGFP
management personnel were looking for individuals who were
well thought of by their peers, had above average intelligence,
displayed self-confidence, were articulate, adventurous, open-
minded, successful and were mature and emotionally stable.
addition to these qualities IGFP management personnel were
looking for individuals who had an artistic talent. Considera-
tion was also given to individuals who related their own
previous psychoenergetic experiences. Individuals who had
objections to the military use of psychoenergetics were'not
considered for final selection for the IGFP. Additionally,
individuals who displayed an unreasonable enthusiasm for
psychoenergetics, occult fanatics and mystical zealots, were
not considered for final selection. Twelve individuals were
finally selected for participation in the IGFP.
LESSONS LEARNED:
a. Thirty to forty individuals of the 117 interviewed
met the basic criteria detailed above. It was difficult to
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reduce this number on these criteria alone. Assignment
availability was the major factor. There would appear to
be little problem in getting more participants if the IGFP was
expanded.
b. More than 90% of the individuals interviewed considered
psychoenergetic phenomena to be real and of some practical
value.
3. (S) TRAINING: When ADCSOPS-HUMINT was given the IGFP,
a contract had been funded with SRI International, Menlo Park,
CA, to train personnel to do RV. On 14 February 1979, SRI
personnel selected six of the final 12 candidates for training.
Training at SRI is now ongoing and is expected to be completed
by the end of December 1979. In-house training at Fort Meade,
MD, has been in progress since February 1979 and is expected
to continue indefinitely. RV training at Fort Meade ha's
generally followed the protocol established by SRI. Training
is designed to orient RV capabilities towards military intel-
ligence applications. To this date there have been more than
150 RV training sessions conducted at Fort Meade. Results of
these RV sessions have been moderately successful. Some of
the trainees can now be expected to provide meaningful informa-
tion via the RV technique about selected targets. These
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individuals are now being utilized in an OJT role against
actual real-world designated intelligence targets.
LESSONS LEARNED:
a. The SRI contract has served well as a technology
transfer mechanism to enable IGFP management personnel to
conduct in-house training sessions.
b. Factors which appear to be helpful in doing successful
RV include:
(1) A seriousness of purpose for the task at hand:
A RVer needs to be motivated by telling him that the information
he provides is important beyond simply validating his psycho-
energetic experience.
(2) An environment conducive to psychoenergetic
performance: This environment must be structured so that the
RV process becomes both psychologically and sociologically
permissible. A physical environment which allows the RVer
some privacy, a sense of security and an atmosphere free of
disturbing sensory interruptions is also helpful.
(3) A positive attitude for successful RV coupled
with a feeling that RV is the most important event of the day's
activities: RV appears to involve an intense amount of mental
concentration. If a RVer feels like he will succeed and is
not disturbed by outside influences such as family problems,
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physical illness, or job related conflicts, his RV seems to
improve. The concept here is similar to that for athletic
achievement. The trainee must feel that he can accomplish the
task at hand and be undisturbed by outside influences so he
can direct all his effort and attention towards the performance
of the assigned task.
c. It is difficult at this point to say that training
improves RV. At this point there is not enough data. It can
be stated, however, that all personnel involved in the IGFP
have learned a-great deal about the RV process. The personnel
doing the RV are beginning to be able to differentiate between
revelant psychoenergetic target impressions and fantasy,
"analytical overlay" or "noise".
d. Training experience has shown that a major problem has
been the lack of appropriate space to conduct RV sessions. To
establish the appropriate physical and psychological environ-
ment for RV, an area separate from administrative offices
which affords some privacy and acoustical isolation is necessary.
Many of the RV training sessions have been disrupted by outside
influences as a result of the present location of the RV area.
Operational flexibility has been constrained due to the un-
availability of office space.
e. Availability of personnel has.also been a problem in
training. No formal organization exists for the IGFP. For
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this reason, all IGFP trainees are part-time participants.
Many times they are assigned duties (TDY, etc.) by their
parent organizations which make them unavailable for RV.
This lack of personnel continuity has hindered the progress
of the IGFP. It also has been dysfunctional to the RV process
itself because the individual;-. attempting the RV has difficulty
engendering a seriousness of purpose about his RV knowing that
his RV activity will take a back seat to his duties with his
parent organization. -
4. (S) OPERATIONS: Introduction of the RV process into
actual intelligence operations has been done in a very few
cases. At this point the IGFP is not capable of full opera-
tional employment. Further training is necessary to establish
procedures for intelligence collection techniques utilizing RV.
Also, no mechanism for responding to intelligence collection
requirements exists. Operational capability is expected by
1981.
5. (S) COMMENTS: The RV process appears to be a valuable
intelligence tool. Given adequate resources and appropriate
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command emphasis this esoteric technology could be added to
present day intelligence methods. The use of this additional
source of information could result in the production of a
superior intelligence product.
MURRAY B. WATT
LTC, MI
INSCOM GRILL FLAME
Project Manager
Approved:
CHAD B.' WHITE
COL, GS
ADCSOPS-HUMINT
r. R, N., FT
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