CENTER LANE FUNDING (U)

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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 1998
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• Publication Date: February 23, 1984
• Content Type: PAPER

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INFORMATION PAPER
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23 Feb 84
SUBJECT: CENTER LANE Funding (U)
ISSUE: (U) To provide the ACSI with information on CENTER LANE
funding for FY 79 through FY 84.
1. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The total cost for INSCOM's use of
psychoenergetics for intelligence purposes, less personnel
salaries for FYs 1979 through 1983 was $689K. In 1979, the
total cost to INSCOM was $87K, $75K of which went to
SRI-International for orientation training. In 1980, INSCOM's
costs for the project were only $35K and there were no external
contracts. In 1981, funding levels were increased to permit
INSCOM to participate in the Joint Services GRILL FLAME Program
with DIA. Of the $204K spent in 1981, $190K went to external
contracts with SRI-International in support of the Joint
Services Program. 1982 was the second and last year of INSCOM's
support to the Joint Services Program due to congressional
restrictions placed on the use of NFIP funds. Of the total
$242K costs for 1982, $125K was spent in support of this joint
Services effort and $99K spent on word processing equipment.
The $121K FY 1983 budget saw the beginning of the new coordinate
remote viewing training at SRI-International at a cost of #36K,
expansion of advanced training under a consultant services
agreement with Mr. Robert Monroe of the Monroe Institute of
Applied Sciences, Faber, Virginia at a cost of $24.4K and the
expenditure of $40K for additional word processing equipment.
WARNING NOTICE: CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM
RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS
TO CATEGORY THREE (3)
SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED
NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS
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2. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) In FY 84 CENTER LANE received $496.5K in
P-6 funds through the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research,
Development and Acquisition) and $235K INSCOM S&IA funds to
continue the project's efforts. The P-6 funds are being used in
these areas:
a. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Purchase of biomonitoring equipment to
be used to determine physiological changes during the conduct of
psychoenergetic tasks.
b. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Development of a state-of-the-art
psychological screening/selection profile for use in identifying
potential sources. Such a profile would identify personnel who
may have some psychoenergetic talent or who could be trained to
perform psychoenergetic functions. The profile will be used to
assist in the recruitment of new sources.
c. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Determine the countermeasures potential
of extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic radiation.
This effort will examine the possibility that certain as yet
unidentified ELF radiations have a detrimental effect on mental
states critical to psychoenergetic performance. This study may
also provide information on ELF environments conducive to
optimum psychoenergetic performance. The logical follow-on to
this effort would be the development of local
counter-countermeasures environments for CENTER LANE sources.
d. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Development of a new psychoenergetic
technique for use in "search problems." Over the years sponsor
agencies have asked for assistance in locating lost, or mission
equipment or personnel. Because this is not a conventional
remote viewing task, we have had little success at providing
timely usable intelligence in these cases. That's not to say
that information we provided was inaccurate, just that it was
not directly usable to resolve the intelligence problem at
hand. If in fact a new psychoenergetic 'search problem"
technique is developed, we would anticipate that source
personnel will be trained in this technique because "search
problems" continue to be priority tasks received by this office.
e. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Continuation of coordinate remote
viewing training at enhanced levels for one source.
f. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Initiation of CRV training for four new
source personnel.
INSCOM awarded a contract to SRI-International on 15 November
1983 to perform work described in para 2b-f above.
Biomonitoring equipment will be purchased as soon as it
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becomes available. The INSCOM S&IA money is used to pay for
travel costs associated with our training programs, Project
Manager's travel costs in performance of his COTR and management
duties, and office administrative costs. As of 31 March 1984,
CENTER LANE support costs for FY 84 have been $3,946.67. The
balance of the FY 84 S&IA money will be used for continuing
travel costs and to purchase additional training programs for
the three new personnel who are scheduled to be assigned to the
project by 15 July 1984.
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