BG SCANLON BRIEF

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January 1, 1983
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Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 I AM LTC BUZBY, PROJECT MANAGER FOR INSCOM PROJECT CENTER LANE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY OPERATIONS OFFICER, FRED ATWATER. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING I S TO ORIENT YOU TO A UNIQUE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROJECT THAT USES THE CENTER LANE TECHNIQUE. I WILL DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM, TRAINING, OPERATIONS, AND OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. FOLLOWING THE BRIEFING, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OF OUR OPERATIONAL BUILDING. THE OVERALL CLASSIFICATION OF THE BRIEFING IS SECRET, CENTER LANE LEVEL 4. SIR, CENTER LANE IS A REGISTERED DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM. THAT STATUS AND THE SENSITIVITY OF THE CENTER LANE MISSION REQUIRE US TO ADHERE TO STRICT SECURITY PROCEDURES. As PART OF THOSE PROCEDURES, WE ASK ALL PERSONNEL WHO RECEIVE A CENTER LANE BRIEFING TO COMPLETE A SECURITY BRIEFING CERTIFICATE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF CENTER LANE INFORMATION. GENERAL SCANLON, YOU ALREADY COMPLETED THE CERTIFICATE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE GRILL FLAME PROJECT. (CHART 1) SIR, THE INSCOM CENTER LANE PROJECT INVOLVES THE USE OF PSYCHOENERGETICS FOR INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES. PSYCHOENERGETICS ARE THE PROCESSES BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL MAY PSYCHICALLY INTERACT WITH OBJECTS, LOCATIONS, ORGANISMS OR EVENTS. THIS INCLUDES SUCH DISCIPLINES AS PSYCHOKENESIS, REMOTE VIEWING, AND REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 6c S(:hA) N (p Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 SG1C SG1C SG1C SINCE 1972, THE US GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN EXAMINING POTENTIAL USES OF PSYCHOENERGETICS. IN THE EARLY 1.970's SERIOUS CONSIDERATION FOR PSYCHOENERGETICS, PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF REMOTE VIEWING AS AN INTELLIGENCE GATHERING TOOL, RECEIVED GREAT IMPETUS FROM WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS ASTOUNDING SUCCESSES IN REMOTE VIEWING RESEARCH BY TWO LASER PHYSICISTS AT SRI INTERNATIONAL. REMOTE VIEWING IS AN SRI INTERNATIONAL COINED TERM WHICH IS DEFINED AS THE ACQUISITION AND DESCRIPTION BY MENTAL MEANS, OF INFORMATION BLOCKED FROM ORDINARY PERCEPTION BY DISTANCE, SHIELDING OR TIME. USING SEVERAL APPARENTLY GIFTED PSYCHIC SUBJECTS, THE SCIENTISTS CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF CIA-SPONSORED TESTS. MUCH DETAILED, ACCURATE INFORMATION, SOME OF IT PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED, WAS PROVIDED ABOUT A SECRET NSA FACILITY, THE SOVIET R&D FACILITY IN SEMIPALITINSK (SEMI-POLY-TINSK), GUERRILLA TRAINING BASES IN LIBYA BECAUSE OF THESE ORIGINAL TESTS, THE LAST DECADE OF WORK CENTERED ON REMOTE VIEWING. SINCE THOSE ORIGINAL TESTS, THE CIA SUSPENDED THEIR ACTIVE ROLE IN PSYCHOENERGETIC ACTIVITIES FOR "POLITICAL' REASONS, BUT HAVE CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH STATE OF INTEREST IN ALL ON-GOING WORK BECAUSE OF OBVIOUS DEFENSE APPLICATIONS. DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME, THE MILITARY SERVICES AND DIA HAVE, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, BEEN INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS PSYCHOENERGETICS TESTS, MOST OF THEM APPLICATIONS ORIENTED. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 THE US ARMY'S INTEREST IN PSYCHOENERGETICS GOES BACK TO L972. WHEN THE SURGEON GENERAL THROUGH THE MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AGENCY (MIIA). TOGETHER WITH DIA. PUBLISHED STUDIES OF-SOVIET BLOCK WORK. IN 1976, THE MISSILE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (MIA) INFORMALLY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN US REPLICATION OF CLAIMED SOVIET EXPERIMENTS IN PSYCHOKENESIS. SRI DEVELOPED A SMALL PROGRAM FOR THEM AND IN AUGUST L977, MIA AWARDED SRI AN $80K ONE-YEAR R&D CONTRACT. DURING THE SAME TIME. ANOTHER DARCOM AGENCY. THE ARMY MATERIAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AGENCY WAS INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF REMOTE VIEWING CONCEPTS WITH SRI. THESE EFFORTS CONTINUED THROUGH FY 1980. IN MARCH L980. WILLIAM U. PERRY. THEN UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, ORDERED CURTAILMENT OF ALL P6 MONIES SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM. BUT POSED NO OBJECTION TO CONTINUANCE OF NON-R&D INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS EFFORTS. THIS ACTION EVENTUALLY CAUSED DARCOM TO CEASE ALL ACTIVITY, (CHART CHANGE) THE US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND'S INVOLVEMENT WITH PSYCHOENERGETICS BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER-1977. AT THAT TIME. AN INSCOM ELEMENT IMPLEMENTED THE GONDOLA WISH PROGRAM WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE THE SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN PSYCHOENERGETIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION THREAT INTO THE ALL-SOURCE OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC) SUPPORT SCENARIO. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 3 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 BY SPRING OF 978, THE ARMY ACSI CONCLUDED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO WARRANT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO EXPLORE MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOENERGETICS. HE CANCELLED THE GONDOLA WISH EFFORT, PLACED A COMPLETE SECURITY ENVELOPE OVER ARMY'S INTEREST IN PSYCHOENERGETICS, AND IMPLEMENTED A NEW PROGRAM DIRECTED TOWARDS INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION USING REMOTE VIEWING. THE NEW EFFORT WAS GIVEN THE UNCLASSIFIED NICKNAME GRILL FLAME. IN OCTOBER 4-978, ACSI TASKED INSCOM TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM USING PSYCHOENERGETICS FOR INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS UTILIZING REMOTE VIEWING. BY SPRING 1979, PROJECT PERSONNEL HAD BEEN SELECTED AND TRAINING INITIATED. THE MARCHt980 PERRY MEMORANDUM WITHDREW THE PROGRAM 6 MONIES SUPPORTING PSYCHOENERGETIC R&D EFFORTS, BUT IT DID NOT PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS. IN x"98t, THE ACSI TRANSFERRED TOTAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROJECT TO INSCOM. ALSO IN 1.981, A JOINT SERVICES GRILL FLAME COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF DIA, THE AIR FORCE AND ARMY WAS FORMED. THE NAVY EXPRESSED NO INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN ANY DISCUSSIONS, AND LATER THE AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF DIRECTED THAT THE AIR FORCE WITHDRAW FROM THE COMMITTEE AND ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC PROGRAMS. THIS JOINT SERVICES EFFORT WAS FORMED TO IMPLEMENT A 3-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS AND USEFULNESS OF PSYCHOENERGETICS, AND ASSESS THE THREAT THESE PHENOMENA POSED TO NATIONAL SECURITY. WITHIN THIS JOINT SERVICES PROGRAM, THE ROLES OF DIA AND ARMY WERE DISTINCT. DIA Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 4 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 WAS R&D ORIENTED AND INSCOM'S GRILL FLAME PROJECT WAS TO USE REMOTE VIEWING AS AN OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUE TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE AND TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING COULD BE LEARNED BY PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WHO WERE NOT "ESTABLISHED PSYCHICS." INSCOM PARTICIPATED IN THIS JOINT SERVICES EFFORT UNTIL THE END OF FY 82 WHEN THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE (SENATOR WALLOP) CURTAILED ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE ARMY IN THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM (NFIP). THE CONGRESSIONAL CONFEREES AGREED, HOWEVER, TO LET DIA COMPLETE THE THIRD YEAR OF THEIR EFFORT AND DIRECTED THAT FUTURE FUNDING -- IF ANY -- OF THIS PSYCHOENERGETIC ACTIVITY BE BUDGETED OUTSIDE THE NFIP. SO IN THE FALL OF J.982, IN KEEPING WITH THESE CONGRESSIONAL DESIRES AND WISHING TO MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF EFFORT ALREADY ESTABLISHED, THE CG, INSCOM DECIDED TO CONTINUE INSCOM's PROJECT AND PROVIDE FUNDING WITH SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES (S&IA) MONIES. INSCOM TERMINATED FORMAL INVOLVEMENT WITH GRILL FLAME AT THE END OF FY 82, AND CONTINUED ITS EFFORTS UNDER A PROVISIONAL SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM NICKNAMED CENTER LANE. NEXT I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVER VIEW OF INSCOM's OPERATIONAL EFFORTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. (CHART ON) DURING 1979, WE CONDUCTED 79 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS, 43 OF WHICH WERE DEDICATED TO ASSISTING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DURING THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS. DURING 1980, AFTER WE ACQUIRED Approved For Release 2003/09/09 :5 IA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE, OUR OWN SEPARATE FACILITIES, AND INCREASED MANPOWER, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION TO 386 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS, L54 OF WHICH WERE STILL DEDICATED TO IRAN. PERSONNEL LOSSES SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN A SHARP DECLINE OF OPERATIONAL MISSIONS, A SITUATION THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. OVERALL, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE CONDUCTED MORE THAN 700 OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION MISSIONS. A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THESE (OVER 200) WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE IRAN SITUATION, WHICH THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF RATED AS BEING QUALITATIVELY EQUAL TO THOSE OF OTHER INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. BECAUSE OF THE TURMOIL THAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT, WE HAVE NOT HAD A STABLE PERSONNEL SITUATION. (CHART CHANGE) IN t979, CG INSCOM FORMED A TASK FORCE CONSISTING OF 5 PERSONNEL: A PROJECT MANAGER, AN OPERATIONS/TRAINING OFFICER, A SECRETARY, AND TWO SOURCES (RVERS). IN t980, TWO ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL WERE ASSIGNED. BY t9801 TWO ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL WERE ASSIGNED. BY j,98L, WE WERE READY TO EXPAND AND RECRUITED 2 NEW PERSONNEL FOR TRAINING IN THE PROJECT. BUT BY THE END OF :198L, PCS MOVES SEVERELY HAMPERED OUR OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY. HAVING BEEN DENIED NFIP FUNDING AND, THEREFORE, A TDA UNDER THE GDIP BY CONGRESSIONAL ACTION, CG, INSCOM HAS PROVIDED OUT-OF-HIDE PERSONNEL SPACES IN SUPPORT OF CENTER LANE SINCE THE LOSS OF THIS FUNDING AT THE END OF FY 82. THE FY 85 GDIP INITIATIVE WAS Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : @IA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 POSTPONED IN LATE AUGUST (29 AUG 83), m4D --flew---ACS+---tO?& N0T a -ILP,AT-E--4++?--P-OSSI.BtE nP-PR-OVAL-- -&F----NF-I-P_ FUND-1--G UNTIL___FY_._8&; THAT r TI+EREf-&1 E , CENTER LANE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHIN INSCOM AS A TASK FORCE WITHOUT A TDA. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE FY 86-90 POM SUBMISSION, AND PLAN TO RECOMMEND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL SUPPORT 20 REMOTE VIEWERS. OUR CURRENT FULL-TIME STRENGTH IS AS SHOWN ON THE CHART. WE HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL TRAINEE SOURCES ASSIGNED TO US BY NEXT SPRING AND PLAN TO HAVE THREE MORE BY THE FOLLOWING WINTER. (CHART CHANGE) OUR MISSION STATEMENT REQUIRES US TO TRAIN PERSONNEL TO PERFORM REMOTE VIEWING. TRAINING ACTUALLY BEGAN IN 1979, WITH OUR IN-HOUSE EFFORT TO INTRODUCE SELECTED INSCOM PERSONNEL TO THE REMOTE VIEWING PROCESS. DURING 'L9791 WE INTEGRATED THE SRI CONTRACTED ORIENTATION TRAINING TECHNOLOGY INTO OUR IN-HOUSE TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE IT IS STILL IN USE TODAY FOR NEW PERSONNEL. OUR IN-HOUSE TRAINING DEVELOPED FROM THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PSYCHOENERGETIC TECHNOLOGY DRAWN FROM ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, SCIENTIFIC LABORATORIES, AND RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. WE TOOK AN ECLECTIC APPROACH; USING THOSE METHODS WHICH HAD APPLICATIONS POTENTIAL TO OUR OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. IN-HOUSE TRAINING IS COMPOSED OF PRACTICAL EXERCISES, LECTURES, LITERATURE REVIEW, AND OBSERVATION OF OTHERS. BY THE END OF 1.980, WE BEGAN AN ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM USING THE HEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZATION (HEMI-SYNC) PROCESS DEVELOPED BY Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : 91A-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 ROBERT A. MONROE AND USED AT THE MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN VIRGINIA. THIS TRAINING ENABLES SOURCE PERSONNEL (RVERS) TO ACHIEVE STATES CONDUCIVE TO PSYCHOENERGETIC AWARENESS. THIS ADVANCED TRAINING IS BEING FURTHER REFINED AND CONTINUES TO BE USED TODAY. IN MID L982. WE BEGAN A NEW TRAINING PROGRAM IN COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING WITH SRI. THIS NEW COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING OR CRV TRAINING PROCESS SUBDIVIDES THE DETECTION AND DECODING OF PSYCHIC IMPRESSIONS INTO DISCRETE. ACHIEVABLE SKILL LEVELS. THIS PROCESS HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR REFINING RV AND GIVES US A METHOD BY WHICH WE CAN BRING NEW SOURCE PERSONNEL UP TO AN OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE LEVEL WITH MINIMAL DRAIN ON OUR LIMITED IN-HOUSE RESOURCES. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS TO ASSIST US IN MAINTAINING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. Pl< c" THIS NEXT CHART SHOWS OUR COSTS. LESS PERSONNEL SALARIES, 9INCE? THE PROJECT'S INCEPTION,/ "NUS) SIR, I REMIND YOU THAT FY's 81 AND 82 SAW OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE JOINT PROGRAM AND. THEREFORE. AN INCREASE IN OUR EXPENDITURES. DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF INSCOM'S EFFORT IN PSYCHOENERGETICS. WE HAVE CONDUCTED OVER 700 OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF 92 COLLECTION PROJECTS. AND MANAGED 4 SOURCE TRAINING PROGRAMS -- ALL WITH A LIMITED NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AND AT A COST TO DATE OF ONLY $703K. _T t*ILI- IODOJ255 t hq eX'5 QXp.2tiOl e. Loren IN t)1Q OR.1p)'0^'`. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 8 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 (CHART CHANGE) THE NEXT PART OF MY BRIEFING WILL COVER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROJECTS, THEIR SPONSORS, AND OUR SUCCESS RATIOS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONE COLLECTION PROJECT MAY REQUIRE ONE OR MANY OPERATIONAL MISSIONS TO SATISFY ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION (EEI). THE IRAN PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, REQUIRED OVER 200 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS. IN 1.979, WE CONDUCTED 7 COLLECTION PROJECTS FOR 4 SEPARATE SPONSOR AGENCIES. IN 1980, WE CONDUCTED 4L PROJECTS FOR 6 SPONSOR AGENCIES. IN i98L, AS MANPOWER CONSTRAINTS BEGAN TO LIMIT OUR CAPABILITY, WE CONDUCTED ONLY 20 PROJECTS FOR 5 SPONSORS. IN L982, OUR PRODUCTION FELL AGAIN TO JUST 1. PROJECTS AS WE ONLY HAD ONE OPERATIONAL SOURCE ASSIGNED. IN 1.983, WE RECEIVED 14 PROJECTS FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT "CUSTOMERS" (USAINSCOM, CIA, NSA, ACSI, ISA, FBI/SS. IN SUMMARY, OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS INSCOM HAS CONDUCTED 89 COLLECTION PROJECTS FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. OUR SUCCESSES MUST BE EXAMINED FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES. (CHART CHANGE) OVER 85% OF OUR OPERATIONAL MISSIONS HAVE PRODUCED ACCURATE TARGET INFORMATION. EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT, APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE 700 MISSIONS PRODUCED USABLE INTELLIGENCE. (CHART OFF) Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 9 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 MR. ATWATER WILL NOW ILLUSTRATE FOR YOU. THROUGH THE USE OF OUR PROJECT BOOKS. CENTER LANE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND THE USE OF CENTER LANE INTELLIGENCE. SIR, I NOW WILL ADDRESS OUR FUTURE. LAST YMIML1 THE CURRENT UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING SUSPENDED THE PROHIBITION AGAINST UTILIZING PROGRAM 6 FUNDS AND THE ACSI MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO USE THESE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE INSCOM CENTER LANE PROJECT. THESE P6 FUNDS ENABLED US TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS INTO AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED OVER THE YEARS DUE TO LACK OF A SUFFICIENT FUNDING BASE. WE HAVE CONTRACTED FOR THE FOLLOWING EXPENDITURES IN FY 84: (CHART ON). PURCHASE OF BIOMONITORING EQUIPMENT TO BE USED TO DETERMINE PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING THE CONDUCT OF PSYCHOENERGETIC TASKS. 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. WE PLAN TO USE THIS STUDY TO ASSIST US IN RECRUITING NEW SOURCES. FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR BOTH SRI AND SRI SUBCONTRACTS.. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 LO Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 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: FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT. DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PSYCHOENERGETIC TECHNIQUE FOR USE IN "SEARCH PROBLEMS." OVER THE YEARS SPONSOR AGENCIES HAVE ASKED US TO ASSIST IN LOCATING LOST OR MISSING 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 TRAINING SOURCE PERSONNEL IN THIS TECHNIQUE BECAUSE "SEARCH PROBLEMS" CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITY TASKS RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE: FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI. Approved For Release 2003/09/09L?LCIA-RDP96-00788 R001700330001-8 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 CONTINUATION OF COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING TRAINING AT ENHANCED LEVELS FOR ONE SOURCE: FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT. FbOA INITIATION OF CRV TRAINING FOR TRtEf NEW SOURCE PERSONNEL: FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT. piO Q JCF THIS P6 MONEY WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $235K INSCOM S&IA FUNDS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR TRAVEL AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. ASE ,AS ..50. -.R O I~TLY.:,-,.EC 1L AVA.IL-ABL.E TO D E BUDGET PLANS FOR FYs 85-89 ARE 3 BEING FORMULATED. HAVING THE MOST IMPACT ON OUR PLANS IS THE FACT THAT THE CG INSCOM HAS JUST PROVIDED US WITH A NEW CENTER LANE MISSION STATEMENT: (CHANGE CHART) CONDUCT INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS UTILIZING ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES APPLICABLE. TRAIN SELECTED PERSONNEL IN STATE-OF-THE-ART PSYCHOENERGETIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES. EXPAND OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND TRAINING BEYOND THE CONFINES OF INFORMATION COLLECTION INTO THE FIELDS OF PSYCHOENERGETIC COMMUNICATION AND PSYCHOKENESIS. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 L2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 THIS NEW MISSION STATEMENT EXPANDS OUR EFFORT A GREAT DEAL. WE ARE NO LONGER CONFINED TO REMOTE VIEWING AS OUR PRINCIPAL TOOL AND WILL NOW DEVELOP AND USE TELEPATHIC AND PSYCHOKENETIC SKILLS. AN IMPORTANT APPLICATION OF OUR NEW MISSION STATEMENT WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTERMEASURE CAPABILITIES. THE INVESTIGATION OF PSYCHOENERGETIC COUNTERMEASURES HAS LAGGED BEHIND HER EFFORTS FOR ONE MAIN REASON. DEVELOP 1= NT OF EFFECTIVE CO TERMEASURES REQUIRES A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNDERLYING MECHA SMS INVOLVED IN PSYCHOEN~-RETIC PROCESSES. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH I TO THESE AREAS HA -1 EVER BEEN ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED BY A FUNDING B" E. NOWT HAT P6 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MONEY HAS BEEN AUT11 #(IZED. WE ANTICIPATE THAT A MULTI-YEAR. ADEQUATELY FUND BASIC--- PROGRAM CAN BE DEVELOPED TO INVESTIGAf THE ACTUAL 1' CHANISM BEHIND - -OUR EFFORTS. DIA PSYCHOENERGETIC FUNC/Tf ONING. IN ADDITION TO RECENTLY OBTAINE P6 MONEY TO CONTINUE THEIR R&D EFFORTS. AND THEY HAVE BE N NEGOTIATIONS TO AWARD CONTRACTS TO SRI: THE LOGICAL LLOUT FROM SUCH A RESEARCH EFFORT WOULD BE THE MEACONING. INTRUSION. JAMMING AND DECEPTION UNTIL SUCH TECHNIQUES CAN B_E?-_DEVELOPED, CONVENTIONAL COVER. CONCEALMENT, AND DECEPTION' MEASURES -CAN BE EMPLOYED TO CONFUSE HOSTILE PSYCHOENERGETIC COLLECTORS AND TO MISLEAD INTELLIGENCE , `'l ANALYSTS Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 L3 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 FINALLY, IhJRJRRENT TRAINING PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE. NE' ARE INVESTIGATING A -NW REMOTE VIEWING TRAINING METHOD` WHICH WOULD r d, TEACH SOURCES TO ACCESS TARGET SITES BY ABSTRACT CUING WITHOUT DEPENDENCE ON COORDINATES. WE ARE EXPANDING OUR ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF OUR NEW MISSION STATEMENT. THIS EXPANSION OF,:A UVAN,CED TRAINING WILL INCLUDE THE USE OF A SENSORY ISOLATLOFJ TANK TO HELP REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL "NOISE" DURING OPERgTIO S AND TRAINING. WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING A TRAINING VEHI~,C-L:E TO ENABLE OPERATIONAL SOURCES TO COLLECTIVELY FOCUS PSYC.H6ENERGETIC ABILITIES ON SELECTED TARGETS. DEVELOP1T NT OF THIS COLLECTIVELY FOCUSED PSYCHOENERGETICS (CFP) CAP BILITY IS CRITICAL TO FULFILL MISSION STATEMENT REQ\QIREMENTS. SIR, THIS COMPLETES MY BRIEFING. I REMIND YOU THAT THE OVERALL CLASSIFICATION OF THIS BRIEFING IS SECRET CENTER LANE LEVEL-4. Approved For Release 2003/09/0 : CIA-RDP96-00788RO01700330001-8 14