GRILL FLAME ACTIVITY

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• Publication Date: November 21, 1984
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (RESEARCH,
DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION)
DIRECTOR, DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Activity (U)
(S/NF) In USDRE memorandum of 19 January 1983, subject
as above; Program 6 resources were permitted to be used on
GRILL FLAME activities to.maintain the Army INSCOM capability
and to supplement the FY 83 DIA evaluation effort.
(S/NF) To enable me to decide on further sponsorship
of GRILL FLAME or related activities, please provide me an
accounting of all FY 83/84/85 funding sources/amounts applied
on any GRILL FLAME effort, as well as a summary of program
results. This information should be available for my review
no later than 27 November 1984.
cc: ACS/Intell,
U. S. Army
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GRILL FLAME and Follow-on (U)
(S/NF) GRILL FLAME was a Joint 3-year project between DIA and HQ
DA/INSCOM that investigated the threat and application potential of
psychoenergetics phenomenon. Aspects of the project included:
? Joint HQ DA/INSCOM DIA contractual effort with SRI to investigate
remote-viewing phenomenon.
? DIA sponsored SRI investigation of foreign research on
psychoenergetics.
? HQ DA/INSCOM in-house effort addressing intelligence
applications to remote viewing.
The project began in FY 81 and was terminated in FY 1983.
(S/NF) Key findings and recommendations from the GRILL FLAME project
were submitted to congressional committees and to key intelligence and
R/D community personnel via the GRILL FLAME PROJECT REPORT, dated 19
October 1983. A detailed briefing was given to Dr. De Lauer E) on
October 1983.
(S/NF) Key findings of the project were:
? Remote viewing is a real phenomenon, and is not degraded by dis-
tance or shielding.
? Remote viewing ability can be improved by appropriate training
procedures.
? Remote viewing has potential for US intelligence applications.
However, at this stage of development, descriptive content (e.g.,
sketches, configurations) is more reliable than analytic content
(e.g., function, complex.echnical data).
? A potential threat to U.S. national security exists from foreign
psychoenergetics research, which appears to be well funded and receives
high-level government support.
(S/NF) There were several key recommendations that resulted from the 3-
year GRILL FLAME effort:
? Basic research in both remote viewing and psychokinesis phenomena
should be initiated.
? Applied intelligence applications research in remote viewing
should be continued and be under the overall management of DIA.
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? Close coordination between the basic and Intelligence application
research must be maintained.
? Continue to evaluate foreign research efforts.
(S/NF) These recommendations were supported by an independent science
review panel called on to evaluate the validity of the SRI external
assistance effort.
(S/HF) Subsequent to these recommendations, three aspects of
psychoenergetics were pursued in FY 84:
? Basic research into improving remote viewing for developing
training techniques (to reduce training time), for developing personnel
screening and selection methods, for initiating research into energetic
(PK) phenomenon, and for developing an improved data evaluation
procedure.
? DIA contractual review of new foreign psychoenergetic research.
? HQDA continuance of in-house remote viewing applications and the
continuance of in-house personnel training in remote viewing skills.
(S/NF) FY 83 congressional language directed that future
parapsychological experimentation be conducted outside the NFIP.
Consequently, R/D funds for accomplishing these tasks in 1984 were
obtained from R/D source as shown on Table I. Some R/D funds were also
used in 1983 to cover short-falls in ant4cipated GDIP funding for that
year. Details on HQDA funding for previous applied efforts are being
sent via a separate response.
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(S/NF/WN) In,,1985, DIA received formal congressional committee approval
to continue in a management role in DoD for psychoenergetics
investigations, provided funding from outside of the NFIP were
used. Consequently, DIA established the frame-work for an integrated DoD
research effort, and developed terms of reference and agreement for
candidate participants from the R/D community. In addition, DIA is
planning to detail the operational remote viewing unit from HQDA/INSCOM
to DIA.
(S/NF/WN) The main thrust of this new integrated effort will be to
improve utility of remote viewing so that reliable applications can be
pursued in the Intelligence Community, to evaluate the application
potential of energetics (PK), and to examine threat potential of new
foreign research.,. This new effort will require a strong basic and
applied research effort in order to identify functional parameters and
explanatory mechanisms, and to identify the best training methods for
enhancing remote viewing data. A consistent applied effort is also
required in order to.fully evaluate application potential and to
determine remote viewing data reliability and utility. For 1985, it is
estimated that at least S2,0o0k would be required for initiating a solid,
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well-integrated RID effort in both remote viewing and energetic
phenomena. It is anticipated that this funding level will be provided by
HQDA/SGRD in FY 1985 for pursuing basic and applied R/D efforts. Basic
requirements for this support were defined in a letter requesting new
research from DIA/OR to HQDA/SG on 9 November 1984.
(S/NF) In FY86 DIA plans to request congressional approval to return
funding for GRILL FLAME intelligence-oriented applications to the NFIP.
Funding requirements could be somewhat greater in FY 1986 due to
anticipated in-depth application pursuits, and for further expansion of
basic research. DIA is currently developing detailed plans in
anticipation of continued R/D support for accomplishing both research and
applications. Without this support, DIA would be unable to evaluate the
threat significance of foreign achievements in psychoenergetics,' and- a
potential new intelligence data collection tool would fail to be
developed.
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TABLE 1
PSYCHOENERGETECS FUNDING
1983
1984-
- 1985
DIA
439(1)
79(2)
79(2)
DARE
200(3)
600(3)
HQDA/SGRD (Anticipated)
2.000(3)
(1) GDIP funds
(2) For Evaluation of Foreign Research Only (GDIP funds)
(3) R/D funds
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