ORIENTATION BRIEFING - HIGH PERFORMANCE TASK FORCE MEMBERS

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• Publication Date: January 26, 1983
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MEMORANDUM FOR ADCSOPS-HUMINT
26 January 1983
SUBJECT: Orientation Briefing - High Performance; Task Force Members
1. (U) On 17 January 1983, from 1.310-1430 hours an orientation briefing was
presented to LTC Raymond P. Cadorette and members of
the INSCOM High Performance Task Force (! at the omman Group SCIF,
buil,,ing.4554. Briefing was directed by CG, INSCOM.
2. (S/NOFORN) The briefing covered initiation , organization and training
of personnel involved in project CENTER LANE. Also covered was.historical
information, to include selection and training of personnel, involved in the
INSCOM portion of the DoD project. Primary interest of the HPTF personnel
was selection and training of personnel. I explained the source and development
of the initial selection criteria and the role of the INSCOM Staff Psychologist
in subsequent screening testing.
3. (U) No operational data was presented at the briefing.
4. (U) HPTF personnel requested a walk thru of the operational area. I
stated that that could be accomplished at a later date.
ROBERT J. JACHIM
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TF[ PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING I S TO PROVIDE YOU WITH BACKGROUND
INFT14"ATION CONCERNING INSCOf41'S INVOLVEMENT IN PA9,(4PVCW0(-44Y
SL I D 2 ON IN TI a FALL OF 1978,
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ACS I TASKED I NSC Y1 TO DLTER 1 I NE IF PARAPSYCI ..OGY 0UJ,-D BE USED
TO CC ECT I NTELL I GFNCE r FOR OUR PURPOSES PARAPS'(CH _OGY
IS D.FIN D IN TWO rA. JR CATEGORIES:
SLID 2A ON FIRST, PHYSICAL ACTIONS PERFOf TIED BY MENTAL POI RS.. THAT CANNOT
PL EXPLA.I NED BY KNOWN PHYS I CAL MEAPNS. THIS I S KN(11 AS
TELEKINESIS OR PSYCHOKINESIS, AND SECOND, PERCEPTIONS MiICH
CANNOT BE EXPLAINED THROUGH KNOWN SENSORY flAS,: THIS I S KNY
AS ESP, TELEPATHY AND RErOTE VIEWING,
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SPECIFICALLY, I NSCO"1' S TASK I P?NNG WAS TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING
COULD BE USED AS A COLLECTION METHOD, 1= REMOTE VIEWING
IS I .FI1'ED, AS TEE ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL, TO ACCESS
INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY U N NI, WITI OUT REGARD TO TIKE, LOCATION,
OR ANY ATTEIPT TO DENY THE TARGET TO A COLLECTOR,
TO MEET ACS I 'STP I NG I NSCOM ESTAI-L I SHED A PROJECT TEAT UNDER
THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR ILW'J I NTEELI..I GENCE,
a_ IDE 2B OFF THE CRITERIA DEVELOPED TO DETERMII NE IF RATE VIEWING WOULD BE
A VI AIDE COLLECTION METHOD WAS AS FOLLOWS :
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FIRST, COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE LEARNED? NEXT, COULD REMOTE
VIEWING BE APPLIED AS A COLLECTION METHOD? AND, FINALLY,
COULD REMOTE VIEWING RESPOND TO COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS
IN A TIMELY MANNER?
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FIRST, COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE LEARNED:
SRI I NTER TI ONA ., AN ACKNO LEDGED LEADER IN THE FIELD OF
PARANORMAL RESEARCH, RELIED UPON ESTABLISHED PSYCHICS, I
USED THEIR INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES TO REMOTE VIE. INSCOM, USING
THE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS COILED BE SRI
DURING THEIR WORK WITH THESE PSYCHICS, SCREENED APPROXIMATELY
250 INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WITHIN THE BALT I MOREA4ASH I NGTON AREA,
LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. BASED ON SRI
OBSERVATIONS, SUCCESSFUL REMOTE VIEWERS TEND TO BE CONFIDENT,
OUTGOING, ADVENTUROUS, BROADLY SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS WITH SO[
ARTISTIC BENT. AFTER A SERIES OF SCREENINGS AND INTERVIEWS,
NINE PEOPLE WERE SELECTED, THEY WERE A MIXTURE OF MILITARY
AND CIVILIAN, OFFICERS AND ENLISTED, MEN AND VULN, ')47-R
ADDITIONAL INTERVEIWS WITH THE SRI SCIENTISTS SIX WERE
SELECTED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA FOR TIO WEEKS OF ACTUAL TRAINING..
UPON THEIR RETURN TO FORT NEAR THEY CONTINUED IN AN IN-HOUSE
TRAINING PROGRAM MODELED AFTER THE SRI TRAINING PHASE@
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SLIDE 5 ON AFTER THE PERSONNEL WERE LOCATED AND TRAINING HAD BEGUN,
TEE NEXT QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED APPLIED TO THE SECOND
AND THIRD CRITERIA CONCERNING OPERATIONS, THAT IS1 COULD
REP"ATE VIEWING BE APPLIED AS A COLLECTION METHOD?'`,1F SO,
WOULD THE INFORMATION BE OF REASONABLE ACCURACY AND ACCEPTED AND
USED BY THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYST WHO RECEIVE THE PRODUCT
FINALLY, COULD REMOTE VIEWING RESPOND TO COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS
IN A TIMELY MINER?
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WRK TO ANSWER TFESE QUESTIONS WAS OVERCOME BY EVENTS,
BASED T, I
THESE RESITS, INSCQ1 WAS TASKED TO ~JJRJ( ACAIMST ADDITJCX' L
OP RATIONf'L TARGETS, TIT'-'SE TASKINGS FORE D A 01ATURE H tT
TO T}f I N ITIQ- TRAINING PHASE.
WAS COMMITTED TO OPERATIONS,,
IN I CEI 1B}:R 19791 TT-4E Pr OICT
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. I DF 6A ON TYP I CJtLY, A PROJECT BEGINS WITH A REQUEST.-FOR i _.._ y T IONN ON
A-TAB GET, WHICH IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO rK)Rf?? COLLECTION SYSTEII,S,
OR Fa R CUING DATA TO TARGET OTHER I NTE1L I G NCE SYS > S
BASED UPON PERS( fEL. AVAILABLE, PRIORITY OF THE TARGET, AND TIE
POTENTIAL FOR PROVIDING REQUESTED INFORMATION, Tit INSCC1 PROJECT
r NAGER rh(ES A DECISION i THR TO ACCEPT I CLIrE TIE
PORJECT I MANY TIMES, EVEN THOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD OF OBTAINING
TIE I NFOP\tIATI ON IS NOT H I C I O. TIE PROJECT IS ACCEPTED SINCE ff
OTHER INTELLIGENCE SOURCE HAD BEEN E TO PE= OV I DE TIE NEM
I NFOR MIATI ON , ONCE THE PROJECT IS ACCEPTED, 1a FIRST TASK IS
'RE CO STRUCTION OF A RE TE VIEWING COLLECTIC PL I,
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-I DE 7 ON THIS COLLECTION PLAN LISTS TEE ESSENTIAL ELEI4NTS OF I ''' TION
(EEI) AND TEE INTELLIGENCE INDICATORS WHICH WILL ADE HSIE
EEI e ALSO LISTED ARE THE TAROT TIME WIND FOR FETCH THESE
INDICATORS WILL RE.LEV,NTL TEE CCU.ECTIC N ALSO SPECIFIES
WHICH REJ47TE VI[}E.RS WILL BE USED
-r. PKA .:?t T146 RE a MORE THA,11 ONE . SSIOf'1 FOR A P,' TIOJLAR {PROJECT,
SE RL SESSIONS MAY HAVE TO I . WINE TO ADDRESS ALL TEE INDICATORS
SLIDE 7 CA=F NEE{?D TO AN fR TIE EEI, ~ ; - REJIJIE VIEWING IS A T[LAM EFFORT
S!_ I IOU S ON THERE ARE TWO PEMiIRS THIS T I
ONE IS TEE INTERVIE E.R, T : OTHER 13" THE PUPATE VIE ~,IER, Tf
I NTERV I E DER CONTROLS TEE SESSION A HIS JOB IS TO KEEP THE REMOTE
VIE&4ER ON TRA(J(, TO DIRECT HIS FOCUS AND TO (.STION HIM ALIT
TIE. TARGET, THE ROTE VIEWER IS RESPONSIBLE ONLY FOR REPORTING,
TEE A OF TI SESSION IS TO COLLECT INTEILICENC.E, TO DO THIS,
GREAT CARE I S TP (EN TO TRY AND. FORCE THE R OTE: VI EI R TO PRODUCE
OLY I NFORf ATION CF I NTE+LL I Q ICE. V ._E IE, THIS IS DOW. EY DENYING
HIM OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE TAR ET.
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lrE ..WAYS KEEP TIE REMOTE VIB--R "BLIND". ST TINES TEE
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INTERVIB R IS A- SO KEPT "T INIA", SO F WIL.. N T__.IN_ :.
LEAD THE REMOTE VIER,
AT TIE START CF TI SESSIONS TI I NTERVI PROVIDES THE RE
VIM R WITH TIE TARGET CUING DATA, THE TT, VIE 111R R AS I~ T
1
MOTE
SEEN THIS INFOR IATION BEFORE, HE RECEIVES ITONLY AT THE START
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CF TIC. RF. TE VIEWING SESSION, TARGET CUING DATA 1?
SFA R!L CATEGOR I ES o IT MY If C{OGRAPH I C OR UTM COOR
F AL 3 INTO
DINATES,
A Ol .RE 'JD PHOTOGR~AP1! OF TIE AREA, OR A PHOTOGINPH A"f
INDIVIDUAL OR OBJECT` PERWPS. THERE IS SL Pi -k" T TO GIVE
TARO I~ IIfORMATION TO A RE1TE VIE' :R,
TES WAY TO OVERCCK THIS IS SItPLY TO PLACE THE TARGET I NFC MATI d
IN A SEALED EN 1OPE, T[ FE RE1f)TE VIE A R IS GIVEN THIS GEf`I D
ENW-1 C'E AND
IS TEEN SIIPLY ACED TO 1 SCRIBE T1? TARGET;'
ONCE TIE RE TE VI EJER HAS THIS CUING DATA, TI TAPE RECORDER
IS TUNED ON AND TIE SESSION BEGINS
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AFTER TEE SESSION, WHICH LASTS ABOUT 30 MINUTES, TIE TE
VIE 1rR I S ASKED TO DRAW TIE PERCEPTIONS If IA's DURING SESSION,
THIS I S IIPORTA' T BECAUSE THE DRAWINGS MAY MORE, ACCURATE
SR FI A DIFFERENT PER ECTI1 THAN TIE VERDE DESCRIPTIONS OF
THE TARGET, AFTER TIC DRAWINGS ARE DONE AND lit A TE VIER
TA-KS AST %4, THE RE 10TE VIEWING'IS s LLTED, TEL TAPE
I S TEN TRANSCRIBED AND A TRANSCRIPT F URN I SHED TO TEE PRO, ECT
RE .1ESTOR , AFTER THE PROTECT I S METED THE REQLESTOR,
PROVIDES AN EWU.[.IATI
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