SUN STREAK - ANNUAL REPORT 1986

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Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 SECRET SUN STREAK ANNUAL ACTIVITIES REPORT NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS WARNING NOTICE: SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED CLASSIFIED BY: DIA, DT DECLASSIFY BY: OADR SECRET Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789RO01800500001-6 DATE:5 February 1987 REPLY ATTN OF: DT-5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum SUBJECT: SUN STREAK - Annual Report 1986 (U) TO: DT (Dr. Vorona) 1. (S/SK/WNINTEL) The mission of the SUN STREAK Prototype Operational Group (POG) remained dedicated to the application of the psychoenergetic process of Remote Viewing (RV) as a potential tool of probative intelligence value to the Department of Defense and other intelligence community agencies. Attached is the SUN STREAK Activities Report (SAR) for CY 1986. The SAR documents the results of the three principle activities of the POG during CY 1986: Operations, Utility. Assessments, and Training. 2. (S/SK/WNINTEL) The POG is comprised of professional intelligence officers whose primary concern is the achievement of operational results that are of intelligence value. Because SUN STREAK is not engaged in a venture into pure science, but rather one of utility, results are judged on their value to the intelligence community.. Through the application of disciplined procedures and strict controlled conditions the results reported in the 1986 SAR are both credible and enlightening. The attached SAR, when viewed in conjunction with a body of wisdom accumulated over previous years, clearly illustrates SUN STREAK's demonstrated potential value to the intelligence consumer. 3. (S/SK/WNINTEL) With the arrival of on 6 January 1987, the staff is at its full complement. The end of CY 1986 leaves us with four fully trained RV sources. Two sources NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS WARNING NOTICE: SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED CLASSIFIED BY: DIA, DT DECLASSIFY BY: OADR OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 (REV. 1-80) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.{ Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 5010"14 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789RO01800500001-6 {MLUi1L I are entering the final phases of training and will soon be integrated into both the operations and utility assessments efforts of the office. Personnel are enthusiastic, morale is high, and the unit is looking forward to greater successes from the challenges of the new year. Activities Report (S) 1 Cy branch e i z nciosure STTM qTPWAV A---l cf: DT Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789RO01800500001-6 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789RO01800500001-6 SUN STREAK ANNUAL ACTIVITIES REPORT 1. (S/SK/WNINTEL) SUN STREAK activities include operational intelligence collection, training, and the assessment of intelligence utility of remote viewing information. Operational efforts are conducted in response to collection requirements validated by DIA, DT. Training of remote viewing sources is designed to develop source abilities commensurate with operational tasking. The Utility Assessment program has as its strategy the appraisal of individual source capabilities as well as a value (intelligence utility) assessment of information produced through applied remote viewing. The following charts depict the activities of the SUN STREAK office during CY-1986. Further details of the operational effort are considered "close hold" for purposes of operational effectiveness. Personnel requiring access to operational details,should contact the SUN STREAK office. Further information concerning training is provided in the training report (Enclosure 5). Utility Assessment files are available at the SUN STREAK office. a. (S/SK/WNINTEL) SUN STREAK Operations: (U) PROJ OPEN DATE RPT DATE SESS/SOURCES STATUS 8601 2 Jan 86 13 Jun 86 25/4 Eval received-of value 8602 13 Jan 86 15 Jan 86 1/1 Awaiting Eval (DT-5A) 8603 13 Jan 86 1 Jun 86 4/1 Awaiting Eval (DT-5A) 8604 13 Jan 86 9 Apr 86 3/1 Awaiting Eval (DT-5A) 8605 10 Mar 86 N/A 8/3 Open(Initiative Action) 8606 10 Mar 86 20 Sep 86 5/4 Awaiting Eval (DT-5A) 8607 16 Mar 86 25 Apr 86 16/4 Awaiting Eval (DT-5A) 8608 16 Jun 86 7 Jul 86 10/4 Closed (Initiative Act) 8609 25 Jun 86 N/A 16/4 Open 8610 8 Jul 86 26 Sep 86 10/4 1987* * Problem involved future. Evaluation will not be made until 30 Sep 87. NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS WARNING NOTICE: SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED CLASSIFIED BY: DIA, DT DECLASSIFY BY: OADR erfoorT Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789RO01800500001-6 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 PROJ OPEN DATE RPT DATE SESS/SOURCES STATUS 8701 17 Nov 86 N/A Open 8702 17 Nov 86 N/A Scheduling 8703 17 Nov 86 N/A Collection Planning 8704 17 Nov 86 N/A Scheduling 8705 17 Nov 86 N/A Collection Planning 8706 17 Nov 86 N/A Scheduling 8707 17 Nov 86 N/A Collection Planning TOTAL Ops Sessions 102 b. (S/SK/WNINTEL) SUN STREAK Training: (U) SOURCE NUMBER OF SESSIONS* #003 16 #011 106 #018 50 #021 24 #079 35 #101 24 TOTAL Tng Sessions 255 *NOTE: The number of training sessions done by a source is dependent on the type of training received and the level of achievement of individual sources. See Training Report. c. (S/SK/WNINTEL) SUN STREAK Utility Assessment: PROJ SOURCE/TECH EVALUATION very useful useful marginal no value unk A. #003/CRV #021/CRV #101/ERV B. #003/CRV #021/CRV #101/CRV C. #003/CRV #021/CRV #101/ERV D. #003/CRV #021/CRV #101/ERV E. #003/CRV #021%CRV #101/ERV Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 SECRET PROJ SOURCE/TECH EVALUATION very useful useful marginal no value unk F. Working G. Working H. #003/CRV #018/CRV #021/CRV #101/ERV I. Awaiting Eval (DT-5A) J. Scheduling K. Scheduling L. Scheduling M. Scheduling N. Scheduling 0. Scheduling P. Working TOTAL Utility Assessment Sessions: 94 2. (S/SK/WNINTEL) Included herewith are two graphics. The SUN STREAK Production Chart (Enclosure 1) shows the level of activity through the year as the unit reached operational readiness. It is anticipated that the monthly production average of 37.5 sessions will be increased by 30 % in 1987. A count of remote viewing sessions is at best a crude scale for measuring unit intelligence production. Ultimately, however, sessions must be conducted to collect information and to some extent the more sessions conducted the higher the probability of collecting information of value to the intelligence consumer. The Type of Sessions chart (Enclosure 2) shows the distribution of sessions over the three basic activities of the SUN STREAK office: Operations, Training, and Utility Assessment. As the unit moved towards operational readiness more than 50% of the remote viewing sessions were devoted to training. This will not be the case in 1987. As the chart indicates, in the last quarter of 1986 the number of training sessions fell as operations and utility assessments rose. This trend will continue into 1987. 3. (S/SK/WNINTEL) In addition to the above scheduled 1986 activities, SUN STREAK office personnel developed an Intelligence Evaluation Sheet for use by selected intelligence consumers. This evaluation sheet was designed to be the basis by which SUN Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 I)LV'RLI STREAK techniques can be assessed and/or modified to improve overall-value. 4. (S/SK/WNINTEL) Throughout the history of SUN STREAK many briefings have been conducted. Many of these briefings have been structured around high profile, successful remote viewings. In so doing the history and development of the project has always been overshadowed by the presentation of selected successful sessions. Included with this annual report is a draft SUN-STREAK briefing (Enclosure 4). The briefing does not focus on specific or spectacular remote viewing results but seeks to provide information and an accurate record on the history and development of the DoD effort in psychoenergetics and the current project, SUN STREAK. 5. (U) We have had five office personnel attend training courses which are necessary for working with the newly received Office Information System (OIS). This schooling included five courses for our Computer Operations Manager, and one Systems Introduction course each for our secretary, one training officer, and two project officers. Our Computer Operations Manager has developed an office operating system from the software procured with the system, and is presently engaged in the development of a comprehensive database management system which will meet our record-keeping, reports-generation, and data retrieval needs. 5 Enclosures 1. SUN STREAK Production (U) 1 Cy Deputy for Operations 2. Type of Sessions (U) 1 Cy 3. Intelligence Evaluation Sheet (U) 1 Cy 4. Draft Briefing (S) 1 Cy 5. Training. Report (S) w/appendices 1-5 (U) 1 Cy SECRET Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 11'1in1 A`-eiaCn Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789RO01800500001-6 INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION SHEET INFORMATION and INSTRUCTIONS: The information in this report was obtained in direct response to an intelligence collection requirement provided by your office. The material furnished to you has been acquired through a unique and highly sensitive collection technique. Your care in evaluating this information will form the basis by which USI can assess this technique and/or modify and refine the technology to improve its overall value. While formulating your evaluation the following comments concerning this unique collection technique may be helpful. Foremost it must be stated that the information obtained through this technique is likely to consist of a mixture of correct, incorrect or at times apparently, irrelevant data. Given this anomaly the consumer should be sensitive to the following: a. Conceptual descriptive data tends to be more reliable than analytic labeling. As an example, a source may inappropriately report (label) a body of water in an artificial holding device at a designated target as a "recreational swimming pool," when in fact it is a water purification sewage pool. More critical however, is that an aircraft fuselage may be erroneously labeled by the source as a submarine hull. Caution is therefore advised when a source's descriptions evidence a great deal of analytic labeling. Again, conceptual descriptive data tends to be more reliable than analytic labeling. b. Certain anomalies may exist in the overall descriptive reporting. A report on a known three building complex may, for example, only contain data pertaining to two buildings. Furthermore, significant buildings or facilities may be attributed to a site when it is known that such "additions" do not exist. Such gaps or additions are neither intentional nor an attempt to fabricate information. In fact, they occasionally may prove useful with careful analysis on the part of the consumer. When this type of serious gap or addition is encountered it should only be weighed`n the context of the actual tasking and how it affects the results of the information sought. In other words, if you were initially seeking the purpose of a deep circular hole in the ground, do not be concerned about additional descriptions of a nearby lake when previously confirmed information indicated no lake is present at the site. Instead, focus your evaluation on the data pertaining to the deep circular hole, while within reason, ignoring extraneous data. IMP-_1 ROXIArti . - Enclosure 3 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789RO01800500001-6 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789RO01800500001-6 c. At times, some data may appear to be abstract with no apparent importance even though other data tends to confirm and improve upon the known data base on a target. Information of this nature may, at a later date, be valuable. For example, a reported lack of personnel at a normally bustling defense installation may seem incongruous until it is learned at a later date that this particular reporting period coincided with a evacuation drill. d. The consumer should be aware that for reasons of security, strict compartmentation and operational effectiveness, the actual collectors (sources) of this data are given only general guidance. Therefore, the collectors may tend to report on many seemingly extraneous facets of a target as well as the specific area of interest to the consumer. If this otherwise superfluous data is known to be true, the veracity of the source's other descriptions is enhanced. It is recommended that the consumer first examine the information provided to isolate the data already known, if any, about the target. From this data base the consumer should extract any new and heretofore unknown information relevant to the specific target. The "irrelevant" information should be examined carefully in light of the comments listed above. Patently false or irrelevant information should be weighted as a facet of your evaluation only when this data contradicts previously confirmed information pertaining to the target. If you have any questions regarding this letter, the Intelligence Evaluation Sheet (IES), or any information provided to you by this activity please contact this office at any time. UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789RO01800500001-6 iitiinl a t^ iirirn Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP96-00789R001800500001-6 INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION SHEET Collection Requirement: Collection Requirement Generated By: (ICR/CIR/DIRM/INITIATIVE/OTHER) Does the information YES IN PART NO CANNOT BE satisfy your Intelli- DETERMINED ge n c e Collection e