BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ON-GOING AMSAA GRILL FLAME EFFORTS.

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The documents summarize the ongoing efforts of the AMSAA's Grill Flame project, which is attempting to assess the existence of psychic phenomena through remote viewing experiments. The experiments involve viewing "simple" objects defined by four attributes, and statistical tests are used to evaluate the accuracy of the responses. Additionally, SRI is conducting remote viewing tests of military events and situations at the Combat Development Experimental Center in California. Various types of events are being viewed to determine the effectiveness of remote viewing in different situations.

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 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 U. S. ARMY MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACTIVITY
 Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland  21005
 14 FEB 1980
 SUBJECT:  (S-NF) Brief Description of On-Going AMSAA GRILL FLAME
 Efforts
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 1.  (S-NF)  AMSAA was tasked by Dr. LaBerge to define and perform an
 in-house set of experiments aimed at assessing the existence of some
 form of psychic phenomenon.
 (S-NF)  Current efforts attempt the remote viewing of "simple"
 objects.  Each object is defined by four bivariate attributes, that
 is each is either (1) black or white and  (2)  hollow or solid, and
 (3) resilient or non-compressible, and (4) spherical or cubical.
 There is a total of 16 objects in the target pool.  The attributes of
 the object being "viewed" are reported by the viewer (in the absense
 of any knowledge concerning the particular object chosen for that
 trial) and the correctness of the responses is determined.  Statistical
 tests on the responses for individual attributes can be used to assess
 whether t',ie percentage of correct responses differs significantly from
 that which would be expected by chance.
 2.  (S-NF)  SRI, under contract with AMSAA, is attempting to perform
 remote viewing of various types of military events or situations on-
 going at the Combat Development Experimental Center, CDEC, Hunter-
 Liggett Military Reservation, California.  The objective of these
 "operational tests" is to determine whether remote viewing is more
 successful in certain situations than in others.  The specific types
 of events or situations being "viewed" are described below:
 Type 1:  (U)  Describe a significant single tactical event which
 occurs in a specific geographical space and within a 30 minute time
 window.  This type event is envisioned as one weapon or one small
 tactical unit such as a section firing.
 Type 2:  (U)  Describe one significant tactical event which occurs in
 a specific geographical space within a 24 hour period.  This type
 event is envisioned as a maneuver unit such as a squadron or battalion
 engaging an opposing unit.
 Type 3:  (U)  Describe the surroundings and/or location of a specific
 significant tactical target, such as a unique type of weapon system or
 intelligence system, at a specific time.
 Type 4:  (U)  Define the time when a specific type of event occurs
 within a specific geographical space.  This type of event is envisioned
 as a unit changing its state such as an aircraft unit getting ready to
 takeoff or an armored unit prepared to move out of bivouac or out of a
 static combat position.
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 Type 5:  (U)  Describe a significant event and its location or
 surroundings given that the event is expected to occur within a 30
 minute time window somewhere within an area of thousands of square
 kilometers.  This type of event is envisioned as an air or ground
 maneuver unit engaging an opposing unit.  (Task Type 5 is similar to
 Task Type 2 except that in Task Type 2 a large time window and a
 small geographic space are used to define the event space.)
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