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Approved For Release 206 @QdRQepifaiaP 96-00788R001800210001-0 Vv COMPARISONS (U) (S/NF) Because the Army had an in-house operational remote-viewing capability at the outset of the Grill Flame Program, and DIA did not, the two organizations pursued different but compatible goals. The Army's goal was to improve the quality of data obtained from operational remote- viewing sessions. To accomplish this, they expended a great effort on training. They also looked at various ways to separate the good data from the bad. For instance, research on audio analysis was conducted to de- termine if speech characteristics could differentiate good from bad data. (S/NF) The DIA supported research on developing and refining the training program, as well as projects on countermeasures to remote viewing. In addition, a series of psychoenergetic threat assessments were prepared. (S/NF) Another interesting comparison is the approach being taken to remote viewing at SRI and at INSCOM. At SRI, the percipient is seated at a table in a relaxed but highly-alert state. No special techniques are used to prepare the percipient; the session begins in a conversational mode with the monitor posing the task. At INSCOM, the percipient is suppine on a bed. He/she then achieves a state of deep relaxation aided by the use of audio relaxation tapes. The data are also gathered in a different manner by the two groups. At SRI, the data are gathered in an alert state, where the percipient is interacting with the monitor ina conversational mode, and is rendering sketches and drawings throughout the session. The INSCOM viewer, however, stays in the deep relaxation state, describing his/her input occasionally, and taking instructions from the monitor at prescribed intervals. Sketchings and drawings are done at the end of the session, and the INSCOM viewer then reverses the relaxation procedure to return to an alert state. There is no need for the SRI viewer to do this because he/she never leaves their normal alert state. 27 SEGRE Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800210001-0