STARGATE Congressionally Directed Action: Interim Response to Senate Armed Services Committee
This two-page declassified document consists of a cover letter and an enclosure describing the Defense Intelligence Agency's interim response to a Congressionally Directed Action concerning Project STARGATE. The cover letter, signed by Lieutenant General James R. Clapper (USAF), STARGATE Program Manager, is addressed to Senator Sam Nunn, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, with a copy to Ranking Minority Member Strom Thurmond. It responds to the FY 1994 Defense Authorization Conference Classified Annex Joint Explanatory Statement, which requested a program plan for Project STARGATE. The enclosure records that the Conference Committee directed the DIA to prepare a program plan and budget request for a multiyear research effort to determine whether STARGATE could produce cost-effective results meeting reasonable performance criteria, subject to peer review by neutral scientific experts. DIA states it prepared a draft research and peer-review plan focused on identifying the underlying mechanisms of Anomalous Mental Phenomena (AMP), establishing limits of operational usefulness, assessing foreign AMP activities as a national security threat, developing countermeasures, improving operational activities, and integrating AMP results with other intelligence via data fusion. DIA also states it would convene a scientific panel to review the plan. The document was marked SECRET/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS and later approved for release through the CIA's records system.
Description
A SECRET/NOFORN Defense Intelligence Agency letter dated 24 May 1994 from Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper to Senator Sam Nunn, transmitting an interim congressionally directed response and draft multiyear research and peer-review plan for Project STARGATE, the U.S. anomalous mental phenomena (remote viewing) program.
Claims
The Defense Authorization Conference Committee directed the DIA to prepare a program plan and budget request for a multiyear STARGATE research effort subject to neutral scientific peer review.
95%DIA prepared a draft multiyear research and peer-review plan addressing cost-effectiveness and performance criteria of Project STARGATE.
92%The DIA prepared a draft multiyear research and peer-review plan to assess whether Project STARGATE is cost-effective and meets reasonable performance criteria.
90%Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper served as the STARGATE Program Manager as of May 1994.
90%The plan aimed to identify underlying mechanisms of Anomalous Mental Phenomena, establish limits of operational usefulness, and assess foreign AMP activities as a national security threat.
90%DIA intended to convene a panel of scientists to review the program plan.
90%The Defense Authorization Conference Committee directed the DIA to prepare the plan within existing program funds and subject it to neutral peer review.
88%The research plan aimed to identify underlying mechanisms of Anomalous Mental Phenomena and assess foreign AMP activity as a national-security threat.
85%
Events
May 23, 1994
DIA interim response letter to Senator Nunn
Lt. Gen. Clapper transmits interim response and draft research/peer-review plan for Project STARGATE.
Mar 23, 2005
Declassification and release
Document approved for release through the CIA Reading Room.
May 23, 1994
Clapper interim response letter to Sam Nunn
DIA transmits interim response and draft STARGATE research and peer-review plan to Senate Armed Services Committee.
Mar 23, 2005
Approved for Release (CIA)
Document approved for release through the CIA records system.
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“ SECRET : Approved Fa ALI EF FIN SEs] MT EULA REIPIE-ED FAQ RRORQORA 10001-6 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20340-1025 S-1058/GS 24 MAY 1994 Honorable Sam Nunn Chairman, Armed Services Committee United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: The enclosed information is an interim response to the FY 1994 Defense Authorization Conference Classified Annex Joint Explanatory Statement, which requests a program plan for Project STARGATE. The project plan and recommendations of the scientific panel will be provided to all intelligence oversight and appropriations committees prior to the Defense Authorization Conference. Sincerely, Que Meroe 1 Enclosure AMES R. CLAPPER, . STARGATE CDA Lieutenant General, USAF (S/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS) 1 Cy Program Manager CC: Honorable Strom Thurmond Ranking Minority Member REPRODUCTION REQUIRES APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR OR HIGHER AUTHORITY LIMITED DISTRIBUTION - FURTHER DISSEMINATION : ONLY AS DIRECTED BY DIA/PG REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY WHEN ENCLOSURE IS REMOVED SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS . STARGATE Approved For Release 2005/03/24 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003000110001-6 Approved For Release 2005/03/24 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003000110001-6 SECRET Congressionally Directed Action STARGATE REQUEST: (S) The Defense Authorization Conference Committee, in its Classified Annex Joint Explanatory Statement, Enclosure 13, requested the Director of DIA prepare a program plan and submit an appropriate budget request for a research effort, over several years, to determine whether the STARGATE program can show results that are cost-effective and satisfy reasonable performance criteria. This plan, and any research under this program, should be subject to peer review by neutral scientific experts. The Director of DIA is directed to prepare this research and peer review plan: within existing program funds. RESPONSE: (S/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS) The Defense Intelligence Agency has prepared a draft multiyear research and peer review plan that addresses the cost- effectiveness and performance criteria of Project STARGATE. The plan focuses on: -- Identifying the underlying mechanisms of Anomalous Mental Phenomena (AMP). -- Establishing the limits of operational usefulness of AMP. -- Determining the degree to which foreign activities in AMP represent a threat to national security. -- Developing countermeasures to neutralize this threat. ~~ Using research findings to improve operational activities. -- Developing data fusion criteria to integrate AMP results with other intelligence sources. (S/NOFORN) The Defense Intelligence Agency will convene a panel of scientists to review the major tenets of the program plan and provide recommendations on the research it achieves. REPRODUCTION REQUIRES APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY LIMITED DISTRIBUTION FURTHER DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY DIA/PAG CLASSIFIED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY DECLASSIFY ON OADR SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STARGATE Approved For Release 2005/03/24 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003000110001-6
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