THE ENHANCED HUMAN PERFORMANCE PROJECT:

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFORT TO DATE

PROJECT REVIEW GROUP

14 APRIL, 1987

At the request of MG Philip K. Russell, MC, Commander, United States Army Medical Research and Development Command, the following individuals met at the Pentagon on 6 March 1987 to assess the work of the Enhanced Human Performance Project:

Ms. Amoretta Hoeber, TRW

Dr. Michael A. Wartell, Humboldt State University

Dr. Nick Yaru, Consultant (Chairman)

Dr. Chris Zarafonetis, Biomedical R&D, Inc.

Others in attendance at this meeting included:

BO Richard T. Travis, MC. Deputy Commander, USAMRDC

Col. Philip Sobocinski, MSC, Special Assistant for Biotechnology

Col. Peter J. McNelis, MSC, Project Manager/COR

Mrs. Jean Smith, Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting

Dr. Edwin C. May, SRI, Principal Investigator

In preparation for this meeting, copies of all Project reports for Fiscal Year 1986 along with the Scientific Oversight Committee's comments regarding these reports and the contractor's responses to the comments were forwarded to each of the above-mentioned individuals for their review.

The Project Review Group was asked, via correspondence (MG Russell, 12 January 1987; Col. McNelis, 12 February 1987) and by BO Travis in his welcoming remarks at the meeting, to address the following questions concerning the Project:

Is the science underlying this research effort essentially sound?

Does the evidence to date support the existence of an anomaly?

What is the potential value of this effort to the DOD?