CIA Monitored Individual Manipulating Reality Via Telepathy - Attempted to Convert His Mental Capabilities into a Military Weapon
In the early 1970s, a surprising turn of events took place when the U.S. government agreed that the study of psychic events, known as parapsychology, was worth investigating. This decision marked the beginning of a classified program that would captivate the world for decades: the Stargate project.
The Stargate program, aimed at researching paranormal phenomena such as remote viewing for US intelligence purposes, was founded and led by American artist and psychic Ingo Swann, along with other CIA and military personnel involved in remote viewing research. The CIA began working with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) to perform top-secret research on paranormal phenomena, primarily "remote viewing" for intelligence collection.
In 1972, Swann made headlines when he successfully altered the magnetic field inside a vacuum container just by thinking about it. This event, among others, sparked the interest of physicist Harold Puthoff, who witnessed the output from his magnetometer changing with no physical explanation.
The Stargate program reached a new phase in 1995 when the CIA asked The American Institutes for Research (AIR) to conduct an external review of the program. The AIR reviewers, Jessica Utts and Ray Hyman, were asked to write the report with opposing perspectives on parapsychology. Utts, a respected parapsychologist, found the statistics compelling and believed the studies provided strong evidence that remote viewing is a human capability. On the other hand, Hyman, a sceptic, found potential flaws in the experimental methods and determined that the experimental results were not consistent enough with experiments outside the program.
Despite the differing opinions, Utts' findings were significant. She concluded that the results seen across studies in different laboratories were all very similar and statistically significant, making it hard to explain by chance, cheating, or coincidence. Hyman, however, was not convinced that remote viewing is real. He wrote in the final report that "the case for psychic functioning seems better than it ever has been," but he stopped short of endorsing the phenomenon.
By the mid-1980s, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) took over the program, which they continued until the mid-1990s. The CIA began declassifying its documents on remote viewing research to facilitate an external review. However, despite the optimistic review, the Stargate program no longer exists, and as far as we know, the U.S. government hasn't continued such research.
The Stargate program was highly classified, and researchers had to be cautious about potential leaks of information. Any potential breakthroughs or developments in the Stargate program, such as a drug to enhance psychic abilities, would likely be suppressed and not made public.
Kimberly Hickok, a freelance science writer with degrees in marine biology, biology, and a graduate certificate in science communication, delves into the world of the Stargate program in her latest article. Hickok's work has been published by NBC, Science, Live Science, Space.com, and many others. As we continue to uncover the mysteries of the universe, the story of the Stargate program serves as a fascinating reminder of the extraordinary research that has taken place behind closed doors.
Psychic phenomena are real according to Dean Radin, Ph.D., chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Whether the Stargate program's findings hold up under further scrutiny remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: the study of parapsychology continues to push the boundaries of our understanding of the world around us.
