Robert Monroe
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Robert Allan Monroe (30 October 1915 – 17 March 1995) was an American radio executive and writer whose book Journeys Out of the Body (1971) popularised the term "out-of-body experience". He founded the Monroe Institute in Virginia, whose sound techniques attracted interest from the U.S. Army.[1]
Radio career
In 1953 Monroe formed RAM Enterprises, which produced network radio programmes. In 1956 its research division began studying how sound affects consciousness.[1]
Out-of-body experiences
Monroe said that in 1958, after weeks of strange vibrations and paralysis-like sensations, he began to leave his body. Journeys Out of the Body (1971) described these experiences, sold around a million copies and made the phrase "out-of-body experience" widely known. He wrote two further books, Far Journeys (1985) and Ultimate Journey (1994).[1]
Hemi-Sync and the Monroe Institute
From 1975 Monroe patented audio techniques he called "Hemi-Sync", which play slightly different tones to each ear to produce "binaural beats" said to synchronise the brain's hemispheres. He founded the Monroe Institute, a nonprofit for consciousness research near Faber, Virginia.[1]
Military interest
In 1978 the U.S. Army evaluated the institute and sent officers for training in its techniques, and more were sent in 1983, as reported by The Wall Street Journal in 1994. An Army report on the institute's "Gateway" programme was later released through the CIA's records and drew wide attention online in 2021.[1][2]
On the UAP Timeline
- Valdamar Valerian's Matrix books (January 1991) — A writer using a pseudonym publishes books claiming 'grey aliens' are involved in human affairs.
References
- Robert Monroe — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "We Found the Missing Page of the CIA's Gateway Report on Astral Projection", Vice (2021) · vice.com · archived copy
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