Remote viewing
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| Type | Term |
|---|---|
| Also known as | remote-viewing, remote viewer, remote viewers |
| On the Timeline | 18 events, 1972–2022 |
Remote viewing is the claimed ability to perceive a distant or hidden target with the mind, without using the senses. It was studied by U.S. government-funded programs from the 1970s to 1995, best known under the name Stargate, but there is no accepted scientific evidence that it works, and it is generally regarded as pseudoscience.[1]
Origins
The term was coined at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in the early 1970s by physicists Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff; Targ has said that artist and psychic Ingo Swann suggested it in December 1971. Their early work was privately funded by the Parapsychology Foundation and the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and their subjects included Uri Geller.[1]
Government programs
U.S. intelligence agencies later funded remote-viewing research and operations, latterly known as the Stargate Project, which ran from 1975 to 1995 and cost about $20 million. Funding dried up in late 1994 and the program moved from the Defense Intelligence Agency to the CIA in 1995.[1]
1995 evaluation
The CIA commissioned the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to review the program. Statistician Jessica Utts argued that the laboratory results showed an effect above chance, while psychologist Ray Hyman called the claim that psychic functioning had been proven premature and noted the lack of independent replication. The AIR report concluded that remote viewing had produced no usable intelligence, and the CIA ended the program in 1995.[1][2][3]
Criticism
Psychologists David Marks and Richard Kammann found that the transcripts of Targ and Puthoff's experiments contained clues, such as dates and the order of targets, that could help judges match descriptions to targets, and Marks said that when such cues were removed the results fell to chance level. Experiments at Princeton's PEAR laboratory were criticised as among the poorest-quality ESP experiments published in years. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter later recalled being told by the CIA that a psychic had located a downed plane in Africa, a claim he said he received with skepticism.[1][4]
Link to ufology
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Puthoff later became prominent in UFO research: in 2017 he co-founded To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences with Tom DeLonge and Jim Semivan.[5]
On the UAP Timeline
- Ingo Swann's magnetometer test (1972) (June 1972) — Ingo Swann's remote-viewing test with SRI leads to a CIA contract months later.
- Secret project asks about remote viewing (1973) (27 October 1973) — Puthoff tells Vallée a secret UAP project with an official charter asked about remote viewing.
- Livermore scientists' paranormal experiences (1974) — Kit Green says he worked with scientists who reported orbs and entities in their homes.
- Dale Graff and Wright-Patterson remote viewing (1979) — Dale Graff is said to have run a remote viewing program at Wright-Patterson, then moved to the DIA.
- Pat Price's alien base reports (July 1982) — The Army's remote viewing chief finds 1973 reports of claimed underground UAP bases.
- Montauk Phoenix and Rainbow claims (1983) — Alleged Montauk projects reportedly used radio and microwaves in mind experiments.
- Remote viewers and a military trial anomaly (1984) (May 1984) — Alleged CIA documents describe the Army's remote viewers studying an anomaly during military trials.
- Puthoff leaves SRI (1985) (Summer 1985) — Hal Puthoff leaves SRI to explore alternative energy sources.
- Valdamar Valerian's Matrix books (January 1991) — A writer using a pseudonym publishes books claiming 'grey aliens' are involved in human affairs.
- Ed Dames and Psi-Tech anti-gravity work (9 March 1992) — Ed Dames claims a firm asked his remote viewing company for antigravity work.
- Stubblebine's Mars lecture (1992) (22 May 1992) — Gen. Albert Stubblebine allegedly claims there are structures beneath the surface of Mars.
- Clinton witness order claim (1995) (31 March 1995) — Vallée says he was told President Clinton signed an order protecting certain witnesses.
- End of Stargate (1995) (30 June 1995) — The CIA ends Star Gate, its remote viewing program.
- Denise McKenzie's SAIC account (30 August 1996) — A former SAIC employee says she learned of UAP-related work there.
- Prudence Calabrese and TransDimensional Systems (1997) — Prudence Calabrese starts a medical remote viewing organization.
- Project Zodiac (3 March 2001) — Eric Davis tells Vallée about a story called 'Zodiac' involving real researchers.
- Area 29 and Omega operations claim (30 May 2018) — A remote viewer claims targets were linked to 'Omega' operations involving advanced propulsion.
- Kit Green psychic interview tape (20 October 2022) — Cameron releases a tape of Kit Green interviewing a psychic about UAP hotspots.
References
- Remote viewing — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Michael Mumford, Andrew Rose and David Goslin, "An Evaluation of Remote Viewing: Research and Applications", American Institutes for Research (1995) · web.archive.org · archived copy
- Ray Hyman, "Evaluation of a program on anomalous mental phenomena", Journal of Scientific Exploration 10(1) (1996) · web.archive.org · archived copy
- Douglas Waller, "The Vision Thing", Time (1995) · time.com · archived copy
- To the Stars (company) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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