5. “charges of pseudoscience”: Interview with Graff.
6. training protocols: “Co-ordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) 1981–1983,” Briefing (SRI), August 4, 1983, 3, 9.
7. Swann’s declassified summary: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Coordinate Remote Viewing (Theory and Dynamics),” n.d., handwritten, July 14, 1988, 2.
8. Smith recalls what happened: Interview with Smith.
9. National Security Council briefings: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Defense Intelligence Agency, Project Sun Streak, Presentation: DIA’s Motivation for Pursuing this Program,” Slide: Tulum Ruins, Mexico [photograph of physical site], Viewer’s Response [photograph of clay model by McNear], ID.:13L3162-2; interview with Tom McNear (to verify that this was his model).
10. “he is better than me”: Jim Marrs, PSI Spies: The True Story of America’s Psychic Warfare Program, 157.
11. how-to manual: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Coordinate Remote Viewing, Stages I–VI and Beyond,” February 1985.
12. The higher-ups wanted: McMoneagle, The Stargate Chronicles, 172–173.
13. “tearing the unit apart”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: Comments: Sun Streak Review Status, August 6, 1986 (FOIA, 5 pages); Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 259.
14. officially transferred: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Key Action Status, 1985, Developing Phase, Working Paper, Basic Training, 6 Stages, Drawing/Art Exercises” (undated, 12 pages); Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 245.
15. made him and every other soldier wince: Interviews with Smith and Atwater.
16. called her a witch: Interview with Smith; Schnabel, Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America’s Psychic Spies, Chapter 21: The Witches.
17. Great Pyramid at Giza: Star Gate Collection, CIA: Log notes, Remote Viewing Data Session, 05/10/87. Remote Viewer: GP, Interviewer, ED. CRV. Actual Site, Cheops Pyramid.
18. Madison Square Garden: Star Gate Collection, CIA: Log notes, Remote Viewing Data Session, 20/02/87. Remote Viewer: MR, Interviewer, ED. CRV. Actual Site: Madison Square Garden.
19. read the description: Star Gate Collection, CIA: Global Beacon, November 24, 1986, Viewer 079, 12 pages.
20. “Source reported”: Ibid.
21. Atwater was impressed: Star Gate Collection, CIA: Global Beacon, December 22, 1986, Viewer 079, 14 pages.
22. Devil’s Tower: Star Gate Collection, CIA: Global Beacon, January 30, 1987, Viewer 079, 11 pages.
23. “Soviets were pursuing”: Gates, From the Shadows, 265.
24. “large metal structures”: Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 295.
25. Sary Shagan: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Summary—1987, Overall Data Evaluation—Operational Projects, 8701–8719,” undated; Sun Streak Annual Report, 1987, undated; also interviews with Smith, Dellafiora, Graff; Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 297.
26. tensions in the unit: Interview with Smith. Viewers began talking among themselves; some, including Paul Smith, wondered aloud if Angela wasn’t cheating. “I don’t have the records to prove it,” Smith wrote of his experiences at this time, but “I suspect [she was] being frontloaded,” meaning that someone was giving her information about the target before she viewed it.
27. “It can happen to anyone”: McMoneagle, The Stargate Chronicles, 224.
28. anomaly targets: Interview with Atwater; interview with Graff.
29. “Secret Working Papers”: Author FOIA, CIA: “Secret Working Papers, Psi Operational Capability,” n.d, six pages. Dale Graff reviewed the papers and identified the author as Jim Salyer, who also served as the DIA’s onsite contract manager at SRI.
Chapter Twenty: The End of an Era
1. Jacques Vallée resigned: Interview with Vallée, one-third of Vallée’s start-ups reached the public markets. They include SangStat Medical, a biotechnology firm based in California and France; Accuray, a medical device company specializing in robotic surgery; Ixys, a power semiconductor firm; and Ubique, Inc., a web teleconferencing company (acquired by AOL).
2. “I was suicidal”: Deborah Petit, “Mitchell Doubts Fathering Child, Wants Case to End,” Sun Sentinel, August 17, 1985; Matt Schudel, “The Dark Side of the Moon: Edgar Mitchell Has Walked on the Moon and Explored Inner Space. It’s Everyday Life That Gives Him Trouble,” Sun Sentinel, January 8, 1988.
3. Randi had also fallen on difficult times: Adam Higginbotham, “The Disillusionist: The Unbelievable Skepticism of James Randi,” New York Times Magazine, November 7, 2014.
4. “Randi resigned in fury”: Ibid.; interview with Higginbotham.
5. divining information: Interview with Geller.
6. map dowsing fee: Margaret van Hatten, “A Cost-effective Account of the Spoons,” Financial Times, January 18, 1986. Van Hatten states that Geller’s £1 million per job figure was confirmed with Peter Sterling, chairman of Zanes, the Australian mineral company. “Uri Geller’s Hidden Agenda (Prospecting),” Virgin West Coast, April/May 1997; interview with Geller.
7. Geller and Kampelman shaking hands: Geller photos, private collection.
8. verified the story: Jonathan Margolis, The Secret Life of Uri Geller, 101.
9. “the state of their minds”: Geller, Geller Effect, 157; interview with Geller.
10. Nuala Pell later said: Margolis, The Secret Life, 102.
11. the president said: Ronald Reagan, “Statement on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Reductions, March 6, 1987,” Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1987.
12. top of the rotunda: Interview with Geller; interview with Alexander.
13. “In a vault in an attic of the Capitol”: “Washington Whispers,” U.S. News & World Report, May 4, 1987.
14. “What the future would bring”: Interview with Geller.
15. Al Gore’s house: Interview with Geller; interview with Hanna Geller, who recalled many details including the Gores’ giving them a CD of the Irish singer Enya.
16. declined to comment: E-mail exchange with Rob Hamilton, Communications Coordinator, the Office of Al Gore, July 2016. John Alexander confirmed that in 1983, he taught Gore and several other members of Congress NLP skills, as part of an INSCOM training program.
17. the advice of a private astrologer: Donald T. Regan, For the Record, 3.
18. “President Reagan [is] deeply interested in astrology”: Steven V. Roberts, “White House Confirms Reagans Follow Astrology, Up to a Point,” New York Times, May 4, 1988; Joyce Wadler et al., “The President’s Astrologers,” People, May 23, 1988.
19. “The Scriptures say”: “Reagan Wishes More Dignified Job for Son Ron,” United Press International, June 30, 1986.
20. largest massed naval strength: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Conflict in the Persian Gulf, 1987 Year in Review,” United Press International, 1987.
21. “Project P”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Sun Streak Report—Third Quarter CY 87,” to Dr. Vorona, October 15, 1987.
22. alien “visitation” alleged: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Remote Viewing Session Data,” Remote Viewer: LB, Interviewer: Ed, Site 0143.
23. “possible UFO encounter”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Remote Viewing Session Data,” Remote Viewer: LB, Interviewer: Ed, Site 0234.
24. Supreme Galactic Council of Aliens: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Description of Personnel Associated ‘ET’ Bases [sic],” January 28, 1987.
25. bogus targets: Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 343.
26. “inhabitants of the distant future”: Monroe, Far Journey, 226.
27. morale took another hit: Interviews with Atwater, Smith, Dellafiora, Graff. Ed Dames declined to be interviewed.
28. encrypted coordinates: Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 276.
29. system being gamed: Interview with Puthoff.
30. Smith became angry: Interview with Smith; see also Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 353.
31. “Protocol forbade me”: Ibid., 303.
32. “He was clearly bored”: Ibid., 304; Star Gate Collection, CIA:
“Subject: SUN STREAK—Annual Report, 1987,” January 19, 1988.
33. a “divine blessing”: “What the Iran-Iraq War can Teach US Officials,” Middle East Forum 20, no. 2 (Spring, 2013).
34. “some religious issues”: Graff interview. This was confirmed in interviews with Dr. Kit Green, who says he encountered similar resistance. “There were individuals who were religious fundamentalists,” Graff says.
35. “Remote viewing the future”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Memo: Sun Streak Report—Third Quarter CY 87,” To: DT (Dr. Vorona), Oct 15, 1987.
Chapter Twenty-One: Hostages and Drugs
1. Shiite terrorist organization, Hezbollah: U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, Robin L. Higgins et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., April 21, 2008, 2–4.
2. to discuss procedures: The organization was the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO).
3. high-value hostage: Andrew Rosenthal, “Before His Abduction, Higgins Talked of Risks,” New York Times, August 1, 1989.
4. DIAC officials asked the viewers: Interview with Graff.
5. “The nature of this operation”: Interview with Louis Andre.
6. confident about the location: Interviews with Graff; interview with Dellafiora; interview with Smith.
7. “Higgins had been on water”: Interview with Graff; interview with Dellafiora.
8. had died before he’d been hanged: Interview with Carmichael.
9. at times like this: Interview with Graff.
10. an anthology of reports: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Site: Galactic Federation HQs, Coords: 1698/1009, Session 13 Jan 88.” Drawings include UFOs, architectural plans, and robed figures.
11. received no recommendations: Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 382; interview with Graff. Smith writes that Dames was transferred into “an even more secretive unit [at INSCOM] from which he retired on October 1, 1991.”
12. Fern Gauvin wrote: Smith Papers, “Administrative Data, Performance Evaluation,” Morehouse, David A., Cpt.” May 24, 1989 and April 30, 1990.
13. odd behavior: Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 390; interview with Dellafiora, Graff.
14. predicted by Jim Salyer: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Secret Working Papers, Psi Operational Capability,” 5, undated (6 pages).
15. merely office politics: Interviews with Dellafiora, Smith, Graff. In Smith’s book, he writes that office secretary Jeannie Betters stated that over a two-year period Morehouse was absent from the unit “in the neighborhood of 150 days.” Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 390.
16. Standards of Conduct: Army Regulation 600-50, Standards of Conduct for Department of the Army Personnel, January 28, 1988; USAREC Regulation 600-25, Prohibited and Regulated Activities.
17. official performance evaluations: Smith Papers, “Administrative Data, Performance Evaluation,” Morehouse, David A., Major.” April 12, 1991.
18. downfall of the entire program: Interview with Dellafiora, Smith, Atwater, Graff; Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 390. Morehouse finished training and worked for fourteen months, through December 1989.
19. “Remote Map Sensing is”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Applied Remote Map Sensing Protocol,” n.p., n.d.
20. “The Study Guide”: Ibid.
21. Smith went the extra mile: Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 355.
22. “I used my finger”: Interview with Dellafiora.
23. “big loads” of cocaine: Star Gate Collection, CIA: 30 JUL 92 Task/Target Number:-92-77-T, RV 079; and to search for and locate cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar.
24. Switch Plate: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Switch Plate Indoctrination, Key Security Principles,” n.p., n.d.
25. “highly sensitive collection technique”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Information about Switch Plate Tasking/Reporting/Evaluation,” n.p., 5 of 7.
26. DIA advised: Ibid., 6.
27. given a prompt: Interview with Graff; interview with Dellafiora.
28. “The officials declined”: Stephen Engelberg, “U.S. Says Libya Moves Chemicals for Poison Gas Away from Plant,” New York Times, January 4, 1989.
29. Charles Jordan: Dale Graff Papers; interviews with Graff and Dellafiora.
30. Viewer 095: Star Gate Collection, CIA: [redacted] Interim report—8916, April 26, 1989, Chief Scientists, Defense Intelligence Agency.
31. “I told Fern”: Interview with Dellafiora.
32. 982 counternarcotics sessions: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Statistical Analysis–CY 90,” 2 pages, n.d.
33. the most interesting: Interview with Smith.
34. “human consciousness/subconscious interaction”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “Star Gate Summary,” Enclosure to S-20, 535/DT-S, May 15, 1991, 4.
35. “efforts by the Soviets and the Chinese”: Ibid., 2.
36. only three remote viewers were left: Ed May continued to lead the research arm of the program, with Ken Bell and Joe McMoneagle working as his viewers. The last DIA team included Dellafiora, Robin Dahlgren, Lyn Buchanan, and a civilian male, Greg Seward, who signed on in November 2, 1989. Buchanan was transitioned to computer technician and database manager, which reduced the viewing team to three.
37. annual intelligence exchange: Graff interview; Graff e-mail, March 4, 2016.
38. future of the Star Gate program: Interview with Graff, Dellafiora, Smith; Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 432.
Chapter Twenty-Two: Downfall
1. Twenty-three-year history: program started in late 1972 at SRI and was officially canceled by CIA on June 31, 1995.
2. Associated Press: “U.N. Enlists Psychic Firm to Find Iraqi’s Weapon Sites,” November 19, 191.
3. legal documents: Dane Spotts, individually and assignee of PSI TECH INTERNATIONAL, INC. a corporation, Plaintiff, vs. EDWARD A. DAMES and JANE DOE DAMES, a marital community; and FREDERIC M. BONSALL, a single person, In the Superior Court of the State of Washington and For the County of King, June 15, 2001; Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 425.
4. “I agreed”: Interview with Smith; see also Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 424–426.
5. fallout was tremendous: Interview with Alexander; interview with Graff.
6. Jim Marrs to write an exposé: In 1993, Joe McMoneagle published Mind Trek, in which he disguised the government’s role.
7. “way beyond his comfort level”: Interviews with Dellafiora, Smith, and Graff. Morehouse declined to be interviewed.
8. The military charges against him: Smith Papers, “Summarized Record of Trial and accompanying papers of David A. Morehouse, Major, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army, Fort Bragg, North Carolina by General Court-Martial,” convened by Commanding General, Headquarters, 82nd Airborne Division, tried at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on June 20, 1994 and August 26, 1994 and November 4, 1994.
9. “Major Morehouse is the smartest”: Smith Papers, “Administrative Data, Performance Evaluation, Service School Academic Evaluation Report,” Morehouse, David A., Major.” June 5, 1992.
10. court-martial hearing at Fort Bragg: Ibid.; interviews with Dellafiora, Graff.
11. “The entire situation was absurd”: Interviews with Dellafiora, Graff.
12. early April 1994: Smith Papers, “Summarized Record of Trial and accompanying papers of David A. Morehouse,” June 20, 1994. Trial transcripts state Morehouse was “at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from about the 2d of April.”
13. evil demons possessed him: Morehouse, Psychic Warrior, 196–197, 199.
14. Smith recalls: Interview with Smith; also see Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 439–440.
15. Morehouse was transferred: Morehouse, Psychic Warrior, 228.
16. Sanity Board concluded: Smith Papers, “Summarized Record of Trial and accompanying papers of David A. Morehouse,” Appellate Exhibit III, June 8, 1994.
17. 60 Minutes producer: Howard Rosenberg, as quoted in Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 442.
18. “Under Other than Honorable
Conditions”: Smith Papers, “Memorandum for Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC. Subject, Dismissal of Charges–U.S. v. Maj. David A. Morehouse, HHC, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC.” Department of the Army, January 2, 1995.
19. “sources or origins of the phenomenon”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “An Evaluation of the Remote Viewing Program: Research and Operational Applications,” Draft report, prepared by the American Institutes for Research, September 22, 1995, E-4.
20. “One must question”: Ibid., E-4, E-5.
21. psychologist Ray Hyman: Hyman declined to be interviewed.
22. randomly chosen remote viewers: Smith, Reading the Enemy’s Mind, 449.
23. to travel to CIA headquarters: Interview with Dellafiora.
24. “It just didn’t feel appropriate”: Gilbert A. Lewthwaite and Tom Bowman, “Pentagon employed psychic spy unit: Fort Meade program sought to ‘divine’ intelligence data,” Baltimore Sun, November 30, 1995.
25. filth and feral cats: “Elderly Scientist Ordered Evicted from Reynolds Estate Dies in Fall,” Winston-Salem Journal, January 4, 1995.
Chapter Twenty-Three: Intuition, Premonition, and Synthetic Telepathy
1. Wolfgang Pauli and the psychiatrist Carl Jung: C. J. Jung, Synchronicity, 19.
2. the CIA concluded in 1975: Author FOIA, CIA: “An Overview of Extrasensory Perception,” January 27, 1975.
3. “paranormality could be rejected a priori”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: John Palmer, “An Evaluative Report on the Current Status of Parapsychology, Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences,” May 1986.
4. “Remote viewing is vague and ambiguous”: Star Gate Collection, CIA: “An Evaluation of the Remote Viewing Program: Research and Operational Applications: Draft Report, American Institutes for Research, September 22, 1995. Conclusion, E-4.
5. first began researching ESP: Since then, discoveries in the electromagnetic spectrum have included space communications (1960), lasers (1957), fiber optics (1980), and compact terahertz radiation devices (2007). Terahertz radiation was discovered in 1896.