Brief
Project STARGATE
The claims the writer was given for Project STARGATE, in the order they were given.
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Many remote viewing methods were used within Project STARGATE, but some methods were not used within Project STARGATE.
“Many of these were used within Project STARGATE but some were not.”
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Project STARGATE originally involved extensive psychological testing, numerous interviews, and a gradual programme of exposure to ensure that only centred and stable individuals were allowed to participate.
“The outset of the STARGATE Project involved extensive psychological testing and numerous interviews, as well as a gradual program of exposure, to insure that centered and stable individuals were allowed to participate, individuals who could cope with and integrate what they would be exposed to.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that the practice of psychological testing, interviews, and gradual exposure of Project STARGATE participants was later terminated, reopening the risk of psychological harm including self-delusion regarding remote viewing.
“Terminating that approach has once again opened the door to this issue, the very least of which can result in self-delusion regarding remote viewing.”
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In the early stages of Project STARGATE, there was concern about the psychological stability of the participants.
“Way back in the beginning, there was concern about a number of things in the STARGATE Project, but probably highest on the list was the stability of the players.”
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When organising Project STARGATE, the people involved first looked to SRI International, where remote viewing had already been studied for nearly five years.
“The first place they looked, of course, was SRI-International, where remote viewing had already been studied for nearly five years, and comments relative to training and gifted versus non-gifted subjects could be found.”
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At the beginning of Project STARGATE, all of the methods for evaluating or judging remote viewing material were tuned to drawings.
“At the beginning of the project, all of the methods for evaluating or judging the material were tuned to drawings.”
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At the outset of the military Project STARGATE, great effort was made to ensure the psychological stability of remote viewing participants through testing, multiple interviews, and a long-term vetting process.
“At the outset of the military STARGATE Program, great effort was made to insure that stability. But testing, multiple interviews, and a long term vetting process is very expensive.”
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Later in Project STARGATE, a decision was made to stop the extensive psychological vetting testing of participants in order to reduce costs.
“Later in the program, a decision was made to no longer do this testing in order to reduce costs.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that after psychological vetting testing was dropped from Project STARGATE, otherwise stable individuals in more than one case were stripped of their psychological boundaries and became emotionally, mentally, or both unstable as a result.
“Without going into specific personalities, I can say that in more than one case, otherwise stable individuals were stripped of their psychological boundaries, and subjected to areas of inquiry that they should not have been. As a result they became quite unstable, emotionally, mentally, or sometimes both.”
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William G. Braud's paper "Psi Conducive States" was used by the founders of the Army's Project STARGATE to identify possible remote viewing subjects.
“An additional document which was available and known to have been used by Army STARGATE founders to identify possible remote viewing subjects was a paper published in the Journal of Communications titled Psi Conducive States, by William G. Braud”
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The United States Army decided to find, train, and use remote viewers for Project STARGATE.
“Back when the United States Army decided to find, train, and use remote viewers for Project STARGATE, no one knew what this meant.”
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When Project STARGATE was being organised, no known method existed for training someone in remote viewing.
“There were no books or articles that clearly outlined a method for finding someone who might be psychic, nor did any known method for training someone in remote viewing exist.”
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The military personnel tasked with finding psychics for Project STARGATE compiled their own list of possible indicators against a military background, used as general guidelines to identify the programme's original psychics.
“The military people tasked with finding psychics added their own list of possible indicators that would show up against a common military background. ... These were the general guidelines that were used to hunt down the original psychics used in the STARGATE program.”
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Among the military's indicators for identifying psychics for Project STARGATE was consistent success whatever the task.
“1: Consistently successful whatever the task.”
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Among the military's indicators for identifying psychics for Project STARGATE was being liked by peers but considered different from the norm.
“2: Liked by peers but considered different from the norm.”
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Among the military's indicators for identifying psychics for Project STARGATE was generally operating outside normal boundaries.
“3: Generally operates outside normal boundaries.”
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Among the military's indicators for identifying psychics for Project STARGATE was being willing to pursue new avenues of approach.
“4: Willing to pursue new avenues of approach.”
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Among the military's indicators for identifying psychics for Project STARGATE was being open to whatever works.
“5: Open to whatever works.”
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Among the military's indicators for identifying psychics for Project STARGATE was being capable of critical thought and unafraid to voice an opinion.
“6: Capable of critical thought and unafraid to voice an opinion.”
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Among the military's indicators for identifying psychics for Project STARGATE was being highly and uniquely creative.
“7: Highly and uniquely creative.”
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The military side of Project STARGATE used military maps with a different coordinate system than standard grid coordinates, in which letter and number combinations change based on the specific military map used, in an attempt to counter scepticism about eidetic memory.
“So, to deal with the skeptical issues, the military side of the house did what the military does best—they improvised. Instead of using standard grid coordinates that anyone can read, they used military maps, which use a different coordinate system.”
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On the military side of Project STARGATE, real map coordinates were placed inside sealed and opaque envelopes with false coordinates, lacking degrees, minutes, and seconds, written on the outside to serve only as an identifier for that day's project.
“So, at least on the military side, we began putting the real map coordinates inside sealed and opaque envelopes, and then we would write false coordinates on the outside. ... Point being, they really had no actual meaning, other than to identify that day's project.”
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23
Protocols developed within the military during Project STARGATE extended established remote viewing protocols to address additional target categories including ideas, concepts, plans, thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
“Protocols developed within the military during Project STARGATE stretched many of these well known protocols to address additional areas that include ideas, concepts, plans, thoughts, feelings, and/or emotions as targets.”
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Joseph McMoneagle was originally trained in dowsing while assigned to Project STARGATE at Fort Meade, Maryland.
“I was originally trained in dowsing while assigned to the STARGATE unit at Fort Meade.”
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In Project STARGATE, no one was considered a remote viewer until they finished training.
“In STARGATE we never considered anyone a remote viewer until s/he finished training.”
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Training in Project STARGATE was almost always a minimum of three to eighteen months, depending on the person's innate talent.
“training in our program was almost always a minimum of anywhere from three to eighteen months, usually depending upon how much innate talent the person had walking through the door”
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Someone with a lot of natural talent for remote viewing could usually become quite productive within ninety days of training in Project STARGATE.
“Someone with a lot of natural talent could usually be quite productive within ninety days.”
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Some trainees in Project STARGATE with very little natural talent either took the full term of training or failed to complete it.
“Those with very little either took the full term of training, or failed to complete it. (Yes, we did have those too.)”
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29
Dozens of targets worked by viewers within Project STARGATE made successful predictions relating to events involving people, places, or things, generally 90 to 365 days out.
“Literally dozens of targets worked by viewers within the STARGATE Program made successful predictions relating to events involving people, places, or things, generally out to between 90 and 365 days.”
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30
Project STARGATE was terminated in November 1995.
“Project STARGATE was terminated in November 1995.”
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31
Since Project STARGATE was terminated, Joseph McMoneagle has had interaction with dozens of television production companies, a number of newspaper, magazine and book writers, and live and taped radio show hosts.
“Since then, I've had interaction with dozens of television production companies, a number of newspaper, magazine, and book writers, and live and taped radio show hosts.”
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32
During his consultancy from 1984 to 1995, Joseph McMoneagle participated in protocol design, research and development evaluations, and thousands of remote viewing trials in support of experimental research and active intelligence operations for Project STARGATE.
“participating in protocol design, R&D evaluations, thousands of remote viewing trials in support of both experimental research as well as active intelligence operations for Project STARGATE”
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As of the writing of this handbook, ninety-nine percent of the material relating to the operational Fort Meade unit of Project STARGATE had not yet been declassified or made available to the public.
“The Operational, or Fort Meade Unit, for which ninety-nine percent of the material has not yet been declassified or made available to the public.”
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34
Joseph McMoneagle was one of the original remote viewers recruited into Project STARGATE, the secret Army project designed to use trained remote viewers for intelligence purposes during the Cold War.
“I was one of the original remote viewers recruited into what is now commonly referred to as Project STARGATE, the once secret Army project designed to use trained remote viewers for intelligence purposes during the Cold War.”
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Joseph McMoneagle performed applications remote viewing in support of Project STARGATE for nearly eighteen years, until the project closed in November 1995.
“I did applications (sometimes referred to as operational) remote viewing in support of that unit for a period of nearly eighteen years, until it closed in November 1995.”
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Over the course of the eighteen years of Project STARGATE, counting support and viewer personnel, probably eighty to eighty-five people were involved in the project on both the scientific and operational sides.
“Over the course of eighteen years, counting support and viewer personnel, probably eighty to eighty-five people were involved in the project on both the scientific and the operational sides of the house.”
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37
Probably fewer than three dozen of the people involved in Project STARGATE were remote viewers.
“Probably fewer than three dozen people were viewers.”
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38
About half of the non-viewer personnel involved in Project STARGATE were scientists, and the remainder performed support functions such as evaluation, analysis, and operational monitoring.
“Of the others, about half were scientists, and the remainder performed support functions, such as evaluation, analysis, and operational monitoring.”
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Some members of Project STARGATE believed anyone could be taught remote viewing, while others believed remote viewing could not be taught.
“some members of the unit may say that they believe anyone can be taught remote viewing. Others seem to say something quite the opposite—that remote viewing cannot be taught.”
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Edwin C. May and his colleagues were directly responsible for the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory's accomplishments from 1986 through the termination of Project STARGATE in November 1995.
“and to Dr. Edwin C. May and his colleagues—from 1986 through the termination of the project in November 1995.”
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Findings and materials from the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory were shared with and used within the operational element of Project STARGATE, located at Fort Meade, Maryland, for most of the time it existed.
“findings and materials from the lab were shared and used within the operational element of Project STARGATE, located at Fort Meade, Maryland, at least for most of the time it existed.”
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Research findings at the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory that established changes to specific remote viewing applications were sometimes dismissed as unnecessary or discarded by the Fort Meade project managers of Project STARGATE.
“Research that established changes to specific remote viewing applications was sometimes not viewed as constructive or conducive to the operational requirements by the Fort Meade project managers. In such cases, this research was summarily dismissed as unnecessary or simply discarded.”
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There was a large discrepancy between good and bad managers within Project STARGATE, with full managerial responsibility for the project residing within the Fort Meade unit.
“There was always a large discrepancy between good managers and bad managers within STAR-GATE.... Since full managerial responsibility for the project resided within the Meade unit, the science side of the house was sometimes subjected to these irregularities, as were certainly the remote viewers.”
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44
During the Cold War, the United States government sought a new weapon, described as mind reading, to gain an advantage over the Soviet Union.
“During the height of the Cold War, the United States government embarked on a mission to gain an advantage over the Soviet Union. To do this, they sought to use a new weapon that could give them an edge in the conflict. Mind reading.”
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Project Stargate began as a highly classified project in a research lab in California in the 1970s before moving to a Maryland army base.
“they initiated a highly classified project that began in a research lab in California in the 70s before moving to a Maryland army base”
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In 2017, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) declassified approximately 12 million pages of records revealing new details about the programme now known as Project Stargate.
“recently, in 2017, the CIA declassified some 12 million pages of records, which revealed new details about the program, now known as Project Stargate”
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Remote viewers involved in Project Stargate took part in operations to locate hostages kidnapped by Islamic terrorist groups.
“From locating hostages kidnapped by Islamic terrorist groups to tracing the paths of fugitive criminals within the United States.”
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Remote viewers involved in Project Stargate took part in operations tracing the paths of fugitive criminals within the United States.
“tracing the paths of fugitive criminals within the United States”
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Ed Dames claims he was trained by Ingo Swann as a remote viewer in Project Stargate while serving in the United States Army in the 1980s.
“a gentleman by the name of Major Ed Dames, a retired U.S. Army major who claims that he was trained by Ingo Swann as a remote viewer in Project Stargate while serving in the Army in the 80s”
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Ed Dames was part of Project Stargate in the 1980s.
“Major Ed Dames, who was part of the Sci-Spy program in the 80s.”
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Ed Dames was the former operations and training officer for the Department of Defense's Project Stargate program.
“I am the former operations and training officer for the Department of Defense Stargate program.”
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Ed Dames was selected as one of five prototype Army members to be trained by Ingo Swann in Project Stargate during 1983 and 1984.
“When I was selected as one of the five prototype members, Army members, to be trained by Ingo Swann, my mentor, to whom I later became protege, and that was 1983 and 1984.”
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Ingo Swann developed the remote-viewing structure used to train the Project Stargate prototype team.
“Ingo had just developed his structure.”
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Ingo Swann had Ed Dames remote view the Washington Monument as one of his first training targets in Project Stargate.
“The moment that changed me was when Ingo Swann had me remote view the ... as one of my first training targets, the Lincoln Monument, the Washington Monument.”
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The chief of staff for intelligence of the United States Air Force did not believe that Project Stargate's remote viewers could do what they claimed.
“chief of staff for intelligence for the u.s air force though they he did not believe it what that we could do what we could do”
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Ed Dames used Bob Monroe's program on altered states and out-of-body experiences to evaluate potential recruits for Project Stargate.
“One thing that we did use, and I especially as an operations officer, to evaluate potential recruits for the program was the Bob Monroe's program developing altered states and out-of-bodies.”
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A remote viewing programme known as Project Stargate was run for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) at the Stanford Research Institute, starting in 1972.
“A famous remote viewing program, known as Project Stargate, was run for the Central Intelligence Agency at the Stanford Research Institute starting in 1972”
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Project Stargate was cancelled in 1995, allegedly due to unreliable results.
“and cancelled in 1995, allegedly due to unreliable results.”
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