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Edwin C. May

Edwin C. May directed the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory from 1986, overseeing its remote-viewing research until Project STARGATE was terminated in November 1995, and served as a director of the Stargate Project.

Stargate Project (director) · Director, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory (from 1986)

Edwin C. May worked at the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory for approximately nine years before becoming its director in 1986.¹ Together with his colleagues, he was directly responsible for the laboratory’s accomplishments from that year until Project STARGATE was terminated in November 1995.² He was also a director of The Stargate Project.³

Much of what is recorded about May comes through Joseph McMoneagle. McMoneagle has said that, in an interview on Put to the Test (ABC Special), May noted a near-perfect match between some of McMoneagle’s drawings and the intended target.⁴ McMoneagle has also said that May’s statements in that interview reflected a target hit rate of about sixty to sixty-five percent for his remote viewing.⁵ On McMoneagle’s account, May said he produces spectacular detail roughly twenty percent of the time - which May called as close to a miracle as scientists can get⁶ - and that this specifically referred to near-perfect drawings, something McMoneagle says rarely happens in remote viewing.⁷ McMoneagle has further said that out-of-context editing of May’s statement in the ABC Special interview produced a strongly negative reaction among other remote viewers, which he considered grossly unfair to both himself and May.⁸

Julia Mossbridge has said that May frequently discusses precognitive remote viewing, and that there is a large effect size for it, especially among gifted remote viewers.⁹ According to the documentary “I LEFT MY BODY - The Gateway Experience (Part 3)”, in research conducted by May and McMoneagle, the higher the entropy of a target and the greater the risk to human life, the clearer the target reportedly became to the viewer.¹⁰ Chris Ramsay has said he expects May would attribute the strongest remote-viewing signal to physical contrast, on the basis that a high-entropy target yields a more accurate reading.¹¹

Ramsay has also related an account, given to him by McMoneagle and May, of a session in which experimenters placed ping-pong balls over the eyes to produce a Ganzfeld effect, inducing an out-of-body experience (OBE) before asking McMoneagle to view a picture sealed in an envelope in another room.¹² Separately, Mossbridge has recounted hearing a story - which she believes came from May, though possibly from McMoneagle - that in the 1990s Russian counterparts told their American counterparts “you killed all your psychics”, a remark she connects to Pat Price and possibly others.¹³ Commentator Jesse Michels has suggested that May may also have been part of the Lone Stars group.¹⁴

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May worked at the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory for about nine years before becoming its director in 1986
“Dr. May worked for approximately nine plus years at CSL prior to becoming its director in 1986.”
Remote Viewing Secrets ch9:7957-8047
May and colleagues were responsible for the laboratory's accomplishments from 1986 until Project STARGATE was terminated in November 1995
“and to Dr. Edwin C. May and his colleagues—from 1986 through the termination of the project in November 1995.”
Remote Viewing Secrets ch9:7827-7931
May was a director of the Stargate Project
“[note: Edwin May - Stargate program director]”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event line 334
McMoneagle: in his Put to the Test interview, May noted a near-perfect match between some of McMoneagle's drawings and the target
“Somewhere in that interview he was commenting on the near-perfect match between some of my drawings and the target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets ch14:23504-23612
McMoneagle: May's statements in the interview reflected a 60-65% target hit rate for McMoneagle's remote viewing
“This statement was made along with other statements that reflected a target hit rate of about sixty to sixty-five percent.”
Remote Viewing Secrets ch14:23826-23940
McMoneagle: May said he provides spectacular detail about 20% of the time, calling it as close to a miracle as scientists can get
“His statement was something like, "Joe provides this kind of spectacular detail about twenty percent of the time. Scientists don't like to say this, but that's about as close to a miracle as one can get."”
Remote Viewing Secrets ch14:23620-23819
McMoneagle: that 20% comment specifically referred to near-perfect drawings, which rarely happen in remote viewing
“But in this statement, he was specifically referring to near perfect drawings, something that rarely happens in remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets ch14:23949-24068
McMoneagle: out-of-context editing of May's ABC Special interview caused a strongly negative reaction among other remote viewers, which he considered unfair to both
“This resulted in a huge negative reaction from other viewers, which was grossly unfair to both Ed and me.”
Remote Viewing Secrets ch14:24153-24255
Mossbridge: May frequently discusses precognitive remote viewing, with a large effect size among gifted viewers
“We know that Ed May, Dr. Ed May, as you call him, talks about this all the time. We know that there's a big effect size, especially for gifted remote viewers.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 01:45:39.4-01:45:48.4
Documentary account: in May and McMoneagle's research, higher entropy and greater risk to human life made a target clearer to the viewer
“in the work that Dr. May and Joe McMoneagle had done for years was the higher level of entropy and the more at risk a human life was, the clearer the target would become for them.”
I LEFT MY BODY - The Gateway Experience (Part 3) 00:15:35.9-00:15:51.0
Ramsay expects May would attribute the strongest remote-viewing signal to physical contrast, via high target entropy
“Ed May would say contrast, right? That would be like as soon as something has entropy or high entropy would yield like a more accurate reading of a target.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 02:41:26.9-02:41:40.4
Ramsay: session described by McMoneagle and May using ping-pong balls for a Ganzfeld effect to induce an out-of-body state before McMoneagle viewed a picture in a sealed envelope
“He did say that he he had one session. I spoke to Ed May about this as well, Dr. May. And he said he had one session where there was a you know, get out of your body, go into the other, they started with the, uh, with the ping pong balls in the eye of the Gansfield sort of, uh, effect to like stimulate this, uh, out of body state. And then they said, get out of your body, walk into the other room and the envelope, there's a picture, go look at the picture and tell me what's on the picture.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 00:47:13.9-00:47:40.3
Mossbridge: a story, believed heard from May or possibly McMoneagle, that Russians told Americans 'you killed all your psychics', referring to Pat Price
“And at the time I heard a story, I think it was from Ed May, but maybe it was from Joe, about the Russians in the 90s saying, to America, you killed all your psychics, referring to Pat Price and maybe others.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 02:32:40.8-02:32:57.2
Jesse Michels suggested May may also have been part of the Lone Stars group
“Ed May, who might have been par”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 02:02:40.1-02:02:41.4

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