The ‘Stargate’ project and the phenomenon of ‘psychics’

During the 70s there was a kind of boom around the so-called “psychics” or people with exceptional mental abilities, related to supernatural abilities, such as telepathy and “remote viewing.” It was about the project Stargate, a United States Government program dedicated to the registration and verification of these unusual skills.

In principle, the plan It was a secret program and remained that way until 1995, when the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) declassified all the documents related to it. It ended because his directors considered that he was not useful.

Basically, Stargate sought and recruited people who appeared to have abilities exceptional, he evaluated his abilities and established whether the Government could use them for specific purposes. The results were ambiguous and the program ended, but from the experience emerged a book and a movie called The Men Who Stare at Goats.

The origin of the project Stargate

The 1970s began when the American intelligence services They began to randomly investigate people who presented themselves to the world as “psychics”. It is believed that the Soviet Union was simultaneously doing the same.

They became increasingly interested in the phenomenon known as “remote viewing.” This is defined as the ability to receive information about situations or people that are at large distances. This is a phenomenon of “extrasensory perception” for which there is no scientific evidence to support it so far.

In 1972, physicists Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff began evaluating those who appeared to have the ability to see remotely.. The results were considered encouraging enough to arouse the interest of the White Houseto the point of hiring psychologist Ray Hyman to analyze a young man named Uri Geller, because he seemed to have great abilities.

The result of Hyman’s report described Geller as a perfect fraud. However, other people evaluated, and not as publicized as the Israeli, continued to arouse interest. The most obvious case was that of Rosemary Smith, who helped find the location of a Soviet spy in 1976, supposedly through “remote viewing.”

The science of the program Stargate was to exploit alleged extrasensory abilities on behalf of the US Government.

What is known about the project

Most people had no idea what the project was. Stargate. In fact, it became famous until 1995 when it was declassified. Writer Jim Popkin was perhaps the first person to publish some details of the plan, through an extensive press report..

It said that they invested 20 million dollars in the objective and that they used it to find secret training camps in Libya and identify the detention sites of kidnapped citizens. Popkin assured that the phenomenon of remote viewing was fully demonstrated with this project, but there is not enough evidence to corroborate your statement.

There are voices defending that, although the project Stargate ended as such, the activities that were carried out have not ceased. Apparently, they moved from the CIA to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). In fact, on one occasion, Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Defense told the magazine Newsweek that “the study of the power of the mind is and remains an important endeavor.”

The project Stargate It became popular in 1995 after CIA documents were declassified.

Truth or myth?

When the documents of Stargate, The ABC network in the United States made a television program in which Robert Gates, former director of the CIA, and Edwin May, one of the scientists at the head of the plan, participated. The two gave diametrically opposite versions: While Gates pointed out the experience as useless, May claimed important achievements.

Anyway, there is no evidence that the project continued in any way or that it provided useful results. So far, there is no scientific endorsement of “remote viewing” either.

The only thing that could support it are some declassified documents in which there are episodes that are difficult to explain. There are also testimonies such as that of Army Petty Officer Joseph McMoneagle, considered “agent 001” of the experiment. Beyond this, the supposed “paranormal capacities” of human beings need to be supported.

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