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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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March 25, 1997: Remote Viewing Program: Stargate - Lyn Buchanan, Paul H. Smith, & Joseph McMoneagle

Mar 25, 1997
2h 55m
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Three former operatives from the U.S. military's classified Project Stargate gather for a rare joint appearance to discuss their experiences as government remote viewers. Lyn Buchanan, Paul H. Smith, and Joseph McMoneagle each served in the program during its two-decade run, and they describe the protocols, accuracy rates, and real-world intelligence applications of psychic espionage.

The three men detail how remote viewing was used to profile Saddam Hussein's plans and intentions, discuss the controversial topic of remote influencing, and explain why the CIA's 1995 report declaring the program a failure was based on a review of less than five percent of the actual case files. They also address the contentious figure of Ed Dames, alleging he disclosed classified information and exaggerated his role. Among the most striking moments, Buchanan recounts remote viewing Jesus Christ during a session and describes the encounter as life-changing.

Art Bell presses all three on whether aliens exist, whether the government truly shut down psychic operations, and whether remote viewing can pierce the veil of time. Their carefully worded answers suggest far more remains hidden than has ever been revealed.

Key Moments

  1. Buchanan's 'Great Christmas Attack' session: Buchanan recounts a Stargate session monitored by Ed Dames in which viewers, blind to the target, described eight objects with runners, jingling bells, and a pilot in a red and white-trimmed uniform - DIA had tasked the unit on Christmas as a joke.

  2. Buchanan's blind session on Jesus: Buchanan describes a Stargate session where the sealed envelope contained only the word 'Jesus.' His first cued statement was 'whatever you think this guy did he didn't do it'; he reports a profound 'glow' from the contact.

  3. McMoneagle's blind Roswell session: McMoneagle says a private client sent him blind against the believed Roswell crash site; his data indicated a real incident with sensitive materials and a possible mid-air collision - but no alien craft.

  4. Smith's TWA Flight 800 viewing: Smith confirms his sketches of a fuel-pump-like assembly were the drawings Ed Dames showed on TV; his blind sessions for SciTech identified that piece of equipment as a major contributor to the Flight 800 incident, but did not identify the cause.

  5. Buchanan's Saddam / Holy of Holies session: In a Gulf-War-era session, Buchanan reports a Stage VII subconscious preview ('You're not going to believe what's coming next'), then data that Saddam Hussein had obtained an American missile and planned to fire it into the Holy of Holies during Ramadan to trigger a jihad.