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Ed Dames

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Major Ed Dames (born 1949) is a retired U.S. Army Intelligence Officer and a leading pioneer in the field of Remote Viewing, a protocol originally developed for military intelligence. As a prominent guest on late-night radio, he became widely known for teaching Technical Remote Viewing (TRV) and for his stark predictions regarding global events and the catastrophic solar flare phenomenon he calls "The Killshot."

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Episode thumbnail for December 7, 1995: Remote Viewing - Maj. Ed Dames

December 7, 1995: Remote Viewing - Maj. Ed Dames

Dec 7, 1995
2h 44m
Maj. Ed Dames, U.S. Army retired, joins Art Bell to go public about his role as operations and training officer for the military's secret psychic spy unit, responding to what he calls half-truths and disinformation aired on ABC's Nightline. Dames reveals that the CIA's reported spending of 11 to 20 million dollars c...
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Episode thumbnail for May 30, 1996: Open Lines | Ed Dames

May 30, 1996: Open Lines | Ed Dames

May 30, 1996
2h 43m
Art Bell opens the phone lines on a night filled with startling developments, from the Israeli election of Benjamin Netanyahu to horrifying quickening stories of juvenile violence across America. Callers weigh in on the mysterious "Art's Parts," alleged Roswell crash debris that scientists have confirmed as pure alu...
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Episode thumbnail for June 14, 1996: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

June 14, 1996: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Jun 14, 1996
1h 12m
Major Ed Dames of Psi Tech returns for an extended deep dive into remote viewing applications, delivering revelations that range from the mundane to the extraordinary. He begins by sharing his team's preliminary remote viewing results on Art Bell's mysterious Roswell material, concluding that the parts are not alien...
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Episode thumbnail for August 28, 1996: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

August 28, 1996: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Aug 28, 1996
2h 28m
Retired Major Ed Dames returns to discuss his company SciTech's latest remote viewing findings, including a detailed report on the demise of Russia's Phobos 2 space probe. Dames reveals that the Russians commissioned SciTech to investigate the probe's 1989 loss, and his team concluded that a robotic machine rose fro...
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Episode thumbnail for January 30, 1997: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

January 30, 1997: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Jan 30, 1997
3h 23m
Major Ed Dames, former military intelligence officer and head of PSI Tech, returns to discuss the frontiers of technical remote viewing, including his company's startling findings on Telstar 401 and the alien autopsy hoax. Dames reveals plans to release a home study course that would bring remote viewing skills to t...
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Episode thumbnail for March 6, 1997: Deadly Pathogens & Solar Rays - Ed Dames

March 6, 1997: Deadly Pathogens & Solar Rays - Ed Dames

Mar 6, 1997
2h 43m
Major Ed Dames of PsyTech returns with remote viewing results on two fronts: the disappearance of Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer, and a chilling prediction about a plant pathogen heading toward Earth. Joined first by Kramer's sister Kathy, Dames delivers the grim conclusion that her brother was murdered...
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Episode thumbnail for August 4, 1997: Roswell & Project Starman - Maj. Ed Dames

August 4, 1997: Roswell & Project Starman - Maj. Ed Dames

Aug 4, 1997
2h 55m
Art Bell welcomes Maj. Ed Dames of SciTech International for a wide-ranging discussion on technical remote viewing and its implications for humanity. Ed describes his new instructional videotape series, explains how remote viewing differs from natural psychic ability, and challenges James Randi to a controlled test...
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Episode thumbnail for September 18, 1997: Phoenix Lights, Hale Bopp - Ed Dames

September 18, 1997: Phoenix Lights, Hale Bopp - Ed Dames

Sep 18, 1997
1h 53m
Art Bell sits down with Major Ed Dames of PsyTech for a packed evening covering the Phoenix Lights, Comet Hale-Bopp, remote viewing, and dire predictions for the near future. Dames presents his controversial conclusion that the March 1997 Phoenix Lights were a laser-generated hoax orchestrated by a television networ...
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Episode thumbnail for November 25, 1997: Remote Viewing & Discontinuity - Ed Dames

November 25, 1997: Remote Viewing & Discontinuity - Ed Dames

Nov 25, 1997
3h 26m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames of PSI Tech for a program that builds toward a long-anticipated revelation about what remote viewers call the discontinuity. The first hour covers current events including the Iraq weapons crisis, with Dames drawing on his background as a former biological warfare case officer to exp...
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Episode thumbnail for February 9, 1998: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

February 9, 1998: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Feb 9, 1998
2h 56m
Art Bell welcomes back Major Ed Dames, the former military remote viewing operations officer known as "Dr. Doom," for a wide-ranging discussion of SciTech's latest projects and predictions. Dames explains how technical remote viewing works as a rigorous protocol for downloading patterns of information from the colle...
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Episode thumbnail for August 26, 1998: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

August 26, 1998: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Aug 26, 1998
2h 21m
Art Bell hosts remote viewer Major Ed Dames, who had urgently faxed the show days earlier with a warning he wanted broadcast immediately. Dames reminds listeners that roughly two years prior, he predicted a global economic collapse arriving in late spring or summer of 1998 and asserts that the prediction has now mat...
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Episode thumbnail for October 1, 1998: Fatima Secret - Ed Dames

October 1, 1998: Fatima Secret - Ed Dames

Oct 1, 1998
2h 20m
Art Bell welcomes remote viewer Ed Dames of SciTech International for a wide-ranging discussion that begins with a stunning announcement. Dames reveals the precise location of Amelia Earhart's crashed Lockheed Electra off the island of Kuria in the Gilbert Islands, releasing detailed maps on his website and announci...
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Episode thumbnail for December 21, 1998: Remote Viewing Satan - Ed Dames

December 21, 1998: Remote Viewing Satan - Ed Dames

Dec 21, 1998
2h 1m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames from the Hawaiian Islands, where the former military remote viewer has relocated his company. Dames opens with results from his team's remote viewing of Nostradamus' Century 10, Quatrain 72, which references the seventh month of 1999. Rather than confirming the solar kill shot he pre...
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Episode thumbnail for January 29, 1999: Remote Viewing Satan - Ed Dames

January 29, 1999: Remote Viewing Satan - Ed Dames

Jan 29, 1999
2h 53m
Art Bell reconnects with Major Ed Dames, a former military intelligence officer and trained remote viewer, who has spent five weeks in seclusion on the Big Island of Hawaii attempting to remote view Satan. Dames reports that Satan is a distinct entity separate from the devil, describing it as a glorious but cold cry...
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Episode thumbnail for March 12, 1999: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

March 12, 1999: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Mar 12, 1999
2h 2m
Art Bell is joined by Major Ed Dames, former operations and training officer for the military's classified remote viewing unit, calling from his new base in Maui. Dames explains technical remote viewing as a trainable method of extracting information from what he calls the collective unconscious, describing how his...
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Episode thumbnail for May 4, 1999: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

May 4, 1999: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

May 4, 1999
2h 50m
Art Bell returns from a three-week personal absence to sit down with Major Ed Dames, founder of the private remote viewing firm PSI TECH, now celebrating its tenth anniversary. Dames discusses contrails, revealing that his remote viewing sessions identified three distinct categories: normal condensation trails, atmo...
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Episode thumbnail for June 22, 1999: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames | Art's Lawsuit - Peter Gersten

June 22, 1999: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames | Art's Lawsuit - Peter Gersten

Jun 22, 1999
3h 22m
Art Bell speaks with attorney Peter Gersten, director of Citizens Against UFO Secrecy, about his pending FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Defense concerning V-shaped triangular craft. Gersten reveals his plan to subpoena and depose both Peter Davenport and Dr. Steven M. Greer, seeking the identities of governm...
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Episode thumbnail for August 12, 1999: Water Shortages - Ed Dames

August 12, 1999: Water Shortages - Ed Dames

Aug 12, 1999
2h 39m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, former military remote viewer and head of SciTech, for a wide-ranging discussion on technical remote viewing and its alarming environmental predictions. Dames warns that dwindling water supplies across North America will soon trigger food shortages, mass migration from cities, and t...
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Episode thumbnail for December 8, 1999: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

December 8, 1999: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Dec 8, 1999
2h 1m
Art Bell hosts Major Ed Dames of Psi Tech, who arrives fresh off two confirmed hits: predicting the EgyptAir Flight 990 cockpit altercation and the loss of the Mars Polar Lander. Dames explains that his military remote viewing team targeted the Lander mission before launch and determined it would fail, attributing t...
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Episode thumbnail for January 27, 2000: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

January 27, 2000: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Jan 27, 2000
2h 39m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, the former military remote viewer known to listeners as Dr. Doom, for a wide-ranging session on psychic intelligence gathering. Art opens by asking whether Dames could remote view the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Dames explains a fundamental limitation of remote viewing: once a per...
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Episode thumbnail for February 13, 2001: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

February 13, 2001: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Feb 13, 2001
3h 34m
Major Ed Dames joins Art Bell to discuss remote viewing, the secretive "Ginger" project, UFOs, time, and nuclear-weapons incidents after a first-hour interview with Dr. Stuart Meloy. Meloy, a pain management specialist, describes accidentally discovering that spinal cord stimulator electrodes, when positioned at a s...
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Episode thumbnail for April 6, 2001: Remote Viewing Predictions - Ed Dames

April 6, 2001: Remote Viewing Predictions - Ed Dames

Apr 6, 2001
2h 46m
Art Bell brings Major Ed Dames back to discuss remote viewing predictions and global threats. Dames identifies the recent record-breaking solar flare as the "shot across the bow" he had previously predicted, a precursor event to what his remote viewing team calls the "kill shot," a future solar event capable of caus...
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Episode thumbnail for August 3, 2001: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

August 3, 2001: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Aug 3, 2001
2h 21m
Major Ed Dames joins Art Bell to discuss technical remote viewing, Operation GoldenEye, Chandra Levy, Amelia Earhart, HIV, and Mars after Art celebrates 500 radio affiliates and reports Mars science news. Art shares news of giant flood channels discovered beneath the surface of Mars, along with reports of extraterre...
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Episode thumbnail for September 27, 2001: Remote Viewing September 11 - Ed Dames

September 27, 2001: Remote Viewing September 11 - Ed Dames

Sep 27, 2001
1h 34m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, a former military remote viewer trained in the U.S. government's classified psychic intelligence program, to discuss his team's work in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. Dames explains that remote viewing is a disciplined intelligence collection skill, not psychic predict...
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Episode thumbnail for December 10, 2001: 9-11 Attacks and the Anthrax Killer - Ed Dames

December 10, 2001: 9-11 Attacks and the Anthrax Killer - Ed Dames

Dec 10, 2001
2h 46m
Art Bell welcomes remote viewing expert Major Ed Dames, who presents specific intelligence claims about the anthrax letter sent to NBC's Tom Brokaw. Dames states that 18 remote viewing sessions by two experts identified the perpetrator as a lone domestic terrorist, a chemical engineer living within ten miles of Stat...
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Episode thumbnail for March 8, 2002: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

March 8, 2002: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Mar 8, 2002
2h 41m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, retired U.S. Army intelligence officer and creator of Technical Remote Viewing, for a wide-ranging discussion covering several remote viewing projects. Dames presents his team's findings on cattle mutilations, describing a scenario where the animals are lifted into a chamber, desang...
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Episode thumbnail for May 31, 2002: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

May 31, 2002: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

May 31, 2002
2h 32m
Art Bell hosts Major Ed Dames for wide-ranging discussion that opens with a brief appearance by the Amazing Kreskin, who announces he will publicly reveal the exact date and time of his predicted massive UFO sighting over the Nevada desert. Kreskin says the event will occur the following week and invites serious obs...
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Episode thumbnail for October 3, 2002: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

October 3, 2002: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Oct 3, 2002
2h 46m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, retired U.S. Army intelligence officer and original member of the military's remote viewing program, for his seventh year as a guest. Dames announces his cameo role in the upcoming feature film Suspect Zero alongside Sir Ben Kingsley and discusses taking his remote viewing workshops...
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Episode thumbnail for December 20, 2002: Mel's Hole Update | Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

December 20, 2002: Mel's Hole Update | Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Dec 20, 2002
2h 48m
Art Bell welcomes a surprise visit from Mel Waters, who dispels rumors of his death and provides an extensive update on a second bottomless hole discovered in Nevada. Mel describes how Basque shepherds led him to the site, which features a nine-foot diameter opening surrounded by a mysterious metal collar. He recoun...
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Episode thumbnail for June 26, 2003: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

June 26, 2003: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Jun 26, 2003
2h 51m
Major Ed Dames, a retired military officer and former U.S. Armed Services remote viewing instructor, joins Art Bell to discuss remote viewing assessments after a false online report of Art's death. Art also provides updates on his dual-loop antenna project, now featuring a buried ground mesh, and notes the Supreme C...
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Episode thumbnail for October 12, 2003: Remote Viewing Update - Ed Dames & Harry Helms

October 12, 2003: Remote Viewing Update - Ed Dames & Harry Helms

Oct 12, 2003
2h 51m
Art Bell welcomes author and ham radio operator Harry Helms to discuss the shadow government and the world of clandestine radio. Helms reveals the frequencies used by FEMA's Mount Weather emergency facility, explains how CIA number stations transmit coded messages worldwide using one-time pad encryption, and describ...
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Episode thumbnail for February 8, 2004: A Dark Future - Ed Dames

February 8, 2004: A Dark Future - Ed Dames

Feb 8, 2004
2h 51m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, retired military intelligence officer and remote viewing instructor, for a wide-ranging discussion on looming global threats. Dames opens with claims about Earth's most intelligent non-human life form, identifying a species of giant squid whose sophisticated photophore communication...
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Episode thumbnail for April 10, 2004: The Coming Cataclysm - Ed Dames

April 10, 2004: The Coming Cataclysm - Ed Dames

Apr 10, 2004
2h 51m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, retired military intelligence officer and remote viewing expert, for a wide-ranging discussion on predictions that appear to be coming true. Dames points to a record-breaking X-48 solar flare from November 2003, which he identifies as the "shot across the bow" he had long predicted...
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Episode thumbnail for July 17, 2004: The Killshot - Ed Dames

July 17, 2004: The Killshot - Ed Dames

Jul 17, 2004
2h 51m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, the retired military intelligence officer known as Dr. Doom, to discuss remote viewing, solar catastrophe, and global geopolitics. Dames, an original member of the Army's classified remote viewing program, explains how the technique allows trained practitioners to access a universal...
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Episode thumbnail for October 9, 2004: Remote Viewing Our Doom - Ed Dames

October 9, 2004: Remote Viewing Our Doom - Ed Dames

Oct 9, 2004
2h 53m
Art Bell sits down with Major Ed Dames, the decorated former military intelligence officer and remote viewing instructor, for a wide-ranging and sobering discussion about global threats on the horizon. Dames opens with his assessment that a nuclear weapon will be used on the Korean Peninsula, pointing to North Korea...
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Episode thumbnail for January 1, 2005: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

January 1, 2005: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Jan 1, 2005
2h 53m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames for a New Year's Day conversation that begins with a gold-hunting adventure. Dames describes his team's attempt to locate a stagecoach robbery stash near Flagstaff, only to find a new house built directly over the site. A second expedition south of Pahrump uncovers gold-bearing soil...
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Episode thumbnail for April 9, 2005: EVPs, ETs, and Our Coming Doom - Ed Dames

April 9, 2005: EVPs, ETs, and Our Coming Doom - Ed Dames

Apr 9, 2005
2h 55m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, the retired military intelligence officer and remote viewing instructor known as Dr. Doom, who arrives with several predictions and a disturbing analysis of electronic voice phenomena. Ed claims a hit on his prediction of a major Indonesian earthquake and presents a new forecast: a...
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Episode thumbnail for June 19, 2005: Mind Warfare - Ed Dames

June 19, 2005: Mind Warfare - Ed Dames

Jun 19, 2005
2h 30m
Art Bell speaks with Major Ed Dames, retired U.S. Army intelligence officer and original member of the Defense Intelligence Agency's psychic intelligence unit. Dames opens the program discussing his recent trip to Ukraine, where he visited the formerly closed city of Dnipropetrovsk, home of the SS-18 Satan missile....
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Episode thumbnail for July 31, 2005: Renewable Energy - Jim Bell | The Space Shuttle - Ed Dames

July 31, 2005: Renewable Energy - Jim Bell | The Space Shuttle - Ed Dames

Jul 31, 2005
2h 31m
Art Bell opens with Major Ed Dames, who returns to discuss his remote viewing predictions about a catastrophic solar event he calls the "kill shot." With the Space Shuttle Discovery facing repair issues in orbit and recent powerful solar flares, Dames warns that the confluence of events matches what his team has lon...
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Episode thumbnail for November 27, 2005: Remote Viewing, ETs, and Mind Warfare - Ed Dames

November 27, 2005: Remote Viewing, ETs, and Mind Warfare - Ed Dames

Nov 27, 2005
2h 29m
Art Bell reads a major story about former Canadian Defense Minister Paul Hellyer calling on Parliament to hold hearings on relations with extraterrestrial civilizations. Hellyer declared that UFOs are as real as airplanes and warned that U.S. military preparations could provoke an intergalactic war. Art poses the ce...
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Episode thumbnail for April 16, 2006: Remote Viewing Targets - Ed Dames

April 16, 2006: Remote Viewing Targets - Ed Dames

Apr 16, 2006
2h 27m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, remote viewing instructor and former military intelligence officer, to discuss a claimed breakthrough in locating targets with GPS-level precision. Dames explains that after 22 years of research, his team developed a streamlined method capable of pinpointing any target, from missing...
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Episode thumbnail for September 3, 2006: Remote Viewing Update - Ed Dames

September 3, 2006: Remote Viewing Update - Ed Dames

Sep 3, 2006
2h 38m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, retired U.S. Army intelligence officer and remote viewing expert, for an update on his latest breakthroughs. Dames reveals that his team has developed new techniques for pinpointing geographic locations through remote viewing, and that several team members have successfully used the...
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Episode thumbnail for April 1, 2007: Remote Viewing Update - Ed Dames

April 1, 2007: Remote Viewing Update - Ed Dames

Apr 1, 2007
2h 36m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, retired military intelligence officer and remote viewing expert, for an urgent update on ecological collapse. The broadcast opens with breaking news of a major 8.0 earthquake and tsunami devastating the Solomon Islands. Dames then presents findings from a completed remote viewing pr...
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Episode thumbnail for May 23, 2008: Remote Viewing Updates - Ed Dames

May 23, 2008: Remote Viewing Updates - Ed Dames

May 23, 2008
2h 33m
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames for an update on his remote viewing work, beginning with the search for missing aviator Steve Fossett. Dames reports that his team pinpointed the crash site in the Sierra Nevadas at the 10,000-foot level and even hired two Russian pilots to fly dangerous winter reconnaissance mission...