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Appendix U.S. Government Remote Viewing (RV) Chronology

1970—Shiela Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder’s book, Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain, concerning Soviet psychic research is released. 1971—Ingo Swann and Dr. Janet Mitchell coin the term remote viewing to describe an experiment, not a psychic ability. 1972—The CIA becomes concerned with Soviet research and hires Dr. Hal Puthof for studies at Stanford Research Institute (SRI). He is soon joined by Ingo Swann. 1973—(May 29)—Project SCANATE (SCANning by coordiNATE) is initiated at SRI. According to Ron McRae, it was “the most severely monitored scientific experiment in history.” True geographical coordinates were used. 1974—Psychic Pat Price named target 20 minutes before researchers arrived, proving that RV is not limited by either time or space. Price performed such feats

seven out of nine tests against odds calculated at 100,000 to one. 1975—The CIA, plagued by scandals, dropped SCANATE following Price’s death. 1976—Army Chief of Staff for Intelligence Gen. Edward Thompson forms “black” unit, detachment G or GRILL FLAME, to study RV for intelligence use. 1977—The unit moves under the Army’s newly formed Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) and continues SCANATE research. 1980—Col. John Alexander publishes “The New Mental Battlefield” in Military Review. He later said he was aware of the psychic studies and that it is “real and effective.” 1981—Brig. Gen. Albert Stubblebine heads INSCOM. The unit commander reports to Stubblebine, who reports to the Secretary of the Army. The short chain of command assured secrecy. 1983—Military Intel officers begin training under Ingo Swann at SRI. 1984—Gen. Albert Stubblebine, “Spoonbender,” is replaced by Gen. Harry E. Soyster. 1985—Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) takes over the unit, which is supervised by the DIA’s Scientific and Technical Intelligence Directorate. 1995—Report by Ray Hyman and Jessica Utts prompts a press release from the CIA. The U.S. government’s official connection to remote viewing ends.