The 1973 Pat Price Remote Viewing of 'Site R': Declassified CIA Psycho-Energetics Evaluation

The STAR GATE Program

In the early 1970s, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) initiated a series of protocols at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) to investigate the potential of 'anomalous cognition' for intelligence gathering. This project, which would eventually evolve into Project STAR GATE, sought to determine if individuals could perceive distant locations without physical presence. One of the most significant early successes involved Pat Price, a former police commissioner who demonstrated exceptional accuracy under laboratory conditions.

The 'Site R' Scan

In June 1973, CIA handlers challenged Price to 'remote view' a location based only on its geographic coordinates. Unknown to Price, the coordinates pointed to a highly sensitive, classified underground facility often referred to as 'Site R' or the Alternate Joint Communications Center. Price’s descriptions were startlingly precise. He described the facility's interior, the layout of the folders on desks, and even the names written on labels inside the secure area. Most notably, he described a massive underground antenna system and specific security protocols that were later verified as accurate by the intelligence officers conducting the experiment.

Internal CIA Documentation

Declassified memos available through the CIA's CREST database indicate that the intelligence community was both impressed and alarmed by Price’s performance. A memo dated shortly after the session noted that Price's description of the 'target site' was so accurate that it posed a potential security risk. The researchers noted that Price appeared to be 'reading' the minds of the staff within the facility or accessing the data through a non-local consciousness. This session was a pivotal factor in the CIA’s decision to continue funding psychic research for the next two decades.

Evaluation and Legacy

While the program was officially shuttered in 1995 following a negative review by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the declassified files on Pat Price remain some of the most compelling evidence for psychic phenomena in a controlled government setting. Critics argue that the results could be attributed to 'leakage' or coincidence, but the granular detail provided by Price—including the description of a specific crane model used at the site—remains difficult to explain through conventional means. The Pat Price sessions are now used as primary source material for those studying the intersection of national security and parapsychology.