The 1984 Mars Remote Viewing Experiment: Analysis of Declassified CIA Project STARGATE Records

The Protocol of Project STARGATE

On May 22, 1984, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) conducted a highly specialized remote viewing session under the auspices of Project STARGATE, the U.S. government’s investigation into anomalous cognition and parapsychology. The session, documented in declassified files, involved a 'remote viewer' (identified in later years as Joseph McMoneagle) and a monitor. The experiment was conducted double-blind; the viewer was provided with a sealed envelope containing geographic coordinates and a specific time period: 'Mars, 1 million years B.C.' The viewer was not informed of the target's identity until after the session concluded.

Transcription of the May 1984 Session

According to the declassified transcript (CIA-RDP96-00788R001900760001-9), the viewer described a desolate landscape characterized by severe dust storms and massive geological formations. The coordinates provided corresponded to the Cydonia region of Mars (approximately 40.89° North, 9.55° West). As the session progressed, the viewer reported seeing 'very tall, thin people' dressed in 'strange light-fitting silk.' He described these individuals as being in a state of crisis, seeking shelter in large, pyramidal structures and 'obelisks' to escape an environmental cataclysm. The viewer noted that these structures were built of stone and possessed interior chambers where the entities appeared to be in a form of hibernation or stasis while waiting for a rescue that never arrived.

Scientific Scrutiny and CIA Declassification

This specific session remains one of the most controversial artifacts of the STARGATE program. While critics argue the viewer may have been influenced by contemporary media or 'front-loading' by the monitor, the level of detail regarding Martian topography—which preceded high-resolution satellite mapping available to the public—remains a point of interest for researchers. The records were declassified in the late 1990s as part of a broader release of psychic research documents. These files, now indexed by The Black Vault and the CIA Reading Room, demonstrate the Department of Defense's serious investment in 'anomalous mental phenomena' as a potential tool for intelligence gathering during the latter half of the 20th century.