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	===[[Pat Price (Remote Viewer)\|Pat Price]]===		===[[Pat Price (Remote Viewer)\|Pat Price]]===
	A former Burbank, California, police officer and former Scientologist who participated in a number of Cold War era [[remote viewing]] experiments, including the US government-sponsored projects [[SCANATE]] and the Stargate Project. Price joined the program after a chance encounter with fellow Scientologists (at the time) Harold Puthoff and [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] near [[Stanford Research Institute\|SRI]]. Working with maps and photographs provided to him by the CIA, Price claimed to have been able to retrieve information from facilities behind Soviet lines. He is probably best known for his sketches of cranes and gantries which appeared to conform to CIA intelligence photographs. At the time, the CIA took his claims seriously.~~<ref name=multiple1>Sources~~:		A former Burbank, California, police officer and former Scientologist who participated in a number of Cold War era [[remote viewing]] experiments, including the US government-sponsored projects [[SCANATE]] and the Stargate Project. Price joined the program after a chance encounter with fellow Scientologists (at the time) Harold Puthoff and [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] near [[Stanford Research Institute\|SRI]]. Working with maps and photographs provided to him by the CIA, Price claimed to have been able to retrieve information from facilities behind Soviet lines. He is probably best known for his sketches of cranes and gantries which appeared to conform to CIA intelligence photographs. At the time, the CIA took his claims seriously.

			References:
	* Schnabel, Jim (1997) ''Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies'' Dell, 1997 , {{ISBN\|0-440-22306-7}}		* Schnabel, Jim (1997) ''Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies'' Dell, 1997 , {{ISBN\|0-440-22306-7}}
	* Richelson, Jeffrey T ''The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology''		* Richelson, Jeffrey T ''The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology''
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	* Chalker, Bill ''Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence of Alien Abductions''		* Chalker, Bill ''Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence of Alien Abductions''
	* Constantine, Alex ''Psychic Dictatorship in the USA''		* Constantine, Alex ''Psychic Dictatorship in the USA''
	~~</ref>~~

	==Military personnel==		==Military personnel==

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	May worked as the principal investigator, judge and the star gatekeeper for the project. Marks says this was a serious weakness for the experiments as May had conflict of interest and could have done whatever he wanted with the data. Marks has written that May refused to release the names of the "oversight committee" and refused permission for him to give an independent judging of the Stargate transcripts. Marks found this suspicious, commenting "this refusal suggests that something must be wrong with the data or with the methods of data selection."<ref name="Marks 2000"/>		May worked as the principal investigator, judge and the star gatekeeper for the project. Marks says this was a serious weakness for the experiments as May had conflict of interest and could have done whatever he wanted with the data. Marks has written that May refused to release the names of the "oversight committee" and refused permission for him to give an independent judging of the Stargate transcripts. Marks found this suspicious, commenting "this refusal suggests that something must be wrong with the data or with the methods of data selection."<ref name="Marks 2000"/>

	===[[Ingo Swann (Remote ~~Viewing~~)\|Ingo Swann]]===		===[[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]]===

	Originally tested in the "Phase One" were OOBE-Beacon "RV" experiments at the [[American Society for Psychical Research]],{{Unreliable source?\|date=August 2021}} under research director [[Karlis Osis]].{{cn\|date=November 2020}} A former [[Operating Thetan\|OT VII]] Scientologist, who alleged to have coined the term 'remote viewing' as a derivation of protocols originally developed by [[René Warcollier]], a French chemical engineer in the early 20th century, documented in his book. Swann's achievement was to break free from the conventional mold of casual experimentation and candidate burn out, and develop a viable set of protocols that put clairvoyance within a framework named "Coordinate Remote Viewing" (CRV).		Originally tested in the "Phase One" were OOBE-Beacon "RV" experiments at the [[American Society for Psychical Research]],{{Unreliable source?\|date=August 2021}} under research director [[Karlis Osis]].{{cn\|date=November 2020}} A former [[Operating Thetan\|OT VII]] Scientologist, who alleged to have coined the term 'remote viewing' as a derivation of protocols originally developed by [[René Warcollier]], a French chemical engineer in the early 20th century, documented in his book. Swann's achievement was to break free from the conventional mold of casual experimentation and candidate burn out, and develop a viable set of protocols that put clairvoyance within a framework named "Coordinate Remote Viewing" (CRV).

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	Puthoff worked as the principal investigator of the project. His team of psychics is said{{by who?\|date=February 2023}} to have identified spies, located Soviet weapons and technologies, such as a nuclear submarine in 1979 and helped find lost [[SCUD missiles]] in the first [[Gulf War]] and plutonium in [[North Korea]] in 1994.<ref name="Miami Herald">{{cite news \|title=Fort Meade, Maryland, where psychics gathered to remotely spy on the U.S. Embassy in Iran during the hostage crisis. \|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article131827589.html \|date= \|website=Miami Herald \|url-access=subscription}}</ref>		Puthoff worked as the principal investigator of the project. His team of psychics is said{{by who?\|date=February 2023}} to have identified spies, located Soviet weapons and technologies, such as a nuclear submarine in 1979 and helped find lost [[SCUD missiles]] in the first [[Gulf War]] and plutonium in [[North Korea]] in 1994.<ref name="Miami Herald">{{cite news \|title=Fort Meade, Maryland, where psychics gathered to remotely spy on the U.S. Embassy in Iran during the hostage crisis. \|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article131827589.html \|date= \|website=Miami Herald \|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

	===[[~~Russell Targ (Remote Viewing)\|~~Russell Targ]]===		===[[Russell Targ]]===

	In the 1970s, Russell Targ began working with Harold Puthoff on the Stargate Project, while working with him as a researcher at [[Stanford Research Institute]].<ref name="jordan">{{cite news \|title= Remotely viewed? The Charlie Jordan case \|author-link= Joe Nickell \|first= Joe \|last= Nickell \|date= March 2001 \|magazine= [[Skeptical Inquirer]] \|volume= 11 \|issue= 1 \|url= http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/remotely_viewed_the_charlie_jordan_case/}}</ref><ref name="Puthoff">{{cite web \|title= Dr. Harold Puthoff \|url= http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/dr-harold-puthoff \|year= 2008 \|website= arlingtoninstitute.org \|publisher= The Arlington Institute \|url-status= dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130303110437/http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/dr-harold-puthoff \|archive-date= 2013-03-03 }}</ref>		In the 1970s, Russell Targ began working with Harold Puthoff on the Stargate Project, while working with him as a researcher at [[Stanford Research Institute]].<ref name="jordan">{{cite news \|title= Remotely viewed? The Charlie Jordan case \|author-link= Joe Nickell \|first= Joe \|last= Nickell \|date= March 2001 \|magazine= [[Skeptical Inquirer]] \|volume= 11 \|issue= 1 \|url= http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/remotely_viewed_the_charlie_jordan_case/}}</ref><ref name="Puthoff">{{cite web \|title= Dr. Harold Puthoff \|url= http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/dr-harold-puthoff \|year= 2008 \|website= arlingtoninstitute.org \|publisher= The Arlington Institute \|url-status= dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130303110437/http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/dr-harold-puthoff \|archive-date= 2013-03-03 }}</ref>

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	\| related_links = [[Black Projects Main Page]]<br>[[Remote Viewing Main Page]]		\| related_links = [[Black Projects Main Page]]<br>[[Remote Viewing Main Page]]
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	===[[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewing)\|Ingo Swann]]===		===[[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewing)\|Ingo Swann]]===

	Originally tested in the "Phase One" were OOBE-Beacon "RV" experiments at the [[American Society for Psychical Research]],<ref name="outerplaces.com">{{cite web \|title=Interview: A New Biopic Charts the Life of [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)]], the 'Father of Remote Viewing' \|website=Outerplaces.com \|url=https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/16122-ingo-swann-life-gone-wild-film-festival \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024842/https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/16122-ingo-swann-life-gone-wild-film-festival \|url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?\|date=August 2021}} under research director [[Karlis Osis]].{{cn\|date=November 2020}} A former [[Operating Thetan\|OT VII]] Scientologist,<ref name="wiseoldgoat.com">{{cite news \|title=An Interview with Indo Swann \|url=http://www.wiseoldgoat.com/papers-scientology/popup-windows/scn_advance53-7807_iv_ingo_swann.html\|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \| work = The Wise Old Goat – The Personal Website of Michel Snoeck}}</ref>{{Self-published inline\|date=August 2021\|certain=yes}}		Originally tested in the "Phase One" were OOBE-Beacon "RV" experiments at the [[American Society for Psychical Research]],{{Unreliable source?\|date=August 2021}} under research director [[Karlis Osis]].{{cn\|date=November 2020}} A former [[Operating Thetan\|OT VII]] Scientologist, who alleged to have coined the term 'remote viewing' as a derivation of protocols originally developed by [[René Warcollier]], a French chemical engineer in the early 20th century, documented in his book. Swann's achievement was to break free from the conventional mold of casual experimentation and candidate burn out, and develop a viable set of protocols that put clairvoyance within a framework named "Coordinate Remote Viewing" (CRV).
	who alleged to have coined the term 'remote viewing' as a derivation of protocols originally developed by [[René Warcollier]], a French chemical engineer in the early 20th century, documented in his book.~~<ref>{{cite book\|last=Warcollier\|first=René\|year=2001\|title=Mind to Mind\|location=Charlottesville\|publisher=Hampton Roads\|isbn= 1-57174-311-1}}</ref>~~ Swann's achievement was to break free from the conventional mold of casual experimentation and candidate burn out, and develop a viable set of protocols that put clairvoyance within a framework named "Coordinate Remote Viewing" (CRV).<ref name="chelseanow.com">{{cite news \|title=An Outsider's Remote View of All Things: [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] \|website=Chelseanow.com \|url=http://chelseanow.com/2016/06/ingo-swann-an-outsider-with-a-remote-view-of-all-things/ \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024325/http://chelseanow.com/2016/06/ingo-swann-an-outsider-with-a-remote-view-of-all-things/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
	In a 1995 letter Edwin C. May wrote he had not used Swann for two years because there were rumors of him briefing a high level person at [[Science Applications International Corporation\|SAIC]] and the [[CIA]] on remote viewing and aliens, ETs.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite news \|title=A Dynamic PK Experiment with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] \|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024556/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		In a 1995 letter Edwin C. May wrote he had not used Swann for two years because there were rumors of him briefing a high level person at [[Science Applications International Corporation\|SAIC]] and the [[CIA]] on remote viewing and aliens, ETs.

	===[[Pat Price (Remote Viewer)\|Pat Price]]===		===[[Pat Price (Remote Viewer)\|Pat Price]]===

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	In a 1995 letter Edwin C. May wrote he had not used Swann for two years because there were rumors of him briefing a high level person at [[Science Applications International Corporation\|SAIC]] and the [[CIA]] on remote viewing and aliens, ETs.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite news \|title=A Dynamic PK Experiment with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] \|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024556/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		In a 1995 letter Edwin C. May wrote he had not used Swann for two years because there were rumors of him briefing a high level person at [[Science Applications International Corporation\|SAIC]] and the [[CIA]] on remote viewing and aliens, ETs.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite news \|title=A Dynamic PK Experiment with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] \|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024556/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	===[[Pat Price (Remote ~~Viewing~~)\|Pat Price]]===		===[[Pat Price (Remote Viewer)\|Pat Price]]===
	A former Burbank, California, police officer and former Scientologist who participated in a number of [[Cold War]] era [[remote viewing]] experiments, including the US government-sponsored projects [[SCANATE]] and the Stargate Project. Price joined the program after a chance encounter with fellow Scientologists (at the time) Harold Puthoff and [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] near [[Stanford Research Institute\|SRI]].~~<ref>Pat Price URL:http://www.scientolipedia.org/info/Pat_Price (Scientolipedia)</ref>~~ Working with maps and photographs provided to him by the CIA, Price claimed to have been able to retrieve information from facilities behind Soviet lines. He is probably best known for his sketches of cranes and gantries which appeared to conform to CIA intelligence photographs. At the time, the CIA took his claims seriously.<ref name=multiple1>Sources:		A former Burbank, California, police officer and former Scientologist who participated in a number of Cold War era [[remote viewing]] experiments, including the US government-sponsored projects [[SCANATE]] and the Stargate Project. Price joined the program after a chance encounter with fellow Scientologists (at the time) Harold Puthoff and [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] near [[Stanford Research Institute\|SRI]]. Working with maps and photographs provided to him by the CIA, Price claimed to have been able to retrieve information from facilities behind Soviet lines. He is probably best known for his sketches of cranes and gantries which appeared to conform to CIA intelligence photographs. At the time, the CIA took his claims seriously.<ref name=multiple1>Sources:
	* Schnabel, Jim (1997) ''Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies'' Dell, 1997 , {{ISBN\|0-440-22306-7}}		* Schnabel, Jim (1997) ''Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies'' Dell, 1997 , {{ISBN\|0-440-22306-7}}
	* Richelson, Jeffrey T ''The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology''		* Richelson, Jeffrey T ''The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology''

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	===[[Hal Puthoff (Doctor)\|Hal Puthoff]]===		===[[Hal Puthoff (Doctor)\|Hal Puthoff]]===
	~~{{Main\|Harold E. Puthoff}}~~

	In the 1970s, [[CIA]] and [[Defense Intelligence Agency\|DIA]] granted funds to Harold E. Puthoff to investigate [[paranormal]] abilities, collaborating with [[Russell Targ]] in a study of the purported [[psychic abilities]] of [[Uri Geller]], [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]], [[Pat Price (remote viewer)\|Pat Price]], [[Joseph McMoneagle]] and others, as part of the Stargate Project,<ref name="Popkin">{{cite news \|last1=Popkin \|first1=Jim \|title=Meet the former Pentagon scientist who says psychics can help American spies \|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2015/11/20/meet-former-pentagon-scientist-who-says-psychics-can-help-american-spies-393004.html \|work=Newsweek \|date=12 November 2015}}</ref> of which Puthoff became a director.<ref name="Pilkington">{{cite news \|last1=Pilkington \|first1=Mark \|title=The remote viewers \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jun/05/research.science1 \|work=The Guardian \|date=5 June 2003}}</ref>		In the 1970s, [[CIA]] and [[Defense Intelligence Agency\|DIA]] granted funds to Harold E. Puthoff to investigate [[paranormal]] abilities, collaborating with [[Russell Targ]] in a study of the purported [[psychic abilities]] of [[Uri Geller]], [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]], [[Pat Price (remote viewer)\|Pat Price]], [[Joseph W. McMoneagle]] and others, as part of the Stargate Project,<ref name="Popkin">{{cite news \|last1=Popkin \|first1=Jim \|title=Meet the former Pentagon scientist who says psychics can help American spies \|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2015/11/20/meet-former-pentagon-scientist-who-says-psychics-can-help-american-spies-393004.html \|work=Newsweek \|date=12 November 2015}}</ref> of which Puthoff became a director.<ref name="Pilkington">{{cite news \|last1=Pilkington \|first1=Mark \|title=The remote viewers \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jun/05/research.science1 \|work=The Guardian \|date=5 June 2003}}</ref>

	As with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] and Pat Price, Puthoff attributed much of his personal remote viewing skills to his involvement with [[Scientology]] whereby he had attained, at that time, the highest level. All three eventually left Scientology in the late 1970s.		As with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] and Pat Price, Puthoff attributed much of his personal remote viewing skills to his involvement with [[Scientology]] whereby he had attained, at that time, the highest level. All three eventually left Scientology in the late 1970s.

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	The Stargate Project was terminated in 1995 following an independent review which concluded:		The Stargate Project was terminated in 1995 following an independent review which concluded:

	~~{{quote \|~~The foregoing observations provide a compelling argument against continuation of the program within the intelligence community. Even though a statistically significant effect has been observed in the laboratory, it remains unclear whether the existence of a paranormal phenomenon, remote viewing, has been demonstrated. The laboratory studies do not provide evidence regarding the origins or nature of the phenomenon, assuming it exists, nor do they address an important methodological issue of inter-judge reliability.		<blockquote>
	~~{{pb}}~~		The foregoing observations provide a compelling argument against continuation of the program within the intelligence community. Even though a statistically significant effect has been observed in the laboratory, it remains unclear whether the existence of a paranormal phenomenon, remote viewing, has been demonstrated. The laboratory studies do not provide evidence regarding the origins or nature of the phenomenon, assuming it exists, nor do they address an important methodological issue of inter-judge reliability.
	Further, even if it could be demonstrated unequivocally that a paranormal phenomenon occurs under the conditions present in the laboratory paradigm, these conditions have limited applicability and utility for intelligence gathering operations. For example, the nature of the remote viewing targets are vastly dissimilar, as are the specific tasks required of the remote viewers. Most importantly, the information provided by remote viewing is vague and ambiguous, making it difficult, if not impossible, for the technique to yield information of sufficient quality and accuracy of information for actionable intelligence. Thus, we conclude that continued use of remote viewing in intelligence gathering operations is not warranted.~~{{r\|Mumford}}{{rp\|E-4–E-5}}}}~~
			Further, even if it could be demonstrated unequivocally that a paranormal phenomenon occurs under the conditions present in the laboratory paradigm, these conditions have limited applicability and utility for intelligence gathering operations. For example, the nature of the remote viewing targets are vastly dissimilar, as are the specific tasks required of the remote viewers. Most importantly, the information provided by remote viewing is vague and ambiguous, making it difficult, if not impossible, for the technique to yield information of sufficient quality and accuracy of information for actionable intelligence. Thus, we conclude that continued use of remote viewing in intelligence gathering operations is not warranted.
			</blockquote>

	In January 2017, the CIA published records online of the Stargate Project as part of the CREST archive.<ref name="CIA FOIA">{{cite web \|title=Search: 'Stargate' \|url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/search/site/STARGATE \|website=Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room \|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency}}</ref>		In January 2017, the CIA published records online of the Stargate Project as part of the CREST archive.<ref name="CIA FOIA">{{cite web \|title=Search: 'Stargate' \|url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/search/site/STARGATE \|website=Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room \|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency}}</ref>

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	===[[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewing)\|Ingo Swann]]===		===[[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewing)\|Ingo Swann]]===

	Originally tested in the "Phase One" were OOBE-Beacon "RV" experiments at the [[American Society for Psychical Research]],<ref name="outerplaces.com">{{cite web \|title=Interview: A New Biopic Charts the Life of [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)]], the 'Father of Remote Viewing' \|website=Outerplaces.com \|url=https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/16122-ingo-swann-life-gone-wild-film-festival \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024842/https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/16122-ingo-swann-life-gone-wild-film-festival \|url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?\|date=August 2021}} under research director [[Karlis Osis]].{{cn\|date=November 2020}} A former [[Operating Thetan\|OT VII]] Scientologist,<ref name="wiseoldgoat.com">{{cite news \|title=An Interview with Indo Swann \|url=http://www.wiseoldgoat.com/papers-scientology/popup-windows/scn_advance53-7807_iv_ingo_swann.html\|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \| work = The Wise Old Goat – The Personal Website of Michel Snoeck}}</ref>{{Self-published inline\|date=August 2021\|certain=yes}}		Originally tested in the "Phase One" were OOBE-Beacon "RV" experiments at the [[American Society for Psychical Research]],{{Unreliable source?\|date=August 2021}} under research director [[Karlis Osis]].{{cn\|date=November 2020}} A former [[Operating Thetan\|OT VII]] Scientologist, who alleged to have coined the term 'remote viewing' as a derivation of protocols originally developed by [[René Warcollier]], a French chemical engineer in the early 20th century, documented in his book. Swann's achievement was to break free from the conventional mold of casual experimentation and candidate burn out, and develop a viable set of protocols that put clairvoyance within a framework named "Coordinate Remote Viewing" (CRV).
	who alleged to have coined the term 'remote viewing' as a derivation of protocols originally developed by [[René Warcollier]], a French chemical engineer in the early 20th century, documented in his book.~~<ref>{{cite book\|last=Warcollier\|first=René\|year=2001\|title=Mind to Mind\|location=Charlottesville\|publisher=Hampton Roads\|isbn= 1-57174-311-1}}</ref>~~ Swann's achievement was to break free from the conventional mold of casual experimentation and candidate burn out, and develop a viable set of protocols that put clairvoyance within a framework named "Coordinate Remote Viewing" (CRV).<ref name="chelseanow.com">{{cite news \|title=An Outsider's Remote View of All Things: [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] \|website=Chelseanow.com \|url=http://chelseanow.com/2016/06/ingo-swann-an-outsider-with-a-remote-view-of-all-things/ \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024325/http://chelseanow.com/2016/06/ingo-swann-an-outsider-with-a-remote-view-of-all-things/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
	In a 1995 letter Edwin C. May wrote he had not used Swann for two years because there were rumors of him briefing a high level person at [[Science Applications International Corporation\|SAIC]] and the [[CIA]] on remote viewing and aliens, ETs.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite news \|title=A Dynamic PK Experiment with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] \|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024556/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		In a 1995 letter Edwin C. May wrote he had not used Swann for two years because there were rumors of him briefing a high level person at [[Science Applications International Corporation\|SAIC]] and the [[CIA]] on remote viewing and aliens, ETs.

	===[[Pat Price (Remote Viewer)\|Pat Price]]===		===[[Pat Price (Remote Viewer)\|Pat Price]]===

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	In a 1995 letter Edwin C. May wrote he had not used Swann for two years because there were rumors of him briefing a high level person at [[Science Applications International Corporation\|SAIC]] and the [[CIA]] on remote viewing and aliens, ETs.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite news \|title=A Dynamic PK Experiment with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] \|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024556/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		In a 1995 letter Edwin C. May wrote he had not used Swann for two years because there were rumors of him briefing a high level person at [[Science Applications International Corporation\|SAIC]] and the [[CIA]] on remote viewing and aliens, ETs.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite news \|title=A Dynamic PK Experiment with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] \|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|access-date=28 April 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=April 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024556/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000200130005-3 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	===[[Pat Price (Remote ~~Viewing~~)\|Pat Price]]===		===[[Pat Price (Remote Viewer)\|Pat Price]]===
	A former Burbank, California, police officer and former Scientologist who participated in a number of [[Cold War]] era [[remote viewing]] experiments, including the US government-sponsored projects [[SCANATE]] and the Stargate Project. Price joined the program after a chance encounter with fellow Scientologists (at the time) Harold Puthoff and [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] near [[Stanford Research Institute\|SRI]].~~<ref>Pat Price URL:http://www.scientolipedia.org/info/Pat_Price (Scientolipedia)</ref>~~ Working with maps and photographs provided to him by the CIA, Price claimed to have been able to retrieve information from facilities behind Soviet lines. He is probably best known for his sketches of cranes and gantries which appeared to conform to CIA intelligence photographs. At the time, the CIA took his claims seriously.<ref name=multiple1>Sources:		A former Burbank, California, police officer and former Scientologist who participated in a number of Cold War era [[remote viewing]] experiments, including the US government-sponsored projects [[SCANATE]] and the Stargate Project. Price joined the program after a chance encounter with fellow Scientologists (at the time) Harold Puthoff and [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] near [[Stanford Research Institute\|SRI]]. Working with maps and photographs provided to him by the CIA, Price claimed to have been able to retrieve information from facilities behind Soviet lines. He is probably best known for his sketches of cranes and gantries which appeared to conform to CIA intelligence photographs. At the time, the CIA took his claims seriously.<ref name=multiple1>Sources:
	* Schnabel, Jim (1997) ''Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies'' Dell, 1997 , {{ISBN\|0-440-22306-7}}		* Schnabel, Jim (1997) ''Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies'' Dell, 1997 , {{ISBN\|0-440-22306-7}}
	* Richelson, Jeffrey T ''The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology''		* Richelson, Jeffrey T ''The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology''

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	===[[Hal Puthoff (Doctor)\|Hal Puthoff]]===		===[[Hal Puthoff (Doctor)\|Hal Puthoff]]===
	~~{{Main\|Harold E. Puthoff}}~~

	In the 1970s, [[CIA]] and [[Defense Intelligence Agency\|DIA]] granted funds to Harold E. Puthoff to investigate [[paranormal]] abilities, collaborating with [[Russell Targ]] in a study of the purported [[psychic abilities]] of [[Uri Geller]], [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]], [[Pat Price (remote viewer)\|Pat Price]], [[Joseph McMoneagle]] and others, as part of the Stargate Project,<ref name="Popkin">{{cite news \|last1=Popkin \|first1=Jim \|title=Meet the former Pentagon scientist who says psychics can help American spies \|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2015/11/20/meet-former-pentagon-scientist-who-says-psychics-can-help-american-spies-393004.html \|work=Newsweek \|date=12 November 2015}}</ref> of which Puthoff became a director.<ref name="Pilkington">{{cite news \|last1=Pilkington \|first1=Mark \|title=The remote viewers \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jun/05/research.science1 \|work=The Guardian \|date=5 June 2003}}</ref>		In the 1970s, [[CIA]] and [[Defense Intelligence Agency\|DIA]] granted funds to Harold E. Puthoff to investigate [[paranormal]] abilities, collaborating with [[Russell Targ]] in a study of the purported [[psychic abilities]] of [[Uri Geller]], [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]], [[Pat Price (remote viewer)\|Pat Price]], [[Joseph W. McMoneagle]] and others, as part of the Stargate Project,<ref name="Popkin">{{cite news \|last1=Popkin \|first1=Jim \|title=Meet the former Pentagon scientist who says psychics can help American spies \|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2015/11/20/meet-former-pentagon-scientist-who-says-psychics-can-help-american-spies-393004.html \|work=Newsweek \|date=12 November 2015}}</ref> of which Puthoff became a director.<ref name="Pilkington">{{cite news \|last1=Pilkington \|first1=Mark \|title=The remote viewers \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jun/05/research.science1 \|work=The Guardian \|date=5 June 2003}}</ref>

	As with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] and Pat Price, Puthoff attributed much of his personal remote viewing skills to his involvement with [[Scientology]] whereby he had attained, at that time, the highest level. All three eventually left Scientology in the late 1970s.		As with [[Ingo Swann (Remote Viewer)\|Ingo Swann]] and Pat Price, Puthoff attributed much of his personal remote viewing skills to his involvement with [[Scientology]] whereby he had attained, at that time, the highest level. All three eventually left Scientology in the late 1970s.