Joseph McMoneagle
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Joseph McMoneagle was involved in remote viewing
experiments conducted by U.S. Army Intelligence
and the Stanford Research Institute. He was one of the original officers recruited for the top-secret
program now known as the Stargate Project
. Along with Ingo Swann
, McMoneagle is best known for claims surrounding the investigation of remote viewing and the use of paranormal
abilities for military intelligence
gathering.
for his last 10 years of service, including 5 years of work in SIGINT
, SIGnals INTelligence, and 5 years in the RV program.
After his time in the military, McMoneagle became a speaker at the Monroe Institute, where he had previously been sent as part of his remote viewing training. McMoneagle currently runs a remote viewing business aimed at the corporate world called Intuitive Intelligence Applications, Inc.
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According to author Paul H. Smith, McMoneagle predicted "several months" into the future, and McMoneagle's own accounts provide differing claims of accuracy of his remote viewing, varying from 5 to 95 percent to between 65 and 75 percent. McMoneagle claims that remote viewing is not always accurate but that it was able to locate hostages and downed airplanes. Of other psychics, he says that "Ninety-eight percent of the people are kooks."
McMoneagle's future predictions include the passing of a teenager's "Right to Work" Bill, a new religion without the emphasis of Christianity, a science of the soul, a vaccine for AIDS, a movement to eliminate television, and a 'temporary tattoo' craze that would replace the wearing of clothing., all of which were supposedly to take place between 2002 and 2006.
He reports that he worked with Dean Radin
at the Conscious Research Laboratory, University of Nevada, Las Vegas to seek patentable ideas via remote viewing for a "future machine" Radin conceived. McMoneagle also says he has worked on missing person cases in Washington, San Francisco, New York and Chicago. as well as employing remote viewing as a time machine
to make various observations such as the origin of the human species. According to McMoneagle, humans came from creatures somewhat like sea otters rather than primates and were created in a laboratory by creators who "seeded" the earth and then departed.
Remote viewing
Remote viewing is the practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen target using paranormal means, in particular, extra-sensory perception or "sensing with mind"...
experiments conducted by U.S. Army Intelligence
Army Intelligence
Army Intelligence may refer to:* The intelligence component of a given nation's army.* In the United States, Army Intelligence is usually referred to as Military Intelligence .-Further reading:...
and the Stanford Research Institute. He was one of the original officers recruited for the top-secret
Classified information
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program now known as the Stargate Project
Stargate Project
The Stargate Project was the umbrella code name of one of several sub-projects established by the U.S. Federal Government to investigate claims of psychic phenomena with potential military and domestic applications, particularly "remote viewing": the purported ability to psychically "see" events,...
. Along with Ingo Swann
Ingo Swann
Ingo Swann is an artist and author, best known for his work as a co-creator of the discipline of remote viewing, specifically the Stargate Project...
, McMoneagle is best known for claims surrounding the investigation of remote viewing and the use of paranormal
Paranormal
Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...
abilities for military intelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
gathering.
Career
McMoneagle was known as "Remote Viewer No. 1" in the US Army's psychic intelligence unit at Fort Meade, Maryland. At his retirement McMoneagle earned his Legion of MeritLegion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements...
for his last 10 years of service, including 5 years of work in SIGINT
SIGINT
Signals intelligence is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether between people , whether involving electronic signals not directly used in communication , or combinations of the two...
, SIGnals INTelligence, and 5 years in the RV program.
After his time in the military, McMoneagle became a speaker at the Monroe Institute, where he had previously been sent as part of his remote viewing training. McMoneagle currently runs a remote viewing business aimed at the corporate world called Intuitive Intelligence Applications, Inc.
Claims
According to McMoneagle, remote viewing is possible and accurate outside the boundaries of time. He believes he has remote-viewed into the past, present, and future and has predicted future events. Among the subjects he claims to have remote-viewed are a Chinese nuclear facility, the Iranian hostage crisis, the Red Brigades, and Muammar Qadhafi. He writes that he predicted the location and existence of the Soviet "Typhoon"-class submarine in 1979, and that in mid-January 1980, satellite photos confirmed those predictions. McMoneagle says the military remote viewing program was ended partly due to stigma: "Everybody wanted to use it, but nobody wanted to be caught dead standing next to it. There’s an automatic ridicule factor. ‘Oh, yeah, psychics.’ Anybody associated with it could kiss their career goodbye." Supporters of his claims include Charles TartCharles Tart
Dr. Charles T. Tart is an American psychologist and parapsychologist known for his psychological work on the nature of consciousness , as one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology, and for his research in scientific parapsychology. He earned his Ph. D...
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According to author Paul H. Smith, McMoneagle predicted "several months" into the future, and McMoneagle's own accounts provide differing claims of accuracy of his remote viewing, varying from 5 to 95 percent to between 65 and 75 percent. McMoneagle claims that remote viewing is not always accurate but that it was able to locate hostages and downed airplanes. Of other psychics, he says that "Ninety-eight percent of the people are kooks."
McMoneagle's future predictions include the passing of a teenager's "Right to Work" Bill, a new religion without the emphasis of Christianity, a science of the soul, a vaccine for AIDS, a movement to eliminate television, and a 'temporary tattoo' craze that would replace the wearing of clothing., all of which were supposedly to take place between 2002 and 2006.
He reports that he worked with Dean Radin
Dean Radin
Dean Radin is a researcher and author in the field of parapsychology. He has been Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences , in Petaluma, California, USA, since 2001, and is on the Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Sonoma State University, on the Distinguished...
at the Conscious Research Laboratory, University of Nevada, Las Vegas to seek patentable ideas via remote viewing for a "future machine" Radin conceived. McMoneagle also says he has worked on missing person cases in Washington, San Francisco, New York and Chicago. as well as employing remote viewing as a time machine
Time Machine
A time machine is a fictional/hypothetical device used to achieve time travel. The term may also refer to:-Novels and films:* The Time Machine, an 1895 novel by H. G...
to make various observations such as the origin of the human species. According to McMoneagle, humans came from creatures somewhat like sea otters rather than primates and were created in a laboratory by creators who "seeded" the earth and then departed.
Media appearances
- McMoneagle was featured on a National Geographic Channel episode of "Naked Science" along with parapsychologist Edwin C. MayEdwin C. MayEdwin C. May earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburg in 1968, his discipline being Low Energy, Experimental Nuclear Physics. His interests turned inclusively towards the research of parapsychological phenomena, and in 1975 he joined with SRI International and participated in work sponsored...
who tested McMoneagle's ability to "remote view" six locations in the San Francisco Bay area, with mixed results.
- In 1994, McMoneagle appeared on an ABC network television special PUT TO THE TEST also with Edwin May who said that McMoneagle "is correct 20 percent of the time. According to Dean RadinDean RadinDean Radin is a researcher and author in the field of parapsychology. He has been Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences , in Petaluma, California, USA, since 2001, and is on the Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Sonoma State University, on the Distinguished...
, "The best psychic averages about 3 in 10, like the best baseball hitters .300, the rest of us bat about 1 or 2 in 10." According to paranormal researcher Brian DunningBrian Dunning (skeptic)Brian Dunning is the host and producer of Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena, a weekly audio podcast dedicated "to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture, and replacing them with evidence-based scientific reality." He is also the...
"The only thing I found impressive about McMoneagle's demonstration was their editing and narration job to make it look like the most amazing and miraculous psychic feat in history." The show took a 15 minute test and edited it down to 2 minutes leaving only what the producers felt were the best hits. After McMoneagle's vague pronouncements of a metallic sound, a pedestrian bridge, something tall that isn't a building, a river or running water, something with a stripe on it and perpendicular lines, McMoneagle and the film crew visited the 4 sites and were able to retrofit the claims into each site.
- In 1995, McMoneagle defended the Stargate program in an interview for the Washington Post.
- McMoneagle co-wrote an episode of the psychic science fiction show The Dead ZoneThe Dead Zone (TV series)The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma...
about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, but the episode was not shown.
- In 2002, McMoneagle started receiving regular coverage on Nippon Television's prime-time Chounouryoku Sousakan show (roughly translated, "FBI: Psychic Investigator"), during which he performed remote viewings related to unsolved police cases. A media section on his website lists 12 such episodes, including two dedicated "Joe McMoneagle Specials".