Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation located in Maryland , that includes the Defense Information School , the Defense Media Activity , the United States Army Field Band , and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command , the National Security Agency , the Defense Courier Service , Defense Information Systems Agency headquarters, and the U.S. Navy 's Cryptologic Warfare Group Six. It is named for George G. Meade , a Union general from the U.S. Civil War , who served as commander of the Army of the Potomac . The fort's smaller census-designated place includes support facilities such as schools, housing, and the offices of the Military Intelligence Civilian Excepted Career Program (MICECP) .
80-666: The Stargate Project was a secret U.S. Army unit established in 1977 at Fort Meade , Maryland , by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and SRI International (a California contractor) to investigate the potential for psychic phenomena in military and domestic intelligence applications. The project, and its precursors and sister projects, originally went by various code names – 'Gondola Wish', 'Stargate', 'Grill Flame', 'Center Lane', 'Project CF', 'Sun Streak', and 'Scanate' – until 1991 when they were consolidated and rechristened as
160-515: A Soviet jet that crashed in the jungle carrying an atomic bomb , to tracking suspected double agents . McMoneagle claims he had a remarkable memory of very early childhood events. He grew up surrounded by alcoholism, abuse and poverty. As a child, he had visions at night when scared, and began to hone his psychic abilities in his teens for his own protection when he hitchhiked. He enlisted to get away. McMoneagle became an experimental remote viewer while serving in U.S. Army Intelligence. Dames' role
240-562: A "Project Jedi", allegedly run by Special Forces primarily out of Fort Bragg , with Stargate. After some controversy involving these experiments, including alleged security violations from uncleared civilian psychics working in Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), Stubblebine was placed on retirement. His successor as the INSCOM commander was Maj. Gen. Harry Soyster , who had
320-637: A "significant threat to the biological and territorial integrity of the Patuxent Research Refuge". The US Army responded that it is "taking steps to limit the environmental damage." After United States Cyber Command was established at the post in 2009; on April 15, 2011, the Defense Information Systems Agency ribbon-cutting for the move from Arlington County, Virginia , was at the agency's Fort Meade complex of 95 acres (38 ha). The consolidation of
400-470: A "significant threat to the biological and territorial integrity of the Patuxent Research Refuge". The US Army responded that it is "taking steps to limit the environmental damage." After United States Cyber Command was established at the post in 2009; on April 15, 2011, the Defense Information Systems Agency ribbon-cutting for the move from Arlington County, Virginia , was at the agency's Fort Meade complex of 95 acres (38 ha). The consolidation of
480-1598: A barricade near an entry gate outside of the facility. In the immediate aftermath of the event, the NSA announced that there was "no ongoing security or safety threat." Fort Meade is bordered by the Baltimore–Washington Parkway on the west and is about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Interstate 95 . It is located between Washington, D.C. , and Baltimore . It is located in proximity to Odenton , Columbia , Jessup , Hanover , Laurel , and Severn . Notable military and government units based at Fort George G. Meade. United States Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Army Criminal Investigation Command United States Army Forces Command United States Army Intelligence & Security Command United States Army Recruiting Command United States Army Reserve United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Maryland Army National Guard Other Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command Marine Corps Information Command Air Combat Command Air Force Reserve Command United States Fleet Cyber Command ( United States Tenth Fleet ) Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Media Activity United States Cyber Command United States Transportation Command Naval Criminal Investigative Service Fort Meade
560-1479: A barricade near an entry gate outside of the facility. In the immediate aftermath of the event, the NSA announced that there was "no ongoing security or safety threat." Fort Meade is bordered by the Baltimore–Washington Parkway on the west and is about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Interstate 95 . It is located between Washington, D.C. , and Baltimore . It is located in proximity to Odenton , Columbia , Jessup , Hanover , Laurel , and Severn . Notable military and government units based at Fort George G. Meade. United States Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Army Criminal Investigation Command United States Army Forces Command United States Army Intelligence & Security Command United States Army Recruiting Command United States Army Reserve United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Maryland Army National Guard Other Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command Marine Corps Information Command Air Combat Command Air Force Reserve Command United States Fleet Cyber Command ( United States Tenth Fleet ) Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Media Activity United States Cyber Command United States Transportation Command Naval Criminal Investigative Service Fort Meade
640-399: A consequence Targ and Puthoff lost their government contract to work further with him. The result was a publicity tour for Geller, Targ, and Puthoff to seek private funding for further research work on Geller. One of the project's successes was the location of a lost Soviet spy plane in 1976 by Rosemary Smith, a young administrative assistant recruited by project director Dale Graff. In 1977
720-580: A frequent guest on the Coast to Coast AM radio shows. Fort George G. Meade Initially called Camp Annapolis Junction , the post was opened as "Camp Admiral" in 1917 on 29.7 sq mi (77 km ) acquired for a training camp. The post was called Camp Meade Cantonment by 1918, Camp Franklin Signal Corps school was located there and in 1919, the Camp Benning tank school—formed from
800-577: A holding center for approximately 384 Japanese , German , and Italian immigrant residents of the U.S. arrested as potential fifth columnists . The Second U.S. Army Headquarters transferred to the post on June 15, 1947; and in 1957, the post became headquarters of the National Security Agency . From the 1950s until the 1970s, the Fort Meade radar station had various radar equipment and control systems for air defense (e.g.,
880-556: A lack of documented evidence that the program had any value to the intelligence community. Time magazine stated in 1995 three full-time psychics were still working on a $ 500,000-a-year budget out of Fort Meade , Maryland , which would soon close. David Marks in his book The Psychology of the Psychic (2000) discussed the flaws in the Stargate Project in detail. Marks wrote that there were six negative design features of
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#1732780629946960-419: A mission after all other intelligence attempts, methods, or approaches had already been exhausted. It was reported that at peak manpower there were over 22 active military and civilian remote viewers providing data. People leaving the project were not replaced. When the project closed in 1995 this number had dwindled down to three. One was using tarot cards . According to Joseph McMoneagle , "The Army never had
1040-465: A negative conclusion. Joe Nickell has written: Other evaluators – two psychologists from AIR – assessed the potential intelligence-gathering usefulness of remote viewing. They concluded that the alleged psychic technique was of dubious value and lacked the concreteness and reliability necessary for it to be used as a basis for making decisions or taking action. The final report found "reason to suspect" that in "some well publicised cases of dramatic hits"
1120-714: A new program known as SCANATE ("scan by coordinate") in the same year. Remote viewing research began in 1972 at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, California . Proponents ( Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff ) of the research said that a minimum accuracy rate of 65% required by the clients was often exceeded in the later experiments. Physicists Targ and Puthoff began testing psychics for SRI in 1972, including one who would later become an international celebrity, Israeli Uri Geller . Their apparently successful results garnered interest within
1200-471: A nuclear submarine in 1979 and helped find lost SCUD missiles in the first Gulf War and plutonium in North Korea in 1994. 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 . Edwin C. May joined the Stargate Project in 1975 as a consultant and was working full-time in 1976. The original project
1280-527: 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 near 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
1360-446: 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
1440-675: A random driver. On March 30, 2015, National Security Agency police officers shot and killed a person who attempted to drive an SUV through a restricted entrance to the NSA campus in Fort Meade, Maryland. A passenger in the SUV was injured, as was an officer, and both were treated at a hospital. President Obama was briefed but the FBI determined "we do not believe it is related to terrorism." On February 14, 2018, National Security Agency police officers shot and wounded an individual who rammed an SUV into
1520-518: A random driver. On March 30, 2015, National Security Agency police officers shot and killed a person who attempted to drive an SUV through a restricted entrance to the NSA campus in Fort Meade, Maryland. A passenger in the SUV was injured, as was an officer, and both were treated at a hospital. President Obama was briefed but the FBI determined "we do not believe it is related to terrorism." On February 14, 2018, National Security Agency police officers shot and wounded an individual who rammed an SUV into
1600-628: A report by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) that found that remote viewing had not been proved to work by a psychic mechanism, and said it had not been used operationally. The CIA subsequently cancelled and declassified the program. In 1995 the project was transferred to the CIA and a retrospective evaluation of the results was done. The appointed panel consisted primarily of Jessica Utts , Meena Shah and Ray Hyman . Hyman had produced an unflattering report on Uri Geller and SRI for
1680-619: A reputation as a much more conservative and conventional intelligence officer. Soyster was not amenable to continuing paranormal experiments and the Army's participation in Project Stargate ended during his tenure. In his book, Psychic Warrior: Inside the CIA's Stargate Program : The True Story of a Soldier's Espionage and Awakening (2000, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 978-1902636207 ), Morehouse claims to have worked on hundreds of remote viewing assignments, from searching for
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#17327806299461760-443: 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
1840-438: A truly open attitude toward psychic functioning". Hence, the use of the term "giggle factor" and the saying, "I wouldn't want to be found dead next to a psychic". In the 1970s, CIA and 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 , Pat Price , Joseph McMoneagle and others, as part of
1920-572: A wide variety of psychic phenomena. He required that all of his battalion commanders learn how to bend spoons à la Uri Geller , and he himself attempted several psychic feats, even attempting to walk through walls. In the early 1980s he was responsible for the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), during which time the remote viewing project in the US Army began. Some commentators have confused
2000-553: Is a single school proud of its historical roots and dedicated to serving the diverse requirements for public affairs, broadcasting and visual information. Alleged gunman Hong Young was arrested in connection with shootings at five public places in Maryland, including an NSA building, theaters and occupied vehicles in late February 2015. No motive has been established but his estranged wife attributed his behavior to mental issues, and he told police he heard voices telling him to shoot at
2080-497: Is a single school proud of its historical roots and dedicated to serving the diverse requirements for public affairs, broadcasting and visual information. Alleged gunman Hong Young was arrested in connection with shootings at five public places in Maryland, including an NSA building, theaters and occupied vehicles in late February 2015. No motive has been established but his estranged wife attributed his behavior to mental issues, and he told police he heard voices telling him to shoot at
2160-812: Is needed. In subsequent years, Congress provided construction funds in the Architect of the Capitol budget for Module 1, completed in 2002, for Module 2, completed in 2005 and Modules 3 and 4 and four cold storage rooms, completed in 2009. A full-scale three-year transfer program of the special format collections to Modules 3 and 4 and the four cold storage rooms began in Spring 2010 and was completed in September 2012. Module 5 has been fully funded with occupancy scheduled for September 2017. The state-of-the art storage modules are being built to store, preserve and protect
2240-590: Is needed. In subsequent years, Congress provided construction funds in the Architect of the Capitol budget for Module 1, completed in 2002, for Module 2, completed in 2005 and Modules 3 and 4 and four cold storage rooms, completed in 2009. A full-scale three-year transfer program of the special format collections to Modules 3 and 4 and the four cold storage rooms began in Spring 2010 and was completed in September 2012. Module 5 has been fully funded with occupancy scheduled for September 2017. The state-of-the art storage modules are being built to store, preserve and protect
2320-534: Is performed to detect current events, but during military and domestic intelligence applications viewers claimed to sense things in the future, experiencing precognition . In 1970 United States intelligence sources believed that the Soviet Union was spending 60 million roubles annually on " psychotronic " research. In response to claims that the Soviet program had produced results, the CIA initiated funding for
2400-468: 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. The project leader in the 1990s was Lt. Gen. Clapper who later would serve as the Director of National Intelligence. A key sponsor of the research internally at Fort Meade , Maryland, Maj. Gen. Stubblebine was convinced of the reality of
2480-428: Is the largest employer in the state of Maryland and second largest installation by employee population in the Army. After an August 27, 2007, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency order to assess the contamination at 14 hazardous waste sites on Fort Meade (e.g., ordnance disposal area, 1940s waste dump, closed sanitary landfill), a September 2007 environmental impact report identified adding two golf courses would be
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2560-428: Is the largest employer in the state of Maryland and second largest installation by employee population in the Army. After an August 27, 2007, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency order to assess the contamination at 14 hazardous waste sites on Fort Meade (e.g., ordnance disposal area, 1940s waste dump, closed sanitary landfill), a September 2007 environmental impact report identified adding two golf courses would be
2640-544: Is used as a storage facility for the United States Library of Congress . In 1994, a 100 acres (40 ha) site located in the U.S. Army Base at Fort Meade, MD was transferred to the U.S. Congress to provide additional storage capacity for the Library of Congress and other legislative bodies. The current master plan includes the land to construct up to 13 Phased Storage Modules for collections, if this number
2720-416: Is used as a storage facility for the United States Library of Congress . In 1994, a 100 acres (40 ha) site located in the U.S. Army Base at Fort Meade, MD was transferred to the U.S. Congress to provide additional storage capacity for the Library of Congress and other legislative bodies. The current master plan includes the land to construct up to 13 Phased Storage Modules for collections, if this number
2800-549: The 1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash . In 1977, a merger organized the fort's U.S. Army Intelligence Agency as part of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command . On October 1, 1991, a wing of the Air Force Intelligence Command transferred to Fort Meade, and the organization was replaced by the 70th Operations Group on May 1, 2005. In the early 1990s, 12.7 sq mi (33 km )
2880-577: The American Society for Psychical Research , under research director Karlis Osis . A former 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 the book Mind to Mind, Classics in Consciousness Series Books by ( ISBN 978-1571743114 ). Swann's achievement
2960-553: The Cuban Missile Crisis , the 6th Battalion (HAWK), 65th Artillery at Fort Meade (a United States Strike Command unit) was deployed to the Miami/Key West area (the 8th Battalion (Hawk) was at the fort in late 1964). Fort Meade bomb disposal experts were dispatched to secure nuclear bombs in the 1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash . In 1977, a merger organized the fort's U.S. Army Intelligence Agency as part of
3040-715: The Defense Information School and the Defense Visual Information School in fiscal 1996 and further consolidation with the Defense Photography School in fiscal 1998 created a single focal point in the Department of Defense for these specialties fields. Advancements in information technology and recent base realignment and closure initiatives have contributed to the evolution of the school. The result
3120-411: The Defense Information School and the Defense Visual Information School in fiscal 1996 and further consolidation with the Defense Photography School in fiscal 1998 created a single focal point in the Department of Defense for these specialties fields. Advancements in information technology and recent base realignment and closure initiatives have contributed to the evolution of the school. The result
3200-464: The U.S. Department of Defense . Ray Hyman , professor of psychology at the University of Oregon , was asked by Air Force psychologist Lt. Col. Austin W. Kibler (1930–2008) – then Director of Behavioral Research for ARPA – to go to SRI and investigate. He was to specifically evaluate Geller. Hyman's report to the government was that Geller was a "complete fraud" and as
3280-637: The U.S. Navy 's Cryptologic Warfare Group Six. It is named for George G. Meade , a Union general from the U.S. Civil War , who served as commander of the Army of the Potomac . The fort's smaller census-designated place includes support facilities such as schools, housing, and the offices of the Military Intelligence Civilian Excepted Career Program (MICECP) . Initially called Camp Annapolis Junction ,
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3360-477: The United States Army Intelligence and Security Command . On October 1, 1991, a wing of the Air Force Intelligence Command transferred to Fort Meade, and the organization was replaced by the 70th Operations Group on May 1, 2005. In the early 1990s, 12.7 sq mi (33 km ) was transferred from the post to the Patuxent Research Refuge . A planned closure of the post in the 1990s
3440-514: The "Stargate Project". The Stargate Project's work primarily involved remote viewing , the purported ability to psychically "see" events, sites, or information from a great distance. The project was overseen until 1987 by Lt. Frederick Holmes "Skip" Atwater, an aide and "psychic headhunter" to Maj. Gen. Albert Stubblebine , and later president of the Monroe Institute . The unit was small scale, comprising about 15 to 20 individuals, and
3520-599: The 1st Martin AN/FSG-I Antiaircraft Defense System ). Fort Meade also had the first Nike Ajax surface-to-air missiles in December 1953 (operational May 1954) and an accidental firing occurred in 1955 with Battery C, 36th AAA Missile Battalion . In 1962, the Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 13th Air Defense Artillery Group, transferred from Meade to Homestead AFB for initial deployment of MIM-23 Hawk missiles, and during
3600-543: The Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ACSI) Systems Exploitation Detachment (SED) started the Gondola Wish program to "evaluate potential adversary applications of remote viewing". Army Intelligence then formalized this in mid-1978 as an operational program Grill Flame, based in buildings 2560 and 2561 at Fort Meade , in Maryland ( INSCOM "Detachment G"). In early 1979 the research at SRI
3680-484: The Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 13th Air Defense Artillery Group, transferred from Meade to Homestead AFB for initial deployment of MIM-23 Hawk missiles, and during the Cuban Missile Crisis , the 6th Battalion (HAWK), 65th Artillery at Fort Meade (a United States Strike Command unit) was deployed to the Miami/Key West area (the 8th Battalion (Hawk) was at the fort in late 1964). Fort Meade bomb disposal experts were dispatched to secure nuclear bombs in
3760-769: The Army, Mark T. Esper and Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Mark A. Milley Fort George G. Meade Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation located in Maryland , that includes the Defense Information School , the Defense Media Activity , the United States Army Field Band , and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command , the National Security Agency , the Defense Courier Service , Defense Information Systems Agency headquarters, and
3840-536: The NSA operates this service, allowing garrison employees, persons with Fort Meade visitor passes, and U.S. Department of Defense IDs to board. In February 2019, Secretary of the Army Mark Esper , Chief of Staff Mark Milley , and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey met with the commander of IMCOM , the Fort Meade garrison commander, and Army families over safety concerns with housing units on
3920-411: The NSA operates this service, allowing garrison employees, persons with Fort Meade visitor passes, and U.S. Department of Defense IDs to board. In February 2019, Secretary of the Army Mark Esper , Chief of Staff Mark Milley , and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey met with the commander of IMCOM , the Fort Meade garrison commander, and Army families over safety concerns with housing units on
4000-475: The Stargate Project, of which Puthoff became a director. As with 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. Puthoff worked as the principal investigator of the project. His team of psychics is said to have identified spies, located Soviet weapons and technologies, such as
4080-525: The World War I Camp Colt and Tobyhanna schools—was transferred to the fort before the Tank Corps was disbanded. Renamed to Fort Leonard Wood (February 1928 – March 5, 1929), the fort's Experimental Motorized Forces in the summer and fall of 1928 tested vehicles and tactics in expedition convoys (Camp Meade observers had joined the in-progress 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy ). In 1929,
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#17327806299464160-524: The base in which residents were exposed to lead and asbestos . After speaking with the CEO for the company which manages the house maintenance of the installation, the senior leaders of the Army will determine necessary actions. "We are deeply troubled by the recent reports highlighting the deficient conditions in some of our family housing. It is unacceptable for our families who sacrifice so much to have to endure these hardships in their own homes."—Secretary of
4240-475: The base in which residents were exposed to lead and asbestos . After speaking with the CEO for the company which manages the house maintenance of the installation, the senior leaders of the Army will determine necessary actions. "We are deeply troubled by the recent reports highlighting the deficient conditions in some of our family housing. It is unacceptable for our families who sacrifice so much to have to endure these hardships in their own homes."—Secretary of
4320-515: The contracting for the program was transferred from SRI to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), with Edwin May controlling 70% of the contractor funds and 85% of the data. Its security was altered from Special Access Program (SAP) to Limited Dissemination ( LIMDIS ), and it was given its final name, STARGATE. In 1995 the defense appropriations bill directed that the program be transferred from DIA to CIA oversight. The CIA commissioned
4400-463: 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." Originally tested in the "Phase One" were OOBE-Beacon "RV" experiments at
4480-410: The experiments. The possibility of cues or sensory leakage was not ruled out, no independent replication , some experiments were conducted in secret, making peer-review impossible. Marks noted that the judge Edwin May was also the principal investigator for the project and this was problematic, making a huge conflict of interest with collusion, cuing and fraud being possible. Marks concluded the project
4560-506: The fort's 1st Tank Regiment encamped on the Gettysburg Battlefield . During World War II , Fort Meade was used as a recruit training post and prisoner of war camp , in addition to a holding center for approximately 384 Japanese , German , and Italian immigrant residents of the U.S. arrested as potential fifth columnists . The Second U.S. Army Headquarters transferred to the post on June 15, 1947; and in 1957,
4640-410: The fort's Experimental Motorized Forces in the summer and fall of 1928 tested vehicles and tactics in expedition convoys (Camp Meade observers had joined the in-progress 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy ). In 1929, the fort's 1st Tank Regiment encamped on the Gettysburg Battlefield . During World War II , Fort Meade was used as a recruit training post and prisoner of war camp , in addition to
4720-442: The government two decades earlier, but the psychologist David Marks found Utts' appointment to the review panel "puzzling" given that she had published papers with Edwin May, considering this joint research likely to make her "less than [im]partial". A report by Utts claimed the results were evidence of psychic functioning; however, Hyman in his report argued Utts's conclusion that ESP had been proven to exist, especially precognition,
4800-405: The library's collections. Collections include books and bound periodicals as well as special format collections, such as maps, manuscripts, prints, photographs, sheet music, and microfilm masters. If needed and constructed, the 13 collections storage modules will provide a total of 180,600 gross sq ft of archival storage space for the library's collections. The Fort George G. Meade Museum exhibited
4880-405: The library's collections. Collections include books and bound periodicals as well as special format collections, such as maps, manuscripts, prints, photographs, sheet music, and microfilm masters. If needed and constructed, the 13 collections storage modules will provide a total of 180,600 gross sq ft of archival storage space for the library's collections. The Fort George G. Meade Museum exhibited
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#17327806299464960-704: The museum would close, with artifacts relocated to the National Museum of the United States Army under construction in Fort Belvoir, Virginia . Since 2005, the NSA operates a shuttle service from the Odenton station of MARC to its Visitor Control Center at Fort Meade. In 2009, the U.S. Army established a similar shuttle service from the Odenton station to the Army section of Fort Meade;
5040-402: The museum would close, with artifacts relocated to the National Museum of the United States Army under construction in Fort Belvoir, Virginia . Since 2005, the NSA operates a shuttle service from the Odenton station of MARC to its Visitor Control Center at Fort Meade. In 2009, the U.S. Army established a similar shuttle service from the Odenton station to the Army section of Fort Meade;
5120-465: The post became headquarters of the National Security Agency . From the 1950s until the 1970s, the Fort Meade radar station had various radar equipment and control systems for air defense (e.g., the 1st Martin AN/FSG-I Antiaircraft Defense System ). Fort Meade also had the first Nike Ajax surface-to-air missiles in December 1953 (operational May 1954) and an accidental firing occurred in 1955 with Battery C, 36th AAA Missile Battalion . In 1962,
5200-463: The post was opened as "Camp Admiral" in 1917 on 29.7 sq mi (77 km ) acquired for a training camp. The post was called Camp Meade Cantonment by 1918, Camp Franklin Signal Corps school was located there and in 1919, the Camp Benning tank school—formed from the World War I Camp Colt and Tobyhanna schools—was transferred to the fort before the Tank Corps was disbanded. Renamed to Fort Leonard Wood (February 1928 – March 5, 1929),
5280-491: The post's historical artifacts, including uniforms, insignia, and equipment. The museum also had a small collection of vehicles, including a Renault FT , a MK VIII Liberty Tank , an M3A1 Stuart , an M4A3E8 Sherman , an M41 Walker Bulldog , an M47 Patton , armored personnel carriers such as an M113 , M114 , M84 , a Nike Ajax missile, and a UH-1H helicopter. The Fort George G. Meade Community Council noted in July 2018 that
5360-440: The post's historical artifacts, including uniforms, insignia, and equipment. The museum also had a small collection of vehicles, including a Renault FT , a MK VIII Liberty Tank , an M3A1 Stuart , an M4A3E8 Sherman , an M41 Walker Bulldog , an M47 Patton , armored personnel carriers such as an M113 , M114 , M84 , a Nike Ajax missile, and a UH-1H helicopter. The Fort George G. Meade Community Council noted in July 2018 that
5440-575: The project by the name Grill Flame, in discussing a May 8, 1980, Situation Room briefing for President Carter , after Carter's failed hostage rescue mission in Iran on April 24, 1980. The CIA and DIA decided they should investigate and know as much about it as possible. Various programs were approved yearly and re-funded accordingly. Reviews were made semi-annually at the Senate and House select committee level. Work results were reviewed, and remote viewing
5520-435: The remote viewers might have had "substantially more background information" than might otherwise be apparent. According to AIR, which performed a review of the project, no remote viewing report ever provided actionable information for any intelligence operation. Based upon the collected findings, which recommended a higher level of critical research and tighter controls, the CIA terminated the 20 million dollar project, citing
5600-733: 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. In January 2017, the CIA published records online of the Stargate Project as part of the CREST archive. The Stargate Project created a set of protocols designed to make the research of clairvoyance and out-of-body experiences more scientific , and to minimize as much as possible session noise and inaccuracy. The term "remote viewing" emerged as shorthand to describe this more structured approach to clairvoyance. Project Stargate would only receive
5680-469: Was attempted with the results being kept secret from the "viewer". It was thought that if the viewer was shown they were incorrect it would damage the viewer's confidence and skill. This was standard operating procedure throughout the years of military and domestic remote viewing programs. Feedback to the remote viewer of any kind was rare; it was kept classified and secret. Remote viewing attempts to sense unknown information about places or events. Normally it
5760-604: Was integrated into 'Grill Flame', which was redesignated INSCOM 'Center Lane' Project (ICLP) in 1983. In 1984 the existence of the program was reported by Jack Anderson , and in that year it was unfavorably received by the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council . In late 1985 the Army funding was terminated, but the program was redesignated 'Sun Streak' and funded by the DIA's Scientific and Technical Intelligence Directorate (office code DT-S). In 1991 most of
5840-482: Was intended to be as session monitor and analyst as an aid to Fred Atwater rather than a remote viewer, Dames received no formal remote viewing training. After his assignment to the remote viewing unit at the end of January 1986, he was used to "run" remote viewers (as monitor) and provide training and practice sessions to viewer personnel. He soon established a reputation for pushing CRV to extremes, with target sessions on Atlantis , Mars , UFOs , and aliens. He has been
5920-590: Was not implemented, and the Defense Information School moved to the fort in 1995. The 311th Signal Command headquarters was at Fort Meade from 1996 to September 2006. The 70th Intelligence Wing headquarters was established at Fort Meade on July 17, 2000, and the Base Realignment and Closure, 2005 , designated Fort Meade to gain 5,700 positions. Fort Meade currently has more than 54,000 employees (service members and civilians), and
6000-403: Was nothing more than a "subjective delusion" and after two decades of research it had failed to provide any scientific evidence for the legitimacy of remote viewing. The Stargate Project was terminated in 1995 following an independent review which concluded: The foregoing observations provide a compelling argument against continuation of the program within the intelligence community. Even though
6080-569: Was part of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory managed by May. With more funding in 1991 May took the project to the Palo Alto offices at SAIC. This would last until 1995 when the CIA closed the project. 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
6160-536: Was premature and the findings had not been independently replicated. Hyman came to the conclusion: Psychologists, such as myself, who study subjective validation find nothing striking or surprising in the reported matching of reports against targets in the Stargate data. The overwhelming amount of data generated by the viewers is vague, general, and way off target. The few apparent hits are just what we would expect if nothing other than reasonable guessing and subjective validation are operating. A later report by AIR came to
6240-555: Was run out of "an old, leaky wooden barracks". The Stargate Project was terminated and declassified in 1995 after a CIA report concluded that it was never useful in any intelligence operation. Information provided by the program was vague and included irrelevant and erroneous data, and there were suspicions of inter-judge reliability. The program was featured in the 2004 book and 2009 film , both titled The Men Who Stare at Goats , although neither mentions it by name. George Stephanopoulos , in his 2024 book The Situation Room , mentions
6320-499: 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). 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 SAIC and the CIA on remote viewing and aliens, ETs. A former Burbank, California, police officer and former Scientologist who participated in
6400-553: Was transferred from the post to the Patuxent Research Refuge . A planned closure of the post in the 1990s was not implemented, and the Defense Information School moved to the fort in 1995. The 311th Signal Command headquarters was at Fort Meade from 1996 to September 2006. The 70th Intelligence Wing headquarters was established at Fort Meade on July 17, 2000, and the Base Realignment and Closure, 2005 , designated Fort Meade to gain 5,700 positions. Fort Meade currently has more than 54,000 employees (service members and civilians), and
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