The Stargate remote-viewing program

Record summary

The U.S. government sponsored a succession of classified programs investigating remote viewing for possible intelligence applications. Names included Grill Flame, Center Lane and Sun Streak, before the later umbrella designation Stargate. Declassified records provide a substantial archive for comparing operational claims with laboratory parapsychology, target judging and feedback practices. The program’s existence is well documented, but its practical intelligence value remains disputed. Later reviews emphasized vague, non-unique descriptions, retrospective matching and inadequate controls, while proponents cite statistically unusual laboratory results and selected operational successes.