McMoneagle's book provides a timely and fascinating look at a reality few outsiders have ever seen, a scenario in which military psychics were trained and used for counterintelligence--sometimes involving life-and death decisions--at the height of the Cold War. This inside story of the U.S. government's "psychic spy" program told by its premier remote viewer, who reveals a reality in which psychics were used on a day-to-day basis by an institution within which psychic abilities wer... (show more)

McMoneagle's book provides a timely and fascinating look at a reality few outsiders have ever seen, a scenario in which military psychics were trained and used for counterintelligence--sometimes involving life-and death decisions--at the height of the Cold War. This inside story of the U.S. government's "psychic spy" program told by its premier remote viewer, who reveals a reality in which psychics were used on a day-to-day basis by an institution within which psychic abilities were both revered and exploited. McMoneagle discusses the changes he experienced and the ethics of using psychic abilities to benefit a world power.

The first quarter of the book deals with McMoneagle's childhood and his career in conventional Army intelligence. McMoneagle's childhood was difficult and beset by the problems of parental alcoholism, but not especially remarkable as a whole. There were some incidents that, with hindsight, suggested he had some psychic talent, but otherwise it was just a tough life for an all too normal kid - heard that before?!

Consequently, when his time came to escape these circumstances, college didn't seem to suit him, therefore, the military was pretty much his only ticket out of town. He chose the Army in particular because only the Army recruiter didn't try to oversell his branch of the service with wild promises of adventure and advancement.

This being I believe McMoneagle's fourth book it provides a timely and pretty much fascinating look at a reality very few outsiders have ever seen, a scenario in which military psychics were trained and used for counterintelligence--sometimes even involving life-and death decisions--at the height of the Cold War.

Here are just a few (disclosed) achievements during his run as a remote viewer:

Among his achievements:
He described the interior of a top secret Soviet manufacturing plant and accurately predicted a new class of ship under construction--the previously unknown Typhoon Class submarine.
He sketched the location and described the thoughts and reactions of an American kidnap victim held by the Red Brigade in Northern Italy--U.S. Army General Dozier.
He accurately predicted when Skylab would leave orbit and where it would impact on the Earth's surface--eleven months prior to the actual event.
After conventional reconnaissance failed, he and others were able to locate a downed Soviet bomber that had been carrying nuclear materials.

Between the lines in the official records are revelations about unrelenting attempts from within and without to destroy the remote viewing program, and the efforts that kept Star Gate going for more than two decades in spite of its enemies. This is a story for the believer and the skeptic - a rare look at the innards of a top secret program and an eye-opening treatise on the power of the human mind to transcend the limitations of space and time.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index. (show less)