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US Army

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usa
military
defense/national security

Summary

The United States Army — which, alongside the CIA and DIA, funded the government's remote viewing research programs (Grill Flame, Center Lane, Stargate) — making it one of the three institutional clients for SRI's parapsychology research.

Core Contribution

Represents military-institutional legitimization of parapsychology research — the Army's funding of remote viewing research (alongside CIA and DIA) indicates that military intelligence believed anomalous cognition might provide tactical advantage and warranted multi-decade investment.

Historical Influences

American republic

Intellectual Lineage

Continental Army 1775Pentagon

Contemporaries & Peers

CIA DIA

Minds Influenced

Government parapsychology researchJonathan Bi

Intellectual Posterity

Grill FlameWorld War II Army remote viewing

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