Government / Military

Defense Intelligence Agency

1961

The Department of Defense combat-support intelligence agency. Ran the later phase of the government remote-viewing program (Sun Streak) in the 1980s and, in 2008, funded the AAWSAP program that investigated UAP and Skinwalker Ranch. Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson - subject of the Wilson-Davis memo - was one of its directors.

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Connections (6)

confirmedBAASS

awarded it the 2008 AAWSAP contract

Source: DIA AAWSAP contract; Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)

confirmedJames Lacatski

he ran its AAWSAP program

Source: Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)

confirmedStargate Project

ran the program's later phase (Sun Streak) into the 1990s

Source: US government remote-viewing (Star Gate) program history

confirmedStanford Research Institute

the DIA co-sponsored and later managed its remote-viewing work

Source: US remote-viewing program history

confirmedThomas Wilson

he served as its Vice Admiral and a director

Source: Wikipedia: Thomas Wilson (admiral)

reportedJames T. Ryder

the purported material was allegedly offered into the DIA AAWSAP program via Bigelow

Source: Lacatski et al., Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021); Liberation Times

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