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Gateway Process (1983 CIA Report)

1983

"Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process," a U.S. Army report on the Monroe Institute's Hemi-Sync consciousness-altering technique, prepared by Lt. Col. Wayne M. McDonnell and declassified by the CIA in 2003. It concluded the underlying premise was scientifically plausible and worth further study for intelligence applications, addressing claims of out-of-body experience, remote viewing, and altered time perception.

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confirmedItzhak Bentov

cited his consciousness research in its analysis

Source: CIA, Analysis & Assessment of the Gateway Process (1983); Bentov, Stalking the Wild Pendulum

confirmedRobert Monroe

assessed his Institute's Hemi-Sync technique for the Army

Source: CIA, Analysis and Assessment of the Gateway Process (1983)

confirmedThe Monroe Institute

the 1983 CIA report analyzed its Gateway Experience

Source: CIA Gateway Process report (1983)

confirmedCentral Intelligence Agency

a 1983 CIA Army/analytical report on consciousness and the Monroe Institute

Source: Wikipedia: Gateway Process (1983 CIA Report)

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