The Jordan Harbinger Show 1304: Remote Viewing | Skeptical Sunday
Mar 29, 2026
Nick Pell, a writer and researcher who investigates historical and scientific claims, takes on Project Stargate and remote viewing. He traces Cold War origins, flawed experiments, and why large-scale government funding failed to produce usable intelligence. The discussion covers protocols, high-profile figures, failed replications, and how debunked ideas later became commercialized.
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Remote Viewing Is Scientized Clairvoyance
- Remote viewing is a scientized rebrand of clairvoyance aiming to make psychic claims testable.
- Nick Pell traces formal tests back to J.B. Rhine at Duke, whose positive results failed reliable replication and attracted heavy criticism.
Stargate Was A Real Long Running Cold War Program
- Project Stargate was a consolidated U.S. Cold War program that studied remote viewing across multiple projects until 1995.
- It combined programs with names like Gondola Wish, Grill Flame, Sunstreak, and Stargate, run from Fort Meade in leaky barracks.
Cold War Fear Drove Funding Not Evidence
- The U.S. funded remote viewing largely because it believed the Soviets were investing heavily and might gain an edge.
- Perceived Soviet spending (converted to ~$125M) and Cold War urgency funneled money into speculative research.
