Stargate started in 1972 and ended in 1995. Originally it was a CIA program, then it got moved to the DIA or the Defense Department. It was this sort of motley crew of former military personnel who were often kind of self-reported psychics along with honestly stage magicians. And I think the first person I met actually in the program was a guy named Joseph McMonacle, who's known as remote viewer number one.

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