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### đź§  1. Summary of CIA STARGATE Program Documents

**STARGATE** was a U.S. government program that ran from the 1970s to the mid-1990s, investigating **parapsychological phenomena** like remote viewing, telekinesis, and ESP. It was initiated in response to reports that the Soviet Union was conducting similar research.

- **Scope**: Over 20 years of research, involving the CIA, DIA, and other agencies.

- **Focus Areas**: Remote viewing (clairvoyance), psychokinesis (moving objects with the mind), and other "psi" phenomena.

- **Volume**: 43 boxes of material, including raw data, training records, operational reports, and contractor studies [1](https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/stargate).

- **Outcome**: The program was declassified in the 1990s. A 1995 CIA review concluded that while some results were statistically significant, the phenomena were not reliable enough for intelligence use [2](https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00791r000200030015-8).

đź”— [Browse the STARGATE collection on CIA.gov](https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/stargate)

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### 🔬 2. Scientific Credibility of the Experiments

The scientific community remains **highly skeptical** of the STARGATE findings:

- **Lack of Replicability**: Most experiments, including those involving spatial barrier penetration, have not been replicated under independent, peer-reviewed conditions.

- **Methodological Issues**: Critics cite poor controls, confirmation bias, and lack of transparency in data handling.

- **CIA's Own Conclusion**: A 1995 report by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), commissioned by the CIA, concluded that remote viewing had not been proven useful for intelligence operations [3](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/project-stargate-cia-psychic-spies-california-20063511.php).

Despite this, some researchers (like physicists Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff) maintain that the data shows real, unexplained phenomena.

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### đź§Ş 3. Zhang Baosheng & Spatial Barrier Experiments

**Zhang Baosheng** was a Chinese psychic who gained fame in the 1980s for allegedly demonstrating abilities like:

- Moving objects through sealed containers without breaking them.

- Reading messages with his nose or ears.

- Assisting police and hospitals with his "x-ray vision" [4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Baosheng).

**Experiments**:

- Conducted under the Chinese Aerospace Medicine Engineering Institute.

- Used sealed glass bottles with pills, wires, or paper inside.

- Claimed success in 25 out of 50 trials, with no visible damage to containers [5](https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00792r000300270007-9).

**Credibility**:

- Initially supported by Chinese officials and scientists.

- Later discredited as part of a broader crackdown on pseudoscience in the 1990s.

- No independent replication of his feats has been documented.

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### đź§© 4. Final Thoughts

The STARGATE program and figures like Zhang Baosheng represent a fascinating intersection of science, intelligence, and mysticism. While the **claims are extraordinary**, the **evidence remains controversial** and largely unverified by modern scientific standards.

Still, the fact that governments invested time and money into these studies shows how seriously they were taken—at least for a time.

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