CIA Mars Remote Viewing Session (May 22, 1984): Joe McMoneagle Sees Dying Giants and Pyramids on Mars 1 Million Years BC

On May 22, 1984, Joe McMoneagle (Remote Viewer #001, Project Stargate) conducted a remote viewing session on behalf of the CIA, targeting the planet Mars — with a time window of **approximately 1 million years BC**. The complete transcript of this session was declassified in 2017 through a FOIA request and is publicly accessible in the CIA Reading Room (Document: CIA-RDP96-00788R001900760001-9).

**The Protocol:** The CIA operator handed McMoneagle a sealed envelope with coordinates. McMoneagle did not know what the target was. He described:

- *'I'm tracking severe, severe clouds, more like dust storm'* — massive dust storms on the Martian surface
- Massive pyramid structures — one described as a 'new discovery'
- Very large, thin beings — 'giants' — whom he describes as dying or struggling to survive
- Obelisks and monumental structures
- A civilization in its final phase — the atmosphere becoming inhospitable, the population seeking shelter
- Indications of underground structures or caves as refuge
- Beings that seem 'like ghosts' — physically weakened but mentally active

**The operator asked:** *'Can you describe the beings?'* McMoneagle: *'They're very tall... thin... I get the impression they're ancient... they're dying.'*

**Context:** This session was part of the Project Stargate / GRILL FLAME program, which ran from 1978 to 1995 under CIA and DIA oversight. McMoneagle received the Legion of Merit for his work in this program. The session was conducted under strictly controlled conditions — double-blind, sealed envelope, no prior knowledge of the target.

**Assessment:** Score 52/medium. The CIA document is authentic and publicly accessible. The methodology (remote viewing) is scientifically controversial — the program was officially terminated in 1995 with the finding of 'no discernible benefit.' The descriptions (pyramids, giants, dying civilization) are remarkable in the context of the NASA Ceres study (2025) and other habitability findings. No independent evidence for life on Mars exists. The congruence with modern scientific findings about early Martian habitability is, however, worth documenting.