COMPLETE STAR GATE TRANSFER CHRONOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00791R000200030002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 18, 1995
• Content Type: MFR

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18 May 95
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MEMO FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Complete Star Gate Transfer Chronology
Jan: Preliminary planning meetings by CIA senior
management in response to Congressionally Directed
Action (CDA) to tgransfer Star Gate Program.
D/ORD Appointed program manager at CIA/ORD
Contacted Office of Military Affairs to coordinate
meetings with DIA and US Army (in anticipation of
Star Gate review)
Feb-Mar: Informal discussions with US Army Research
Institute (ARI) and National Research Council (NRC)
about potential CIA paranormal study request
Feb-Apr: Archiving initiated of all DIA and CIA
files relating to paranormal studies going back 20
years
21 Feb: Formal memo sent from ORD to DIA requesting their
assistance with declassification to facilitate
execution of the CDA
Feb: Met with Center for Studies on Intelligence (CSI)
to discuss potential strategies for
declassification
28 Feb: CIA met with DIA principal investigator at SAIC,
Dr. Ed May. All-day technical exchange.
1 Mar: CIA and Representative from Office of Military
Affairs make site visit to Ft. Meade to meet all
program personnel and discuss transfer. All-day
technical exchange.
15 Mar: After informal discussions with NRC, panel member
selection begins: Jessica Utts, John Palmer, James
Alcock, and Ray Hyman contacted by NRC and agree to
act as commissioned reviewers
27 Mar: Submitted a "Terms of Reference" in formal response
to the Congressionally Directed Action stating NRC
would perform unclassified retrospective, CIA would
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proceed with declassification, interim report on
management strategy would be provided in July
Briefed Richard D'Amato at Hart Senate office bldg.
on status of transfer; obtained agreement on
previously submitted Terms of Reference
28 Mar: Formal meeting with NRC representatives and final
drafting of Statement of Work for submission to
Internal NRC Governing Board 16 May.
31 Mar Discussion with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Privacy Act Coordinator concerning request on CIA
paranormal studies. Response complicated by
declassification efforts
Mar-Apr: MOU executed between US Army and CIA, funds
officially transferred to Pentagon
Apr: Evaluation of customer feedback on Star Gate
tasking begins at Ft. Meade
14 Apr: Official memo to CIA OGC asking them consider
declassification issues and other questions
concerning how to proceed on Star Gate transfer
2 May: Formal meeting with president and representatives
of American Institutes of Research (AIR) to
consider potential CIA study request
5 May: NRC formally rejects CIA study proposal
citing prior definitive study. NRC stated
unequivocally that "the case for remote
viewing... is virtually nonexistent."
10 May: DIA responds to request for assistance in
declassification citing EO 12958 as controlling,
declines any further DIA action
19 May: Meeting with CIA's OGC to discuss EO 12958,
other declassification strategies and issues
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