Army Remote Viewer Speaks: Secret UFO Bases, Men In Black & Consciousness | Sgt. Lyn Buchanan

Key Concepts

• Remote Viewing (RV): A psychic ability to perceive information about a distant or unseen target through non-sensory means.
• Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV): A structured, step-by-step protocol developed for training and executing remote viewing, emphasizing objective data collection over subjective interpretation.
• Psychokinesis (PK): The ability to influence physical objects or systems with the mind.
• ESP (Extrasensory Perception): A broad term for psychic abilities beyond the five senses.
• Stargate Program: A classified U.S. military and intelligence program (1970s-1990s) that trained psychic spies, including remote viewers, for intelligence gathering.
• Ideogram: A spontaneous mark or drawing made by a remote viewer, representing the subconscious mind's initial contact with a target's fundamental characteristics.
• Limen: The threshold of conscious awareness, distinguishing what one is aware of from what one is not.
• In-session Feedback: Real-time validation or correction provided by a monitor during a remote viewing session.
• Front-loading: Providing neutral, non-polluting contextual information about a complex target to guide the viewer's focus.
• Bilocation: A state of awareness where an individual perceives themselves simultaneously at their physical location and at a remote target.
• TSI SCOP: A high-level security clearance (Top Secret, Extremely Sensitive Information, Strategic Integrated Operational Program) indicating access to highly sensitive government information across agencies.
• Don Gypnos: A Russian term for remote hypnosis, implying psychic influence or assassination.
• Anunnaki: An ancient alien race mentioned in the context of human slavery on other planets.
• Psionics: The study or application of psychic phenomena, often used in a military or intelligence context.

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Introduction: Lynn Buchanan's Psychic Journey

Lynn Buchanan, a pioneer in remote viewing and a member of the classified Stargate program at Fort Meade, shares his extraordinary experiences, detailed further in his book The Seventh Sense. His journey began with early psychokinetic (PK) events and led to his recruitment into a highly secretive military unit exploring psychic phenomena.

Early Psychokinetic (PK) Experiences

Buchanan recounts experiencing PK events from around age 12, similar to "poltergeist children" where objects move due to emotional upset. Unlike others whose parents suppressed these abilities, his mother encouraged him. He meticulously documented and practiced, honing his PK skills. This hidden ability resurfaced during a significant military incident.

Military Incident and Recruitment into Stargate

While stationed in Augsburg, Germany, Buchanan was a programmer tasked with creating a system to link the intelligence computers of 12 allied nations. During a demonstration to commanding generals, a rival sergeant sabotaged his presentation, causing the computer to crash. Enraged, Buchanan inadvertently caused the entire field station's computers to go dead, an event estimated to have cost around $50 million.

General Albert Stubblebine, head of the Intelligence and Security Command, who was actively seeking individuals with psychic abilities, learned of the incident. Stubblebine confronted Buchanan, asking, "Did you kill my computers with your mind?" Buchanan admitted to it, prompting Stubblebine's enthusiastic response: "Far effing out. Have I ever got a job for you."

Stubblebine initially intended to form a unit for mental destruction and control of enemy computers (e.g., redirecting missiles, scrambling data). However, Congress, wary after the MKUltra mind control experiments, refused funding. Consequently, Buchanan was transferred to Fort Meade to join the existing remote viewing unit, where he was "read on" to the program's true, highly classified nature.

Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV) Training and Methodology

Buchanan's training at Fort Meade involved learning the Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV) protocol, a structured methodology for accessing information psychically.

Initial Challenges and Ingo Swann's Influence

Upon arrival, Buchanan found that Ingo Swann, the primary developer of CRV, had just left. Swann had been continuously evolving the methodology, leading to inconsistencies in how different students were taught. Buchanan had to synthesize these varying approaches to form his own. Later, he developed a close friendship with Swann, receiving deeper, non-official training that went beyond the rote memorization taught to the military, focusing on the "why" behind the protocols. Buchanan now teaches for understanding rather than just protocol adherence.

The Ideogram and Staged Approach

CRV training begins with the ideogram, a technique based on the principle that the subconscious mind communicates with the body, not directly with the conscious mind through language. Viewers practice drawing spontaneous marks in response to verbal cues (e.g., "water" for a wavy line, "man-made" for an angle). This "wax on, wipe off" repetition trains the body to respond subconsciously.

Once proficient with ideograms, viewers progress through stages:

• Stage 1: Generating ideograms in response to a target number.
• Stage 2: Describing the ideograms in detail, using sensory data (e.g., "salty," "cold," "wavy" for water) without using nouns, to avoid conscious interpretation.
• Stage 3: Sketching the perceived elements.
• Stages 4-7: Further refinement, including dimensional data, emotional impact, and deeper analysis, ultimately leading to detailed descriptions of complex targets like floor plans or document contents.

Overcoming Feedback Dependence

A critical aspect of advanced CRV training is learning to view the target independently of feedback. Initially, viewers often subconsciously "view their feedback" – perceiving what they will be shown later as confirmation. Buchanan notes that 99% of remote viewers never progress beyond this. However, the military training included rigorous exercises to view the target accurately regardless of correct, incorrect, or absent feedback. This was crucial because intelligence agencies might provide false feedback or withhold information due to classification, which could compromise a viewer's accuracy if they relied on it. Examples included viewing a summer lake when the feedback photo showed a frozen winter lake, or describing a historical site that was an empty field 50 years prior, despite current feedback showing a building.

Philosophical and Metaphysical Insights on Psi

Buchanan offers unique perspectives on the nature of psychic abilities, the subconscious, and personal spiritual experiences.

The Nature of the Subconscious

Buchanan's personal theory on how psi works is simply, "I don't know the answer." He emphasizes that its efficacy in real-world applications (e.g., finding missing persons) is what matters. He posits that the subconscious mind has access to "universal information," though he cannot precisely define it. He prefers the term "subconscious" over Jung and Freud's "unconscious," arguing that the unconscious contains multiple "micro-personalities," each of which is conscious, hence "subconsciouses."

The Limen and Awareness

He defines the limen not as a barrier between conscious and subconscious, but as the threshold between what one is aware of and what one is not. This concept explains phenomena like subliminal messaging (e.g., "Drink Pepsi" frame in Top Flight), where information is perceived but not consciously registered.

Monroe Institute and Out-of-Body Experiences

Buchanan attended the Monroe Institute, a facility known for its Hemi-Sync audio technology designed to induce altered states of consciousness. Initially skeptical of out-of-body experiences (OBEs), he had a profound "out-of-arm" experience during a session. He felt his nose itching, and upon scratching it, saw a glowing, non-physical hand. His physical hand remained on his stomach. This unequivocal experience convinced him of the reality of such phenomena. He attempted to re-enter and exit his physical hand to practice but never had another OBE. He believes such experiences are crucial for "waking something up" within individuals, challenging preconceived notions.

Notable Remote Viewing Targets and Missions

Buchanan's career involved numerous high-stakes intelligence targets, as well as more anomalous and personal ones.

Chernobyl and Saddam Hussein

Buchanan remote viewed the Chernobyl nuclear disaster two days before it occurred, describing the event before it was publicly known (news broke five days later when Iceland reported radioactive clouds). He also frequently tasked on Saddam Hussein, finding him "flipping out crazy, evil, mean." Tired of this, he requested a different target. His director assigned him a personality profile target, which Buchanan initially believed was a "good person" and not Saddam. The feedback revealed the target was "Jesus," an experience that profoundly changed Buchanan's life, conveying a message of unconditional love and acceptance.

The Russian Particle Beam Weapon ("Death Ray")

One unique task involved remote viewing the inside of a Russian particle beam weapon, or "death ray." Since physical instruments would be vaporized, a remote viewer was deployed. Buchanan described the experience as "indescribably beautiful," with kaleidoscopic, mega-psychedelic colors and patterns. He perceived time as "totally messed up" inside the beam, seeing his past and future simultaneously. The key intelligence gathered was that the beam itself circled counter-clockwise as it exited the equipment, a detail the customer sought.

UFO Bases (Project 8200)

Buchanan was tasked with remote viewing three of the four "AT bases" (Alien Technology/UFO bases) originally identified by Pat Price during the early SRI days of Project Stargate. He had no prior knowledge of Price's work or the targets.

• Mount Hayes, Alaska: Buchanan perceived it as largely shut down, with only a "skeleton crew" of aliens.
• Zimbabwe: He described it as a sunken UFO repair facility.
• Mount Zeal, Northern Australia: This was the most impactful. Buchanan described it as an "airport" or "terminal" for UFOs, where they report before dispersing globally. During this session, he heard a voice (like over a speaker) saying, "We know you're here and it's okay. Look around." His descriptions, including ship dimensions and shapes, closely matched Pat Price's earlier, unseen accounts. He observed "little grays" and other beings he "would swear were human" working there, even seeing a "female gray and a child gray." Later, Skip Atwater received indirect feedback from a friend in Northern Australia who casually mentioned "all those UFOs flying around that mountain out there."

Life on Titan and Other Star Systems

In a training session, Buchanan was tasked to describe a site on Titan. He found a cold, barren, rocky landscape. He then perceived two beings in a cavern, speaking an "unintelligible" language. When he attempted to access their minds, he found their thought processes "so totally alien, so totally non-human" that he could not comprehend them.

After his military service, working for space organizations, Buchanan and his team remote viewed a star system with five planets (later confirmed by astronomical observation). On one planet, they found a race of intelligent, hairy beings resembling Sasquatch, with an estimated IQ of 90 on human scales. These beings were being "cultivated" by a more advanced alien group, trading minerals for supplies and training. Buchanan noted that these Sasquatch-like beings perceived his presence, which is unusual for CRV, while the more advanced aliens did not.

The Moon: Human Facilities and Alien Presence

Buchanan has also remote viewed the Moon extensively. In one instance, a space agency tasked his team with designing a moon facility to house construction crews. Instead of designing, Buchanan guided his team to remote view the successful end result of such a facility in the future. They described a small crater covered by a special plastic bubble, sealed at the rim, with an internal atmosphere of 16 pounds per square inch. Inside were complex buildings and "duct tape" patches for meteorite damage. Five years later, Buchanan saw a "recent flyby of the moon" that showed a crater with a plastic bubble, confirming their remote viewing. He believes this indicates an ongoing human project.

However, Buchanan also states that he has "done the alien things on the moon and they're there." He acknowledges various theories about lunar anomalies, including secret bases, hidden beings, and breakaway civilizations.

Personal Encounters and Anomalous Experiences

Beyond remote viewing, Buchanan has had direct, personal encounters with anomalous phenomena.

The "Men in Black" and the DNA Wedge

In El Paso, after his military service, Buchanan was approached by two men who asked him to identify who was "doing the inspection and the investigation and study of the other wedge on the DNA chart." He was unfamiliar with this concept but was told by one of the men (whose veracity he questions) that when the "Anunnaki" left Earth, they took human slaves who have since undergone genetic changes. These "slaves" are now returning to Earth for labor, but some escape and seek to live peacefully among humans, fearing discovery, especially through this "other wedge" in DNA testing. Buchanan later confirmed with Linda Moulton Howe that government entities were indeed studying this "other wedge."

The UFO Abduction and Piloting Experience

Buchanan recounts a profound abduction experience that occurred before his second military service, but which he only fully recalled 25 years later. While packing his house in East Texas, he heard something land in his backyard, then found himself paralyzed. The next thing he knew, he was in a row of people inside a craft. He asked a tall, pale, muscular being if he could sit by a window, which caused the being to flee in fear. A small gray alien, accompanied by three tall, white, muscular beings, then engaged him. The gray, who was the pilot, allowed Buchanan to "try" piloting the craft, guiding his hands on a control panel that resembled an indentation of a hand with indicator lights. They made a "long jump" through space. Upon landing, Buchanan was prevented by the gray from joining others who were filing into a dark, warm pavilion, whose sounds suggested a disturbing purpose. He then sat and talked with the pilot gray, and later, another gray who placed a hand on his and spoke to him, though Buchanan cannot recall the content of that conversation. He asked to remember the experience, but the gray replied, "You won't."

He woke up confused, with no memory of the event, and for 25 years suffered from a persistent feeling of having forgotten something. The memory flooded back when his wife casually mentioned checking the backyard. Initially disbelieving, he tasked his remote viewing unit with the coordinates of the event, and they all described it. Still skeptical, he was later interrogated by "men in black" at the DIA, who focused solely on the control panel. His detailed description caused one of the interrogators to exclaim, "So that's it," and both quickly left, leading Buchanan to realize they possessed such a craft but didn't know how to operate it. Years later, he saw the exact control panel in a hangar filled with debris from mid-air collisions, confirming his abduction and the reality of UFO collisions. A subsequent hypnotherapy session (with a therapist who didn't believe in UFOs) revealed that the aliens had offered him a piloting job, which he declined because he couldn't bring his family.

The Hangar and UFO Debris

During a mission after his military service, Buchanan encountered an old army buddy at a secret installation. After verifying Buchanan's high TSI SCOP clearance, his friend showed him a hangar where they reassembled debris from mid-air collisions. Buchanan immediately recognized a control panel from a pile of debris as being "out of a UFO," based on his abduction experience. This incident suggested that the military was recovering and studying UFO wreckage from collisions.

Government Secrecy and the Future of Psi

Buchanan offers insights into the government's handling of psi programs and speculates on their continued existence.

Post-Stargate Operations and Civilianization

Buchanan believes the public disbandment of the Stargate unit in the mid-1990s was a "sacrificial lamb" to protect deeper, more covert projects. He suggests that the government likely "civilianized" psi operations, farming them out to private corporations under strict classification. This strategy allows the government to deny involvement (e.g., under the Freedom of Information Act) while continuing to utilize psychic capabilities, similar to how they handle "ET material" and "Mars projects."

Psychic Warfare and Don Gypnos

He confirms that active mental work, such as PK or influencing, was strictly forbidden within the Stargate unit, especially against U.S. citizens without congressional approval. However, he suspects other, deeper projects were engaged in such activities. He mentions the Russian concept of don gypnos (remote hypnosis), which he states they were "extremely good at," and acknowledges the frightening possibility of remote psychic assassination. He asserts that killing computers with his mind was "frighteningly easy."

ET Classification and Human Potential

Buchanan was tasked with comparing human and ET psychic abilities. After reviewing classified "Grudge papers, Blue Book papers, [and] other papers not generally known to the public," he categorized ETs into four groups based on their psychic ability relative to humans and their intent:

1. Friendly, Equal/Less Psychic: Here for trade.
2. Unfriendly, Equal/Less Psychic: Only here by mistake or accident.
3. Unfriendly, More Psychic: Want humans "wiped off the planet."
4. Friendly, More Psychic: Want humans to develop their psychic abilities.

He theorizes that the more psychic, friendly ETs encourage human psychic development because humans, with their ability to remote view across vast space and time, could become a significant "power in the universe." Conversely, the more psychic, unfriendly ETs want to eliminate humans to prevent this. This paper was classified.

Conclusion: The Unfolding Potential of the Human Mind

Lynn Buchanan concludes by expressing his continued amazement at the human mind's capabilities. He believes remote viewing, despite decades of development, is still in its "kindergarten" phase, with immense untapped potential. He highlights the practical applications, such as finding missing persons and even winning at casinos, as evidence of its efficacy. He asserts that psychic ability is inherent to human nature, with no one found incapable of it, only unwilling due to various reasons.

His final message is twofold: from a religious perspective, if God gives a gift, it should be used for good; from a practical perspective, as humanity ventures into space, it must be prepared for encounters with others, some of whom may not be friendly. The development of psychic abilities is crucial for humanity's future in the cosmos.