WHERE IS BIN LADEN: USING REMOTE VIEWING TO COUNTERACT TERRORISM?

Angela Thompson Smith, Ph.D.

On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I was visiting with friends in Princeton, New Jersey on my way back home to Nevada from a trip to England. The first inkling that something was wrong was a phone call from my friends’ son to say that a plane had hit one of the World Trade Towers. What a terrible accident we said and we thought that it was something like the small plane that crashed into the Empire State Building back in the 1930s. Then the son called back again to say "Turn on the TV. Another plane has crashed into the second Tower." We sat glued to the TV all day as tragedy after tragedy unfolded. We talked and we cried but mostly we watched in silence as the horrors unfolded. There was no way to do anything except call friends and relatives with assurances that we were all safe and sending "I love you" messages.

There was an overwhelming need to do something that day, anything to help. There was no way to get into Manhattan: all public transportation was closed down. However, the Internet was up and running and, through this venue, I was able to be in contact with others and contribute to the sharing and reassurances flowing around the world. Many questions were asked over the web: who did this, where are they, and how can we bring about justice in this terrible time? As the weeks unfolded, further atrocities unfolded: anthrax-tainted letters were being mailed to politicians and the press, and further acts of terrorism were threatened.

The tragedies of September 11th, 2001 have left the people of the United States in a state of suspended shock . As we collectively go through the stages of recovery from these atrocities: dealing with denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, and acceptance, we can add one more stage, that of action. The finding of the perpetrators, in particular Usama Bin Laden and his cohort, and the prevention of future tragedies, are of equal importance. Every tool available to us should be put into operation to carry out these objectives. This article describes a tool, remote viewing, that was developed over 20 years of research and applications, and funded by governmental agencies such as CIA, DIA, NSA, NASA, Army, Navy, and Air Force. that is being brought into action.

On September 23rd, I and other remote viewers were offered a unique opportunity to help fight the terrorist situation. We were asked to participate in a remote viewing project initiated by an individual working within the federal government. The project involved matters of national security concern and we were assured that our input would be taken seriously.

The term "remote viewing" was first coined in the early 1970's by artist/writer Ingo Swann and Janet Mitchell, along with Karlis Osis and Gertrude Schmeidler, at the American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR). The term remote viewing is a process whereby an individual perceives information about a distant location using "something" other than the know five senses.

A team at Stanford research Institute (SRI) headed by Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ published the results of their early remote viewing research, in a peer-reviewed journal, an IEEE paper entitled "A Perceptual Channel for Information Transfer over Kilometer Distances." Remote viewing in its simplest definition, according to Puthoff and Targ, is:

"A human information-accessing capability..... This phenomenon pertains to the ability of certain individuals to access and describe by means of mental processes, information sources blocked from ordinary perception, and generally accepted as secure against such access."

This year celebrates the 30th anniversary of the inception of remote viewing (www.RVConference.org) In 1999, The International Remote Viewing Association (www.IRVA.org), in an effort to develop a standard definition, defined remote viewing as:

"A parapsychological technique whereby a person can describe people, places or events that are perceived mentally but are separated from the "viewer" by distance, shielding, and even time."

Since the initial tasking of remote viewers in September, 2001, other individuals within the federal government have privately asked remote viewers to use their skills in an effort to help identify and locate the perpetrators of the 9/11 atrocities, to identify and locate the individuals mailing the anthrax letters, and to help identify potential, future acts of terrorism.

For example, Prudence Calabrese of Interdimensional Systems was officially tasked by the FBI on humanitarian projects involving Ground Zero, and the identification of potential acts of terrorism. Three of Interdimensional Systems remote viewers had actually predicted the Twin Towers crashes in 1997. Interdimensional Systems continues to work with federal officials using remote viewing skills.

In the past few weeks the media (The London Sunday Times and the New York Magazine) has attempted to report on the use of remote viewing in matters of national security but, unfortunately, the articles have been full of misquotes and misunderstandings of who remote viewers are, what remote viewing is, and how it is employed.

In addition to the current projects, other government groups have solicited information from remote viewers. However, there is currently no combined effort or official program to task remote viewers on current issues. This is a resource that is being wasteful managed and needs an interdisciplinary team in place to utilize this potentially useful resource. It is essential to garner this source of human intelligence by the development of an interdisciplinary team that understands the concepts of remote viewing tasking, monitoring, viewing and analysis.

Such an effort is in place with the development of The Nevada Group, composed of trained remote viewers who have volunteered their time and expertise to carry out humanitarian, remote viewing projects. This is a virtual community, connected by the Internet and other means of communication. Steps are in place to fund the Group and to develop a physical Center where Dr. Smith can coordinate additional viewers and projects. It is hoped that the inclusion of remote viewing skills in the repertoire of resources available to those fighting terrorism will help us return to being, once again, a safe nation.

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