The Gateway Program

The Gateway Program, also known as the Gateway Experience, was a program developed by the Monroe Institute, which the CIA explored in the 1980s. This program focused on the potential of human consciousness and involved using techniques like meditation, biofeedback, and verbal commands to alter consciousness. The goal was to achieve altered states that could potentially enhance functions such as learning capacity, memory, and the ability to communicate remotely.

A declassified CIA document titled "Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process" outlines an attempt to scientifically understand and evaluate the program's methodologies and potential applications. The report discusses various theoretical physics concepts—like quantum mechanics, holograms, and the theory of relativity—to explain how human consciousness might transcend the limitations of time and space. This reflects an interest in applications that could include remote viewing or sensing, which the intelligence community found of potential use for national security purposes.

Despite its intriguing premise, information on the operational use or the success of such techniques by the CIA is limited in open sources, and much about the program remains shrouded in secrecy and speculation.