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Third Eye Spies

Two physicists discover psychic abilities are real only to have their experiments at Stanford co-opted by the CIA and their research silenced by the demands of secrecy. Yet, as both these 'remote viewers' and our audience learn, t...

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Lance Mungia

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Conscious Universe Films

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From my point of view,
he reminded me
of my old uncle Sid. - Third Eye Spies

From my point of view, he reminded me of my old uncle Sid.

MAN:
When he died, he was
out in Las Vegas or something. - Third Eye Spies

MAN: When he died, he was out in Las Vegas or something.

In early 1972, I briefed
NASA and the CIA - Third Eye Spies

In early 1972, I briefed NASA and the CIA

Well, Hal and I thought
it would be very interesting
to meet with Sid Gottlieb. - Third Eye Spies

Well, Hal and I thought it would be very interesting to meet...

He was enthusiastic
about the idea of giving
remote viewers LSD - Third Eye Spies

He was enthusiastic about the idea of giving remote viewers ...

Remote viewing requires
a person's conscious
cooperation. - Third Eye Spies

Remote viewing requires a person's conscious cooperatio...

And we explained that
to Gottlieb and he seemed
to completely understand. - Third Eye Spies

And we explained that to Gottlieb and he seemed to completel...

So led us down
into the basement
of the Pentagon. - Third Eye Spies

So led us down into the basement of the Pentagon.

And it seemed to us
that he was sort of
stored in the basement - Third Eye Spies

And it seemed to us that he was sort of stored in the baseme...

The idea, after talking to
Gottlieb, - Third Eye Spies

The idea, after talking to Gottlieb,

MAN: Reports that
the Soviets were
using psychics to spy on us, - Third Eye Spies

MAN: Reports that the Soviets were using psychics to spy on ...

I mean, Intelligence that like
really really good. - Third Eye Spies

I mean, Intelligence that like really really good.

Internal program intelligence
about what the Soviets
were doing - Third Eye Spies

Internal program intelligence about what the Soviets were do...

And they would
tell their government, - Third Eye Spies

And they would tell their government,

INTERVIEWER: They must
have been following
Russ around constantly then. - Third Eye Spies

INTERVIEWER: They must have been following Russ around const...

It's natural for a visually
handicapped person like me - Third Eye Spies

It's natural for a visually handicapped person like me

[MOTOR WHIRRING] - Third Eye Spies

[MOTOR WHIRRING]

I used to perform magic tricks in birthday parties, and art openings. - Third Eye Spies

I used to perform magic tricks in birthday parties, and art...

As a magician,
I understand how people
can be tricked. - Third Eye Spies

As a magician, I understand how people can be tricked.

That's always made me
a better researcher, - Third Eye Spies

That's always made me a better researcher,

I left graduate school
at Columbia in 1956. - Third Eye Spies

I left graduate school at Columbia in 1956.

And in 1958, I began working
on the earliest development
of the laser. - Third Eye Spies

And in 1958, I began working on the earliest development of ...

I was looking for a way
to get into some kind
of psychic research, - Third Eye Spies

I was looking for a way to get into some kind of psychic res...

Russell was enthusiastic, - Third Eye Spies

Russell was enthusiastic,

But they both came across
as physicists. - Third Eye Spies

But they both came across as physicists.

I heard that there was
gonna be a lecture
at Stanford University, - Third Eye Spies

I heard that there was gonna be a lecture at Stanford Univer...

And I then went back
and talked to my new friend
Hal Puthoff. - Third Eye Spies

And I then went back and talked to my new friend Hal Puthoff...

Let's talk to your management about creating a program, - Third Eye Spies

Let's talk to your management about creating a program,

"You just have to promise that you'll keep it low ...

I look forward to coming
to work, every day
had a new miracle. - Third Eye Spies

I look forward to coming to work, every day had a new miracl...

I feel like the child magician
finally got a job doing magic. - Third Eye Spies

I feel like the child magician finally got a job doing magic...

As we were doing
these experiments, - Third Eye Spies

As we were doing these experiments,

He said, "You know
you've got that crazy ESP
experiments going on. - Third Eye Spies

He said, "You know you've got that crazy ESP exper...

"We're gonna lose our funding.
Get rid of those guys." - Third Eye Spies

"We're gonna lose our funding. Get rid of those gu...

PUTHOFF: I had access to one of
the most shielded experiments
on the planet. - Third Eye Spies

PUTHOFF: I had access to one of the most shielded experiment...

It was a shielded magnetometer that measures weak magnetic fields. - Third Eye Spies

It was a shielded magnetometer that measures weak magnetic...

NARRATOR: Against his
better judgment, - Third Eye Spies

NARRATOR: Against his better judgment,

The man claimed to be
the greatest psychic
in the world. - Third Eye Spies

The man claimed to be the greatest psychic in the world.

And his name was Ingo Swann. - Third Eye Spies

And his name was Ingo Swann.

Swann claimed that he could move the needle of an unswayable magnetometer. - Third Eye Spies

Swann claimed that he could move the needle of an unswayable...

Buried under 30 feet
of concrete with
a classified design - Third Eye Spies

Buried under 30 feet of concrete with a classified design

Its claim to fame was
that nothing from the outside
could affect it. - Third Eye Spies

Its claim to fame was that nothing from the outside could af...

NARRATOR: Not only
could Ingo perfectly
sketch the design, - Third Eye Spies

NARRATOR: Not only could Ingo perfectly sketch the design,

And that got
the attention of the CIA. - Third Eye Spies

And that got the attention of the CIA.

I asked the CIA agents,
"Why are you looking me up?" - Third Eye Spies

I asked the CIA agents, "Why are you looking me up?&quo...

In a way I can understand
other people's response
to our work. - Third Eye Spies

In a way I can understand other people's response to ou...

If someone had
come up and told me
four years ago - Third Eye Spies

If someone had come up and told me four years ago

When I first met Ingo, - Third Eye Spies

When I first met Ingo,

A psychic is a kind
of remote sensing device - Third Eye Spies

A psychic is a kind of remote sensing device

To understand Ingo,
I think you have
to see a creative, - Third Eye Spies

To understand Ingo, I think you have to see a creative,

We might do
an experiment that looked
like a really good outcome. - Third Eye Spies

We might do an experiment that looked like a really good out...

And he would say,
" No, no, no.
This is not so good." - Third Eye Spies

And he would say, " No, no, no. This is not so good.&qu...

And so, he would say, "Look,
if we take credit
for an experiment, - Third Eye Spies

And so, he would say, "Look, if we take credit for an e...

And I think he wanted
to be acknowledged. - Third Eye Spies

And I think he wanted to be acknowledged.

SWANN: I've often recovered
many of the thoughts - Third Eye Spies

SWANN: I've often recovered many of the thoughts

A major one of these was the separation of consciousness - Third Eye Spies

A major one of these was the separation of consciousness

I believe, and
I always have believed,
and I've returned to it - Third Eye Spies

I believe, and I always have believed, and I've returne...

PUTHOFF: It was
very important to him
to be validated by SRI. - Third Eye Spies

PUTHOFF: It was very important to him to be validated by SRI...

SRI was the first lab
of a different order - Third Eye Spies

SRI was the first lab of a different order

TARG: What SRI was
always upset about - Third Eye Spies

TARG: What SRI was always upset about

PUTHOFF: Back in 1972, SRI was primarily a contractor for the government, - Third Eye Spies

PUTHOFF: Back in 1972, SRI was primarily a contractor for...

With the riots of the late
'60s and the '70s, - Third Eye Spies

With the riots of the late '60s and the '70s,

Up until that time, - Third Eye Spies

Up until that time,

At SRI, the level
of classification was
top secret. - Third Eye Spies

At SRI, the level of classification was top secret.

It took a long time to get
the security clearance. - Third Eye Spies

It took a long time to get the security clearance.

You can't walk around.
You have to be escorted
because of the secret projects. - Third Eye Spies

You can't walk around. You have to be escorted because ...

Full of high class
scientific equipment beeping, - Third Eye Spies

Full of high class scientific equipment beeping,

And when Russell and Hal
got positioned there, - Third Eye Spies

And when Russell and Hal got positioned there,

And on Ingo, it had
a particularly big impact - Third Eye Spies

And on Ingo, it had a particularly big impact

To be in that kinda laboratory,
they must be very important, - Third Eye Spies

To be in that kinda laboratory, they must be very important,

So, you guys had
a psychological procedure - Third Eye Spies

So, you guys had a psychological procedure

NARRATOR: And all
of them succeeded
in remote viewing. - Third Eye Spies

NARRATOR: And all of them succeeded in remote viewing.

Doctors Puthoff and Targ
do not know how. - Third Eye Spies

Doctors Puthoff and Targ do not know how.

And so maybe one
of the most important things
about the work done here, - Third Eye Spies

And so maybe one of the most important things about the work...

With this note, - Third Eye Spies

With this note,

What a difference
that would make to us all. - Third Eye Spies

What a difference that would make to us all.

Jack Perkins, NBC News,
Stanford Research Institute,
California. - Third Eye Spies

Jack Perkins, NBC News, Stanford Research Institute, Califor...

TARG: Ingo was really
the father of remote viewing
in the modern era. - Third Eye Spies

TARG: Ingo was really the father of remote viewing in the mo...

Before Ingo, people were
describing the picture
in the envelope. - Third Eye Spies

Before Ingo, people were describing the picture in the envel...

-[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
-[GROANING] - Third Eye Spies

-[ELECTRICITY BUZZING] -[GROANING]

"Give me something
interesting to look at." - Third Eye Spies

"Give me something interesting to look at."

And so we ask him,
"Well, what do you mean?
What would you like to do?" - Third Eye Spies

And so we ask him, "Well, what do you mean? What would ...

The psychics involved - Third Eye Spies

The psychics involved

Well, we had, by now, - Third Eye Spies

Well, we had, by now,

We began by speaking
of some kind of a psychic
armors race here. - Third Eye Spies

We began by speaking of some kind of a psychic armors race h...

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] - Third Eye Spies

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] - Third Eye Spies

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

They had to put
resources on something
that sounded crazy. - Third Eye Spies

They had to put resources on something that sounded crazy.

And we would all
talk about 'em and say,
"Well, I know I didn't lie." - Third Eye Spies

And we would all talk about 'em and say, "Well, I ...

These people from CIA
were very concerned - Third Eye Spies

These people from CIA were very concerned

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Two physicists discover psychic abilities are real only to have their experiments at Stanford co-opted by the CIA and their research silenced by the demands of secrecy. Yet, as both these 'remote viewers' and our audience learn, t...

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Director: Lance Mungia

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Production: Conscious Universe Films

Genre: documentary, biography, history

Year: 2019

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ImdbRating: 6.2

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Released: 26 Feb 2019

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