Editing Remote viewing (section)

===Decline and termination===

In the early 1990s, the [[Military Intelligence Board]], chaired by [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] chief [[Harry E. Soyster]], appointed Army Colonel William Johnson to manage the remote viewing unit and evaluate its objective usefulness. Funding dissipated in late 1994, and the program declined. The project was transferred from DIA to the [[CIA]] in 1995.

In 1995, the CIA hired the [[American Institutes for Research]] (AIR) to perform a retrospective evaluation of the results generated by the [[Stargate Project (U.S. Army unit)|Stargate Project]]. Reviewers included [[Ray Hyman]] and [[Jessica Utts]]. Utts maintained that there had been a [[statistically significant]] positive effect,<ref>{{citation |mode= cs1 |url= http://anson.ucdavis.edu/~utts/air2.html |title= An assessment of the evidence for psychic functioning |first= Jessica |last= Utts |date= 1995 |archive-date= 13 May 2008 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080513174112/http://anson.ucdavis.edu/~utts/air2.html }}</ref> with some subjects scoring 5–15% above chance.{{refn|group=n|name="Eval of RV"}} Hyman argued that Utts' conclusion that ESP had been proven to exist "is premature, to say the least."<ref name=HymanAbstract>{{cite journal |last=Hyman |first=Ray |title=Evaluation of a program on anomalous mental phenomena |journal= Journal of Society for Scientific Exploration |volume= 10 |issue= 1 |page= Article 2 |publisher=Society for Scientific Exploration |url=http://www.scientificexploration.org/jse/abstracts/v10n1a2.php |access-date=2008-06-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080603202608/http://www.scientificexploration.org/jse/abstracts/v10n1a2.php |archive-date = June 3, 2008}}</ref> Hyman said the findings had yet to be replicated independently, and that more investigation would be necessary to "legitimately claim the existence of paranormal functioning".<ref name=HymanAbstract /> Based upon both of their studies, which recommended a higher level of critical research and tighter controls, the CIA terminated the $20 million project in 1995.<ref name="Time">{{cite news |magazine= Time |date= 11 December 1995 |page= 45 |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983829,00.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070209085903/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983829,00.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= February 9, 2007 |title= The vision thing |first= Douglas |last= Waller |url-access=subscription }}</ref>  ''[[Time magazine|Time]]'' magazine stated in 1995 that three full-time psychics were still working on a $500,000-a-year budget at [[Fort Meade]], [[Maryland]], which would soon be closed.<ref name="Time" />

The AIR report concluded that no usable intelligence data was produced in the program.{{refn|group=n|name="Eval of RV"}} David Goslin of the American Institute for Research said, "There's no documented evidence it had any value to the intelligence community".<ref name="Time" />