Military experiments with psychic powers were conducted during the Cold War from "summary" of The Men who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson
During the Cold War, the US military became interested in the idea of harnessing psychic powers for intelligence gathering and other military purposes. This interest led to the creation of various programs and experiments aimed at exploring the potential applications of psychic abilities in a military context. One of the most well-known programs in this field was the Stargate Project, which was established in the 1970s and continued until the 1990s. The goal of the Stargate Project was to investigate the use of psychic abilities such as remote viewing – the ability to see events or objects at a distance – for intelligence gathering and other military purposes. The experiments conducted as part of the Stargate Project were often bizarre and unconventional. For example, some participants were asked to try to kill goats simply by staring at them, in an attempt to demonstrate the power of psychic abilities. ...
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