It was based on the Stargate Project: "a secret U.S. Army unit established in 1978 at Fort Meade, Maryland... to investigate the potential for psychic phenomena in military and domestic intelligence applications."
One of the most interesting things is not that it was funded, but that it was funded for 25 years.
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It was based on the Stargate Project: "a secret U.S. Army unit established in 1978 at Fort Meade, Maryland... to investigate the potential for psychic phenomena in military and domestic intelligence applications."
One of the most interesting things is not that it was funded, but that it was funded for 25 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project