Army Remote Viewer #001: "I've Targeted 100s of UFOs... They Aren't What You Think" Joe McMoneagle

Joe McMoneagle’s Remote-Viewing Claims

Joe McMoneagle’s headline claim is startling: after targeting hundreds of UFOs as a military remote viewer, he says he almost never encountered living occupants. The beings he did perceive, he believes, were usually biological robots—grown and programmed to perform a task. In one especially strange session, he says an apparently different kind of presence abruptly cut off his access to the target. He was left with recurring symbols that he spent months trying to interpret.

The conversation ranges across McMoneagle’s years in the Army’s Stargate program, out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, the nature of reality, and the possibility of nonhuman intelligence. He describes remote viewing not simply as “seeing” a hidden place, but as a broader form of perception that can involve many senses. He also stresses the importance of strict blind protocols: viewers should describe impressions rather than jump to conclusions about what a target is.

Stories from the Stargate Program

McMoneagle recalls an out-of-body experiment in which he spent an unexpectedly long time playing with a heavy vault door, fascinated by the sensation of passing through it.

In another account, he says he remotely viewed an unfamiliar technical device so accurately that officials questioned whether he had studied high-energy physics. After he produced a revised drawing, he says, they took it—and he signed a nondisclosure agreement.

He also tells a story from a congressional demonstration. After arranging to complete a supposedly difficult target in advance, he handed over his report and began discussing time and space. One senator reportedly stood up, denounced him as “doing the work of the devil,” and stormed out. McMoneagle jokes that he sometimes felt like a performing monkey, demonstrating remote viewing to help secure the program’s funding.

Disagreements and the Mars Target

The UFO discussion includes a notable disagreement over earlier remote-viewing claims. McMoneagle says he believes some locations Pat Price described as alien sites were actually classified over-the-horizon radar installations. He suggests Price may have misunderstood what he was perceiving—a point that becomes a recurring theme: unfamiliar targets, in McMoneagle’s view, invite mistaken interpretations.

McMoneagle also shares his account of a blind target set on Mars about a million years ago. He says he sketched a large structure and other details, then later obtained Mars images from JPL that he believes matched his drawings. He describes additional formations and objects in the images, including what he interprets as an ancient container, damaged machinery, and a pyramid-like feature. These are his interpretations, and the host reacts with a mixture of amazement and skepticism.

Nonhuman Intelligence and Humanity

McMoneagle says his work has led him to suspect that humans may not have originated on Earth and that other intelligences could have shared the planet with us for a very long time. He speculates that UFO activity may be connected to monitoring humanity, especially around nuclear weapons.

He also warns that becoming able to travel between stars while still treating new discoveries as potential weapons could make humanity a threat. The host connects this idea to recurring themes in ancient stories about powerful beings limiting human expansion.

Reality, Experience, and the Larger Whole

McMoneagle describes life as a web of experiences whose consequences extend beyond the individual. He says a near-death life review could reveal those connections all at once.

He frames people as contributing their experiences to a larger whole, which he sometimes calls God or a “grand engineer.” His philosophy is expansive, though he admits the details are hard to put into words.

Robert Monroe and a Practical Lesson

When asked about his disagreements with Robert Monroe, McMoneagle says both men could be difficult—creative people, he suggests, tend to be. He tells a story about opposing a proposed pipeline by finding a better access road.

His practical lesson: when you’re going to butt heads, “don’t ever go in the front door”—give people a solution they can accept as their own.

A holiday-clothing ad interrupts the discussion with jokes about uncomfortable family moments and how much thigh to expose to relatives.

The Risks of Remote Viewing

The episode closes on the risks McMoneagle associates with remote viewing. He says the program was stressful and that accurate intelligence could make a viewer seem dangerous: if you know information that only a handful of people should know, officials may demand to know your source.

His final example—“There’s only three people in the entire world that know we’re planning A…and you’re number four”—lands as the interview’s mic-drop moment.

People Mentioned

Personalities appearing: Joe McMoneagle, interview host Michael Phillip, and Robert Monroe, who is discussed throughout.

Other people mentioned: Ed May, Russell Targ, Pat Price, Skip Atwater, and Lynn Buchanan.