Summary

Paul H. Smith is a retired U.S. Army Major who served as an operational remote viewer and unit instructor in the classified STAR GATE remote viewing program from 1983 to 1990. He co-wrote the Army's Remote Viewing Training Manual - the foundational doctrinal document that systematized the Coordinate Remote Viewing protocol developed by Ingo Swann for military intelligence use. His 2005 book 'Reading the Enemy's Mind' remains the most authoritative insider account of the STAR GATE program by an operational participant. After retiring from the Army in 1996 he co-founded the International Remote Viewing Association (IRVA) and continues to teach Coordinate Remote Viewing through Remote Viewing Instructional Services (RVIS).

Roles

• -Remote Viewer and Unit Instructor, U.S. Army STAR GATE Program
• -Retired Major, U.S. Army Military Intelligence
• -President, International Remote Viewing Association (IRVA)
• -Author - Reading the Enemy's Mind (2005)

Organizations

Education

• -B.S., Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Brigham Young University, 1977
• -Hebrew University of Jerusalem (advanced language and regional studies)
• -U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer Advanced Course
• -Graduate study, Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin

Early Career

• -Commissioned as U.S. Army officer in 1976; served in military intelligence in Germany and the United States
• -Trained as an Arabic linguist and signals intelligence officer prior to remote viewing recruitment
• -Selected for the Army's Remote Viewing Unit at Fort Meade in 1983 based on aptitude screening and cognitive profile