Skip Atwater
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General Thompson was the one that was looking after that. What was that all about? And General Thompson in this story becomes Major General Thompson later. And there's a term in the military called getting a grandfather term. meaning there's somebody who's going to take care of you and make sure you do the right thing.
Turns out General Thompson was my grandfather because Kenan, Major Kenan, who I went to with these documents, knew General Thompson. And he said, I've got a guy in here that knows about this. What's his name? Atwater. He said, you let Atwater do whatever he wants to do. And I didn't know that was happening. Interesting.
Turns out General Thompson was my grandfather because Kenan, Major Kenan, who I went to with these documents, knew General Thompson. And he said, I've got a guy in here that knows about this. What's his name? Atwater. He said, you let Atwater do whatever he wants to do. And I didn't know that was happening. Interesting.
Turns out General Thompson was my grandfather because Kenan, Major Kenan, who I went to with these documents, knew General Thompson. And he said, I've got a guy in here that knows about this. What's his name? Atwater. He said, you let Atwater do whatever he wants to do. And I didn't know that was happening. Interesting.
But I knew General Thompson knew Kit Green and the CIA, and they'd been working together, and he knew all about this stuff that the CIA was doing. So General Thompson had his finger on me through Major Keenan, and he said, well, what should we do about this? Well, we should recruit some people to do this. And how are you going to do that, Lieutenant?
But I knew General Thompson knew Kit Green and the CIA, and they'd been working together, and he knew all about this stuff that the CIA was doing. So General Thompson had his finger on me through Major Keenan, and he said, well, what should we do about this? Well, we should recruit some people to do this. And how are you going to do that, Lieutenant?
But I knew General Thompson knew Kit Green and the CIA, and they'd been working together, and he knew all about this stuff that the CIA was doing. So General Thompson had his finger on me through Major Keenan, and he said, well, what should we do about this? Well, we should recruit some people to do this. And how are you going to do that, Lieutenant?
I said, well, I think we ought to interview some people that have security clearances so that they can do the kind of work we do at looking at the counterintelligence problem. That was the beginning before it was called Stargate. That was the beginning of doing this.
I said, well, I think we ought to interview some people that have security clearances so that they can do the kind of work we do at looking at the counterintelligence problem. That was the beginning before it was called Stargate. That was the beginning of doing this.
I said, well, I think we ought to interview some people that have security clearances so that they can do the kind of work we do at looking at the counterintelligence problem. That was the beginning before it was called Stargate. That was the beginning of doing this.
First, what we decided to do, my South... Major Keenan got another officer in and was going to be my boss because I was just a lieutenant and we needed somebody that was a lieutenant colonel to do this. And someone who'd been around INSCOM so that he could go talk to anybody he wanted and had lots of clearances and stuff.
First, what we decided to do, my South... Major Keenan got another officer in and was going to be my boss because I was just a lieutenant and we needed somebody that was a lieutenant colonel to do this. And someone who'd been around INSCOM so that he could go talk to anybody he wanted and had lots of clearances and stuff.
First, what we decided to do, my South... Major Keenan got another officer in and was going to be my boss because I was just a lieutenant and we needed somebody that was a lieutenant colonel to do this. And someone who'd been around INSCOM so that he could go talk to anybody he wanted and had lots of clearances and stuff.
And so he was going to be my boss and I was going to be the remote viewing expert, which I had to invent, but that's okay. And we decided that we should survey the people around the greater Washington, D.C. area where Indians come. And we thought, well, they have to be assignable.
And so he was going to be my boss and I was going to be the remote viewing expert, which I had to invent, but that's okay. And we decided that we should survey the people around the greater Washington, D.C. area where Indians come. And we thought, well, they have to be assignable.
And so he was going to be my boss and I was going to be the remote viewing expert, which I had to invent, but that's okay. And we decided that we should survey the people around the greater Washington, D.C. area where Indians come. And we thought, well, they have to be assignable.
There's a lot of people in the Army that said, I need to do this job now so I can get promoted then, and I need to do that job here, and we need to do that job there. And they build up a career pattern of jobs that they have to work out promotion. We had to find somebody that didn't think that way. So we— looked at a pool of about 200 people around the greater Washington, D.C.
There's a lot of people in the Army that said, I need to do this job now so I can get promoted then, and I need to do that job here, and we need to do that job there. And they build up a career pattern of jobs that they have to work out promotion. We had to find somebody that didn't think that way. So we— looked at a pool of about 200 people around the greater Washington, D.C.
There's a lot of people in the Army that said, I need to do this job now so I can get promoted then, and I need to do that job here, and we need to do that job there. And they build up a career pattern of jobs that they have to work out promotion. We had to find somebody that didn't think that way. So we— looked at a pool of about 200 people around the greater Washington, D.C.
area that were Army people and civilians, male, female. And we took newspaper clippings that talked about people who had a near-death experience and people who had this happen to them, newspaper-type reporting of psychic stuff. And we'd take it to him and say, the boss has asked us to come around and see whether or not people would think some of these people could help us in the Army some way.