Army Officer's 1983 Gateway Report Surfaces Again, Minus Its Famous Page 25

THE INTERNET — The Black Vault, a repository of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, has posted a 1983 assessment of the so-called Gateway Process, released as part of its "Stargate Collection." The 29-page paper was prepared for the U.S. Army by Lieutenant Colonel Wayne McDonnell, according to the site.

The post describes the subject matter as hypnosis, holograms and out-of-body experiences, among other things. In his introductory memo, the officer writes that he was tasked with judging the process's mechanics and ultimate practicality, and that the job proved "an extremely involved and difficult business."

By his own account, the author consulted a physician who had taken the Gateway training alongside him, drew on the biomedical models of Itzhak Bentov, and then turned to quantum mechanics and theoretical physics. His stated aim was to describe consciousness in the language of physical science, thereby removing the "stigma of its occult connotations" and permitting objective assessment.

The archive's own mystery concerns Page 25. The Black Vault's proprietor writes that the page has been missing for as long as he has known of the document. A fresh request filed in 2021 was, in his words, lost by the CIA, and a December 2023 follow-up produced word that the agency still could not find it, together with a suggestion to apply to INSCOM.

He filed with INSCOM in February 2024. The text of their reply does not appear in the material posted. The site notes that a page 25 was published by The Global Architect Institute, and says it is likely the official page, though the FOIA search aims at a copy that accompanied the original.