[Part 5] The CIA trained dolphins to be spies in multiple secret projects throughout the 1960s. Were real dolphin encounters the inspiration behind mainstream television shows like Flipper? Between private CIA documents and surfaced evidence of covert missions, there’s a lot to unpack about dolphin consciousness. Hear John Vivanco’s remote viewing data on dolphins’ and whales’ minds, Rob Counts’ investigative research into telepathy and clandestine government research, and more. Tune in for another metaphysical show that’s out of this world.
Also in this episode: Animal behavior just got a whole lot stranger. The Central Intelligence Agency of the United States (a.k.a. the CIA) provided materials for the Dolphin Training Project, Project OXYGAS. What did the chairman of the CIA’s technical requirements board officially approve—in writing—that the agency fund and support? Hear everything Rob and John found in the declassified document that details an unusual request. Why were bottlenose dolphins really trained to complete some covert and very illicit tasks? Is it a coincidence that major and deadly weapons development was underway at the time, or that the United States, Soviet Union, and communist China were in competition? Hear speculation about what the dolphin saboteurs were being trained to do.
Can animals really effectively participate in intelligence collection, and are they the perfect innocent-seeming spies or just wild animals? Which United States military branch appears to still have a dolphin program to this day? When John Vivanco’s remote viewing team looked at dolphins, what startling information did they get back from these beguiling sea animals? Why have some killer whales in modern times started attacking humans’ boats, and why is that so odd? Can a metaphysical discussion on telepathy, Atlanteans’ cultivated superpowers, and government operations get any more interesting than this? Remote viewing data and investigative research combine once again.
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