A Preliminary Survey of the Eastern Harbor, Alexandria, Egypt, Including a Comparison of Side Scan Sonar and Remote Viewing
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This is a wild one. In 1980 -- fifteen years before the U.S. government's secret psychic spy program (Stargate) became public -- researcher Stephan Schwartz took eleven remote viewers to Alexandria, Egypt, to do underwater archaeology. The viewers, who had no idea they were even looking at Egypt, independently marked spots on blank maps where they sensed ancient structures. The team then compared those psychic hunches against cutting-edge side-scan sonar operated by an MIT engineer. The results are remarkable: viewers pinpointed probable locations of Cleopatra's palace complex, multiple ancient temples, and a seawall stretching about 65 meters further into the sea than anyone knew. One viewer even described specific stone 'beads' at the Pharos lighthouse site before divers went down and confirmed them. The kicker? The sonar mostly failed due to murky water, making remote viewing the more productive search tool. All predictions were notarized before fieldwork began, making this one of the best-documented cases of psychic ability applied to real-world discovery.
Actual Paper Abstract
This paper reports a preliminary survey of one of humanity's most historic harbors, Alexandria, Egypt. It constitutes one phase of a broader joint land/sea examination of the largest and most famous city to bear Alexander the Great's name. The research overall had two goals: 1.) To resolve locational uncertainties concerning the city's past configuration, particularly its Ptolemaic antecedents; and, 2.) to compare electronic remote sensing survey technologies with Remote Viewing generally, and the applications methodology developed by the Mobius Group, specifically. In the area of the Eastern Harbor, the aim of the research was: 1.) The location of the ancient shore line; the location and predictive description of several sites including: the island of Antirrhodus and the Emporium/Poseidium/Timonium complex; a palace complex associated with Cleopatra; and, a further elaboration, both in terms of location and predictive description, of the Pharos lighthouse area. 2.) A comparison of Remote Viewing and side scan sonar data after each approach had surveyed the same area. This paper describes the probable location of the Emporium, the Poseidium, and the Timonium, the palace complex of Cleopatra, the island of Antirrhodus, a site at the tip of Fort Sisila (known previously as Point Lochias), new discoveries pertaining to the lighthouse, and an associated temple. The most important discovery though is the identification and location of the ancient seawall which extends some 65 meters further out into the harbor than was previously suspected, and whose location resolves a key piece in the puzzle of the ancient city's layout. The discoveries reported were principally the result of Remote Viewing. Except for one clear "hit" side scan sonar proved unproductive because of the large amount of particulate in the water.
Research Notes
Pioneering applied remote viewing study for underwater archaeology, part of the Mobius Group's Alexandria Project. Predates public disclosure of the Stargate program by 15 years. Uses consensual multi-viewer methodology with notarized records — same approach Schwartz continued through 2019 Marea study. One of the most detailed published accounts of RV applied to real-world discovery.
Preliminary archaeological survey of Alexandria's Eastern Harbor combining a consensual remote viewing methodology (11 independent viewers) with side-scan sonar (Harold Edgerton, MIT). Viewers, blind to the project's Egyptian location, marked target sites on sanitized maps; all materials were notarized before fieldwork. Identified probable locations of the Emporium, Poseidium, Timonium, Cleopatra's palace complex, and Antirrhodus. Key discovery: the ancient seawall extending ~65 meters further seaward than previously known. Stone 'beads' at the Pharos site, predicted by viewer R3 before diving, were confirmed underwater. Side-scan sonar yielded only one clear hit due to particulate; remote viewing proved the more productive search technology.
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Schwartz, Stephan A (1980). A Preliminary Survey of the Eastern Harbor, Alexandria, Egypt, Including a Comparison of Side Scan Sonar and Remote Viewing. Mobius Group.
@article{schwartz_1980_eastern_harbor,
title = {A Preliminary Survey of the Eastern Harbor, Alexandria, Egypt, Including a Comparison of Side Scan Sonar and Remote Viewing},
author = {Schwartz, Stephan A},
year = {1980},
journal = {Mobius Group},
}