---
aliases:
- John Marsh
- Secretary of the Army John Marsh
born: 1926-08-07
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
died: 2019-02-04
location: Winchester, Virginia
summary: John Marsh was the Secretary of the U.S.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
- Military
---

John Marsh was the Secretary of the [U.S. Army](/organizations/us-army/). On August 24, 1984, he authorized negotiations for the transfer of the [psychoenergetics](/concepts/psychoenergetics/) program (which included [Remote Viewing](/concepts/remote-viewing/)) to the [DIA](/organizations/defense-intelligence-agency/). This decision came after a period of uncertainty and bureaucratic maneuvering following the early retirement of [Albert Stubblebine](/people/albert-stubblebine/) and the temporary cancellation of the program[^1].

Marsh's authorization was a crucial step in ensuring the continuation of the U.S. government's psychic research efforts, despite the ongoing debates and controversies surrounding them[^1].

As Secretary of the Army, Marsh was briefed on [Center Lane](/programs/center-lane/) by General Albert Stubblebine on June 13, 1983, approved its establishment as a special access program on June 15 and its continuation on September 1, was briefed again in October 1983, with the assistant secretary Delbert Spurlock present, and on January 5, 1984, on the [Monroe Institute](/organizations/monroe-institute/), and on August 23, 1984, approved the project's discontinuance as an Army program and its transfer to the Defense Intelligence Agency.[^2]

[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
[^2]: US Army Intelligence and Security Command, "List of Events from September 1977 to January 1986," CIA-RDP96-00788R001100020001-8; the scan's table columns are reflowed by OCR and some dates are uncertain. Read in the archive.org mirror of the CIA FOIA Reading Room STARGATE collection.