---
aliases:
- Rob Cowart
- Captain Rob Cowart
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
summary: Rob Cowart was a Captain in military intelligence and one of the two military
  intelligence officers personally trained by Ingo Swann in CRV techniques.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
- Military
- Stargate
---

Rob Cowart was a Captain in military intelligence and one of the two military intelligence officers personally trained by [Ingo Swann](/people/ingo-swann/) in [CRV](/concepts/coordinate-remote-viewing/) techniques. In 1982, he was read onto the classified [Grill Flame](/programs/stargate-project/) program[^1].

The plan was for Cowart and [Tom McNear](/people/tom-mcnear/), the other trainee, to become the program's CRV trainers. However, McNear later noted that Cowart was medically retired due to cancer, which contributed to McNear's decision to leave the unit[^1].

His Grill Flame security agreement is dated June 3, 1981, and his participant counseling statement and "Information about Remote Viewing for Participants" October 2, 1981.[^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]: Grill Flame volunteer security agreements, consent statements, and counseling statements for Joseph W. McMoneagle (February 8, 1979; October 26, 1979; February 19, 1980), Melvin C. Riley (February 8, 1979), and Robert C. Cowart (June 3 and October 2, 1981), and "Requirement for Access to DIA Sun Streak Project (Brian Buzby)," May 10, 1985, CIA-RDP96-00789R0021001500xx series. Read in the archive.org mirror of the CIA FOIA Reading Room STARGATE collection.