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born: 1915-10-30
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
died: 1995-03-17
location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
summary: American businessman who founded The Monroe Institute, known for Hemi-Sync
  audio technology and out-of-body experience research used by Stargate remote viewers.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
- Military
- Stargate
---

[Robert Monroe](/people/robert-monroe/) was an American businessman and explorer of human consciousness. He is known for his extensive personal experiences with out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and for founding [The Monroe Institute](/organizations/monroe-institute/), a non-profit organization dedicated to the exploration of human consciousness through various techniques, including Hemi-Sync audio technology. While not directly involved in the [Stargate Project](/programs/stargate-project/), his work and institute became a post-military career path for figures like [Skip Atwater](/people/frederick-atwater/), who became president of the Institute.[^1]

An INSCOM information paper of January 5, 1984, gave his particulars: "Born on 30 Oct 1915, in Wabash, Indiana, Robert A. Monroe received a BA degree from Ohio State University in 1937," was "the author of the book *Journeys Out of the Body,* published in 1971," and "has a DoD SECRET security clearance based on a NAC completed on 18 January 1980." The Army's association with his institute dated from 1978, and by 1984 its Hemi-Sync process was in use in the [Center Lane](/programs/center-lane/) unit's training and collection missions.[^2]

[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
[^2]: US Army Intelligence and Security Command, information paper "The Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences," ITAGPA-F-SD, January 5, 1984, CIA-RDP96-00788R001700270004-2. Read in the archive.org mirror of the CIA FOIA Reading Room STARGATE collection.