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category: Military Installation
created: 2025-07-23
description: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located
  in Ohio, and a key center for aerospace research and development.
summary: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is a major U.S. aerospace research
  and development center historically linked to classified UAP investigations and
  psychic phenomena research programs.
tags:
- location
- military
- USA
title: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
updated: 2026-09-22
---

[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base](/places/wright-patterson-air-force-base/) is a [U.S. Air Force](/organizations/us-air-force/) base located in Ohio. It is a key center for aerospace research and development, and has been involved in various classified projects, including those related to psychic phenomena.[^1]

[Dale Graff](/people/dale-graff/), a civilian scientist who played a significant role in the [Stargate Project](/programs/stargate-project/), worked in the [Foreign Technology Division](/organizations/foreign-technology-division/) at Wright-Patterson. The base served as a hub for his efforts to integrate psychic abilities into military applications, and it was from here that he managed the program's various phases and taskings.[^1]

The base hosts the [Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton](/organizations/namru-d/), whose directorates include the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory ([NAMRL](/organizations/namrl/)).[^2]

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[^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]: [About NAMRU-D](https://www.med.navy.mil/Naval-Medical-Research-Command/R-D-Commands/Naval-Medical-Research-Unit-Dayton/About-NAMRU-Dayton/)