Le projet "scan by coordinate" est créé par la CIA.
Les recherches sur la vision à distance commencent en
au SRI, sous la direction de Russell Targ et
Hal Puthoff (alors encore scientologue). L'effort se concentre d'abord sur quelques
supposés "individus doués" comme Ingo Swann. Many of the SRI "empaths" were from the
Church of Scientology. Individuals who appeared to show potential were trained and taught to use talents for "psychic
warfare." The minimum accuracy needed by the clients was said to be 65%, and proponents claim that in the later stages
of the training effort, this accuracy level was "often consistently exceeded."