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category: "Key Figures"
title: Charlie Rose (NC)
aliases:
- Charlie Rose
- Charlie Rose (NC)
- Charles Grandison Rose III
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-18
category: "Intelligence & Government"
tags:
- Person
- Congress
- Politician
- TheFinders
- NorthCarolina
- Stargate
- CIA
- Military
- RemoteViewer
- SRI
- DIA
summary: "U.S. Congressman from North Carolina who chaired the House Intelligence Evaluation Subcommittee and was a staunch advocate of the Grill Flame remote viewing program."
born: 1939-08-10
died: 2012-09-03
location: "Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA"
died: 2012-09-04
location: "Fayetteville, North Carolina"
summary: "Charles Grandison Rose III (1939-2012) was a Democratic congressman from North Carolina who chaired the House Intelligence Committee's Evaluation Subcommittee, publicly championed the Grill Flame remote viewing program in the late 1970s, and later applied congressional pressure that helped reopen the DOJ inquiry into The Finders."
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Charlie Rose was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina and a Democrat who chaired the House Intelligence Committee's Evaluation Subcommittee. He became a staunch supporter of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program after being briefed on it in the late 1970s by General [[Edmund Thompson]] and [[Jack Vorona]], the head of the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]]'s Scientific and Technical Intelligence Directorate.[^1]
Charles Grandison Rose III (August 10, 1939 - September 4, 2012) was a Democratic congressman who represented North Carolina's 7th congressional district for twenty-four years, from 1973 to 1997. He became a vocal public advocate for the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] remote viewing program and later, alongside Rep. [[Tom Lewis]] (R-FL), applied congressional pressure that contributed to the Department of Justice reopening its inquiry into [[The Finders]] case.[^1][^2]
Rose toured the remote viewing facilities at both [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI) and [[Fort Meade]], chatting with remote viewers and witnessing practice sessions. He even discussed the program with President [[Jimmy Carter]]. Despite the fact that his constituents were in the Bible Belt, where dabbling in the paranormal was often viewed with suspicion, Rose publicly advocated for the program, believing it to be a "hell of a cheap radar system."[^1]
### Background
In a revealing interview for *Omni* magazine in 1979, Rose condemned skeptics and "publicity-shy" intelligence officials, making a strong pitch for the program and citing remote viewing data he had seen on an unnamed Soviet target, stating, "What these people 'saw,' was confirmed by aerial photography. There's no way it could have been faked."[^1]
Rose was known informally as the "mayor of the Capitol" for his work as chairman of the House Administration Committee from 1991 to 1994. His committee assignments also included the House Intelligence Committee, and he chaired a 1991 House committee investigation into the Bush administration's role in selling military supplies to Iraq. He died on September 4, 2012, at age 73. His congressional papers are held at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Special Collections).[^2]
### Stargate Advocacy
Rose became a staunch supporter of the Grill Flame program after being briefed on it in the late 1970s by General [[Edmund Thompson]] and [[Jack Vorona]], head of the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]]'s Scientific and Technical Intelligence Directorate. He toured remote viewing facilities at [[Stanford Research Institute]] and [[Fort Meade]], chatting with remote viewers and witnessing practice sessions, and discussed the program with President [[Jimmy Carter]]. Despite representing a Bible Belt constituency, Rose publicly advocated for the program, believing it to be a "hell of a cheap radar system."[^1]
In a 1979 interview for *Omni* magazine, Rose condemned skeptics and "publicity-shy" intelligence officials, citing remote viewing data he had seen on an unnamed Soviet target: "What these people 'saw,' was confirmed by aerial photography. There's no way it could have been faked."[^1]
### Finders Reinvestigation
In October 1993, private consultant [[Henry "Skip" Clements]] provided Rose and Rep. Tom Lewis with copies of U.S. Customs Special Agent [[Ramon J. Martinez]]'s 1987 reports on The Finders. Rose and Lewis applied congressional pressure on the DOJ. The CIA's response was dismissive - a CIA spokesman told Rose, "This story is a non-story. I think of it as a nothing-burger." Nevertheless, the combined congressional pressure and the prospect of a CBS 48 Hours segment prompted the DOJ's October 26, 1993 memo from Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Keeney to FBI Assistant Director Larry A. Potts, tasking the FBI with a preliminary inquiry.[^3]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
[^2]: Wikipedia, "Charlie Rose (politician)."
[^3]: Witkin, Gordon, Peter Cary, and Angel Martinez. "Through a glass, very darkly: Cops, spies and a very odd investigation." U.S. News & World Report, December 27, 1993 / January 3, 1994. Also: FBI Vault, "The Finders," FOIA case number 1372462-0, vault.fbi.gov/the-finders.