The_Info_Web/10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/John McMahon.md

category	tags	summary	born	location	relations
Psychics & Remote Viewers	Psi Person RemoteViewer Stargate SRI	McMahon, along with Norm Everheart, had been involved in psychic spying experiments since the early days of the CIA-sponsored work at SRI.	1929-07-03	East Norwalk, Connecticut	type with start end role fn head_of Office of Technical Service 1973-05 1974-07 Director of the Office of Technical Service 2

John McMahon was the Deputy Director for Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency.¹ McMahon was Director of the Office of Technical Service (OTS) from May 1973 to July 1974, after the Technical Services Division was renamed and moved from the Directorate of Plans to the Directorate of Science and Technology.² As OTS director he signed, with Sayre Stevens, Director of the Office of Research and Development, an undated memorandum to the Deputy Director for Science and Technology (a companion version of DD/S&T 3697-73, which carries an approval block for William Colby as Director and a December 5, 1973 stamp) recommending that the paranormal perception investigation at Stanford Research Institute be jointly funded by the two offices.³ The CIA's history of the office lists him as "Former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Deputy Director for Operations and Director of Technical Service," and a later passage calls him "the first OTS Director."²

McMahon, along with Norm Everheart, had been involved in psychic spying experiments since the early days of the CIA-sponsored work at Stanford Research Institute. They were willing to give remote viewing a try in operational situations. McMahon was the superior of Norm Everheart, who served as the chief coordinator for Stargate Project taskings from the CIA's Operations Directorate.¹

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1. Schnabel, Jim. Remote Viewers. Dell, 1997. ↩︎

2. Central Intelligence Agency, "Office of Technical Service: 50 Years Supporting Operations," 2001, CIA Reading Room document 0001225679, "Directors of the Office of Technical Service," the anniversary program and p. 18 (the 1973 reorganization). ↩︎

3. Memorandum, McMahon and Stevens to the Deputy Director for Science and Technology, "Office of Research and Development and Office of Technical Service Paranormal Perception Research Project," CIA-RDP96-00787R000200200031-6 (companion version of DD/S&T 3697-73, CIA-RDP96-00787R000200210003-6). ↩︎