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born: 1929-07-03
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
location: East Norwalk, Connecticut
summary: McMahon, along with Norm Everheart, had been involved in psychic spying experiments
  since the early days of the CIA-sponsored work at SRI.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
- Stargate
- SRI
---

[John McMahon](/people/john-mcmahon/) was the Deputy Director for Operations at the [CIA](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/). He also served as the head of the [Office of Technical Service](/organizations/office-of-technical-service/) (OTS), indicating his significant role in technical and covert operations, including those involving psychic intelligence.[^1]

McMahon, along with [Norm Everheart](/people/norm-everheart/), had been involved in psychic spying experiments since the early days of the CIA-sponsored work at [SRI](/organizations/stanford-research-institute/). They were willing to give remote viewing a try in operational situations. McMahon was the superior of [Norm Everheart](/people/norm-everheart/), who served as the chief coordinator for [Grill Flame](/programs/stargate-project/) taskings from the CIA's Operations Directorate.[^1]

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[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.