Lew Allen

Lew Allen was a powerful U.S. Air Force chief of staff and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He played a significant role in the Pentagon's strategic defense initiatives, including the MX Missile Basing System, and had direct influence over the direction of psychic research programs within the military¹.

In the late 1970s, Allen was a strong supporter of the MX missile basing system, which aimed to protect America's land-based, nuclear-tipped ICBMs from a Soviet preemptive nuclear attack. He pushed the idea through U.S. Congress, with estimated start-up costs in the tens of billions of dollars¹.

Allen became furious when a study contracted by Dale Graff indicated that Remote Viewing could significantly increase the odds in determining the location of the real ICBMs within the MX system. He sent Graff a letter ordering him to immediately stop work on any programs that involved extrasensory perception, paraphysics, or parapsychology¹.

Despite Graff winning the prestigious CIA's Exceptional Intelligence Analyst award and a yearlong sabbatical, Allen intervened and declined the award on Graff's behalf. This demonstrated Allen's significant power and his stance against the military's involvement in psychic research¹.