---
aliases:
- William Xenakis
- Lieutenant Colonel William Xenakis
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
summary: William Xenakis was a Lieutenant Colonel who commanded Detachment G, the
  Remote Viewing unit at Fort Meade.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
---

William Xenakis was a Lieutenant Colonel who commanded Detachment G, the [Remote Viewing](/concepts/remote-viewing/) unit at [Fort Meade](/places/fort-meade/). He ordered [Ed Dames](/people/ed-dames/) to cease his "bogus targets," which included anomalous destinations not in the [DIA](/organizations/defense-intelligence-agency/) protocols, such as alien bases and UFO encounters[^1].

Xenakis's intervention indicates an attempt to bring the unit back to its intended purpose of intelligence gathering and to curb the unconventional targeting practices that had become prevalent under Dames's management[^1].

[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.