--- category: Military Installation created: 2025-07-22 description: Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation in Maryland, serving as a key center for intelligence and security operations, and a primary location for the Stargate Project. summary: Fort Meade is a sprawling U.S. Army installation in Maryland that houses the NSA, INSCOM, and was the home base for the STARGATE remote viewing unit from 1977 to 1995. tags: - Organization - Government - Military - Intelligence - USA - Maryland title: Fort Meade updated: 2025-07-22 --- [Fort Meade](/places/fort-meade/) (officially Fort George G. Meade) is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, approximately twenty-five miles northeast of Washington, D.C. It is a sprawling, town-like base that houses, among other things, the [NSA](/organizations/nsa/), the U.S. First Army, and a part of the Army's [Intelligence and Security Command](/organizations/united-states-army-intelligence-and-security-command/) (INSCOM).[^1] Fort Meade served as a primary location for the [STARGATE PROJECT](/programs/stargate-project/), the U.S. Army's secret psychic research program. The remote viewing unit, initially codenamed [Gondola Wish](/programs/stargate-project/) and later [Grill Flame](/programs/stargate-project/), was established here in 1977. The unit's offices were initially located in building 4554, and later moved to buildings 2560 and 2561 on Llewellyn Street, which were refurbished by the remote viewers themselves to create quiet, secure spaces for their sessions.[^1] Key figures in the [STARGATE PROJECT](/programs/stargate-project/), such as [Skip Atwater](/people/frederick-atwater/), [Scotty Watt](/people/murray-watt/), [Mel Riley](/people/mel-riley/), [Joe McMoneagle](/people/joe-mcmoneagle/), and [Ken Bell](/people/ken-bell/), were stationed at Fort Meade. The base served as the operational hub for many of the remote viewing missions, with tasking requests originating from various offices throughout the U.S. intelligence community.[^1] [^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.