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The Montauk Project
Conspiracy theorists claim secret government experiments at Montauk Air Force Station involved time travel, mind control, teleportation, and contact with aliens. The alleged project supposedly continued Philadelphia Experiment research. It inspired the TV series 'Stranger Things.'
1971 - 1983
Montauk, New York, USA
3+ witnesses
Alleged government experiments in time and mind.
The Claims
What supposedly happened:
- Time travel experiments
- Mind control research
- Teleportation
- Psychic warfare
- Alien contact
The Location
Camp Hero:
- Montauk, Long Island
- Air Force radar station
- Closed officially 1981
- Underground facilities?
- Now a state park
The Sources
Who revealed it:
- Preston Nichols
- Al Bielek
- Books published 1992
- Claimed involvement
- Recovered memories
The Allegations
Specific claims:
- “Montauk Chair” mind reader
- Time tunnel created
- Teenagers experimented on
- Reptilian aliens
- Philadelphia Experiment link
The Reality
What’s known:
- No evidence exists
- Base was radar station
- SAGE air defense
- Cold War facility
- Closed normally
The Influence
Cultural impact:
- Stranger Things inspired
- Books and documentaries
- Conspiracy theory staple
- Tourism to area
- Urban legend