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Moon Watchers: The Secret CIA Mission That Claimed Aliens Live in Lunar Craters
For most of us, the Moon is a cold, lifeless rock—a silent witness to Earth’s endless orbit. But what if it’s not as empty as we think?
Beneath layers of Cold War secrecy and government denials lies a bizarre story that refuses to die. Its central figure: Ingo Swann, an artist and psychic tapped by U.S. intelligence to explore places no human had physically been—not by rocket, but with his mind.
It sounds unbelievable. But decades later, as space agencies renew their plans to colonize the Moon, Swann’s story is making the rounds again—and people are listening.
Enter Project Stargate: When the CIA Hired Psychics
In the 1970s, amid the paranoia of the Cold War, the CIA launched Project Stargate, a top-secret program exploring whether the human mind could transcend space and spy on distant targets through remote viewing.
This wasn’t fiction—it was funded, studied, and logged.
One of the CIA’s most gifted remote viewers was Ingo Swann. But in 1975, things took an even stranger turn.
Swann claimed he was taken—under tight secrecy—to a hidden government facility by men who didn’t introduce themselves. He was told by a man known only as “Mr. Axelrod” that his next target wasn’t a foreign missile silo. It was the Moon.
“We want you to go to the far side,” Axelrod said. “And tell us what’s there.”
What He Saw Will Make You Rethink the Moon Forever
Swann described more than dusty craters. In his book Penetration, he claimed to have seen:
- Towering, geometric structures
- Blinking lights and mechanized movement
- Bridges, domes, and machinery
- Naked, humanoid beings—working, mining, digging
“Two of them noticed me,” Swann wrote. “They pointed… like they knew I was watching.”
And that’s when his perception snapped off—like something had pushed him out.
Was it imagination? A psychic hallucination? Or did Swann truly lock eyes—across space—with something not of this world?
“They’ve Told You to Stay Away”
When Swann reported back, he expected disbelief. But instead, he says Axelrod barely flinched. The agent confirmed the Moon might not be ours anymore.
“You’re approximately correct,” Axelrod said. “But not completely.”
Swann was never given further details. But he walked away with one disturbing idea: perhaps humans stopped going to the Moon—not because we couldn’t, but because we were warned.
Why This Story Won’t Die
Officially, NASA, Roscosmos, and other space agencies dismiss Swann’s claims. But the recent acceleration of Moon missions—from NASA’s Artemis program to China’s Chang’e landers—has reignited interest.
In 2025, renewed funding for U.S. lunar operations stirred the pot even further. One billion dollars was added to Moon-bound missions, while $6 billion was slashed from long-term Mars projects. A coincidence—or a redirected priority?
Conspiracy forums ask: What’s so urgent about going back to the Moon—now?
Is There Something Waiting For Us?
No hard evidence has ever confirmed Swann’s story. Still, elements of his account keep popping up—mysterious lights in lunar images, radio silence from key regions, and the question no one can definitively answer:
Why haven’t we been back since Apollo 17 in 1972?
Swann’s psychic journey might seem like science fiction—but history is full of stories we once called crazy until they weren’t. As humanity prepares to return to the lunar surface, some wonder if we’re heading toward a reunion… or a reckoning.
Bottom Line:
Whether you believe in remote viewing, alien civilizations, or simply the limits of what we think we know, Ingo Swann’s chilling tale remains one of the strangest footnotes in space history.
And if even a sliver of it is true—then the Moon isn’t a destination.
It’s occupied territory.