Dan Sherman / 'Above Black' (1997)
playerIntelligence & Surveillance · Crypto & Digital ID
A former NSA linguist claims he was trained to talk to aliens with his mind.
Who they are
Dan Sherman, a former US Air Force/NSA cryptologic linguist and author of the 1997 book 'Above Black.'
What they do
He claims the NSA trained him as an 'intuitive communicator' for a telepathic-contact program with extraterrestrials.
How it works
His account, laid out in his self-published book, describes a supposed government program (Project Preserve Destiny) for mind-based alien contact, and it links the remote-viewing/Stargate methods to claimed government contact with non-human intelligence.
Why it matters
The engine gives it a split verdict: weak on evidence (a single witness with no released corroborating documents) but structurally more significant, so it's kept as a connector between remote-viewing programs and alien-contact claims without endorsing the story.
The engine's record — word for word
Former US Air Force / NSA cryptologic linguist. Primary corpus: 'Above Black: Project Preserve Destiny — An Insider Account of Alien Contact and Government Cover-up' (1997 OneTeam Publishing). Claims: NSA-trained 'intuitive communicator' for telepathic-contact protocol with extraterrestrials. Engine relevance: bridges remote-viewing/Stargate methodology to claimed government-NHI-contact protocol. Webb dual-verdict: data-rigor Tier-3 (single-witness, no corroborating documentation released); structural-significance Tier-2.
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