Background

The following document was obtained by The Black Vault through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and was part of the “Stargate Collection” release.

This document, titled “Mars Exploration,” dated May 22, 1984, records a remote viewing session conducted as part of the CIA’s Stargate Program. In the session, a remote viewer was provided with geographic coordinates and tasked with viewing the planet Mars at a time period approximately one million years B.C.

The transcript describes large pyramid structures, megalithic architecture with smooth walls carved into canyons, deep channels, severe dust storms resulting from major geologic activity, and very tall, thin humanoid figures wearing fitted clothing. The viewer also perceived large structures apparently designed as shelters from storms.

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In December 2023, The Black Vault ran the document through an AI image generator (DALL-E as interpreted by ChatGPT 4), and between the two, these are four examples of what it came up with.

In March 2026, the transcript was revisited to create a series of cinematic AI videos using Grok Imagine. The below archives that result.

In a 1984 CIA remote viewing session document, the viewer attempted to see Mars approximately 1 million years B.C.

Based on the document, I had Grok feed itself imagery prompts to re-create it.

If nothing else, it’s awesome to see what AI thinks it describes.

More below… pic.twitter.com/Bww0ck4fZz

— John Greenewald, Jr. (@theblackvault) March 17, 2026