Comment by sillywalk

The US Army tried "psi" experiments in the 1970s/80s with the Stargate Project[0]. They were mainly trying "remote viewing" - seeing if somebody could spy on the Soviets with their minds from far away. There was a book[1] about it called "The Men Who Stare At Goats", the title referencing a guy who purportedly killed a goat just by staring at it.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats