Written by: James Lasher
Article source: charismanews.com
Recently declassified CIA documents reveal a strange 1988 Cold War experiment in which a so-called “remote viewer” attempted to locate the lost Ark of the Covenant using psychic perception. With renewed focus on biblical prophecy in Israel, some see this peculiar report as more than coincidence – though sceptics question the legitimacy of the methods used.
By now, we’re used to government secrets being stranger than fiction—but even the most seasoned conspiracy watcher might raise an eyebrow at this one.
Recently declassified CIA documents reveal that in 1988, the agency tried to use psychic spies to locate the Ark of the Covenant, one of the most sacred and mysterious relics in human history.
As reported by The Jerusalem Post, this effort was part of a classified project known as Sun Streak, a Cold War-era experiment in “remote viewing”—a form of supposed psychic perception that allows individuals to see distant locations using only their minds. In this particular experiment, a subject identified as Remote Viewer No. 032 was asked to describe an unknown target. That target, unbeknownst to the viewer, was the Ark of the Covenant.
And what they described is enough to make Indiana Jones sweat.
“The target is a container. The container contains another container inside it,” Remote Viewer No. 032 said, according to the New York Post. They went on to describe the object as wooden, gilded with gold and silver and adorned with six-winged angelic figures—eerily similar to the biblical Ark. The viewer even noted that it was hidden in a “subterranean, dark and wet” place.
But it doesn’t stop there. The remote viewer perceived supernatural protection over the Ark, warning that anyone who tried to access it improperly would be “destroyed by the protectors of the container by a force unknown to us.”
That’s some serious Old Testament energy.
Perhaps even more curious, Remote Viewer No. 032 described Arabic-speaking individuals in white garments and visual impressions of mosque domes near the hidden location.
According to Insider Paper, this suggests the artifact might be somewhere in the Middle East—possibly beneath a modern-day mosque.
The viewer also claimed that the purpose of the Ark was “to bring people together” and tied it to themes like “ceremony, memory, homage the Resurrection,” and “historical knowledge far beyond what we now know,” according to Metro.
That’s not your everyday government intel report.
For those unfamiliar, the Ark of the Covenant was said to have been constructed by the Israelites in the 13th century B.C. to house the stone tablets inscribed with the 10 Commandments.
According to the Bible, it resided in the Temple in Jerusalem until it mysteriously vanished during the Babylonian conquest in 586 B.C. Ever since, its whereabouts have remained one of the great historical and religious mysteries.
Over the centuries, countless theories have emerged. Some claim the Ark was smuggled to Ethiopia and rests today in the Church of St. Mary of Zion. Others point to various secret locations across Africa and the Middle East. In 2018, a U.S.-based group claimed to have found it in a remote African church, but most researchers quickly dismissed the claim as unfounded.
The declassified CIA documents also include some bizarre and fascinating sketches—one of a seraph, one of a line of mummified bodies and another of a domed mosque—all created by the remote viewer during the session. These visuals only add to the mystery surrounding the Ark’s possible location.
What’s especially noteworthy is how all of this ties into current events. With the growing interest in the Temple Mount by Jews seeking to pray there again, and the recent introduction of red heifers to Israel, a key requirement for the purification rituals necessary to rebuild the Third Temple, things seem to be moving full steam ahead into the end times. The pieces are aligning rapidly with biblical prophecy, and the re-emergence of talk surrounding the Ark of the Covenant could be more than a coincidence.
It’s not just a fascinating footnote in Cold War history, it’s another signpost on the road many believe leads straight into the fulfillment of Scripture.
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Date published: 04/04/2025
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