The Brief CIA agents apparently used "remote viewing" in an effort to locate the sacred Ark of the Covenant. But the first person to ever do psychic experiments for the CIA has his doubts.

"Remote viewing was a legitimate program funded by Congress," Smith, now president of the International Remote Viewing Association (IRVA) and his own private training service, told ABCNews.com.

According to the documents, CIA agents used "remote viewing" technology to locate the rumored extraterrestrial outpost inside Mount Hayes as part of its Cold War-era Stargate Project.