Albert Stubblebine

Major General Albert "Bert" Stubblebine III was a high-ranking U.S. Army intelligence officer and a prominent figure in the study of parapsychology and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) within government and private sectors.

Military Career and Parapsychological Research

Stubblebine served as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) from 1981 to 1984. During his tenure, he was a primary sponsor of the Stargate Project, the Army's remote viewing program based at Fort Meade.

According to the sources, Stubblebine was deeply convinced of the reality of psychic phenomena and attempted to integrate these concepts into military training. His efforts included:

• Spoon Bending: He required all his battalion commanders to learn how to bend spoons in the manner of Uri Geller.
• Psychic Feats: He reportedly attempted several psychic feats himself, including levitation, dispersing distant clouds with his mind, and attempting to walk through walls.
• Task Force Delta: He was a major supporter of this Army think tank, which encouraged "blue sky thinking" regarding human performance and technology.

Stubblebine's career ended with an abrupt "early retirement" in 1984 following several controversies. These included alleged security violations for allowing uncleared civilian psychics into Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) and friction with Army Chief of Staff General John Adams Wickham, Jr., who reportedly associated psychic phenomena with Satanism.

Involvement with UAP and Private Industry

After retiring, Stubblebine joined the defense contractor Braddock, Dunn, and McDonald (BDM) as Vice President for Intelligence Systems. He remained an influential figure in the "Invisible College"—a loose network of scientists and officials investigating UAP.

• Advanced Theoretical Physics (ATP) Group: In 1985, Stubblebine helped Col. John Alexander found the ATP working group by providing access to BDM’s secure SCIF facilities for their initial meetings.
• PSI-TECH: In 1989, he helped Ed Dames launch PSI-TECH, a private remote viewing company, and served as its chairman of the board.
• UAP Tracking: In a 1992 lecture, Stubblebine claimed that remote viewing could be used to access and track UFOs, and even peer inside the craft to study their propulsion systems. He also suggested the "New Mexico Iron Mountain" area was a location associated with the phenomena.

Interaction with Steven Greer

Dr. Steven Greer claims that Stubblebine (whom he referred to by the pseudonym "General T.E." in some writings) approached him at the 1992 TREAT IV conference. Greer alleges that Stubblebine tried to persuade him to merge his CSETI contact project with a private organization that had a nine-member board. Greer also stated that Stubblebine offered him $2 billion (or a fund of that size) to cease his public disclosure activities and join their unacknowledged projects.

Legacy and Characterization

Stubblebine is described by his colleagues as an innovative and courageous leader who was willing to push beyond traditional boundaries. However, his unconventional interests made him a polarizing figure; while supporters viewed him as a visionary, his detractors in the military leadership considered his work an embarrassment to the Army. He died in 2017.