Newly declassified CIA documents have revealed an unusual claim about a “dying elder race” that allegedly lived on Mars around one million years ago. The documents, part of a remote viewing experiment conducted in 1984, describe a psychic’s visions of towering humanoid beings struggling to survive on the planet as its environment deteriorated.
The remote viewer, under CIA supervision, described seeing massive pyramid-like structures and tall, thin beings wearing robes. According to the session transcript, the beings were desperate to escape Mars, with some attempting interplanetary travel before the collapse of their civilization.

While the documents do not provide scientific evidence of life on Mars, they have fueled speculation about ancient extraterrestrial civilizations. Some UFO researchers believe the findings align with theories that Mars once supported intelligent life before a catastrophic event wiped it out.
The CIA publishes the craziest stuff on their website.
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"Oh yeah we had professional remote viewers, yeah, we asked them to go visit Mars one million years ago. What did they see? Pyramids, obelisks, a dying elder race looking for a new home. Anyway its declassified now." pic.twitter.com/Jpts5bbpsu
Skeptics argue that the remote viewing session was an experiment in human perception rather than a legitimate discovery. However, with the CIA’s past involvement in unexplained phenomena, many are left wondering what other secrets remain classified.