Overview

Schwartz developed applied remote viewing as a systematic archaeological tool through the Mobius Society, an independent research organization he founded. Unlike laboratory-based remote viewing experiments, his approach integrated nonlocal consciousness data with rigorous field archaeology, electronic remote sensing, and historical documentation. The methodology rested on the hypothesis that trained remote viewers could access information about geographically distant or historically obscured sites, and that consensus analysis across multiple viewers could identify reliable target descriptions.

Schwartz’s work represented a distinct research trajectory from the military-intelligence remote viewing programs conducted at Stanford Research Institute. While those programs focused on espionage and strategic applications, Schwartz’s Mobius Society directed remote viewing toward archaeological discovery, historical reconstruction, and cultural heritage preservation. His expeditions combined underwater survey vessels, sonar technology, archival research, and teams of remote viewers to test whether nonlocal consciousness could contribute meaningfully to archaeological knowledge.

The Alexandria Project

Schwartz’s most prominent archaeological application was the Alexandria Project, a comprehensive examination of Alexandria, Egypt, one of antiquity’s greatest cities. The project aimed to resolve locational uncertainties concerning the city’s past configuration, particularly its Ptolemaic antecedents, and to compare electronic remote sensing technologies with remote viewing methodologies.¹

In the Eastern Harbor survey, Schwartz and his team used remote viewing to locate several significant sites. The most important discovery was the identification and location of the ancient seawall, which extended approximately 65 meters farther into the harbor than previously suspected. This finding resolved a critical piece of the puzzle regarding the ancient city’s layout and harbor configuration.¹ Remote viewing also contributed to locating the island of Antirrhodus, the Emporium/Poseidium/Timonium complex, a palace complex associated with Cleopatra, and sites at Fort Sisila and the lighthouse area.

A key methodological feature of the Alexandria Project was the parallel electronic remote sensing survey. Side scan sonar was deployed to survey the same areas that remote viewers had targeted. However, the sonar proved largely unproductive because of the large amount of particulate matter in the water. The discoveries reported were principally the result of remote viewing, demonstrating that in this environment, nonlocal consciousness data proved more effective than conventional electronic technology.¹

Grand Bahama Banks and marine archaeology

In the fall of 1987, Schwartz conducted an archaeological survey of the Grand Bahama Banks under license from the Bahamian Government. The survey encompassed approximately 579.15 square miles using the 125-foot research vessel Seaview and its tenders. This expedition represented a continuation of Schwartz’s decade-long research program using nonlocal consciousness to locate and describe archaeological sites, both marine and terrestrial, across multiple countries.²

The most significant discovery was the wreck of the American brig Leander, an armed merchantman that sank on April 6, 1834, near Beaks Cay while returning from Manzanilla, Cuba, to Boston, Massachusetts. The vessel had been previously undiscovered. Remote viewers consensually located the wreck within a subsection of the licensed area designated Consensus Zone C, an area of 11.81 square miles of water. Electronic remote sensing was not useful in this location, consistent with all prior Mobius expeditionary projects. In every instance, nonlocally sourced information accomplished what electronic remote sensing could not.²

Twelve remote viewers provided a total of 193 descriptive concepts about what would be found at the Leander site. Of these, 148 concepts (75% of the total) could be evaluated through direct field observations or historical research. The evaluation revealed 84% correct, 12% partially correct but usable, and 4% incorrect. Accuracy remained consistent across the sequence of material from Los Angeles interviews (84% correct, 13% partially correct, 3% incorrect) through interviews in Florida and on-site data acquired once Seaview was on the Bahama Banks (81% correct, 11% partially correct, 8% incorrect).²

Consensus protocol and comparative validation

Schwartz’s applied remote viewing methodology relied on a consensus and concept analysis protocol developed by the Mobius Group. This protocol differed from single-viewer or laboratory-based approaches by aggregating data from multiple remote viewers and analyzing convergent descriptions to identify reliable target information. The consensus approach aimed to reduce individual viewer bias and increase confidence in site location and description.

A defining feature of Schwartz’s methodology was the integration of three parallel research streams: remote viewing data, electronic remote sensing, and historical research. Before and during field expeditions, Schwartz’s team conducted thorough archival searches to determine whether a site’s location had been previously recorded. Electronic remote sensing (including side scan sonar, magnetometry, and other technologies) was deployed alongside remote viewing to provide independent verification or to identify discrepancies. This comparative framework allowed Schwartz to assess the relative utility of nonlocal consciousness data in archaeological contexts where conventional technology faced environmental or logistical constraints.

The Caravel Project, which examined marine sites across multiple expeditions, exemplified this integrated approach. Remote viewing was used to locate and describe shipwrecks and other submerged structures, with results compared against electronic remote sensing data and historical documentation of known vessels and trade routes.⁴ Similarly, the location and reconstruction of a Byzantine structure in Marea, Egypt, demonstrated the application of the consensus protocol to terrestrial archaeology.³

Significance and applications

Schwartz’s applied remote viewing research contributed to parapsychology by demonstrating a practical methodology for testing whether nonlocal consciousness could provide actionable information in real-world archaeological contexts. Rather than confining remote viewing to laboratory card-guessing or target-identification experiments, he deployed it in field conditions where success could be objectively verified through excavation, artifact recovery, and historical comparison.

The Alexandria Project and Grand Bahama Banks survey provided quantifiable results: specific site locations, descriptive accuracy rates, and comparative performance against electronic remote sensing. These outcomes suggested that remote viewing might be particularly valuable in environments where conventional technology was limited by water turbidity, electromagnetic interference, or other environmental factors. The consistency of findings across multiple expeditions, that nonlocal consciousness data repeatedly succeeded where electronic remote sensing failed, indicated a potential complementary role for remote viewing in archaeological survey and site discovery.

Schwartz’s work also raised methodological questions about how to validate nonlocal consciousness data in field archaeology. By requiring convergence across multiple viewers, comparison with independent electronic data, and verification through historical records and excavation, he established a framework for distinguishing between genuine nonlocal information and coincidence or inference. The high accuracy rates reported in descriptive concepts (84% correct in the Leander case) suggested that remote viewers were accessing information beyond what could be explained by prior knowledge or statistical chance.

The applications extended beyond academic archaeology. Schwartz’s methodology demonstrated potential utility for cultural heritage preservation, underwater exploration, and historical problem-solving in contexts where conventional survey methods were impractical or had reached their limits. His publications in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Scientific Exploration established a record of applied remote viewing research that could be scrutinized and replicated by other researchers.