The CIA may have used psychic powers to locate the Ark of the Covenant, one of history’s most legendary artifacts.
This millennia-old biblical chest, described in the Bible as gold-covered and containing the Ten Commandments, vanished centuries ago, sparking generations of speculation and quests to uncover its whereabouts.
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has reignited interest in the sacred relic by spotlighting declassified 1988 CIA documents that allegedly used psychic ‘remote viewing’ to track it.
‘The CIA allegedly located the Ark of the Covenant,’ Luna said on the Joe Rogan Experience, calling it an ‘Indiana Jones moment.’
The documents detail Remote Viewer No. 032, trained to perceive distant objects through psychic means, being given coordinates to observe an unidentified target.
The viewer’s notes reportedly described a ‘container of wood, gold, and silver’ adorned with seraphim, hidden in a ‘dark and wet’ underground site in a Middle Eastern region with ‘mosque domes’ and Arabic-speaking locals in white robes.
‘These files were part of the CIA’s Project Sun Streak, a Cold War-era program exploring psychic phenomena for intelligence gathering,’ the documents state, which were released in 2000. The files resurfaced in a March 2025 Daily Mail article.
‘We don’t know how far it went. I definitely have questions, but this wouldn’t be the first time a government searched for something, especially since some theorize that the Ark of the Covenant possessed powers akin to a superweapon,’ Luna said.
According to Biblical history, the Ark of he Covenant was a sacred, gold-covered wooden chest was constructed sometime around 1445 BCE to hold the Ten Commandments. The covenant was featured in the 1981 film ‘Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has reignited interest in the sacred relic by spotlighting declassified 1988 CIA documents that allegedly used psychic ‘remote viewing’ to track it.
She added that she plans to continue the search personally: ‘I was like, I need to pay for this myself. So we’re not using taxpayer dollars, but just go check it out.’
Rogan’s mix of fascination and skepticism amplified the conversation’s impact. ‘It’s wild stuff. If it’s legitimate, it’s wild stuff,’ he said. He questioned whether the viewer’s sketches resembled the relic in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark.
‘If I tell you to go draw me the Ark, you know what it looks like?’ Rogan asked, probing the validity of the psychic’s vision.
Luna, undeterred, emphasized the documents’ intrigue. ‘I feel like I’m describing an Indiana Jones movie, but this is actually from the CIA,’ she said.
Some historians believe the Ark was originally kept inside the Holy of Holies, the innermost chamber of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, before it disappeared during the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem in 586 BC.
Legends also suggest it was taken to Ethiopia, where it may reside in the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion.
British researcher Graham Hancock claims the Ark is guarded there, with some guardians reportedly suffering cataracts, possibly from ‘radiation poisoning.’
Luna, who consulted an Ethiopian Orthodox pastor, noted his ‘very optimistic’ perspective.
The resurfaced CIA document claims that the Ark of the Covenant has been found, and it may lie somewhere in the Middle East
Evidence that the chest existed has yet to be found, but the CIA document claims it was located in 1988.
The remote viewer described it as a coffin-shaped object, ‘a container with another container inside… fashioned of wood, gold, and silver, decorated with a six-winged angel.’
The viewer reported the site was somewhere in the Middle East, with locals speaking Arabic, and that the container was protected by entities, only to be opened by authorized individuals.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and other intelligence agencies, including the CIA, employed individuals alleged to have paranormal abilities to gather intelligence on ‘distant events.’
Project Sun Streak used psychics, called remote viewers, to observe targets using only coordinates. CIA historian Nicholas Dujmovic notes that the program, discontinued in 1995, produced no physical evidence.
A December 5, 1988, training exercise illustrates the approach.
The psychic projected their consciousness to search for the Ark, recording observations along the way. They described mosque-like buildings and ‘individuals clothed in virtually all white,’ with black hair and dark eyes. ‘One figure I homed in on wore a moustache,’ they noted.
The remote viewer claimed the Ark was hidden somewhere underground in the Middle East, and that it is ‘protected by entities’ who will ‘destroy’ those who attempt to break into it
The remote viewer made this sketch of a ‘white mosque’ with a domed top and windows
The target was hidden underground in a dark, wet location.
‘Its purpose is to bring people together. It involves ceremony, memory, homage, and resurrection. There is an aspect of spirituality, information, lessons, and historical knowledge far beyond what we now know.’ Attempts to open the container without authorization would result in destruction by unknown powers, the notes warned.
The report includes sketches and scrawled notes: a domed building resembling a mosque, eight mummies lined up, a wheel, and a winged creature labeled a ‘seraphim.’ It also lists ominous words like ‘death,’ ‘forbidden,’ ‘protected,’ ‘scared,’ ‘destroyed,’ ‘pain,’ and ‘anguish.’
Luna added that guardians of the Ark would have to undergo a special process to be considered for the honor.
‘From a biblical perspective, no one would be able to access it anyway because it would be protected,’ she said. ‘That’s what the Bible says. That’s it, it cannot be opened until the time is deemed correct.’
