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Wayne McDonnell
Army assessment author
Also known as Wayne M. McDonnell
Who they are
Wayne M. McDonnell was the Army officer who authored the June 9, 1983 assessment of the Gateway process. The memorandum reviews the training approach and offers explanatory models. Its later preservation among CIA-released records explains its public visibility, but neither archival custody nor the officer’s assessment constitutes independent scientific validation of the claims.
He is the identifiable author behind the frequently circulated Gateway memorandum.
Selected contributions
- Authored Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process for Army INSCOM in 1983.Source ↗
Selected works
Report · 1983
Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process
Army officer Wayne McDonnell evaluates the Gateway training approach using a mixture of technical explanation and speculative models. The memorandum documents that assessment; its presence in released CIA files is not independent scientific validation.
June 9, 1983 is the memorandum’s creation date; the date of first public release is not established.
Reading scope & citation
Reused prior inspected evidence: Relevant original-document OCR passages from the archival copy; not the archive catalog alone
In the timeline
- Jun 9, 1983An Army officer assesses the Gateway Process
Documented connections
Documented · authored
McDonnell’s Gateway assessment identifies its Army INSCOM origin.
Custody in CIA files does not convert it into a CIA-authored scientific validation.
Read the relationship record →Biography sources
- Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process ↗U.S. Army INSCOM; archival copy