According to one report, some of his Project Star Gate colleagues pranked Dames by informing him that a remote viewing session had gathered data indicating a man dressed in a red suit was flying over the North Pole in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Dames interpreted this as being a warning of an imminent missile attack.[1]
After leaving the Army, he founded his own company called Psi Tech to offer "remote viewing services."[2] Dames went on to team up with Harry DeLigter, whose company Light Productions produced videos on paranormal subjects. However, DeLigter sued Dames and Psi Tech after Dames reportedly tried to cut him out of the profits. Dames was forced to cough up $435,000 after a breach of contract judgment and stepped down as president of Psi Tech, which was then taken over by his ex-wife Joni Dourif. He later claimed that he left the company for "ethical reasons". Dames then set up a new company, the TRV Institute.[3]
Later, Dane Spotts, who became CEO of Psi Tech, claimed that a former Psi Tech employee named F.M.Bonsall burgled Dourif's house and made off with several boxes of files belonging to Psi Tech, which he allegedly handed over to Dames.[3] Spotts filed a lawsuit against Dames, his wife Jane, and Bonsall.[4] According to "remote viewer" Aaron Donahue, Dames mentored him until the pair had a falling out.[
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Dames is notorious for making bizarre predictions:
Said Martians would be caught stealing fertilizer from U.S. companies[10]
Said that the existence of Satan would be proven by science[10]
Said Bill Clinton would be killed in April 1998 on a golf course by lightning[10]
Claimed to know the exact location of Amelia Earhart's plane[10]
He is most well-known for his predictions of catastrophic, Armageddon-like events, earning him the nickname "Dr. Doom":
Claimed a cylindrical object containing deadly fungus spores released by an alien intelligence was headed towards Earth in 1998.[7][11]
Claimed that Africa would be hit with major famine due to a wheat fungus, and eventually spread to the Americas.[12]
Claimed 300 m.p.h. winds would sweep over the U.S.[10]
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