A recently resurfaced CIA document from 1988 suggests the U.S. government may have located the biblical Ark of the Covenant using psychic intelligence techniques under a secret Cold War-era program.

The report is linked to Project Sun Streak, a classified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency initiative that attempted to gather information on distant targets using “remote viewers” — individuals trained to perceive unseen or far-off locations.

Perhaps most striking is the claim that the artifact is “protected by entities” who will “destroy” any unauthorized attempt to open it.

The report adds that the Ark “can only be opened when the time is deemed correct,” and that it carries a “spiritual and historical significance far beyond what we now know.”