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Harold Edward Puthoff (born June 20, 1936) [2], often known as Hal Puthoff, is an American electrical engineer and parapsychologist. [3] Early life and career.
Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ were the most widely known of the researchers involved with SRI. Originally known for their work with lasers, [ 3 ] their work with parapsychology centered around the phenomena of remote viewing and psychokinesis .
Russell Targ (born April 11, 1934) is an American physicist, parapsychologist, and author who is best known for his work on remote viewing. [1]Targ joined Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in 1972, where he and Harold E. Puthoff coined the term "remote viewing" for the practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen target using parapsychological means.
In the 1970s, CIA and DIA granted funds to Harold E. Puthoff to investigate paranormal abilities, collaborating with Russell Targ in a study of the purported psychic abilities of Uri Geller, Ingo Swann, Pat Price, Joseph McMoneagle and others, as part of the Stargate Project, [25] of which Puthoff became a director. [26]
Harold Puthoff (see also Bernard Haisch and SED) (Overview of pseudoscientific concepts) In theoretical physics , particularly fringe physics , polarizable vacuum (PV) and its associated theory refer to proposals by Harold Puthoff , Robert H. Dicke , and others to develop an analog of general relativity to describe gravity and its relationship ...
Martin Gardner has written that the founding researcher Harold Puthoff was an active Scientologist before his work at Stanford University, which influenced his research at SRI. In 1970, the Church of Scientology published a notarized letter that Puthoff had written while he was conducting research on remote viewing at Stanford.
Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff, two experimenters, tested Geller and Swann and concluded that they had unique skills. [1] Others have strongly disputed the scientific validity of Targ and Puthoff's experiments. [13] In a 1983 interview, magician Milbourne Christopher remarked that Swann was "one of the cleverest in the field". [14]
Harold Puthoff (born 1936) William G. Hoover (born 1936) Arno Bohm (born 1936) Noor Muhammad Butt (born 1936) Ray Streater (born 1936) Jean-Loup Gervais (born 1936) Trần Thanh Vân (born 1936) Robert W. Fuller (born 1936) Ian Aitchison (born 1936) James T. Cushing (1937–2002) Eduard Prugovečki (1937–2003) Praveen Chaudhari (1937–2007)