Scientists & Researchers

Edwin May

1975

Physicist-turned-parapsychologist. Joined Maimonides Medical Center's ESP research in 1975 working with Ingo Swann, who recommended him to SRI's remote-viewing program that same year. Succeeded Hal Puthoff as project director in 1985, and when SRI closed in 1990, moved the program (by then called Star Gate) to SAIC to keep it running until 1995.

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Connections (8)

confirmedIngo Swann

worked together at Maimonides; recommended him to SRI

Source: Jim Schnabel, Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies (1997) · Targ 2019 (JSE)

confirmedDale Graff

fellow project director in the Army/DIA remote-viewing program

Source: U.S. government remote-viewing program (Grill Flame/Stargate) history

confirmedRay Hyman

served on the 1995 CIA-commissioned review panel evaluating his program

Source: U.S. government remote-viewing program (Grill Flame/Stargate) history

confirmedHal Puthoff

succeeded him as SRI project director

Source: Jim Schnabel, Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies (1997) · Targ 2019 (JSE)

confirmedRussell Targ

colleague on the SRI remote-viewing program

Source: Jim Schnabel, Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies (1997) · Targ 2019 (JSE)

confirmedStanford Research Institute

succeeded Puthoff as project director in 1985

Source: CIA STAR GATE declassified archive (1995); AIR review (1995) · Targ 2019 (JSE)

confirmedSAIC

moved the program there when SRI closed in 1990

Source: U.S. government remote-viewing program (Grill Flame/Stargate) history

confirmedStargate Project

its later program director (from 1985)

Source: US remote-viewing program history · Targ 2019 (JSE)

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