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Jack Parsons

1936–1952

Self-taught rocket propulsion pioneer and co-founder of JPL and Aerojet; also a Thelemite occultist expelled from JPL in 1944 over his rituals, later conducted the "Babalon Working" with L. Ron Hubbard.

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Connections (9)

confirmedMarjorie Cameron

married; she reported a UFO sighting to him

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

confirmedSara "Betty" Northrup

his partner and sex-magick collaborator

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

confirmedAleister Crowley

occult mentor, led his U.S. lodge

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

confirmedKarl Germer

received Crowley's concerned correspondence about him

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

confirmedW.T. Smith

founded the OTO lodge Parsons later led

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

confirmedTheodore von Karman

GALCIT rocket group colleagues

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

confirmedNASA JPL

co-founded

Source: JPL / Caltech history (GALCIT rocket group)

disputedFrank Malina

"Suicide Squad" co-founders together; Parsons secretly informed on him to the FBI without his knowledge

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

disputedL. Ron Hubbard

Babalon Working, then Hubbard defrauded him

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

Part of The Red Thread Files — an independent, evidence-first investigation into the UAP, USO, and consciousness question. Confidence labels (confirmed / reported / disputed) are an automated approximation based on the wording and directness of each source, not a verdict. Corrections: [email protected].