Hal Puthoff
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But anyway, the reason I'm trying to get around to answering your question was that I then wrote this up and circulated around to other physicists. And pretty soon, the CIA come landing on my doorstep and said, oh, have we been looking for you? And I said, you know, why? Well, they looked in my background.
But anyway, the reason I'm trying to get around to answering your question was that I then wrote this up and circulated around to other physicists. And pretty soon, the CIA come landing on my doorstep and said, oh, have we been looking for you? And I said, you know, why? Well, they looked in my background.
But anyway, the reason I'm trying to get around to answering your question was that I then wrote this up and circulated around to other physicists. And pretty soon, the CIA come landing on my doorstep and said, oh, have we been looking for you? And I said, you know, why? Well, they looked in my background.
They saw that I had, between my master's degree and Ph.D., I'd been a naval intelligence officer at the National Security Agency. I had lots of high-level clearances. And he said, you know, we have a problem. And they plopped a big report down on the desk about like that and said, look, the Russians have been spending millions of dollars at their best institutes
They saw that I had, between my master's degree and Ph.D., I'd been a naval intelligence officer at the National Security Agency. I had lots of high-level clearances. And he said, you know, we have a problem. And they plopped a big report down on the desk about like that and said, look, the Russians have been spending millions of dollars at their best institutes
They saw that I had, between my master's degree and Ph.D., I'd been a naval intelligence officer at the National Security Agency. I had lots of high-level clearances. And he said, you know, we have a problem. And they plopped a big report down on the desk about like that and said, look, the Russians have been spending millions of dollars at their best institutes
trying to use ESP for espionage purposes. And we don't know how to evaluate it. I mean, no scientist in America even believes there is such a thing. And yet you did this experiment, and it looked like this guy could actually get inside this device and describe it and affect it. And here you're at SRI. We have lots of black projects here anyway. So We'd like to check him out.
trying to use ESP for espionage purposes. And we don't know how to evaluate it. I mean, no scientist in America even believes there is such a thing. And yet you did this experiment, and it looked like this guy could actually get inside this device and describe it and affect it. And here you're at SRI. We have lots of black projects here anyway. So We'd like to check him out.
trying to use ESP for espionage purposes. And we don't know how to evaluate it. I mean, no scientist in America even believes there is such a thing. And yet you did this experiment, and it looked like this guy could actually get inside this device and describe it and affect it. And here you're at SRI. We have lots of black projects here anyway. So We'd like to check him out.
Can you bring him back and let us come and do some experiments with him? And by the way, we're hoping that we'll find this is just all BS and we don't have to think about it and that'll be the end of that. So anyway, brought him back. They spent a day hiding things in the boxes and envelopes and he would describe what was inside. And they were totally blown away.
Can you bring him back and let us come and do some experiments with him? And by the way, we're hoping that we'll find this is just all BS and we don't have to think about it and that'll be the end of that. So anyway, brought him back. They spent a day hiding things in the boxes and envelopes and he would describe what was inside. And they were totally blown away.
Can you bring him back and let us come and do some experiments with him? And by the way, we're hoping that we'll find this is just all BS and we don't have to think about it and that'll be the end of that. So anyway, brought him back. They spent a day hiding things in the boxes and envelopes and he would describe what was inside. And they were totally blown away.
So they said, OK, we would like to give you a little project here, I don't know, 50 or 60K and see what else he can do. So anyway, that's how I got started on doing, quote, weird stuff. And so as many would know, that project ended up being very productive and it went over. more than 20 years and so on, highly classified level.
So they said, OK, we would like to give you a little project here, I don't know, 50 or 60K and see what else he can do. So anyway, that's how I got started on doing, quote, weird stuff. And so as many would know, that project ended up being very productive and it went over. more than 20 years and so on, highly classified level.
So they said, OK, we would like to give you a little project here, I don't know, 50 or 60K and see what else he can do. So anyway, that's how I got started on doing, quote, weird stuff. And so as many would know, that project ended up being very productive and it went over. more than 20 years and so on, highly classified level.
Well, maybe we'll get to that separately because I think the UAP stuff is kind of more interesting to start with. But anyway, that's how I got started in weird physics, you might call it. And then sort of like in Ghostbusters, well, if you've got some difficult problem, who are you going to call? I'll put off.
Well, maybe we'll get to that separately because I think the UAP stuff is kind of more interesting to start with. But anyway, that's how I got started in weird physics, you might call it. And then sort of like in Ghostbusters, well, if you've got some difficult problem, who are you going to call? I'll put off.
Well, maybe we'll get to that separately because I think the UAP stuff is kind of more interesting to start with. But anyway, that's how I got started in weird physics, you might call it. And then sort of like in Ghostbusters, well, if you've got some difficult problem, who are you going to call? I'll put off.
Able to affect the oscillations.
Able to affect the oscillations.