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But while I was there, the people in the office were all abuzz about this character, Ted Owens, because he had been writing to them for some time saying they had achieved already a lot of notoriety, which they didn't want, because of their work with Uri Geller, the Israeli psychic. And Ted Owens was writing to them saying, ìWhy are you wasting your time with this Israeli psychic?

Because Iím the worldís greatest psychic. You should be testing me.î And this went on for some time.

Because Iím the worldís greatest psychic. You should be testing me.î And this went on for some time.

Because Iím the worldís greatest psychic. You should be testing me.î And this went on for some time.

They kept ignoring him. And then shortly before my visit, he wrote to them and he said, I'm going to prove to you that I am the world's greatest psychic. And he said, right now there's a terrible drought going on in California, which there was. It was so bad that they piped water where I lived across the Richmond Bridge into Marin County.

They kept ignoring him. And then shortly before my visit, he wrote to them and he said, I'm going to prove to you that I am the world's greatest psychic. And he said, right now there's a terrible drought going on in California, which there was. It was so bad that they piped water where I lived across the Richmond Bridge into Marin County.

They kept ignoring him. And then shortly before my visit, he wrote to them and he said, I'm going to prove to you that I am the world's greatest psychic. And he said, right now there's a terrible drought going on in California, which there was. It was so bad that they piped water where I lived across the Richmond Bridge into Marin County.

And people would say, if it's yellow, let it mellow. Don't flush your toilet. If it's brown, flush it down. So very serious drought. He said, I'm going to end that drought. And you will know that I ended it. It will happen in a matter of days. And there will be every crazy kind of weather, snow, sleet, hail, and UFO sightings, which is my trademark. And...

And people would say, if it's yellow, let it mellow. Don't flush your toilet. If it's brown, flush it down. So very serious drought. He said, I'm going to end that drought. And you will know that I ended it. It will happen in a matter of days. And there will be every crazy kind of weather, snow, sleet, hail, and UFO sightings, which is my trademark. And...

And people would say, if it's yellow, let it mellow. Don't flush your toilet. If it's brown, flush it down. So very serious drought. He said, I'm going to end that drought. And you will know that I ended it. It will happen in a matter of days. And there will be every crazy kind of weather, snow, sleet, hail, and UFO sightings, which is my trademark. And...

your local newspaper will publish an article saying that the drought is ended. And at the time, the newspaper stories were saying, no end in sight to the drought. So this happened like three days later after Owens had sent them the message. So Russell Targ sent him back a message saying, that was a very good prediction. Congratulations.

your local newspaper will publish an article saying that the drought is ended. And at the time, the newspaper stories were saying, no end in sight to the drought. So this happened like three days later after Owens had sent them the message. So Russell Targ sent him back a message saying, that was a very good prediction. Congratulations.

your local newspaper will publish an article saying that the drought is ended. And at the time, the newspaper stories were saying, no end in sight to the drought. So this happened like three days later after Owens had sent them the message. So Russell Targ sent him back a message saying, that was a very good prediction. Congratulations.

And Ted Owens wrote back to them and said, hell no, it was not a prediction. I caused it. And that's when they said, we can't have this guy here. We're working with the CIA. We're getting government funding. We need to keep a very low profile. But Jeffrey, you're a young, promising graduate student.

And Ted Owens wrote back to them and said, hell no, it was not a prediction. I caused it. And that's when they said, we can't have this guy here. We're working with the CIA. We're getting government funding. We need to keep a very low profile. But Jeffrey, you're a young, promising graduate student.

And Ted Owens wrote back to them and said, hell no, it was not a prediction. I caused it. And that's when they said, we can't have this guy here. We're working with the CIA. We're getting government funding. We need to keep a very low profile. But Jeffrey, you're a young, promising graduate student.

Would you mind taking this file that we had, a large file of communication from him, off of our hands? Maybe you could follow up on it. Who said this? Al Puthoff and Russell Targ.

Would you mind taking this file that we had, a large file of communication from him, off of our hands? Maybe you could follow up on it. Who said this? Al Puthoff and Russell Targ.

Would you mind taking this file that we had, a large file of communication from him, off of our hands? Maybe you could follow up on it. Who said this? Al Puthoff and Russell Targ.

Yeah. which I did. I took their file, and I met Ted Owens a few months later in England. I was attending a parapsychology conference in England, and it turned out that word got out about the drought in California. In fact, they published a little news story about it in a magazine popular at that time called Psychic Magazine. People in England were then experiencing a drought, that summer.