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Uri Geller

1972

Israeli-British entertainer and self-proclaimed psychic; tested by Puthoff and Targ at SRI in the 1970s, becoming an internationally famous test subject for the remote-viewing program. Wrote the foreword to John Alexander's 2017 book "Reality Denied."

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Connections (7)

confirmedWernher von Braun
reportedly said Geller bent his ring 'without ever touching it… I have no scientific explanation' (Geller's account)
Source: urigeller.com — Geller's account (single-source)
confirmedHal Puthoff
tested by him at SRI in the 1970s
Source: Targ & Puthoff, Information transmission under conditions of sensory shielding, Nature (1974)
confirmedRussell Targ
tested by him at SRI in the 1970s
Source: Targ & Puthoff, Information transmission under conditions of sensory shielding, Nature (1974)
confirmedJohn Alexander
Geller wrote the foreword to his 2017 book
Source: John Alexander, Reality Denied (2017), foreword by Uri Geller
confirmedAndrija Puharich
brought him to the U.S. in 1971 and became his most prominent public advocate
Source: Annie Jacobsen, Phenomena (2017)
confirmedClaiborne Pell
publicly championed him and government psi research
Source: press on Pell and Geller
confirmedFairchild Industries
Geller's demonstration for von Braun is associated with Fairchild (Geller's account)
Source: urigeller.com (single-source)
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