Harold E. Puthoff

Harold E. Puthoff, Ph.D., (born 20 June 1936) is an American physicist who, earlier in his career was involved in research on paranormal topics. In 1967, Puthoff earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University.cn|date=April 2008 Puthoff is well known within gravitational physics circlesattribution needed|date=April 2008 for his papers on polarizable vacuum (PV) and stochastic electrodynamics topics, which are examples of alternative approaches to general relativity and quantum mechanics. In the 70s and 80s he directed a CIA/DIA-funded program at SRI International to investigate paranormal abilities, collaborating with Russell Targ in a study of the alleged psychic abilities of Uri Geller, Ingo Swann, Pat Price, Joseph McMoneagle and others. Both Puthoff and Russell Targ became convinced Geller and Swann had genuine psychic powers. [ Mind-Reach: Scientists Look at Psychic Abilities by Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff, Hampton Roads Publishing Co., 2005. ] More conventional explanations for the alleged abilities have also been advanced. [Marks, D.F. & Kammann, R. (1980). "The Psychology of the Psychic". Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books.]

Puthoff has invented and worked with tunable lasers and electron beam devices, concerning which he holds patents, and he is co-author (with R. Pantell) of "Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics" (Wiley, 1969), published in English, French and Russian.

ecret government work

Puthoff was once a United States Navy officer who was assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA),cn|date=April 2008 later becoming a civilian employee.cn|date=April 2008 Following a sabbatical at Stanford University to obtain his Ph.D., he joined SRI International where in 1972, together with Russell Targ, he founded a then-highly-classified, now-highly-publicised "remote viewing" program, originally called Project SCANATE, finally STAR GATE, which was funded over its two-decade-plus history by the CIA, DIA, and various military organizations. [ [http://www.biomindsuperpowers.com/Pages/CIA-InitiatedRV.html CIA-Initiated Remote Viewing At Stanford Research Institute] by Harold E. Puthoff, Ph.D.]

Puthoff has held high-level security clearances with the United States government.cn|date=April 2008

Ventures in Austin

In 1985, Puthoff founded a for-profit company, EarthTech International in Austin, TX.cn|date=April 2008 At about the same time, he founded an academically-oriented scientific research organization, Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin (IASA),cn|date=April 2008 also in Austin, TX, where he is Director. Independent of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, IASA pursues more focused research on topics specifically related to energy generation and space propulsion, with funding from anonymous donors.

cientology

Puthoff joined the Church of Scientology in the late 1960s and reached the top OT VII level by 1971. Puthoff wrote up his "wins" for a Scientology publication, claiming to have achieved "remote viewing" abilities. [ Puthoff, Hal, "Success Story", Scientology Advanced Org Los Angeles (AOLA) special publication, 1971.] In 1974, Puthoff also wrote a piece for Scientology's "Celebrity" magazine, stating that Scientology had given him "a feeling of absolute fearlessness". ["Celebrity" magazine, Minor Issue 9, February 1974] Puthoff severed all connection with Scientology in the late '70's. [ Harold Puthoff, "Harold Puthoff Responds on Zero-Point Energy," "Skeptical Inquirer", Sept./Oct.1998.]

References

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cite book|author=Pantell, Richard H. and Puthoff, H. E.| title=Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics| location=New York| publisher=Wiley|year=1969 |id=ISBN 0-471-65790-5
#H. E. Puthoff, [http://www.biomindsuperpowers.com/Pages/CIA-InitiatedRV.html CIA-Initiated Remote Viewing At Stanford Research Institute] , 1996, from [http://www.biomindsuperpowers.com/ Biomind Superpowers] , the website of Ingo Swann, also said to be an ex-employee of Project SCANATE.
#cite journal|author=Puthoff, H. E. |title=Searching for the Universal Matrix in Metaphysics |journal=Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology|volume=2|pages=22|unused_data=|yea2002
#cite journal|author=Puthoff, H. E. |title=Polarizable Vacuum (PV) Approach to General Relativity|journal=Foundations of Physics|volume=32|year=2002|pages=927–943 |doi=10.1023/A:1016011413407 [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9909037 arXiv eprint]
#cite journal|author=Puthoff, H. E.; Little, S. R.; and Ibison, M. |title=Engineering the Zero-Point Field and Polarizable Vacuum for Interstellar Flight|journal=J. British Interplanetary Society|volume=55|year=2002|pages=137–144
#cite book|author=Randi, James|title=Flim-Flam! : Psychics, ESP, unicorns and other Delusions|location=New York| publisher=Prometheus Books|year=1982 |id=ISBN 0-87975-198-3|pages=131-160

External links

* [http://www.nidsci.org/bios/puthoff.php Harold E. Puthoff] biography from the [http://www.nidsci.org/ National Institute for Discovery Science] , a frontier science organization in Las Vegas, NV
* [http://www.earthtech.org Earthtech International] , Puthoff's company in Austin, TX
* [http://www.earthtech.org/iasa/index.html Institute for Advanced Studies] in Austin, TX
* [http://gravitycontrol.org/puthoff.html Harold E. Puthoff Biography and Reference List] citing many accomplishments

;Alleged Scientology connections:
* [http://sc-i-r-s-ology.wikiscientology.org/veritas/cst/cst-cia.htm Puthoff, Scientology, and the CIA] , from [http://sc-i-r-s-ology.wikiscientology.org/ Church of Spiritual Technology: IRS Approved] , an anti-Scientology website