Russell Targ

6 archived appearances · 1999–2006

Russell Targ (born April 11, 1934) is a physicist and author who co-founded the Stanford Research Institute's (SRI) investigation into psychic abilities, helping to establish the scientific protocol for remote viewing used by the U.S. intelligence community. As an early figure featured on Art Bell's programs, he has spent decades demonstrating that extrasensory perception is a real and measurable phenomenon supported by rigorous laboratory evidence.

On the air with Art · 6

Sep 7, 1999 · 2h 49m
Parapsychology Research
Art Bell interviews physicist Russell Targ, co-founder with Hal Puthoff of the Stanford Research Institute's classified remote viewing program. Targ recounts how the CIA-funded initiative began in 1972 when he and Puthoff bet their careers on developing repeatable psychic experiments. He describes the landmark test...
May 16, 2001 · 1h 16m
Remote Viewing
with Paul H. Smith
Art Bell hosts physicist Russell Targ and military remote viewer Paul H. Smith, two pioneers of the government's psychic espionage program at Stanford Research Institute. Together they discuss the upcoming 2001 Remote Viewing Conference in Las Vegas and reveal details about the CIA-funded program that operated for o...
Apr 8, 2002 · 2h 46m
Consciousness and Remote Viewing
Art Bell speaks with physicist Russell Targ, co-founder of the Stanford Research Institute's investigation into psychic abilities and a pioneer in laser development. Targ describes how his early career as a stage magician taught him to distinguish genuine psychic signals from trickery, a skill that proved essential...
Mar 27, 2004 · 2h 52m
Remote Viewing
Art Bell sits down with physicist Russell Targ, co-founder of the Stanford Research Institute's remote viewing program, who reveals for the first time how the CIA program truly began. Targ describes how retired police commissioner Pat Price identified the leader of the SLA from a mug book and psychically located the...
Feb 20, 2005 · 2h 54m
Remote Viewing
Art Bell welcomes physicist Russell Targ, co-founder of the Stanford Research Institute's remote viewing program, for a conversation spanning two decades of government-funded psychic espionage research. Targ describes how the CIA program began in 1972 after Ingo Swann demonstrated the ability to accurately describe...
Jun 17, 2006 · 2h 32m
Remote Viewing and Fearless Living
Art Bell broadcasts from Manila for the first time, fielding listener questions about life in the Philippines before welcoming physicist Russell Targ, co-founder of the Stanford Research Institute psychic research program. Targ discusses the scientific evidence for remote viewing, including decades of government-fun...