Greg Mallozzi joins to discuss his decade-long investigation into Andrija Puharich, a mid-century scientist who became a central figure in American mind control research and UFO phenomena. Puharich was a physician and researcher who founded the Roundtable Foundation in Maine, conducted early remote viewing experiments, and later recruited psychic children known as 'space kids' for government-funded research.

The conversation explores Puharich's connections to MKUltra, his invention of electromagnetic devices that could transmit thoughts directly to the brain, and his role in channeling entities called 'the Nine' through various psychics including Uri Geller. Mallozzi reveals previously unknown archival materials showing Puharich's extensive ties to intelligence agencies and his work developing mind control technologies decades before they became publicly known.

Key books discussed include The Sacred Mushroom by Puharich himself, The Controllers by Martin Cannon on fabricated alien abductions, The Stargate Conspiracy exposing intelligence connections, and The Only Planet of Choice by Phyllis Schlemmer documenting her channeling work. The investigation reveals how Puharich's research may have influenced modern UFO disclosure narratives and psychic phenomena.

From Medical Student to Mind Control Pioneer

Puharich attended Northwestern University medical school starting in 1947 as part of the Army Specialized Training Program, a recruiting initiative that also included Henry Kissinger and Kurt Vonnegut

Warren S. McCullough, a Northwestern researcher into ESP and psychedelic drugs, took Puharich under his wing and recommended him to CIA and Navy agencies in letters found in archives

Puharich faced a choice between traditional academic medicine and ESP research, ultimately choosing the paranormal path that would define his career

Vice President Henry Wallace provided initial funding, followed by wealthy families including the Astors and DuPonts, to establish the Roundtable Foundation in Maine in 1948

The Roundtable Foundation and Early ESP Research

The Roundtable Foundation was actually funded by Army, Navy, and CIA contracts rather than private benefactors, despite Puharich's public claims about wealthy patrons

Puharich conducted remote viewing experiments in custom-built Faraday cages, potentially the first such research predating Stanford Research Institute by decades

Aldous Huxley frequently visited the foundation and endorsed The Sacred Mushroom, calling Puharich 'the greatest mind in parapsychology' on the book's cover

Research focused on Amanita muscaria mushrooms allegedly enhancing ESP abilities, connecting to theories in The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross about psychedelic religious experiences

Psychics at the foundation would predict UFO sightings, with the group going outside to observe orbs appearing exactly as foretold

Channeling the Nine and Elite Connections

Dr. Vinod, an Indian psychic and friend of Gandhi, first channeled 'the Nine' in 1952 during an unexpected trance at the Roundtable Foundation

The Nine provided specific technical instructions for building Faraday cages using copper and precise dimensions, which improved the clarity of channeled transmissions

A New Year's Eve 1952 seance included nine blue-blooded American elites: DuPonts, Astors, Forbes family members, and Bell helicopter inventor Arthur Young

Ruth Forbes Payne Young from the seance was connected to Lee Harvey Oswald through her daughter Ruth Payne, who housed Oswald and helped him get the Texas School Book Depository job

On the day of JFK's assassination, men in suits visited Puharich's Intellectron offices and spoke privately with him, leaving him visibly disturbed according to his assistant

Intellectron Corporation and Mind Control Technology

Puharich founded Intellectron Corporation in the early 1960s, receiving a $300,000 grant from the Atomic Energy Commission for biomedical research

The company developed the TD100 device and tooth implant technology that could transmit radio frequencies directly to the brain's hearing centers, bypassing normal auditory pathways

Puharich worked closely with José Delgado, who demonstrated remote control of bulls using brain implants - 'You have a guy who's being able to play the bull like a video game'

The research involved sending voices and thoughts directly to subjects' minds, with Atomic Energy Commission officials testing the technology on themselves and confirming it worked

Intellectron mysteriously closed after the JFK assassination, with virtually no documentation surviving despite extensive operations and government contracts

Uri Geller and Manufactured Psychic Experiences

Puharich met Uri Geller in Israel in 1970 while still operating Intellectron, hypnotizing Geller and having him channel the Nine for the first time since Dr. Vinod

Geller's alleged teleportation from New York City to Ossining involved crashing through a screen porch, which Puharich filmed extensively as 'proof' of the Nine's power

In a 2019 radio interview, Geller revealed that 'Puharich had experimented on him with mushrooms and had experimented extensively with him with hypnosis'

Puharich may have been a double agent for Israel, with FBI documents tracking his movements there and multiple sources claiming he worked for Mossad

Werner von Braun showed Geller alleged UFO material from Roswell, with Geller claiming telepathic connection to the otherworldly metal

The Space Kids Program and Remote Viewing

Children worldwide spontaneously developed psychic abilities after seeing Geller on television, leading Puharich to recruit them for Lab 9 research in the mid-1970s

A pay stub from Stanford Research Institute to Lab 9 in 1973 proves Puharich's continued involvement in official remote viewing programs, contradicting claims he only brought Geller

Space kids conducted remote viewing of military targets including the Kremlin, with sessions asking 'what time is the best to remote view the Kremlin so we can get into that'

One subject discovered an unexplained metal dental filling after working with Puharich, installed professionally without his knowledge or consent

Gene Roddenberry attended channeling sessions and wrote a 130-page script called 'The Nine' based on his experiences, influencing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Mysterious Death and Government Connections

Puharich died in 1995 after falling down stairs, coinciding with the official end of the Stargate remote viewing program and Jacobo Grinberg's disappearance in Mexico

Before his death, Puharich openly admitted in lectures: 'I can produce in your mind the image of an alien experience' using flashing lights and tones

His final notes described being monitored and claimed enemies had installed an ELF emitter in his television to beam harmful frequencies at him

Puharich had refused a CIA offer to head an ELF weapons research department, leading to confrontations with agency representatives including Bob Beck

Multiple space kids and associates disappeared or became untraceable, including the mysterious Sharon and Valerie Ranson, who worked in the Nixon White House while claiming to channel extraterrestrials