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Stanford University

Stanford University is a research university in Stanford, California, whose faculty, researchers and alumni have been connected to UFO-related sociological studies, remote viewing research, and analysis of UAP-related testimony and materials.

Stanford, California, USA

Stanford University, in USA, California, Stanford, is a research university whose faculty and researchers have intersected with several strands of UAP-related and fringe research since the mid-20th century. In 1954, three Stanford sociologists infiltrated a small UFO group led by Marian Keech, who had predicted the arrival of UFOs amid a global cataclysm.¹ Contrary to the sociologists’ expectation that Keech’s followers would come to disbelieve her, some followers instead reinterpreted the events in a way that supported their original faith in her.²

Stanford was also a centre of early remote viewing (RV) research. Harold E. Puthoff earned his PhD from Stanford University in 1967.³ The technique later used in Project Stargate was pioneered at Stanford in the late 1960s, led by Puthoff.⁴ He was a Stanford researcher and an employee of the National Security Agency (NSA) when he and Russell Targ were approached by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and told that Russia had a remote viewing programme.⁵ Puthoff’s broader career spanned research at General Electric, the Sperry Corporation, the NSA, Stanford, and SRI International.⁶

According to the Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I, Stanford’s Sturrock Panel (1998) found no convincing evidence for the extraterrestrial origin of UFO/UAP.⁷

Elisabeth Targ spent a decade at Stanford, becoming a certified Russian translator before earning her medical degree there.⁸ By 1982, Florenze Mansmann held a doctorate in biomedical engineering and worked at Stanford.⁹

Garry Nolan is a Professor in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University.¹⁰ He held a chaired position and his own laboratory there, where postdoctoral researchers and graduate students investigated human genetics.¹¹ William “Will” Livingston’s team brought MRI images of the brains of UAP experiencers, all servicemen and intelligence officials, to Nolan’s office at Stanford.¹² Nolan was a friend and colleague of Luis Elizondo and was included on Tom DeLonge’s advisory board.¹³ Nolan is also a professor at Stanford’s medical school, and the Nolan/Vallée Iowa Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) materials paper was the first time he had published in an aerospace journal.¹⁴

According to In Plain Sight, a Stanford analysis and a 2020 analysis by Robert Powell of the Scientific Coalition for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Studies, published as the 2020 Robert Powell analysis of the Ubatuba samples for the Scientific Coalition for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Studies, suggested there is no evidence that the Ubatuba object samples are of extra-terrestrial origin, nor that the magnesium in them is especially pure.¹⁵

David Fravor said that Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Stanford University, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Naval Postgraduate School are among the top-tier universities from which leading-edge technology research typically emerges.¹⁶

Philip Zimbardo conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment at Stanford University.¹⁷

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In 1954, three Stanford sociologists infiltrated a small UFO group led by Marian Keech, who had predicted UFOs would arrive amid a global cataclysm.
“In the 1950s three Stanford University sociologists infiltrated a small UFO group whose leader, Marian Keech, predicted the arrival of UFOs amid a global cataclysm.”
American Cosmic ch3:51052-51206
Contrary to the sociologists' expectation, some of Keech's followers reinterpreted the failed prediction in a way that reinforced their faith in her.
“The sociologists had assumed that they would come to disbelieve Keech, but that didn’t exactly happen. Instead, some of her followers reinterpreted the meaning of the events in a way that supported their faith in Keech, and their original beliefs.”
American Cosmic ch3:51428-51667
Harold Puthoff earned his PhD from Stanford University in 1967.
“Hal earned his PhD from Stanford University in 1967.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch10:2368-2415 View the source record →
The remote viewing technique used in Project Stargate was pioneered at Stanford in the late 1960s, led by Harold Puthoff.
“The program, pioneered at Stanford University in the late 1960s, was led by none other than Hal Puthoff”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch11:25107-25203 View the source record →
Puthoff was a Stanford researcher and NSA employee when he and Russell Targ were approached by the CIA and told Russia had a remote viewing programme.
“Hal had been a Stanford University researcher and an employee of the NSA when he and his colleague Russell Targ were approached by the CIA and told that Russia had a remote-viewing program.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch11:25266-25447 View the source record →
Puthoff's career spanned General Electric, Sperry Corporation, the NSA, Stanford, and SRI International.
“His professional background spans decades of research at General Electric, Sperry, the NSA, Stanford University, and SRI International”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch10:2421-2542 View the source record →
Stanford's Sturrock Panel (1998) found no convincing evidence for the extraterrestrial origin of UFO/UAP.
“Stanford University's Sturrock Panel (1998) found no convincing evidence for the extraterrestrial origin of UFO/UAP.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I char:72240-72356 View the source record →
Elisabeth Targ spent a decade at Stanford, becoming a certified Russian translator before earning her medical degree.
“Elisabeth had spent a decade at Stanford University, becoming a certified Russian translator and then earning her medical degree.”
Surviving Death ch30:4772-4894
By 1982, Florenze Mansmann held a doctorate in biomedical engineering and worked at Stanford.
“Mansmann, who by 1982 held a doctorate in biomedical engineering and worked at Stanford University”
In Plain Sight ch10:6382-6470 View the source record →
Garry Nolan is a Professor in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University.
“Dr. Garry Nolan, a Professor in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin char:18165-18237 View the source record →
Nolan held a chaired position and his own laboratory at Stanford, where postdocs and graduate students studied human genetics.
“Garry P. Nolan had a chaired position and his own laboratory at Stanford University, where an army of postdocs and graduate students investigated various mysteries of human genetics.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch18:12588-12761 View the source record →
Livingston's team brought MRI images of the brains of UAP experiencers, all servicemen and intelligence officials, to Nolan's office.
“Will’s team had brought MRI images of the brains of the UAP experiencers—all servicemen and intelligence officials—who had given them permission to share their medical data.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch18:15357-15552 View the source record →
Nolan was a friend and colleague of Luis Elizondo and was included on Tom DeLonge's advisory board.
“my friend and colleague from Stanford University, Dr. Garry Nolan”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch29:13554-13614 View the source record →
Nolan is a professor at Stanford's medical school; the Nolan/Vallée Iowa UAP materials paper was his first aerospace-journal publication.
“It was the first time that Nolan, a professor at Stanford’s medical school, had ever published in an aerospace journal”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch31:38451-38562 View the source record →
A Stanford analysis and Robert Powell's 2020 analysis found no evidence the Ubatuba samples were extra-terrestrial or unusually pure magnesium.
“more recent Stanford University analysis and a 2020 analysis by Robert Powell of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies has suggested there is no evidence at all that the Ubatuba specimens are of extra-terrestrial origin, nor that the magnesium is especially pure.”
In Plain Sight ch24:11894-12158 View the source record →
David Fravor named Stanford among the top-tier universities from which leading-edge technology research typically emerges.
“So you've got MIT, you've got Caltech, you've got Stanford, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, I'm just naming schools, Naval Postgraduate School is another one.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 02:14:16.5-02:14:25.2
Philip Zimbardo conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment at Stanford University.
“And Philip Zimbardo at Stanford with the Stanford Prison Experiments, very similar.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 00:11:54.9-00:11:59.6

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