Topic: Russell Targ

Wernher von Braun reportedly worked with Russell Targ of SRI to develop ESP testing machines for NASA astronauts to identify those with high psychic potential. Astronaut Gordon Cooper claimed that von Braun was preparing for a manned Mars mission as early as 1966, with a target date of 1975. This mission was allegedly suppressed, leading to theories about a "secret space program" that continued in the decades following the Apollo moon landings.

The CIA's remote viewing program, led by Russell Targ and Ingo Swann, utilized psychics like Pat Price to track UFOs and locate missing persons. Price, a high-level psychic with Scientology connections, died mysteriously after expressing too much curiosity about the UFO file. Former CIA Director Stansfield Turner once made a cryptic comment suggesting a psychic had gone "so remote" they could no longer be found.

List describes the Cold War "psychic arms race" between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, focusing on the Stanford Research Institute’s remote viewing programs. He mentions Russell Targ and the recruitment of psychics to operate advanced technology that requires "extra abilities" beyond standard pilot training. The segment argues that the military-industrial complex has studied the occult and "astral projection" for decades to gain a technological advantage.

The host shares personal anecdotes about his family's history with psychic abilities, claiming his great-grandmother was a well-known "channeler" in Dallas. Dark Journalist confirms that Wernher von Braun was interested in testing the ESP of NASA astronauts and that von Braun's own mother was a known psychic in Germany. The segment explores the "mystical" undercurrents of the early aerospace program.

The study of alien abductions by Harvard professor John Mack is linked to extra-dimensional phenomena and time loss. Russell Targ’s work with the CIA on remote viewing is mentioned, alongside claims that Wernher von Braun sought to test NASA astronauts for high ESP. These psychic elements are presented as a core, though hidden, component of the aerospace and space exploration programs.