1. Russell Targ was born on April 11,1934 and is an American physicist, parapsychologist, and author who is best known for his work on remote viewing.
10 Facts About Russell Targ
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Russell Targ is the son of William Targ, an American book editor who was well-known and respected in the field of commercial publishing.
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Russell Targ was involved in early laser research at Technical Research Group, where he co-authored, with Gordon Gould among others, a 1962 paper describing the use of homodyne detection with laser light.
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In 1972, Targ joined the Electronics and Bioengineering Laboratory at SRI as a senior research physicist in a program founded by Harold E Puthoff.
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From 1986 to 1998 Russell Targ worked in electro-optics as a senior staff scientist at the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, where he contributed to aviation windshear sensing applications of Doppler heterodyne lidar technology.
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In 1972 Puthoff and Russell Targ tested remote viewer Ingo Swann at SRI, and the experiment led to a visit from two employees of the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology.
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Joan Fischer Russell Targ was the sister of World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer.
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In 2004 Russell Targ assisted Fischer, who had been a fugitive in the United States since violating a trade embargo with his 1992 victory over Boris Spassky.
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In Pawn Sacrifice, a 2014 biopic of Fischer, Russell Targ appears briefly, portrayed by Marco Verdoni.
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Russell Targ, who is legally blind, is an avid motorcyclist and has published a memoir on his experiences as a "blind biker".