September 7, 1999: Parapsychology Research - Russell Targ & Peter Davenport

Russell Targ discusses parapsychology research and remote viewing while Peter Davenport examines recent UFO sightings and reports. Targ presents decades of research into psychic abilities and how scientific investigation has demonstrated that consciousness can access information beyond the limits of normal perception. His work in government remote viewing programs revealed that ordinary people can be trained to psychically perceive distant locations and events through systematic protocols. The conversation covers specific remote viewing experiments and how results demonstrate genuine psychic functioning that cannot be explained by chance or conventional information transfer. Targ addresses scientific skepticism about psi abilities and how resistance from mainstream science reflects ideological commitments rather than evaluation of experimental evidence. Davenport contributes recent UFO reports from the National UFO Reporting Center, examining current sightings and patterns in contemporary UFO activity. He discusses particularly compelling cases with multiple witnesses or physical evidence that support claims about anomalous aerial phenomena. The discussion explores connections between consciousness research and UFO phenomena, examining whether enhanced psychic abilities might enable better perception of non-human intelligence. Both speakers address how paradigm resistance prevents mainstream acceptance of evidence for both psychic abilities and extraterrestrial contact despite substantial documentation. Their combined presentation demonstrates how multiple lines of research point toward realities beyond conventional understanding.