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category: Private Organization
created: 2025-07-23
description: The Round Table Foundation was a research facility founded by Andrija
  Puharich in Maine, dedicated to the study of psychic phenomena.
location: Glen Cove, Maine
start: 1948
summary: The Round Table Foundation was a research facility founded by Andrija Puharich
  in Glen Cove, Maine, in the late 1940s.
tags:
- organization
- research
- private
title: Round Table Foundation
updated: 2025-07-23
---

The [Round Table Foundation](/organizations/round-table-foundation/) was a research facility founded by [Andrija Puharich](/people/andrija-puharich/) in Glen Cove, Maine, in the late 1940s. It was dedicated to the study of [psi](/concepts/parapsychology/) phenomena, particularly [ESP](/concepts/extrasensory-perception/) and [Psychokinesis](/concepts/psychokinesis/), and was funded by a group of wealthy patrons interested in the paranormal, including [Alice Astor Bouverie](/people/alice-astor-bouverie/) and [Marcella Miller du Pont](/people/marcella-miller-du-pont/).[^1]

The foundation was housed in a 45-room mansion called the Warrenton Estate, and it was here that Puharich conducted his early research, including experiments with psychics like [Eileen Garrett](/people/eileen-garrett/) in a [Faraday cage](/concepts/faraday-cage/). The foundation also explored other areas of research, such as audio waves and human hearing.[^1]

The Round Table Foundation attracted the attention of the U.S. government, and Puharich was eventually called back into military service. The foundation's work, though often blending science with mysticism, played a role in the early history of U.S. government interest in psychic phenomena.[^1]

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[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.