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category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
summary: Mike Russo was a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
  who, along with other Livermore personnel, experienced a series of bizarre, hallucination-inducing
  phenomena after their involvement with Uri Geller.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
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Mike Russo was a physicist at [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory](/organizations/lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory/) (LLNL) who, along with other Livermore personnel, experienced a series of bizarre, hallucination-inducing phenomena after their involvement with [Uri Geller](/people/uri-geller/). These apparitions included hovering, monochrome flying saucers and strange animals, such as large raven-like birds.[^1]

Russo and others began to seriously question their sanity due to these experiences. He was part of the group that met with [Richard Kennett](/people/richard-kennett/) of the [CIA](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/) to discuss the unsettling events. Russo also complained about a telephone call from a strange metallic voice that demanded the Livermore group cease its research activities with Geller, after which the apparitions faded away.[^1]

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[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.