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aliases:
- Ron Robertson
category: Key Figures
summary: Ron Robertson was a security officer for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
tags:
- Person
- Stargate
- CIA
---

Ron Robertson was a security officer for the [Atomic Energy Commission](/organizations/atomic-energy-commission/) (AEC). He was assigned to oversee national security issues between the AEC, [Livermore](/organizations/lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory/), and the [Central Intelligence Agency](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/) during [Uri Geller](/people/uri-geller/)'s classified [psychokinesis](/concepts/psychokinesis/) tests in the winter of 1975[^1].

These tests, conducted at a laboratory adjacent to Livermore in an old wooden [World War II](/events/world-war-ii/) barracks, involved firing high-quality lasers at a target and placing magnetic computer program cards in a lead container to see if Geller could interfere with them. Robertson's role was to ensure security protocols were maintained, especially given Geller's status as a foreign national and unresolved potential role with the [Mossad](/organizations/mossad/)[^1].

After the second day of tests, Robertson called [Kit Green](/people/kit-green/) at [Central Intelligence Agency](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/) headquarters, reporting that several nuclear weapons engineers had seen inexplicable phenomena, including "items flying across the room. Lights flashing. A six-inch ball of light, rolling down the hallway. One scientist reported seeing a flying orb." These incidents, which Green privately thought sounded like "poltergeist events," caused concern at both the AEC and the [Central Intelligence Agency](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/), leading Green to investigate whether the scientists were experiencing hallucinations[^1].

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