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It was the 30 years of pioneering at the famous Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory (P.E.A.R.) from 1979 - 2007 which spawned follow on projects such as the Global Consciousness Project.

"One of the most prominent psi research groups in recent decades was the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory. It was founded in 1979 by Robert G Jahn of Princeton University to conduct research on the extended capacities of human consciousness.

"The program continued for nearly three decades, ending in 2007. As one of the highest ranking officers at an elite Ivy League university, Jahn was in a position to muster financial support and a rich academic context for potentially ground-breaking science.

"PEAR was a well-supported, technologically sophisticated effort

'to establish and explore anomalous effects of intention on physical systems, and anomalous communication of information across barriers of distance and time.' "

https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/princeton-engineering-anomalies-research-pear

Anecdotally, the idea for P.E.A.R. may have stemmed from the many eerily corroborating and totally inexplicable independent accounts of WW II Air Force bomber crews.

These airmen were absolutely convinced that certain aircraft were infested with "gremlins" which would, according to these seasoned combat veterans, mischievously begin to play tricks with and even damage parts of an aircraft's controls and equipment.