Russell Targ

Russell Targ
Born (1934-04-11) April 11, 1934
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
Known forRemote viewing
Spouses
  • (died 1998)
  • Patricia Kathleen Phillips
    (m. 2003)
Children3, including Elisabeth Targ
RelativesBobby Fischer (brother-in-law)
Websiteespresearch.com

Russell Targ (born April 11, 1934) is an American physicist, parapsychologist, and author who is best known for his work on remote viewing.

Targ joined Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in 1972, where he and Harold E. Puthoff coined the term "remote viewing" for the practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen target using parapsychological means. Later, he worked with Puthoff on the US Defense Intelligence Agency's Stargate Project.

Targ's work on remote viewing has been characterized as pseudoscience and has also been criticized for lack of rigor.