
Side Characters - Project Alpha Part IV
World's Greatest Con
The Pros and Cons of Project Alpha
In 1985, the Mac lab closes after James S. McDonald's grant money runs out. An article in The New York Times credits Project Alpha for the closing. Peter Phillips responds to a St. Louis Post Dispatch report on it with a letter to the editor. "I thought they probably had genuine psychic ability because I found it hard to believe in an extensive conspiracy"
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