abstract:Project Alpha was an elaborate hoax in 1979, orchestrated by the stage magician and skeptic James Randi. It involved planting two fake psychics, Steve Shaw (now better known as Banachek) and Michael Edwards, into a paranormal research project.
Indeed, he notes, Dynegy's share price did not fall on April 3rd, when the press first commented on problems with ProjectAlpha, a fact dismissed out of hand by Mr Graves.