I lifted this quotation and can’t find the reference but it’s so interesting, I’ll post it without attribution while I track down the source:
During the same period as Project Stargate was active, Geller had been closely associated involved with another CIA-linked scientist, Dr. Andrija Puharich, who made a practice of placing Geller into hypnotic trance states as a method to further enhance his psychic abilities. During one such hypnosis session, Geller recalled an encounter from his youth with a “silvery mass of light” that made time stand still. The light identified itself with a name straight out of a James Bond movie: Spectra. Geller described Spectra as his “programmer.” Puharich came to believe that Geller was “specifically created to serve as an intermediary between a ‘divine’ intelligence and man,” and that his mission was to alert the world about an imminent mass landing of spaceships carrying a race of ETs called the Hoovas. In addition to channeling Spectra, Puharich and Geller claimed to have witnessed a wide range of paranormal activity, including mysterious messages that appeared on blank audio tapes, not to mention several UFO sightings, and the teleportation of objects.
In interviews, Geller claims to recall his childhood encounters with a landed craft but never mentioned that the information was “hypnotically enhanced.” Readers will know that I treat this material as “post with an asterisk” at best and sketchy at worst.