---
aliases:
- Leon Jaroff
category: "Authors & Journalists"
tags:
  - Person
  - Magician
summary: "Leon Jaroff was a senior editor at *Time* magazine."
born: 1927-02-27
died: 2012-10-20
location: "Detroit, Michigan"
---

Leon Jaroff was a senior editor at *Time* magazine. He is known for his article, "The Magician and the Think Tank," published on March 12, 1973, which reported on [[Uri Geller]]'s testing at [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]] and the controversy surrounding it[^1].

Jaroff's article was influenced by [[George Lawrence]], an [[DARPA]] project manager, who told Jaroff that Geller was a "charlatan" and encouraged the magazine to write an exposé. Lawrence's unauthorized communication with a reporter was a violation of his security clearance, leading to an investigation by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]][^1].

Jaroff's reporting contributed to the public debate and skepticism surrounding Geller's abilities and the government's involvement in [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] research[^1].

### Footnotes
[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.