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John Whiteside Parsons was born in Los Angeles on October 2, 1920. He was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and occultist. He was a co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the head of the Pasadena chapter of the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO). He is best known for his work on rocketry and his involvement in the occult.