PSYCHIC WARFARE: EXPLORING THE MIND FRONTIER

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AIR WAR COLLEGE
AIR UNIVERSITY
PSYCH. EC WARFARE:
EXPLORING THE MIND FRONTIER
by
Dolan M. McKelvy
Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY
IN
FULFILLMENT OF THE RESEARCH
REQUIREMENT
Research Advisor: Colonel Donald N. Panzenhagen
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA
May 1988
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
DISCLAIMER ................................... ii
ABSTRACT .....................................
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ........................ iv
I INTRODUCTION ...:............................. 1
II DEFINING PARAPSYCHOLOGY ...................... 4
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III DISCOVERING THE MINDS GREAT TREASURES ........ 6
SOVIET THREAT .............................. 1"11
U.S. RESEARCH ..............................
IV POTENTIAL MILITARY USES ...................... 21
INTELLIGENCE ............................... 22
PERSONNEL .................................. 24
COMMUNICATIONS ............................. 26
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ....................... 27
WEAPONS .................................... 28
V FEASABILITY OF OPERATIONAL EMPLOYMENT........ 30
CONTROLABLILITY ............................ 30
LEARNABLILITY .............................
PRACTICE ................................... 34
OPERATIONAL AVAILABILITY ................... 34
VI SELF IMPOSED OBSTACLES ....................... 37
MIND SET ................................... 37
EXTREME SECRECY ............................ 42
NO FOCAL POINT ............................. 44
VII RECOMMENDATIONS .............................. 45
VIII CONCLUSIONS .................................. 49
LIST OF REFERENCES ........................... 51
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DISCLAIMER.
This research report represents the views of the
author and does not necessarily reflect the official
opinion of the Air War College or the department of the Air
Force. In accordance with Air Force Regulation 110-8 it
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AIR WAR COLLEGE RESEARCH REPORT ABSTRACT
TITLE: Psychic Warfare: Exploring The Mind Frontier
AUTHOR: Dolan M. McKelvy, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Mans greatest potential remains a prisoner of man.
Vast untapped mental capabilities create an entirely new
battlefield dimension which, if ignored, pose a threat to
self and country mor. than nuclear weapons. This
more ~ serious
threat starts from within. Our fears and cynical attitudes
towards psychic capabilities make us our own worst enemies.
The Soviets, on the other hand, take psychic research very
seriously at all levels, particularly for its military
application. ' Exploring the mind. frontier is essential and
the key to successful exploration is a greater psychic
awareness. The mind is rich in unfathomed resources ripe
for exploration, a limitless source of treasures for
advancing all mankind, and a serious threat to those who
ignore its potential. We must overcome our psychic
inhibitions, stop denying the existence of paranormal
events, and start trying instead to understand the nature
of these phenomena. We must shed the super secret cloaks
and educate our leaders at all levels on the real psi
military potentials and threats so we can adequately focus
and prioritize national resources. Only thru greater
openness and awareness to the truth can we adequately
prepare.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Lieutenant Colonel Dolan M. McKelvy, USAF,
received a B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy
and a M.S. from Kansas State University. His extensive
computer science and systems engineering background have
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taken him from vacuum tubes to integrated circuits, from
slide-rules to world-wide computer networks, and from
human senses to high tech space based sensors. He
recognizes the existence and tremendous potential. inherent
in extended mental capabilities and is concerned that their
potential impact on the military and a computer-dependent
world is grossly underestimated in Western society. He is
a graduate of the Air Force Squadron Officers School, the
Air Command and Staff College, the Armed Forces Staff
College (Class 75), and the Air War College, class of 1988.
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PSYCHIC WARFARE: EXPLORING THE MIND FRONTIER
Man's greatest potential remains a prisoner of man..
Only a fraction of the human mind is currently used.
Limitless mental capabilities are just waiting to be
accepted, developed and understood. With this tremendous
power comes an entirely new battlefield dimension which, if
ignored, poses a threat to self and country more serious
than nuclear weapons. This tremendous threat starts froaL-
within. Our fears and cynical attitudes towards psychic..
capabilities make us our own worst enemies. Coordinated
military exploration of the mind frontier is essential.
And key to successful exploration is a greater awareness of
psychic phenomena. To support this thesis I will examine
some of the mind's great treasures, discuss their potential
use and feasibility as instruments of power, highlight
major self-imposed obstacles to developing extended mental
capabilities, and recommend future actions.
INTRODUCT ION
In December 1980 Lieutenant Colonel John B. Alexander,
US Army, authored an article in Military Review entitled
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"The New Mental Battlefield: Beam Me Up, Spook." In this
article he challenged the imagination of his readers when
he stated, "To be more specific, there are weapons systems
that operate on the power of the mind and whose lethal
capacity has already been demonstrated"(3:47). He
discussed psychotronic weaponry and provided eye-opening,
unclassified information on both Soviet and American
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research into parapsychological phenomena. He concluded:
The impact that psychotronic weaponry and
other paranormal applications will have in the
future is difficult to determine at this
time... whoever makes the first major breakthrough
in this field will have a quantum lead over his
opponent, an advantage similar to sole possession
of nuclear weapons... The intent here is to
emphasize the need for more coordinated research
in the realm of the paranormal. Additionally,
there is a need to provide leaders at all levels
with a basic understanding of weapons systems
they may encounter in the not too distant
future (3:52).
A response came almost immediately. In January 1981,
columnist Jack Anderson of The Washington Post was quick to
demonstrate American skepticism of psychic research in an
article entitled "Pentagon Invades Buck Rogers' Turf."
Anderson's one-sided derogatory prose was filled with terms
like ''futuristic fantasies," "hogwash" and
warfare" (4: D16) . A month later Anderson was back
reinforcing psychic skepticism. This time he began, "The
brass hats are, indeed, dabbling in the dark arts." Other
carefully chosen phrases included "evil eye," "comic-
strip," "Ouija board warriors" and "voodoo warriors
arsenal'(5:DC11). Within weeks he returned to the subject
by referring to "wacky projects" of the CIA, or studies
"like a Haitian witch doctor might try"(6:B13).
Maclean's magazine reported in 1981 that President
Reagan and Defense Secretary Weinberger had to decide:
Whether to continue funding the top-secret
project which, according to Jack Anderson of TJi
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Washington Post, is currently allotted $6 million
annually (30:38).
Between 1981 and 1984 numerous articles appeared in
periodicals revealing an astonishing amount of research in
the psychic field and reflecting great skepticism amongst
the scientific community. In January 1.984, columnist
George Hebert wrote an article entitled ". . . but a peek
at ESP is justified" in a Norfolk, Virginia, newspaper. He
focused attention on U. S. Defense Department denials tha't'
the government was supporting psychic research. He?
suggested and hoped the denials were based on security
concerns. Even as a skeptic he noted:
If, on the other hand, the denial reflects a
true military disinterest in the psychic
possibilities--our own and the Soviet Union's-
-that would be reason for worry (25:A8).
An NBC Nightline program in February 1984 discussed the
possibility of "mind wars." Researchers, scientists and
government consultants were interviewed. Especially
noteworthy was the general skepticism of government
advisors compared with the positive convictions of
researchers.
And most recently, in the 11 May, 1987 issue of
Newsweek, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman
Claiborne Pell invited psychic Uri Geller for a reception
and dinner in Geneva during Soviet arms negotiations. He
had previously arranged for Geller to give a briefing on
Capital Hill--in a special bugproof room. Most of the
spectators were Hill and Pentagon aides. House Foreign
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Affairs Committee chairman Dante Fascell came away
impressed (22:5).
Was Lt. Col. Alexander's message taken seriously? Is
the Defense Department conducting more coordinated
parapsychology research? Do leaders at all levels have a
basic understanding of these psychic weapons systems we may
soon encounter? What is the potential threat to the
electronic components which form the basic foundation ofr
all our sophisticated weapons systems? In light of future
Defense Department funding limitations, does parapsychology
(the mind frontier) really offer a new battlefield
dimension which warrants continued military exploration?
This paper attempts to answer these questions by providing
an unclassified status update on LT. COL. Alexander's 1980
concerns. It is not a research report to identify
everything the government is doing. By researching events
and literature in the 1980s, particularly those involving
military personnel and government programs, this paper
shows that too much is happening in the parapsychology
field to ignore, and too little information is disseminated
to know how to treat it properly.
DEFINING PARAPSYCHOLOGY
Paranormal phenomena are observable facts or events
which are not scientifically explainable at this time.
Psychic research includes such phenomena as telepathy
(mind-to-mind communication), precognition (knowledge of
future events), dowsing (clairvoyant ability to find water,
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minerals, and so on, by means beyond known sensory or
perceptual faculties), remote viewing or out-of-body
experiences (seeing locations, objects or events shielded
from ordinary perception in a spatial location separate
from one's physical body) and psychokinesis (movement of
matter by mental means without using any known physical
force). These types of psychic functioning are also
referred to as psi, which is frequently preferred by
researchers to dispel the misconception that these
capabilities are outside the realm of normal human
experience. Researchers contend psychic functioning
"occurs naturally in the everyday experiences of many
people" (41: 11). Psi is further subdivided into two
categories. The term extrasensory perception (ESP) refers
to telepathy, dowsing, precognition and remote viewing,
while the term PK refers to psychokinesis (33:27).
Psychotronics is the term used to describe the
amplification of psychic energies by electronic
devices " (33: 125) .
The first recorded experiment of psi involved a
military intelligence application of remote-viewing. Back
in 550 B.C. King Croesus of Lydia felt threatened by the
increasing power of the Persians. He needed to know what
they were planning. Historians give us a detailed account
of just what happened. Croesus sought an oracle who could
somehow perceive his enemies plans; an oracle with proven
psychic abilities. So he devised a simple test. He
dispatched messengers throughout the ancient world to visit
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different oracles and ask for a written description of
Croesus' activities at a specified time and day. The
oracle at Delphi responded:
I can count the sands, and I can measure the
ocean; I have ears for the silent, and know what
the dumb man nameth; Lo! On my sense there
striketh the smell of a shell-covered tortoise,
Boiling now on a fire, with the flesh of a lamb,
in a caldron-- Brass is the vessel below, and
brass is the cover above it (41:12).
Only the Delphi oracle provided the correct response
for on the specified day, Croesus did something he thought
most impossible for anyone to conceive of his
doing... He took a tortoise and a lamb, and
cutting them in pieces with his own hands, boiled
them both together in a brazen caldron, covered
over with a lid that was also brass (41:12).
Croesus' 550 B.C. experiment convinced him remote-
viewing worked (for the Delphi oracle), and provided him a
significant intelligence force multiplier against his
Persian enemies. How far have we advanced since then?
DISCOVERING THE MINDS GREAT TREASURES
In over 2500 years since Croesus' first psi experiment,
it is amazing that people still know so little about this
subject. Paranormal experiences occur daily throughout the
world: they are nothing new, nor are they limited to
particular types of individuals. Our mind contains
boundless capabilities just waiting to be recognized, used
and understood. We all accept and share at least some
common understanding of this vast mental potential. We
have all heard statements such as "Think positive."
Sayings such as this are based on our acceptance of the
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notion that our mental attitude can directly affect the
outcome of events. Opinions vary, however, on just how
great an impact mental attitude can have and under what
circumstances it can have such an impact. When we look
around us, we can all recall personal experiences or those
of others who have experienced some type of paranormal
event. These events demonstrate the reality of the untapped
potential of the human mind. "The truth is that most
people are interested in psychic experiences because they"
are having them" (41: 156).
Have you ever heard about dowsing to find water? An
old dowser used a tree branch to help some friends
determine where to drill for water on their mountain
property. Contrary to geologists' recommendations, he not
only picked the right spot but accurately predicted how
deep the drillers would have to drill and how many gallons
of water per minute the well would provide. Are you
skeptical? According to a June 1983 Congressional Research
Service Report,
The Soviets claim that scientific studies of
dowsing have yielded significant results.
Accordingly, dowsing is taught to professional
mineralogists and geologists at Tomsk
Polytechnical Institute (17:CRS-14).
The report goes on to say, "Dowsing or divining for
water, oil, and other minerals is an established practice
in this country and abroad, particularly in the Soviet
Union"(17:CRS-24).
And what about the "healing" stories? Researchers and
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ordinary people around the world are witnessing and
experiencing faith healings, psychic surgery, and miracles.
Of course there are frauds, but at the same time countless
numbers of people have been helped. Practitioners of
holistic medicine and other health care specialists are
exploring and using many of these dormant mental
capabilities. The mind frontier is rich with. resources
beyond our imaginations. Many adventurous and courageous_
people have already penetrated portions of this region and
are using their newly developed talents; a scientific
understanding of how these gifts work continues to elude
us. Soviet researchers and a few Western researchers think
innate signals are transmitted via some type of radio wave,
perhaps extremely low frequencies (41:33).
U.S. physicist Russell Targ invented the ultra-high-
power carbon dioxide laser and is a specialist in microwave
and plasma research. He also conducted psychic research at
the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) for years and is
known as one of the prominent experts of psychic research.
He thinks
The reasons more people have not actively
explored their psychic capabilities are clear.
Everywhere we look, we find images of psychic
functioning that are confusing, intimidating,
misleading, and terrifying... Meanwhile, critics
of psi, who often know next to nothing about psi
research, condemn the scientific work in this
field out of fear of its philosophical
implications (41: 119).
To date, paranormal events are unexplainable in man's
view of nature. Much controversy exists as organized
science and Western society quickly try to explain away
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very real paranormal events. The scientific community
needs proof based on logical, analytical and quantitative
analysis. Such scientific approaches to psychic research
always leave room for skeptics to question the validity of
conclusions. Yet, as someone once succinctly noted, "Just
because it can't be proven doesn't mean it isn't so."
Croesus was convinced! He didn't let lack of understanding
prevent him from taking advantage of the capability.
This highly skeptical Western attitude has greatly
affected research efforts. Western researchers credibility
is jeopardized because of the spiritual undertones
associated with psychics. Jack Anderson's 1981 columns on
"voodoo warfare" clearly demonstrated a cynical attitude
by labeling such research as crazy. But in response to his
columns, letters poured in from the general populace
supporting the research (33:xix). Through greater public
awareness, by 1984 even Jack Anderson was changing his
tune.
But there are legitimate laboratory projects that
may eventually unlock the mysteries of the human
mind. One of the most promising is the testing
of "remote viewing"--the claimed ability of some
psychics to describe scenes thousands of miles
away (7:B14).
Much of the skepticism and cynicism is generated from
within the scientific community itself. In Ronald McRae"s
1984 book, K]r, Wars, the author describes several examples
of the scientific communities inability to deal with the
unknown--and how in our society
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The prevailing concept defines what research is
acceptable and what isn't, which laboratories
will enjoy the patronage of the pope in Galileo's
time or the government today, who is published
and who isn't. Parapsychology, for the most
part, is an "isn't"...Publication of
parapsychology papers in the major scientific
journals is rare (33:21).
Of course not all scientists are skeptics constrained
by "prevailing concepts". Captain Edgar D. Mitchell, an
astronaut on the Apollo 14 space flight to the moon, holds
a Doctor of Science Degree in Aeronautics/Astronautics .fron,
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He conducted
ESP tests on that space mission in February 1971. In the
early 1980s, during an interview with Martin Ebon, author
of Psych.LQ war ,a Threat or T1 1 union?, Captain Mitchell
commented:
During the intervening years, my work, as
well as the work of parapsychology in general,
has convinced me that the human organism is
capable of all of the events we study in
parapsychology. . . [I have] established this to
my own satisfaction--if not fully to the
satisfaction of all skeptics (18:166).
Within the exploding technological revolution "The
eminent computer scientist A. M. Turing considers the
question that the only discernible difference between a
human being and a computer may be that the latter cannot
experience psi"(41:261). Similarly, pioneer computer
researcher Dr. Jacques Vallee stated:
My contention is that machines will be able
to "think" by any human standard that can be
precisely defined. But as the machines get
"smarter" by these rational standards, it is the
definition of humanness that will change... I
think we will discover, beyond these rational
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standards, that the human race has many other
psychic talents we had previously been afraid to
recognize, talents which constitute our truly
genuine existence as humans. They are the only
part of us worth talking about (41:261).
Dr. Robert Davies is medical director of Fair Oaks
Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, where he has studied
neurologic and psychiatric illness for many years. In
1986, when discussing ESP he said, "Too many things like
this happen for it to be .just coincidence... Th
commonalities that appear in many of these reports suggest
that there may be some common physical basis"(36:88). This
common physical basis is what researchers are trying to
determine. But to develop a scientific explanation of
these events may require new principles in physics.
Skeptics and cynics will. always be present. Some
skepticism is crucial to the scientific study of
parapsychology. Skeptics are valuable when they recognize
the reality of psychic phenomena, help expose con-artists,
and provide objective criticism to help us better
understand paranormal events. Cynics, on the other hand
are biased and close-minded, trying to make nature change
itself to conform to their concept of the universe. In
spite of personal skepticism, McRae points out "the-opinions
of the many eminent scientists in both nations who believe
parapsychology research may lead to fundamental new
discoveries cannot be ignored"(33:68). The other nation he
is referring to is the Soviet Union.
SOVIET THREAT
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With these tremendous expanded mental capabilities
comes an equally awesome threat -Co both self and country,
one which stretches the imagination far beyond its normal
boundaries. Martin. Ebon cites a U.S. Defense Intelligence
Agency report entitled "Controlled Offensive Behavior--
USSR'' which was declassified eight years ahead of schedule.
The report states:
The Soviet Un-ion is well aware of the
benefits and applications of parapsychology
research... Many scientists, U.S. and Soviet, feel
that parapsychology can be harnessed to create
conditions where one can alter or manipulate the
minds of others. The major impetus behind the
Soviet drive to harness the possible capabilities
of telepathic communication, telekinetics and
bionics are [sic] said to come from the Soviet
military and the KGB (18:12).
Ebon uses extensive research to provide an in-depth
account of parapsychology research in both the Soviet Union
and the United States. In noting the dramatic increase in
KGB security and control of Soviet parapsychology research,
he concludes that "psychic warfare is something to
fear" (18: 219).
After returning from a visit to the Soviet Union as a
guest of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences in September
1983, Russell Targ wrote, "Many Soviet laboratories appear
to be conducting experiments in which their main goal is
the modification of the behavior and feelings of remote
humans and animals by psychic means"(24:78). In
summarizing his travels from Moscow to Leningrad to Yerevan
and his discussions with Soviet researchers, he notes,
They universally expressed the feeling that
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psi 's importance lies 'in the development of human
potential, notin. its possible military or
intelligence applications. But everyone we
talked with also made some oblique reference to
what we were not being shown (24:79)(41:89).
In 1978 Henry Gris and William Dick, in The New Soviet
Psychic Discoveries, provided a wealth of first-hand data
on Soviet breakthroughs in parapsychology and related
fields. From this information they presented an eye-
opening, inescapable conclusion that the Kremlin was rea.dR
to adopt psychic knowledge for military use. They also
reported on tests conducted by the CIA in 1973 involving
two noted U.S. psychics.
In controlled tests, the psychics projected
their minds over long distances, apparently
accurately describing supersecret military
installations and even the contents of
confidential files in these bases. During one
experiment Price described in minute detail a
Soviet installation hidden in the Ural Mountains.
CIA agents in Russia confirmed his description.
The two psychics "spied" on China and once again,
"ground truth" agents--CIA contacts in the
People's Republic--were able to confirm their
accuracy (23:292).
Retired Army Lt. Col. Thomas E. Bearden has a Master
of Science Degree in Nuclear Engineering with over 29 years
experience in air defense systems, tactics, and operations,
technical military intelligence, nuclear weapons
employment, antiradiation missile countermeasures, tube
artillery and air defense missile systems. He also
directed the production of U.S. Army technical intelligence
on Soviet surface-to-air missile systems. In his 1980
book, Excalibur Briefing, he describes psychotronic weapons
in detail, along with a mindboggling hypothesis. He
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believes "that by psychotronics, the minds of all men. can
be linked into a great supermind having absolute
psychokinetic mastery over time and space"(10:5). The
basis for his sense of urgency lies in a nonconventional
interpretation of two important statements. Like Gris and
Dick, he points to a statement made by Soviet Premier
Leonid Brezhnev on 13 June 1973.
He [Brezhnev] urged the United States to
agree to a ban on research and development of new
kinds of weapons more terrifying" than existing
nuclear weapons. The reason and conscience of
humanity dictate the necessity of erecting an
insurmountable barrier to the development of such
weapons (23:289).
Bearden also cites a comment made in the mid 1970s by
former Air Force Chief of Intelligence Major General George
J. Keegan:
The Soviets are working on dramatically
exotic new weapons, twenty years ahead of
anything ever conceived in the U.S.--so awesome
as to lead the Soviets to believe that in the
coming decade they would be capable of total
neutralization of our ballistic and submarine
missiles (13:24).
Bearden feels these terrifying weapons are
psychotronic or paraphysical in nature. In 1986 he wrote a
book entitled FER-DE-LANCE: Q.Briefina Q Soviet Scalar
Electromagnetic Weapons. He named the book after the
deadly South American pit viper snake which unexpectedly
strikes its prey with great agility and lethal effects. In
this book he indites the orthodox Western scientific
community for its bureaucratic smugness and arrogance. He
compares the current Soviet secret development of
psychotronic weapons with U.S. secret development of the
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We have assumed that it certainly could
never happen to us, and that the "secret weapon"
scenario will never be repeated. On the
contrary, it has happened again, someone else has
done it, and it has happened to us_ (9: 7).
The equivalent of about seven Manhattan
projects has been poured into FER-DE-LANCE by the
Soviets and the program has been successful
almost beyond imagination. The eery weapons are
now developed, deployed, and tested. The ambush
has been completed; FER-DE-LANCE is coiled and
ready to strike (9: 1).
Bearden's book provides a detailed theory with
supporting evidence which he and others who share his
convictions have been compiling for years. He has ventured
beyond the "prevailing concepts" of our scientific
community to find answers to real paranormal events which
have been occurring around the globe. His evidence
specifies dates, times, and places where these weapons have
been tested and how they were detected. His theory of
scalar electromagnetic waves (electrogravitation) and Jules
Verne-type weapons is overwhelming, as well as the
ramifications. He notes that, the results of psychotronic
research extend into every field of military
application" (10: 221) .
Almost every weapon system we presently have
-- or are developing -- is totally vulnerable to
scalar EM weaponry . This includes personnel,
electronics (including fuzing and warhead),
explosives, propellants, fuels, ordnance, ships,
submarines, torpedoes, aircraft, helicopters,
missiles, drones, rockets, tanks, armored
vehicles, weapons carriers, self-propelled and
towed artillery, communications, satellites,
radars, command and control, directed energy
weapon systems, surveillance and sensor systems,
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warheads, etc."(9:84).
Whether the Soviets have developed all of these
weapons is not the crucial point. What is apparent,
however, is the tremendous potential threat of
psychotronics as an instrument of power. The crucial
point, therefore, is that the Soviets apparently are
aggressively pursuing researc..h to control this instrument.
In 1977 Soviet parapsychology research
finally became an issue the Carter administration
could not ignore, no matter how skeptical some
officials remained. On June 11, the KGB arrested
Los Angeles Times reporter Robert C. Toth in
Moscow and charged him with obtaining a "secret"
state document, which revealed the existence of
ongoing research in parapsychology at. several
laboratories in the Soviet Union...[Soviets]
admitted for the first time current official
Soviet interest in the military potential of
parapsychology (33:74-75).
This incident focused presidential attention on a
science which some of his advisers claimed did not even
exist.
Carter ordered a new definitive
intelligence estimate of Soviet psychic research
and its military potential, using all the
intelligence resources available to the CIA, the
first such report ever done at the pinnacle of
the U.S. national security establishment (33:76).
The, report was completed in 1978 but only partially
released under the Freedom of Information Act in 1980.
Rather ambiguously, they "found no evidence of a massive
Soviet 'psycho-warfare'...Nor did the CIA dismiss entirely
the most apocalyptic allegations of secret Soviet psi
research... the evidence is fragmentary and contradictory at
best" (33:78) .
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A June 1983 Congressional Research Service report to
Congress says,
It is also speculated that the Soviet
Government is firmly committed to the funding of
psi research and that much of this funding,
variously speculated to amount to tens of
millions of dollars, is directed toward military
research (17:CRS-14).
What makes the Soviet research effort such a threat is
the United States' apparent lack of interest. The same
report to Congress also mentions that "total funding for
psi research in the United States probably does not greatly
exceed $00,OOO per annum, and most funding originates from
private sources and foundations"(17:CRS-13). Attempts to
identify more recent and accurate funding levels have been
to no avail.
U. S. RESEARCH
Any lack of interest in psychic research in the United
States is an outgrowth of personal fears, sensationalism,
and restrictive scientific mind-sets. We are our own worst
enemies. Through cynicism, biased criticism, and ridicule
the scientific community and society as a whole have
suppressed exploration of the mind frontier. Greater
psychic awareness is the key to opening our minds and
discovering the hidden treasures.
Dr. Roger A. Beaumont, professor of history at Texas
A&M University, has published more than 40 articles and
three books on military history and strategic studies. In
a 1982 article in Signal magazine he points out:
In the West, psychic research has long been
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tainted by sensationalism and some
charlatanism.... The dramatic and the absurd
overtones of the popular culture aspect of ESP
has [sic] led even the more conservative elements
of the popular press to treat ESP as a
novelty.... Major centers of ESP research in the
West, at Utrecht, London and Duke University,
have come under suspicion from many scientists.
As a result, researchers... have labored to prove
an effect which the Soviets accept and attempt to
explain--and control (12:40).
Dr. Beaumont's comments are certainly proven true when
one considers the continued skepticism of the scientifiQ_
community in view of the extraordinary potential Soviet..
threat. According to Russell Targ, one of the reasons
psi research has suffered is that critics suggest any
acceptance of scientific data in the field of psychic
research would be inherently irrational (24:77). A survey
of America's elite scientists, which elicited 353 responses
from 497 council members and. committee members of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),
was published in June 1982. The study states:
Although recent studies hint that belief in
ESP may be increasing among the general
population and among the scientific community,
the elite scientific group polled by this study
demonstrated the highest level of skepticism of
any major group surveyed within the last twenty
years (32: 127).
Also mentioned in this report was a movement started
in 1979 that sought to disaffiliate the Parapsychology
Association from the AAAS. It is interesting to note that
"among this elite group, believers in ESP tend to cite
personal experience as grounds for their belief. Skeptics
tend to cite I priori reasons as grounds for disbelief"
(32:128). The "prevailing concepts" and negative peer
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pressure within the scientific community is best shown by
the 1984 award of a $750,000 endowment for parapsychology
research to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Leading British universities, including Oxford and
Cambridge, "decided not to apply for the endowment,
primarily on the grounds that it would throw doubt on the
credibility of other research programs"(16:1274).
Obviously this is an example of the "suspicion" Dr
Beaumont was talking about; it is an indication that major
self-imposed obstacles continue to impede psychic research.
The first great battle of any "mind race'' must be
fought within ourselves. If each of us becomes more aware
and open-minded to the reality of paranormal phenomena, we
can learn to use these treasures rather than fear them.
This greater psychic awareness has perhaps already begun.
A survey by the president of the American Society for
Social Psychiatry revealed in 1981 that 58 percent of
medical faculties polled felt that "understanding of
psychic phenomena is important to future graduates of
psychiatry programs", and that the American public accept
the reality of psychic phenomena with 51 percent believing
in ESP and 37 percent believing in precognition. The June
1983 Congressional Research Service report says,
All polls of both the public and the
scientific community in recent years have yielded
evidence of a generally positive attitude toward
the existence and relevance of psi phenomena as a
class and research into them. The general public
accepts the concept of psi, often based on
personal experience (17:CRS-21).
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But given such great controversy within the scientific
community, what should be the military attitude, what are
the potential military uses, and how feasible are they?
Thirteen of the fourteen best-known parapsychology
laboratories in the United States responded to a
questionnaire in 1979 giving us part of the answer.
Four considered ''ESPionage" possible, five
likely, and the remaining four certain. Similar
proportions of the researchers believed psychic
powers might be used to physically harm, sicken,
or kill individuals, or to interfere with the
operation of physical equipment such as computers
(33:53).
Ronald McRae, an investigative reporter for Jack
Anderson, spent over a year sifting through a "sea of
conjectures, rumors, and confusion", studying conflicting
reports, competing interests groups and conjectures of
psychic researchers to compile the most accurate record of
facts he could find. His 1984 book, Mind Wars: The True
Story at Government Research into the Military Potential of
2sychic Weapons, provides startling insights into numerous
government projects involving psychic functioning. So much
so that professor Marcello Truzzi, Director of the Center
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for Scientific Anomalies Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
said,
He has given us enough pieces of the puzzle
so that we can now at least see some of the areas
filled in enough to make a preliminary assessment
and recognize that government psi efforts have
been grossly publicly underestimated (33:xii).
Similarly, Russell Targ and Keith Harary authored a
1985 National Bestseller entitled Mind Race, where they
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discuss the unclassified portions of over ten years of
government sponsored psi research at Stanford Research
Institute. They note,
In laboratories across this country, and in
many other nations as well, forty-six
experimental series have investigated remote
viewing. Twenty-three of these investigations
have reported successful results and produced
statistically significant data, where three would
be expected (41:5).
Psi research is definitely alive in the United State
and Internationally. In 1983 the Fifth International
Conference on Psychotronic Research was held in Bratislava,
Czechoslovakia. The founder and president of the 15 year
old International Association for Psychotronic Research
(IAPR) was Dr. Zdenek Rejdak, from Czechoslovakia. Russell
Targ points out that several speakers at this conference
expressed "a clear desire for openness and cooperation--
rather than for developing military uses of psi"(41:85).
Targ agrees. But I contend that government and the
military have a responsibility to determine what kinds of
military uses/threats might exists.
POTENTIAL MILITARY USES
It should not be hard for anyone to envision potential
military uses of the powerful psi capabilities discussed
thus far. Telepathy, precognition, dowsing, remote viewing
and psychokinesis offer an endless list of possibilities.
In 1984 Charles Honarton, Director of the Psychophysical
Research Laboratories in Princeton, said, "There is
potential for military and other uses but ' h s not
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reached the application stage"(38:38). Let's look at some
specific military uses before addressing the implementation
issue.
INTELLIGENCE
Just like Croesus in 550 B.C., remote viewing and
precognition can break through barriers of time and space
to perhaps eliminate the word "secrecy" from
vocabulary. In 1976 CIA director George Bush
enthusiastically gave retired astronaut Edgar Mitchell
"permission to organize high-level seminars at the CIA to
discuss possible intelligence applications of
parapsychology"(33:103). Although interest waned in 1977
when Admiral Stan.:afield. Turner replaced Bush, it shows
there are others who see definite psi applications for the
intelligence community.
As mentioned earlier, four of the best-known U.S.
parapsychology laboratories are certain that psi can be
used for espionage. Those four labs must of known about
Project Scanate! In a previous section of this paper I
quoted Henry Gris and William Dick's 1978 book where two
U.S. psychics described supersecret military installations
and even the contents of confidential files at the
installation. Ronald McRae's 1984 book gives more details
on this actual test:
Psychics versus the CIA, extrasensory
perception against the most sophisticated codes
known to the U.S. National Security Agency,
remote viewing against satellite photography and
top U.S. agents behind the iron curt he
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whole of the U.S. national security apparatus
cooperating to make cheating impossible. The
.test was dubbed "Project Scanate"--an impossible
test with impossible results... Puthoff, Targ, and
the psychics won" (33:92).
The following example demonstrates some results.
On impulse, Puthoff gave Price the
coordinates for the latest series of targets
selected by the CIA, including an area in
Virginia approximately 135 miles southwest of
Washington, D.C. Three days later, he got
Price's five-page written response in the mail,
"beginning with a dnscription of the area from an
altitude of 1,500 feet and ending with a tour
through building interiors. The tour was
complete with descriptions of equipment, names
from desks, and--just to show he was serious--a
list of a dozen labelings on file folders locked
in a file cabinet."...Three weeks later, the CIA
informed him [Puthoff] that Price was right.
Exactly right (33:100).
The other psychic, Swann, although sometimes ambiguous
or off the mark, also was rr marka.hle v. hen he, described
A previously unknown Soviet installation,
sketching buildings and rail lines, and noting an
"unusually high proportion of women" among the
personnel. A U. S. spy satellite verified Swann's
report three months later (33:101).
Another example involved Navy Captain Joseph L. Dick,
the leader of the Defense Intelligence Agency office
responsible for gathering evidence on potentially live
MIA's. Ue used psychics and said, "Some of their leads have
checked out... They've been able to visualize aircraft
crashes, and we've found the wreckage where they
indicated" (33 : 18) .
Remote viewing is obviously a capability well suited
to the intelligence business, and unobstructed by distance
limitations.
Remote viewin showed t t hh
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Jupiter had faint rings like those of its
neighbor Saturn. Astronomers scoffed at this
claim; Carl Sagan called it "ridiculous." Nine
years later, Voyager 1 sent back pictures of the
Jovian rings (33:29).
In addition to remote viewing, map dowsing could be
used to pinpoint the locations of soviet submarines or find
underground tunnels in the Korean demilitarized zone.
Before discussing potential personnel applications of
psi let me remind you that at least four of the U.S. best-
known parapsychology research laboratories are certain
psychic powers might be used to physically harm, sicken,
or kill individuals." Their confidence is probably based
on experiments like that done in 1975 at San Francisco
medical research institute with psychic healer Dean Kraft.
He was to try, psychically, to lower the
blood pressure and heart rate of a laboratory rat
in a Plexiglas cage... The observers, however, had
an opportunity to watch for twenty minutes, and
record the steady decrease of the rat's heart
rate, all the way to zero (41:81).
He mentally killed the rat without any contact.
Similarly, Nina Kulagina of the Soviet Union is known
for her,psychokinetic abilities. After just 40 seconds of
focusing her mental influences she
was able to completely stop an isolated frog
heart from a distance of about a meter and a
half..."When we [Soviet Professor Gennady
Sergeyev] examined it, we found that it was torn
apart, as if bombarded by lightning balls of
microscopic size. The energy flow can reach
incredible intensity!" (41:269).
From these examples we see the lethality of this type
of psi. Soviet interest in these capabilities is nothing
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new. Targ notes "Experiments that feature induced pain or
behavioral manipulation at a distance have been the
distinguishing characteristics of almost all official
Soviet psi research since the early 1920s"(41:77). From the
mid-sixties until the mid-seventies the KGB beamed
mysterious microwave radiation at the U.S. embassy in
Moscow. This bombardment did not exceed U.S. health
standards but did exceed much more rigid Soviet standards.
Why are Soviet standards more rigid than ours, and why were
they putting U.S. embassy personnel at greater risk than
they would allow their own personnel--for no apparent
reason? (33:72)
From a more positive view, psi could be used to
monitor and even restore health from great distances. A
doctor could diagnose and treat many patients via remote
control. Or better yet, experiments in biofeedback have
shown that our minds have the ability to control much of
our own physiology. When discussing the interaction of
mind and matter, Alexander said, "The functions of the
autonomic nervous system, previously thought to operate
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independently of the conscious mind, can be controlled."
With training, we can develop this ability to control
stress, fear and even bleeding (3:50).
Another potential area for psi use is personnel
training. In 1982 at Fort Hood, Texas, the Army tested a
program where soldiers practiced visualizing their combat
tasks to improve their human performance. An expanded
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contract was then initiated to train Green Berets
meditation skills so they could adapt to long hours behind
enemy lines (20:69).
What about executive decision making and stress
management? In todays analytical and statistical world we
tend to underdevelop our "gut instincts". But good leaders
and visionaries recognize the value of a highly sensitized
intuition. Albert Einstein said the really valuable facto.,_
attributing to his theory of relativity was intuition
(41:181). Targ says through psi "you can learn to evaluate
the reliability of your intuitive impressions"(41:182).
COMMUNICATIONS
Just think of the possibilities telepathy provides in
the area of communications. Direct mind-to-mind link ups
could eliminate security problems and provide direct
access anywhere--without equipment dependencies.
Soviet researcher, Paul Naumov, described an
experiment where a mother rabbit was placed in a laboratory
with electrodes implanted in her brain to monitor activity.
Her baby rabbits were taken aboard a submarine which then
submerged deep in the ocean. At synchronized times the
baby rabbits were killed and at each precise moment the
mother rabbit's brain reacted (33:33). This innate form of
communication which traversed great distance and ocean
depths may be the source of many "natural instincts". When
asked in an interview about the limits to man's extended
mental awareness, Targ responded:
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One of the conclusions of our decade of
research at SRI is that we found no bounds for
psychic functioning. As physicists, we always
try and look for the limits of phenomena, b>it
what we found is that electro-magnetic shielding
does not interfere with psychic functioning. We
even went to the extent of having remote viewing
experiments conducted with the viewer submerged
in a submarine under 500 feet of sea-water. That
greatly alters even the lowest frequency of
electro-magnetic waves. But we found the viewers
perfectly able to do remote viewing from the
submarine, just as they had done on dry land. We
also found that they were to look across
distances up to thousands of miles. So from our
experiments we found that neither distance nor
electro-magnetic shielding interfered with
psychic functioning (39:86).
Bearden goes even further. He postulates that through
the use of psychotronic electromagnetic scalar weapons
all forms of electronic communications are vulnerable. He
supports an emerging theory of local general relativity
(LGR), which does not assume that local spacetime is always
flat, but rather allows the individual conservation laws to
be violated locally. "The major implication of this
startling new engineering physics is that one can -P-r
physical reality itself... communication faster than light
speed is possible"(9:10).
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
Many researchers are concentrating on tests of low-
energy psychokinesis, called micro-PK. "Typically, the
psychic subject tries to influence a simple mechanical or
electrical system, such as a sensitive thermometer or
computer microchip, which can be affected by a very low
level of energy." Robert Jahn, Dean of the School of
E ne ring and Applied Science at Princeton University,
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says such tests have shown consistently positive'. results
(33:54). If a microchip and other electronic equipment can
be mentally manipulated, the new high-tech information
revolution has just been handed a deadly setback.
Financial institutions, businesses, governments, and those
dependent on computers are suddenly very vulnerable. This
apparent capability has created a paranoia amongst
talented psychics in the parapsychology field--perhaps with
some justification. "Researcher Jeffrey Mishlove believes
that anyone with the ability to jam computers "would
probably have to be destroyed""(33:55).
How big of a step is it from being able to mentally
stop an elevator at will, to manipulating the computer or
electronics of a weapon system?
WEAPONS
Through psychotronics Bearden says "almost every
weapon system we presently have -- or are developing -- is
vulnerable to scalar EM weaponry." Once again we see
existing weapons and technology possibly falling prey to a
new weapons generation, called psychotronics. He
developed this weapons list in 1980.
The following list enumerates all the
probable Soviet psychotronic weapons that I am
aware of: (1) Electromagnetic Field Canceler; (2)
Electron Current Canceler; (3) Death Radiator
(De-inceptor); (4) Free Energy Generator; (5)
Psychotronic Bomb; (6) Brain link; (7) Brain
Probe; (8) Disease Radiator Ray; (9) Emotion
Radiator Ray; (10) Antisubmarine Systems; (11)
Teleporters (Prototype); (12) Force Generators;
(13) Orthoframe Generators; (14) Quark/Antiquark
Rays; (15) Distant Telepathy; (16) Nuclear
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Radiation Inhibitors; (17) Mental Implantation;
(18) ABM Systems, Midcourse and Terminal; (19)
Materializer Shields; (20) Sweeps for Nuclear
Debris; (21) AAA Systems; (22) Antisatellite
Systems; (23) Tesla-effect Weapons; (24)
Earthquake Generators; (25) Antivehicle Systems;
(26) Weather Control Systems (10:220-221).
He and others have continued monitoring and
documenting instances where they believe these weapons have
been tested, theorizing the possible effects and matching
them up with real world paranormal events. Typicaar
incidents he describes include, a Tesla Weapon at
Saryshagan (Scalar Potential Interferometer), "Nuclear"
Flashes off the Coast of Africa, the 15 April, 1.979
Yugoslavian Earthquake, a Tesla Shield sited in. August
1980, a Continuous Tesla Fireball in Lithuania on 10
September, 1976, a Continuous Tesla EMP Globe in Iran, East
Coast Aerial Blasts (High Burst Registration?) in 1977 and
1978, Booms in Delaware in 1982, and "Laser" Blinding of
U.S. Satellites in 1975,(11:26). More recent incidents
include abnormalities during Titan launches, shuttle
launches, and even associated weather anomalies.
Think, the ability to manipulate the weather would
allow you to literally control the fog of war. But
Bearden's 1986 apocalyptic message foretells of an ultimate
destructive power,
There is a special time bomb ticking away
for all of humanity. For the first time, the
total destruction of our entire biosphere -- and
perhaps our entire solar system -- is only
moments away from the finger on the trigger
(9:86).
Just how feasible are these potential military uses
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of psi?
FEASIBILITY OF OPERATIONAL EMPLOYMENT
The experiments of the 1970s should more than convince
you of psi's potential military uses. But why did Charles
Honarton say in 1984 that, "psi has not reached the
application stage?" (38::38) Probably because to use psi
capabilities operationally requires: 1. the ability to
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control. psi so it can be repeated on demand. 2. the
ability to teach it and learn it. 3. the ability to
practice it, gain confidence, improve our understanding,
and increase reliability. How close are we to satisfying
these requirements?
CONTROLLABILITY
Psi is frequently criticized because it is so
unpredictable. Psychics are not always successful,
experiments are hard to replicate, and therefore use upon
demand is unreliable. But is that reason to exclude it all
together? We see it used mainly in situations where there
are no,other alternatives. "The Defense Department used
psychics in an attempt to find General Dozier, kidnaped by
the Italian Red Brigades in January 1982." All attempts
were unsuccessful and unrelated to his eventual rescue
(33: 16). But if 100 percent reliability is required, then
no technique used today is acceptable either.
A CIA commissioned independent evaluation following
P ct cana 11 de "manifestations of extrasensory
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perception [were] sufficiently sharp and clear-cut to
justify serious considerations of possible
applications"(33:102). However, it cautioned that
existing ignorance of the basis of
paranormal phenomena together with the capricious
and unreliable nature of the channel dictate that
information derived from this source can never
stand alone and must be used with caution
(33:102).
Who said ''never say never?" Psi could be routinely,
used to compliment other systems we have--and as a last
resort when and where appropriate. Remember, a 1983
Congressional Research Service Report says "Dowsing for
water, oil, and other minerals is an established practice
around. the world." Similarly, other professionals are
using psi functioning to assist them in their businesses.
Police seek help identifying clues and suspects in criminal
investigations. Mr. Price frequently used his talents as
police commissioner of Burbank, California (33:100).
Health care specialists utilize psi techniques for
determining and improving patients health. Companies and
individual property owners use dowsers to locate water for
drilling, wells.
But where do you find people like the Delphi oracle or
Mr. Price?
LEARNABILITY
After years of study Targ says We are certain that
psychic abilities are a totally normal aspect of human
awareness, and that you can learn to develop this potential
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sanely and rationally"(41:5). "Anyone who decides for
himself that it is safe to experience paranormal
functioning can learn to do so" (41: 125) .
The key to learning appears to be acceptance and
support, rather than skepticism and criticism. Since
Western society has repressed these psychic abilities,
most people experiencing psi also tended to ignore their
potential and usefulness.
In our society, a person who is beginning to
experience emerging psychic abilities, or who is
interested in doing so, has almost nowhere to
turn for guidance....They can admit their
interests and risk being branded as social
deviants, or they can deny their interests in
psychic functioning and thereby become alienated
from what might be an important aspect of their
own lives and experiences (41:1.22).
However, as people hear more about these capabilities and
realize psi functioning is a normal experience, there is a
greater sharing and exchange of personal experiences.
People from all walks of life are attending personal
awareness and assertiveness seminars to learn how to take
control of their lives. Instructor Robert Robbins teaches a
seminar entitled "Fear into Power: The Firewalk Experience"
where Iundreds of people learn to walk barefoot over hot
coals in a four hour seminar. Their whole concept is that
mind and will can control the world. Norman Cousins, and
adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Medicine has
written two books on the subject of self-healing. He is
certain that the mind has the power to affect "physical"
processes (21:48).
I Russi professional mineralogists and geologists
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are taught dowsing at Tomsk Polytechnical Institute.
Similarly, the U.S. National Dowsing Association teaches
classes at annual conferences to anyone who is interested.
After using many untrained individuals in remote-
viewing experiments, Targ concludes, "The best scientific
research suggests that the capacity for developing genuine
psychic abilities lies latent in many, or perhaps most,
people" (41:4) .
In 1984, the U.S. Army initiated a two-year study to
evaluate the potential of certain unconventional methods
to enhance human performance. That study recently
concluded,
Sleep learning, mental imaging and
accelerated learning programs are among the
unconventional techniques which may improve
soldier performance... [however], the committee
rejected parapsychological techniques such as
extrasensory perception and psychokinesis as
scientifically unsupportable (19:75).
Note this study rejects psi because it is not
scientifically supportable. But does it work?
During Vietnam the Marine Corps trained a platoon of
dowsers to locate hidden tunnels and weapons caches in I
Corps clear Hue. They were withdrawn after five months
"because the successful use of dowsing appeared to require
"special skills that cannot be taught to the average
marine""(33:15). The commander of the Training and
Development Command did not discredit dowsing, but merely
pointed out it is a special skill his marines hadn't
mastered.
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PRACTICE
Given that psi can be controlled, taught and learned,
it probably requires more than a four hour short course for
use operationally. Many skills require specialization,
long term training and extensive practice to master.
The experienced psi practitioners of today are those
people who have spent years developing their individual
talents. With those years of experience comes the
increased confidence of how to use their talents. Like
other "normal" skills, practice and training improve
performance, understanding, and reliability. And those who
have learned the most about psi are best suited to begin
training a new vanguard to carry on and improve their
skills.
But in the hostile environment of Western society, the
history of psi has been one of independent research and
independent findings, held closely to prevent the scorn of
organized science and society. Consequently, we continue
to lose the knowledge and experience of past masters,
rather than building on their understanding to improve our
own. The one historic thread of commonality is a belief
that psi exists and can offer much more for the future of
mankind. In 1983, Targ said that "our understanding has
reached the point where we can seriously consider
transferring the remote viewing technology from laboratory
research to real world applications"(24 78). Are we ready?
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There are three avenues that parapsychologist have
long since recognized as possible routes to general
acceptance of psi: 1. Through experiments which produce psi
upon demand in laboratories so skeptics are convinced that
all conditions are correctly controlled. 2. Through
mainstream sciences acceptance of new theories which
explain psi phenomena. 3. Through finding practical
applications that "work" regardless of our limited
understanding (33:xii-xiii).
Researchers have traditionally tried to use method one
to convince the scientific community, but "prevailing
concepts" reign supreme. Method two is also directly
dependent on the scientific community and is very unlikely
given the limited understanding of.psi today. That is why
psi practitioners and many researchers have gone to method
three in the 1980s. Through practical application they can
develop their skills, leaving "prevailing concepts" behind,
along with the scientific community. Many researchers
point to how the scientific community was the last to
accept hypnotism--so too researchers feel psi will gain
acceptance from society long before the scientific
community comes to grips with it.
Operational use of psi is up to the user. King
Croesus was content after one test to use the Delphi
oracle. World famous psychic, Edgar I. Cayce, advised
General John Pershing and accompanied him on European
missions. Even General Patton used the psi talents of a
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water dowser while in North Africa (33:42).
More recently, according to Barbara Honegger, who
worked three years in the White House office of Policy
Development for the Reagan administration,
parapsychology played a major role in one of
the administration's most controversial defense
decisions--abandoning the.Carte.r administration's
'shell-game' deployment for the MX missile... In
other words, U.S. studies show Soviet psychics
could beat the shell game and pinpoint the
missiles (33: 17).
These examples show. how operational use depends,..
equally on someone taking the risk to try unorthodox
techniques. Congressman Charlie Rose (D-N.C.) is a
respected long-term congressman and member of the House
Select Committee on Intelligence. He takes psychic weapons
seriously, but in 1`84 didn't think we had the technology
to build them.
The congressman's personal experience has
convinced him such breakthroughs are on the
horizon. He has attended classified
demonstrations of remote viewing arranged by the
CIA. Says Rose, "I've seen some incredible
examples of remote viewing--so much so that I
think we ought to pay close attention to
developments in this field, and especially to
what the Soviets are doing. If they develop a
capacity to have people mentally view secret
centers within this country, we could come to the
point where we didn't have any secrets"(33:47-
48).
Bearden thinks those breakthroughs have occurred. He
has documented evidence that the Soviets are beyond the
speculation and research stages, and have deployed psi
weapons systems ready to strike. With the threat so near,
why are we so unprepared?
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Despite extensive evidence of psi and its tremendous
potential use as an instrument of power, we continue to
impede our own progress. Our mind set, extreme secrecy,
and disjoint research fuels skepticism and criticism
rather than seeking truth.
The history of psi in Western society is filled with
distinguished scientist from diverse fields who became
maligned and professionally ridiculed for their psychic
research. People feared that science would undermine
traditional religious beliefs. Even electricity was
considered to be an occult and mystical force in the 1850s.
Robert Hare, a major American chemist, Alfred Russel
Wallace, the cofounder with Darwin of the theory of
evolution by natural selection, and Sir William Crookes,
the chemist and physicist who discovered thallium and
invented the radiometer, were the first of a continual
succession of eminent scientists who endorsed paranormal
claims based on their own research (27:825). Even today,
the 130 years of controversy over psychical research is
impeding progress. Robert Jahn, Professor of Aerospace
Sciences and Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences at Princeton related one experience.
I confess that I [discuss parapsychology
research] with some trepidation, borne of
previous unpleasant experiences. For example, a
lighthearted article in the Princeton alumni
magazine, in which I attempted to share some of
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[my] experiences in this field with the
university community at large, brought an
intensity and breadth of reactions for which I
was totally unprepared, ranging from
irresponsible and categorical condemnation on one
extreme, to equally irrational messianic
accolades on the other. Rather than precipitating
further such distracting outbursts, I have
largely avoided opportunities for 'public
presentation (33:22).
As long as the scientific community continues to
challenge the existence of psi, experiments to improve our
understanding of it are limited. "Few Soviet style
experiments are done in this country because it is
difficult to obtain funding to explore the mechanism of psi
when its very existence is politically controversial in the
scientif is community" (33:6 1).
This mind set is best describe by one eminent
physicist who read SRI's report on years of remote viewing
research, "This is something I won't believe even if it
turns out to be true." Even author Ronald McRae, after his
investigation into government psi research, is plagued with
the Western culture mind set, "Personally, I cannot accept
the reality of remote viewing..."(33:109).
.Bearden says "...even when Western scientists are
confronted with
the actual Soviet tests of these
[psychotronic] weapons directly over their heads, they do
not recognize the weaponry nor the nature of the effects
produced" (9: 2).
How can this kind of atmosphere promote the search for
truth? It won't--it retards it. In 1977 a group of
prominent self appointed people such as Carl Sagan and
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astro physicist -Dennis Rawlins, formed the Committee for
the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
(CSICOP) to refute all claims of paranormal events. This
committee was later rebuked by Rawlins himself, a co-
founder of the committee, because of the integrity of some
of those who make a career of opposing anomaly research.
He said,
I now believe that if a flying saucer
landed in the backyard of a leading anti-UFO
spokesman, he might hide the incident from the
public (for the public's own good, of course).
He might swiftly convince himself that the
landing was a hoax, a delusion, or an
"unfortunate" or mundane phenomena which cotu.l.d be
explained away with "further research" (33:171).
This mentality is even more disturbing when we see the
debilitating affects it can have. Case in point--A
February 1987 article in OMNI states:
In one strange incident CSICOP official
Philip J. Klass, learning of a forum on anomalies
research that the University of Nebraska was
sponsoring, called the school to protest that
CSICOP's views were not being represented and
that, moreover, in questioning the United States
government's word on the nonexistence of UFO's,
speakers at the conference were seeking "what the
Soviet Union does--to convey to the public that
our government cannot be trusted, that it lies,
that it falsifies.... As a patriotic American, I
very much resent [this]." After Klass threatened
legal action against the university, it
canceled its sponsorship of future conferences of
this kind. Klass withdrew the threat and
pronounced himself satisfied with the
university's action. Since then satellite groups
of debunkers have proliferated all around the
country, determined to do battle with
"pseudoscience" real and imagined. Not content
simply to argue the issues on their merits, they
have harassed colleges and universities into
dropping (usually noncredit) courses in
parapsychology, conducted vituperative campaigns
against anomaly proponents, and done--in the
words of Philadelphian Drew Endacott, one of
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their number--"anything short of criminal
activity" to get "the point across to- . people who
have no. demonstrated facility to reason"(14:33).
Given this obstacle which many in the scientific
community create, the military is confronted with a similar
situation, both personal and professional. Can the
military risk association with the scorned psychic
community? Can a military officer?
I stated earlier that operational use of psi iz..
equally dependent on the user as well as the psychic. What..,
is the military mind set when dealing with parapsychology?
I began this research because I was concerned the military
establishment was unaware of psi potential applications, or
not taking Lt. Col. Alexander's message seriously. As my
research indicates, the government, or at least some
individuals, were well ahead of me. They have been
involved, daring to try unorthodox techniques, and helping
demonstrate the existence of psi by using it when all else
failed. But the military and government is a reflection of
its society, so the controversy exists there also.
Congressman Rose thinks skeptics in the Pentagon and CIA
are hindering U.S. research in remote viewing and wonders
openly about their motives.
Some of the intelligence people I've talked
to know that remote viewing works, although they
still block further research on it, since they
claim it's not yet as accurate as satellite
photography. But it seems to me that it would be
a hell of a cheap radar system, and if the
Russians have it and we don't, we are in serious
trouble. This country wasn't afraid to look into
the strange physics behind lasers and
semiconductors, and I don't think it should be
afraid to look at this (33-104).
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Samuel Koslov, 'the assistant secretary of
the Navy who tried unsuccessfully to eliminate
psychic research, dislikes even the mention of so
called psychic weapons (33:66).
Navy research in the mid-seventies determined that
psychics could detect remote electromagnetic sources,
indicating perhaps they could also detect submerged
submarines. The Navy also sponsored research to see if
psychics could influence the magnetometers used to detectr
the magnetism of submerged substances. Dr. Joel Lawson,
once head of the Naval Electronic Systems Command, said
"I have always believed that ESP is the only way to fight
submarines. The magnetometer tests were designed to prove
the principle." Once willing to discuss psychic warfare
openly, now he has been officially silenced (33:106).
My own research experience demonstrates leaders at all
levels do not have a basic understanding of psychic weapons
systems. I questioned many general officers on the subject
of parapsychology and only one was even aware of what I was
referring to. That one senior officer said, "If you are
interested in that you need to have your head examined!"
He refused to even discuss which service or organization I
could 'contact for more information. The total
nonfamiliarity of senior officers I questioned and similar
indications from my Air War College classmates is a. poor
response to Alexander's 1980 message. Further, the hostile
response I received from the one general who had some
familiarity indicated either a "closed-mind" or "stay away"
attitude. You can imagine my surprise when I later found
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his name in a 1984 Washington Post article as one Pentagon
general who was impressed with some of the psi results, and
concerned about the Soviets lead in psychic research
(8:C13). So I take it he meant "stay away."
EXTREME SECRECY
Through additional research I was surprised to
discover the 1982 Air War College research paper presented
the Most Significant Contribution award was on this same
topic; an unclassified paper, later up-graded
classified, and then completely withdrawn.
Contacts with the intelligence community for
information brought back a resounding--NO, regardless of
clearance or willingness to make this research effort
classified. Discussions with previous DOD psi proponents
warned it might be all right to do research in this
academic situation, but forget it afterward or it could be
unhealthy for your career.
From this study and these experiences I will assume
the government is pursuing psi research. I'm convinced psi
has tremendous human/military applications which can be
used operationally. I'm also convinced that relatively few
military leaders at any level are aware of the threat. But
most of my original questions remain unanswered:. How much
research? How well coordinated? How well funded?. What
priority in impending funding cuts? In addition, I've
developed some new concerns. I expected to learn the truth
about military applications of psi and current research so
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I could help identify impacts within my area of
specialization--computers and space systems. Instead, I
only confirmed Alexander's warning, and found that super
secrecy in this area is shrouding the truth, promoting
skepticism within society and the military, confining
military strategic thinking, and ultimately may he more
harmful. I, like Congressman Rose, have to wonder the
motive. I've felt like an investigative reporter in my ow-,_
backyard. When talking about the electronic warfare (EW)
area, experts emphasize how in the past our services
treated EW as a "Black Art" far too long. The result was
improper resource allocation which left us with our pants
down. I contend psi research has been locked on the same
course--with significantly greater risk.
Many senior leaders have been quick to point out that
"Intelligence is too important to leave to the Intelligence
community." I would add "psi capabilities" are too
important to leave to the Intelligence community. Marcello
Truzzi goes one step further.
Psi is too important to become the
exclusive property of governments, either at home
or, abroad, who might become interested in
exploiting these abilities for their own
purpose (41:8) .
Discussions with classmates on this subject
demonstrated a reflection of Western societies mind set.
Most of the highly technical scientific community didn't
even want to discuss it, "they may laugh too hard" or, "if
there were any possibility of psychotronics then the entire
sci ti c community would be jumping at it." Others were
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caught off guard by its possible reality. And the few who
were not surprised (mainly Intelligence backgrounds) new
something about it but had no idea if we were still
actively pursuing psi applications.
NO FOCAL POINT
The establishment has apparently gone underground and
is using titles other than psi, ESP or parapsychology to,-
contract'out research. Targ feels "Reliable, undistorted..
scientific information about psychic functioning must be
made more easily available and indentif iable" (41:139) .
McRae suggest it is fear of ridicule that makes DOD so
sensitive to this subject. Any CIA report mentioning psi
is automatically classified top secret or higher." He also
suggest that parapsychologist not spend a significant
portion of their effort on military-related research.
The failures of psychic warfare projects
in military laboratories, the record shows, have
often been among the most irresponsible
experiments ever reported: The seances with dead
Soviet agents, the multispectral image analyzer
that supposedly detects submarines with a photo,
the hyperspatial nuclear howitzer, and the
antimissile time warp over the North pole, to
rec iew only a few (41: 133).
His book Mind Wars, gives an excellent introduction to
the broad range of government projects attempted, and
what's ridiculous to one may not seem so ridiculous to
another. In response I would suggest he is burning the
wheat (those examples used in this paper) with the chaff.
Opponents of psi research use the failures to justify
r~~e r Jahn says the failures merely
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The :'difficulty of the task, not in
justifying its abandonment. Historical examples
abound of far more frustrating and costly routes
to ultimate attainment of difficult scientific
and engineering aspirations (e.g., transmutation
of the elements and manned aerospace flight, to
name but two) (28:525).
The less focused the initiatives, the slower the
progress and the smaller the knowledge base. The less
information, the more destructive misinformation. Targ
says "Reliable, publicly available information about psi
research can help protect us all from the damaging effects
of misinformation " (41:9) .
RECOMMENDATIONS
Seven years after Alexander's article appeared in the
Military v e , I can only concur with his message--and
more so. The implications of a distant US second place in
the parapsychology mind race with the Soviet Union are
unthinkable--total vulnerability. Yet this appears to be a
real possibility. We are no better or stronger than our
weakest link. And our total dependence on high tech
sophisticated. electronic weapons systems may become our
Achilles heel. Continued coordinated research is imperative
for rapid advancement. Psi smart leaders at all levels are
essential for necessary resource support, strategic
thinking, and acceptance of the threat/potential we might
soon encounter. Targ would argue that "The mind race
should not be seen as a psychic competition between
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potential for extended awareness"(41:9)?. While I can agree
with this in theory, I agree even more with Marcello Truzzi
when he says
Our government has a responsibility to
achieve security and military parity, if not
superiority, in relation to our potential
enemies. Thus, even if the probabilities for psi
research producing anything practical are small,
it would be negligence for our guardians in
government to ignore such matters especially when
others are pursuing such avenues. Long shots have
paid off in the past. Atomic energy was once a
"wild idea" (33:xi).
Opponents to psi research today are similar to the late
Admiral William Leahy, Chief of U.S. Naval Operations from
1937 to 1939. He said, "The A-bomb is the biggest fool
thing we have ever done. The bomb will never go off, and I
speak as an expert on explosives" (30:39).
To accomplish these objectives means: 1. Opening the
super secret door to allow broader classified knowledge of
psi's true capabilities, where we are, and where we are
going. 2. Focusing military exploration resources and
start targeting capabilities/defenses like we did for the
Strategic Defense Initiatives. 3. Doing strategic thinking
on a totally new type of warfare.
Opening the super secret door is necessary to begin
acclimating the military community to psis true
capabilities. "It is past time for bringing psi into the
open, where everyone can benefit from a realistic awareness
of it" (41:262). Otherwise, how do we expect people to
accept and use psi capabilities? Let's learn from our
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personal experiences with computers. We are still trying to
get leaders accustomed to hands-on computer systems.
Changing attitudes takes time. The sooner we begin using
psi to compliment other systems, the sooner we will build
a reliable psi force and gain managements confidence. Targ
said,
We believe the question of psi's usefulness and
importance may be settled in the next decade.
Settling this question will not require another
century. It will probably be settled in the
marketplace and in the everyday lives of millions
of people and not, alas, in the corridors of
Cambridge (41: 189).
The military community needs to be poised on this leading
edge, lest it fall behind the society it is sworn to
protect.
Focusing resources and targeting capabilities is the
cornerstone to knowing the true picture. Otherwise, who has
the stick? Who really knows where we are, and what it will
take to get where we need to be? How else can we present
accurate, reliable information to senior leadership for
prioritizing resources? Targ notes that
The popular view of our relationship to
space and time is inadequate... One possible
conclusion is that there is something incomplete
about our understanding of the space-time
continuum in which we exist (41:5).
This is Bearden's position also. So the.military needs to
force the scientific community of open their eyes.and minds
to better understand paranormal events and the new physical
principles which explain them.
Renowned Soviet physicist and Nobelian P. Kapitsa
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neutralization of foreign missiles was to be found, it
could only come from a group of new principles in' physics
which was called "energetics"(9:106). The term
"energetics," was contracted from "psychoenergetics," and
is essentially the expanded physics/electromagnetics that
Bearden has dubbed scalar electromagnetics. The military
needs to find young blood in the scientific community who
don't know all the reasons why something can't be done.
They are the ones with fresh minds to evaluate Bearden's
evolving concept of scalar electromagnetics, and to find
new physical principles explaining psychic phenomena.
August Stern is one person in the West who actually
worked in top-secret Soviet military laboratories searching
for a physical key to psychic phenomena.
He warns, the Soviets will emerge with a
completely new view of man--not of muscle and
bone but of quantum physics, magnetism, and
electromagnetic waves. When that day comes, he
asserts, they won't need to scour the countryside
for psychics. They'll just build machines for
manipulation of the mind (40:108).
He goes on to remind us, "But remember how surprised you
were when they launched Sputnik. You'd better
?
prepare" (40:108).
Strategic thinking is essential to preparing a solid
foundation for a totally new type of warfare. The Air War
College should incorporate this subject in its curriculum,
and present it and other futuristic technologies early in
the overall curriculum. Knowledge of history must be
combined with knowledge of future weapons systems (space
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technology, directed energy, psi etc.) to most
effectively study war, challenge current leaders, and
prepare future warriors. This is the place and the time to
stimulate military visionaries. In the words of Edgar
Allan Poe, "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many
things which escape those who dream only by night"(44:144).
In addition, speakers such as Bearden, Alexander, and
others should be invited to a forum similar to thQ-
Aerospace Power Symposium, where the issues are put on the
table, controversies explained, and the students really
understand the weapons and threats they may soon employ
or confront.
CONCLUS ION
Man's greatest potential remains a prisoner of man.
Exploring the mind frontier is essential to unlock our
innate capabilities, and the key to successful exploration
is a greater psychic awareness. The mind is rich in
unfathomed resources, ripe for exploration, a limitless
source of treasures for advancing all mankind, and a
serious threat to those who ignore its potential. We must
overcome our psychic inhibitions, stop denying the
existence of paranormal events, and start trying to
understand the nature of these events.
Alexander's message is still valid and needs
repeating. We are at risk! We need to open the security
doors and open our minds to educate all levels within the
military community. We need a well coordinated ongoing
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military exploration of psi. Since the basic electronic
components which form the foundation of our weapons systems
appear to be vulnerable, we need psi strategic thinking to
chart the course for entering this entirely new battlefield
dimension. In the words of James Thurber, "Let us not
look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in
awareness.
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