SCIENTISTS DIVIDED OVER VALIDITY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAPONS R-AND-D

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• Publication Date: April 28, 1992
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TITLE: SCIENTISTS D,j_ DED,,,OVER VALIDITY OF. PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAPONS
R-AND-D. PSIKHICHESKOYE ORUZHIYE NE NAYDENO NO 500
MILLIONOV ISTRACHENY
DOC REF: KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA (MOSCOW) (KOPVA), 910927, NR 222, 2
INF CTY: USSR (UR)
INF DATE: 9109276
COSATI: BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); BIOLOGICAL AND
MEDICAL SCIENCES (06)
CLASSIF: UNCLASSIFIED
RELEASE: NONE (XX)
TEXT: ABSTRACT. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE OCTOBER 18, 1991 ISSUE
OF THE DAILY SNAP.
THE ARTICLE REPORTS ON CONTROVERSY OVER RESEARCH OF UNCONVENTIONAL
PHYSICAL FIELDS AND MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF THIS WORK. SOME
SCIENTISTS ARE SAID TO BELIEVE THAT PSYCHOTRONIC GENERATORS' BASED
ON NEW PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES CAN BE USED FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF
PEOPLE'S MINDS AND BEHAVIOR, AND THAT ORIGINAL WEAPONS FOR THIS
PURPOSE CAN BE DEVELOPED ON THE BASIS OF GENERATORS OF SPINOR
(TORSION) OR MICROLEPTON FIELDS, IN PARTICULAR. OTHER SCIENTISTS
ARE HIGHLY SKEPTICAL OF SUCH RESEARCH.
IT IS RECALLED THAT A RESOLUTION ENTITLED ON THE UNSOUND PRACTICE OF
FINANCING PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OUT OF STATE SOURCES WAS
PUBLISHED, TOGETHER WITH AN OPINION SUBMITTED BY THE USSR ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES' DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, ON JULY 4 OF
THIS YEAR. THE USSR SUPREME SOVIET'S COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGIES ISSUED THIS RESOLUTION. IT ACCUSED SEVERAL MINISTRIES
OF SPENDING, WITHOUT A PROPER EXPERT REVIEW, HALF A BILLION RUBLES
ON PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC AND ANTISCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING SPINOR
OR MICROLEPTON FIELDS WITH WHICH SCIENTISTS ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR.
THE RESOLUTION NAMED THE USSR MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MINOBORONY), THE
USSR MINISTRY OF NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRY, THE USSR
STATE SECURITY COMMITTEE (KGB) AND THE USSR CABINET OF MINISTERS'
MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION AS CLIENTS AND SPONSORS OF THIS WORK.
MORE THAN 20 INSTITUTES WERE IDENTIFIED AS EXECUTORS AND DEVELOPERS.
FIRST ON THIS LIST WAS THE UKRAINIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES' INSTITUTE
OF MATERIALS SCIENCE PROBLEMS, WHICH IS HEADED BY ACADEMICIAN
TREFILOV. THE INTERAGENCY SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL CENTER VENT
(FORMERLY THE CENTER FOR UNCONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES OF THE USSR
STATE COMMITTEE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE
COUNTRY'S CHIEF FIRM ENGAGED IN DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA OF
UNCONVENTIONAL FIELDS. ACCORDING TO UNVERIFIED DATA FROM A. AKIMOV,
DIRECTOR OF THIS CENTER, THE COST OF UNCONVENTIONAL FIELD PROJECTS
HAS BEEN 23 MILLION RUBLES IN MINOBO.RONY'S SECTOR ALONE, WHILE THE
OVERALL AMOUNT WHICH HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR SUCH RESEARCH THROUGH
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CHANNELS IS AS GREAT AS 500 MILLION RUBLES.
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SEEKING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT UNCONVENTIONAL FIELDS RESEARCH AND
THE PURPOSES OF THIS RESEARCH, THE AUTHOR SPOKE TO AN ASSOCIATE OF
THE USSR SUPREME SOVIET'S COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES AND
SUBSEQUENTLY WENT TO THE ARMED FORCES' GENERAL STAFF. HE WAS TOLD
THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD RECEIVED NO INFORMATION IN THIS REGARD FROM
MINOBORONY, THE KGB OR OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED. REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE GENERAL STAFF REFERRED THE AUTHOR TO THE USSR ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES' SECTION ON PROBLEMS OF APPLIED SCIENCE. NIKOLAY
PRUDNIKOV, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THIS SECTION, SAID THAT IT SOMETIMES
ORDERS PROJECTS TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE GENERAL STAFF, BUT HE
DISCLOSED NO DETAILS OF THIS WORK. ONE SUCH PROJECT, WHICH WAS
CALLED OBEZLICHIYE (DE INDIVIDUALIZATION), IS MENTIONED. IT IS
RECALLED THAT IN 1986, A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE INFORMED THE
ACADEMY'S SECTION THAT THE INSTITUTE WAS PREPARED TO CARRY OUT THIS
PROJECT. AN ASSOCIATE OF THE SECTION WHO KNEW MORE ABOUT THE
PROJECT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONING, HOWEVER. AT THE VENT
CENTER, THE AUTHOR WAS TOLD THAT DIRECTOR AKIMOV WAS AWAY ON A
BUSINESS TRIP.
YE. ALEKSANDROV, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE USSR ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES AND A SCIENTIFIC OPPONENT OF AKIMOV'S, SENT THE AUTHOR A
REPORT OF THE CENTER FOR UNCONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES. ACCORDING TO
THIS DOCUMENT, THE CENTER IS ENGAGED IN RESEARCH OF LONG DISTANCE
PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOPHYSICAL EFFECTS ON
TROOPS AND THE POPULATION, USING TORSION RADIATIONS; AND ALSO IN
RESEARCH OF MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL PROTECTION OF TROOPS AND THE
POPULATION AGAINST EFFECTS OF SUCH RADIATIONS. ALEKSANDROV
EXPRESSED DOUBT THAT EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SUCH EFFECTS CAN
BE DEVELOPED. A LETTER WHICH THE EDITORS RECEIVED FROM ALEKSANDROV
IS QUOTED, IN WHICH THE SCIENTIST DENOUNCED RESEARCH OF
UNCONVENTIONAL FIELDS AS PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC, CITING A DECISION OF THE
ACADEMY'S DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY. ALEKSANDROV
WENT SO FAR AS TO ACCUSE STATE ENTERPRISES OF PRODUCING FAKE FIELD
GENERATORS AND SELLING THEM TO DEFENSE AGENCIES FOR LARGE SUMS.
SCIENTISTS WHO HOLD OPPOSING VIEWS OF UNCONVENTIONAL FIELDS RESEARCH
REPORTEDLY INCLUDE V. KAZNACHEYEV, WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE WORKING IN
THIS- DIRECTION FOR THE DEFENSE COMPLEX AND HAS SIGNED AN
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE NONUSE OF MENTAL WEAPONS; A. VEYNIK,
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE BELORUSSIAN. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WHO HAS
PUT FORWARD A NUMBER OF THEORIES; AND OTHER ACADEMY FIGURES, WHO
HAVE PUBLISHED WORKS ABROAD. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT THE ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES ORGANIZE A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAPONS, WITH ALL SIDES IN THE CONTROVERSY REPRESENTED.
FACILITY: OTDELENIYE OBSHCHEY FIZIKI I ASTRONOMII
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