Timeline: Electromagnetic
Weapons
Source: Resonance Newsletter
Electromagnetic (EM) weapons are of recent invention.
They utilize the various frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum
to disable or kill the target.
Psychotronic weapons are those EM weapons that interact with the
nervous system of the target. These weapons usually operate in the
very low (100 to 1,000 Hz) or extremely low (greater than zero but
less than 100 Hz) frequency ranges. [See note by Eleanor White at end
of this document.]
Today a new type of weapon is being touted, the
"non-lethal" weapon. The idea behind this is to spare human life
without actually losing the war. These weapons are also earmarked for
use in civil disorders in which the goal is simply crowd control
rather than annihilation. Some EM weapons fall in this category.
However, even though these weapons are labelled "non-lethal" does not
mean that they are not harmful, or cannot be lethal under certain
conditions.
Paul Bartch mentioned in his letter "Non-Hertzian Waves
...", written in 1992, that there was nothing mentioned in the report
on non-lethal weapons about the Low Frequency EM weapons. Small
wonder. The government has been keeping these weapons to itself in top
secrecy classification. Only recently have they been brought into the
public spotlight.
The following is an overview of the development of
electromagnetic research as relevant to weapons, as best we are able
to put together, considering the cloak of secrecy that surrounds these
weapons.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WEAPONS TIMELINE
1934 - "A method for Remote Control of Electrical
Stimulation of the Nervous System", a monograph by Drs. E. L. Chaffee
and R. U. Light
1934 - Experiments in Distant Influence, book by Soviet
Professor Leonid L. Vasiliev
Vasiliev also wrote an article, "Critical Evaluation of
the Hypogenic Method" concerning the work of Dr. I. F. Tomashevsky on
experiments in remote control of the brain.
1945 - After World War II, the Allies discovered the
Japanese had been been developing a "death ray" utilizing very short
radio waves focussed into a high power beam. Tests were done on
animals. The Japanese denied ever testing it on humans. (From the
Strategic Bombing Survey, Imperial War Museum, London. Cited with
photocopies in "Japanese Death
Ray", by Peter Lewis, Resonance #11, pp 5-9)
1950 - The French conducted research on infrasonic
weapons. (From "The Road From Armageddon", by Peter Lewis, Resonance
#13, pp 9-14)
1953 - John C. Lilly, when asked by the director of the
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to brief the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
National Security Agency (NSA), and the various military intelligence
services on his work using electrodes to stimulate directly the
pleasure and pain centers in
the brain, refused.
He said, "Dr. Antione Redmond, using our techniques in
Paris, has demonstrated that this method of stimulation on the brain
can be applied to the human without help of the neurosurgeon ... This
means that anybody with the proper apparatus can carry this out
covertly, with no external signs that electrodes have been used in
that person. I feel that if this technique got into the hands of a
secret agency, they would have total control over a human being and be
able to change his beliefs extremely quickly, leaving little evidence
of what they had done." (From "Mind Control and the American
Government", by Martin Cannon in Lobster #23, pp 2-10. Cannon quites
Lilly from his book, The Scientist, Berkeley, Ronin publishers, 1988,
also Bantam Books 1981. Research by Peter Lewis.)
After a statement like that of Dr. Lilly’s, how long do
you think it would take the agencies, FBI, CIA, NSA, etc. to contact
Dr. Redmond in Paris?
1958, 1962 - The U.S. conducts high-altitude
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) bomb tests over the Pacific. (From "The
Road From Armageddon" by Peter Lewis.)
1960 - Headlines read "Khrushchev Says Soviets Will Cut
Forces a Third; Sees ’Fantastic Weapon’ ". (From article of same
title, by Max Frankel, New York Times, Jan. 15, 1960, p 1 as cited in
"Tesla’s Electromagnetics and Its Soviet Weaponization", paper by T.
E. Bearden.)
1965 - A "Death Ray" weapon was developed by McFarlane
Corporation, described as a modulated electron gun X-ray nuclear
booster, could be adapted to communications, remote control and
guidance systems, EM radiation telemetry and death ray. McFarlane
claimed NASA stole the patent in 1965. Reported hearings before the
House Subcommittee on Department of Defense Appropriations, chaired by
Rep. George Mahon (Dem. - Texas). (From "Hearing Voices" by Alex
Constantine, Hustler, Jan. 1994, pp 102-104, 113, 120, 134. Research
by Harlan Girard.)
1965 - "A project in the U.S. called Project Pandora
... was undertaken in which chimpanzees were exposed to microwave
radiation. The man who was in charge of this project said, ’the
potential for exerting a degree of control on human behaviour by low
level microwave radiation seems to exist’ and he urged that the
effects of microwaves be studied for ’possible
weapons applications’ ". (From "Electromagnetic Pollution: A Little
Known Health Hazard. A new means of control?" by Kim Besley, Great
Britain, p 14. Research from Woody Blue.)
1968 - Dr. Gordon J. F. MacDonald, science advisor to
President Lyndon Johnson, wrote, "Perturbation of the environment can
produce changes in behavioural patterns." He was referring to low
frequency EM waves in the ionosphere affecting human brain wave
patterns. (From his book, Unless
Peace Comes, a Scientific Forecast of New Weapons, cited in "New World
Order ELF Psychotronic Tyranny", a paper by C. B. Baker.)
1970 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter’s
National Security Directo, said in his book, Between Two Ages, weather
control was a new weapon that would be the key element of strategy.
"Technology will make available to leaders of major nations a variety
of techniques for conducting secret warfare..." He also wrote
"Accurately timed, artificially excited electronic strokes could lead
to a pattern of oscillations that produce relatively high power levels
over certain regions of the Earth ... one could develop a system that
would seriously impair the brain performance of a very large
population in selected regions over an extended period." (Cited in
Baker’s "ELF Psychotronic Tyranny" paper.)
1972 - The Taser, first electrical shock device
developed for use by law enforcement, delivers barbed, dart shaped
electrodes to a subject’s body, and 50,000 volt pulses at two
millionths of an amp ove 12-14 seconds time. (From "Report onthe
Attorney General’s Conference on Less Than Lethal
Weapons", by Sherry Sweetman, 1987, p 4, which cites "Non-Lethal
Weapons for Law Enforcement: Research Needs and Priorities. A Report
to the National Science Foundation by the Security Planning
Corporation, 1972. Research by Harlan Girard.)
1972 - "A U.S. Department of Defense document said that
the Army has tested a microwave weapon. It was an extremely powerful
’electronic flamethrower’. " (From "Electromagnetic Pollution")
1972 - "A study published by the U.S. Army Mobility
Equipment Research and Development Center, titled ’Analysis of
Microwaves for Barrier Warfare’ examines the plausibility of using
radio frequency energy in barrier counter-barrier warfare ... The
report concludes that
(a) it is possible to field a truck-portable microwave
barrier system that will completely immobilize personnel in the open
with present day technology,
(b) there is a strong potential for a microwave system
that would be capable of delaying or immobilizing personnel in
vehicles,
(c) with present technology, no method could be
identified for a microwave system to destroy the type of armoured
material common to tanks." (From "Electromagnetic Pollution" by Kim
Besly, p 15, quoting The Zapping of America by Paul Brodeur.)
The report further documents the ability to create
third-degree burns on human skin using 3 Gigahertz at 20 watts/square
centimeter in two seconds.
1972 - Dr. Gordon J. F. MacDonald testified before the
House Subcommittee on Oceans and International Environment, concerning
low frequency research:
"The basic notion there was to create between the
electrically charged ionosphere in the higher part of the atmosphere
and conducting layers of the surface of the Earth this neutral cavity,
to create waves, electrical waves that would be tuned to the
brainwaves ... about ten cycles per second ... you can produce changes
in behavioural patterns or in responses." (From Baker’s "ELF
Psychotronic Tyranny" paper.)
1973 - Sharp and Grove transmit audible words via
microwaves [EW: That is, voice to SKULL] (See "Synthetic Telepathy" in
this issue of Resonance
1975 - 1977 - "Unpublished analyses of microwave
bioeffects literature were disseminated to the U.S. Congress and to
other officials arguing the case for remote control of human behavior
by radar." (From the Journal of Microwave Power, 12(4), 1977, p320.
Research by Harlan Girard.)
1978 - Hungarians presented a state-of-the-art paper on
infrasonic weapons to the United Nations, "Working Paper on Infrasound
Weapons", United Nations CD/575, 14 Aug 1978. (From "The Road From
Armageddon" by Peter Lewis.)
1981 - 1982 - "Between 1981 and September 1982, the Navy
commissioned me to investigate the potential of developing
electromagnetic devices that could be used as non-lethal weapons by
the Marine Corp for the purpose of ’riot control’, hostage removal,
clandestine operations, and so on." Eldon Byrd, Naval Surface Weapons
Center, Silver Spring MD. (From "Electromagnetic Pollution" by Kim
Besly, p 12.)
1982 - Electromagnetic weapons for law enforcement use
in Great Britain:
A 10-30 Hz strobe light which can produce seizures,
giddiness, nausea, and fainting was developed by Charles Bovill of the
now defunct British firm, Allen International. Addition of sound
pulses in the 4.0 - 7.5 Hz range increases effectiveness, as utilized
in the Valkyrie, a "frequency" weapon advertised in British Defense
Equipment Catalogue until 1983.
The squawk box or sound curdler uses two loudspeakers of
350 watt output to emit two slightly different frequencies which
combine in the ear to produce a shrill shrieking noise. The U.S.
National Science Foundation report says there is "severe risk of
permanent impairment of hearing." (From "Electropollution" by Kim
Besley, citing the Manchester City Council Police Monitoring Unit
document.)
1982 - Air Force review of biotechnology:
"Currently available data allow the projection that
specially generated radiofrequency radiation (RFR) fields may pose
powerful and revolutionary antipersonnel military threats.
Electroshock therapy indicates the ability of induced electric current
to completely interrupt mental functioning for
short periods of time, to obtain cognition for longer periods and to
restructure emotional response over prolonged intervals.
"... impressed electromagnetic fields can be disruptive
to purposeful behavior and may be capable of directing and/or
interrogating such behavior. Further, the passage of approximately
100 milliamperes through the myocardium can lead to cardiac standstill
and death, again pointing to
a speed-of-light weapons effect.
"A rapidly scanning RFR system could provide an
effective stun or kill capability over a large area."
(From Final Report on Biotechnology Research
Requirements for Aeronautical Systems Through the Year 2000.
AFOSR-TR-82-0643, vol 1, and vol 2, 30 July 1982. See below.)
1986 - "The Electromagnetic Spectrum in Low-Intensity
Conflict" by Captain Paul Tyler, MC, USN quotes the above passage and
further elaborates on the theme. (Published in Low Intensity Conflict
and Modern Technology Lt. Col. David J. Dean, USAF, ed., Air
University Press, Maxwell AFB, AL.
Research by Harlan Girard.)
1983 - Nikolai Khokhlov, a Soviet KGB agent who defected
to the West in 1976, interviews recently arrived scientists and
reports: "The Soviet mind-control program is run by the KGB with
unlimited funds." (From The Spectator, Feb 5, 1983, reported in "New
World Order Psychotronic Tyranny" by C. B. Baker.)
1984 - "USSR: New Beam Energy Possible?", possibly
associated with early Soviet weather engineering efforts over the U.S.
(From "Tesla’s Electromagnetics and Its Soviet Weaponization" by T. E.
Bearden.)
1985 - Women in the peace camps at Greenham Common began
showing various medical symptoms believed to be caused by EM
surveillance weapons beamed at them. (See "Zapping: The New Weapon
of the Patriarchy", Resonance #13, pp 22-24. Research by Woody Blue.)
1986 - Attorney General’s Conference on Less Than Lethal
Weapons. Reviews current weapons available, most date back to 1972:
the Taser, the Nova XR-5000 Stun Gun (can interrupt a pacemaker); the
Talon, a glove with an electrical pulse generator; the Source, a
flashlight with electrodes at the
base. These devices are useful only at close range, except for the
Taser, and are generally restricted to correctional institutions.
Photic driving strobe lights tested by one conference
delegate on 100 subjects, produced discomfort. Closed eyelids to not
block the effect. Evidence that ELF produces nausea and
disorientation. Suggestion to develop fast acting
electrosleep inducing EM weapon.
Discusses problem of testing weapons on animals and
human "volunteers". (From "Report on the Attorney General’s Conference
on Less Than Lethal Weapons", by Sherry Sweetman, March 1987, prepared
for the National Institute of Justice. Research by Harlan Girard.)
How many of you will volunteer to get zapped by 50,000
volts from this little Taser gun we’re testing?
1988 - The Pentagon is ordered by courts to cease EMP
tests at several locations due to a lawsuit filed by an environmental
group. (From The Washington Post, May 15, 1988, see "US and Soviets
Develop Death Ray", Resonance 11, p 10. Research by Remy Chevalier.)
1992 December - "The U.S. Army’s Armament Research,
Development and Engineering Center is conducting a one-year study of
ACOUSTIC BEAM TECHNOLOGY ... the command awarded the one year study to
Scientific Applications and Research Associates of Huntington Beach
CA. Related research is conducted at the Moscow based Andreev
Institute." (From "U.S.
Explores Russian Mind Control Technology", by Barbara Opal, Defense
News, Jan 11-17, 1993. Research by Harlan Girard and others.)
1993 - The Russian government is offering to share with
the United States in a bilateral Center for Psychotechnologies the
Soviet mind-control technology developed during the 1970s. The work
was funded by the Department of
Psycho-Correction at the Moscow Medical Academy.
"Acoustic psycho-correction involves the transmission of
specific commands via static or white noise bands into the human
subconscious ...". The Russian experts, among them former KGB General
George Kotov, present in a paper a list of software and hardware
available for $80,000. (From Opal article, "U.S. Explores Russian
Mind Control Technology".)
1993 February 28, - beginning of 51 day siege on the
Branch Davidians at Waco Texas, which ended in the death of more than
80 people.
Until this incident, the electromagnetic weapons had
kept a very low profile. But in the documentary video, "Waco: The Big
Lie Continues", footage from the
British Broadcasting (BBC) shows at least three EM weapons used by
U.S. government agents. First, the noise generators used against the
Davidians. Second, a powerful strobe light, shown during a nighttime
sequence. And the third was the Russian psychoacoustic weapon,
considered, but agents deny use of this weapon against the Waco
people. FBI agents met with Dr. Igor Smirnov in Arlington VA to
discuss the possiblility of using the weapon against the Davidians.
(From "A Subliminal Dr. Strangelove", by Dorinda Elliot and John
Barry, Newsweek, Aug 22, 1994)
by Judy Wall
Editor