Should the Pentagon Develop a Telepathic Ray Gun?

March 28, 2008

I know some of you may not want to believe this, but the U.S. government may well already have the ability to beam secret commands to you through the fillings in your teeth. Well, not exactly. But close.

A recently declassified 1998 U.S. Army report, “Bioeffects of Selected Nonlethal Weapons,” describes government plans for a microwave weapon that would transmit voice communication that seems to emanate from within a human target’s own brain. (It was obtained and posted on the Web by Freedom From Covert Harassment & Surveillance, a Cincinnati-based organization that advocates on behalf of people who believe they are being stalked and subjected to “electromagnetic harassment.”)

To quote the report:

Because the frequency of the sound heard is dependent upon the pulse characteristics of the RF energy, it seems possible that this technology could be developed to the point where words could be transmitted to be heard like the spoken word, except that it could only be heard within a person’s head.

This is possible because of something called the Microwave Auditory Effect, which was first discovered during World War II, when people working in the vicinity of radar transponders complained of hearing strange clicking noises that other people nearby didn’t notice. The effect is caused by thermal expansion of the region around the cochlea. In the 1960s, neuroscientist Allan H. Frey, who was the first to publish research on the effect, was able to induce it in human subjects with pulsed microwaves from a transmitter 100 meters away.

It’s unclear just how far the government’s microwave auditory research and development efforts have progressed since 1993, when the report was written. Another sort of microwave weapon described in the report — the Active Denial System, which causes targets to experience an intense burning sensation on their skin without actual injury, has in fact been developed and may be deployed as soon as 2010. According to New Scientist, the first media outlet to disclose the declassified 1993 report, the U.S. Navy in recent years has funded research on a weapon that would use the Microwave Auditory Effect to disperse crowds.

While the 1993 report notes the technology’s potential as a method of transmitting secret messages, it puts more emphasis on how microwave transmission of words could be used as a nonlethal weapon:

It may be useful to provide a disruptive condition to a person not aware of the technology. Not only might it be disruptive to the sense of hearing, but it could be psychologically devastating if one suddenly heard  “voices within one’s head.”

Blasts from the telepathic ray gun essentially would simulate the auditory hallucinations experienced by people suffering from schizophrenia or mood disorders. As this article by Yale University psychiatry professor Ralph Hoffman explains, those illusions can be both excruciating and debilitating:

… Voices produce a stream of speech, often vulgar or derogatory (“You are a fat whore,” “Go to hell”) or a running commentary on one’s most private thoughts.

The compelling aura of reality about these experiences often produces distress and disrupts thought and behavior. The sound of the voice is sometimes that of a family member or someone from one’s past, or is like that of no known person but has distinct and immediately recognizable features (say, a deep, growling voice). Often certain actual external sounds, such as fans or running water, become transformed into perceived speech.

One patient described the recurrence of voices as akin to being “in a constant state of mental rape.” In the worst cases, voices command the listener to undertake destructive acts such as suicide or assault.

Provided that the technology could be developed to the point where transmissions could be beamed over long distances, microwave voice transmissions might be used on the battlefield to fill enemy soldiers’ heads with a disorienting stream of gibberish, or unnerve them with an authoritative-sounding voice telling them to surrender. But the telepathic ray gun might have even more potential for covert operations. Imagine being able to drive North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il into a state of incoherent delirium in front of his generals, weakening his grip on power. Or giving an unwitting Al Qaeda lieutenant mental orders to assassinate Osama bin Laden, in the fashion of The Manchurian Candidate.

Of course, the potential for abusing such a weapon is also immense. We’re talking hypothetical here, but what if a future U.S. president decides that it doesn’t fit the legal definition of torture and authorizes its use to break terrorism suspects? (Come to think of it, microwave telepathy would have been acceptable under the infamous 2002 memo that a Bush administration lawyer wrote to justify legally questionable interrogation methods used in Guantanamo and other, more secretive prisons.) What if the White House, in cahoots with the Pentagon, used it against political opponents of a war it wanted to wage?

So what do you think? Should the military develop a telepathic ray gun? Or, if it turns out that they’ve already developed such a weapon, should it ever be used? Offer your opinion below.

Comments

[Free Republic member]

I think enemy soldiers would prefer getting zapped with microwaves to being shot with bullets or blown up with a missile. And it it can be used to squeeze information out of captured terrorists, that's bonus points to me. Only an Obama supporter could possibly be against this.

[Johnny Quest]

This is even creepier than animal-human hybrids.

[Tito]

I agree. This is totally sick. the potentil for abuse is enormous!!

[Brad the Rad]

This sounds a lot like the U.S. government's attempts to develop mind-control drugs during the Cold War. I guess some things never change!

[Katherine Smith]

Microwave sound weapon or voice to skull is being used by corrupt Tigard cops to harass, control, incriminate, and discredit many people , including kids and other cops.Ive made many police reoports, but the main perp, Sgt.Eskew, has other cops,including Tigard cops, cover up for him. They also use voice to skull in this Portland, Tigard, metro area in the schools, to abuse children. They do lots of sexual abuse to adults and kids with voice to skull commands too.

[GMR]

It is time to stop this harassment. I have been a victim of this harassment for several years and I interview many victims of this harassment every Thursday on The Edge AM (theedgeam.com) radio. This is a torture device and it destroys lives. My perpetrators are criminals and they should not have had access to these weapons. Organized Stalking and electromagnetic torture is on the rise globally. We need to find a way to stop this torture now. The perpetrators are totally sick and twisted. Fight mind control!!!!

[Eric]

There is a Supreme Court case with a woman, Debbie Lamb, who was a Vice President of an organization that makes "Directed Energy Weapons"...she found out that the protocol of the U.S. government is to use these on the American public...she lost her job and has been harmed by electronic harassment since.

This technology exists and is being used for control andexperimentation now.
i know ten people who are harassed in this terrible manner.

This is spoken against as "Unwarranted Surveillance and electronic harassment" by Representative jerrold Nadler of Manhattan (and the Washington judiciary) and Senators Jim guest, Jim Webb, John Conyers, Edward Kennedy, Harry Reid, john Glenn(in the 90s!) amongst others. There are laws against this in Michigan, Massachusetts and Maine.

http://www.secretangel.tv/-9--Letter-Request-for-Amicus-Curiae.pdf

www.theedgeam.com Archived guest robert Duncan (Directed energy Weapons expert)
and Gina Romano on Thursdays (gangstalking interviews)
www.truthbrigade.org Listen to Christie 03-12-08

[V Miller]

Weapons like these in the wrong hands, and corruption is inevitable, compromises freedom for not just Americans but the entire world.
They should not be used for any reason there is no justification for the untold harm that could be done. Think of this weapon in the hands of a pedophile.

[Eric]

PS There are 7 million "Targeted Individuals" across America who are 'tortured' in this way...and many more across the world. Yahoo group...Mind Control research

[N/A]

VERY GOOD PEOPLE NOW IF WE CAN ONLY GET THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TO SEE THE BAD SIDE WHICH IS WHEN IN FALLS IN TO CORRUPT LAW ENFORCEMENT HANDS LIKE NOW AND ITS USED ON YOUR KIDS AND FRIENDS THEN WHAT WILL YOU SAY?

[Richard.]

STOP THE HARASSMENT...I am also a victim of there electronic harassment.

[CL]

Dear Free Republic member (3/28/08):
Only an Obama supporter could possibly be against this? You should not make baseless comments like this. This insane technology is already being tested on innocent, law-abiding, unsuspecting U.S. citizens. The unfortunate victims of this crime, usually started on a person's job (which means it's corporate-based -- slick money-lovers are trying to capitalize on the billions that Homeland Security is doling out) are the ones who are against this. You just hope you don't become a victim.

[N. Harris]

no…No…NO!!! MUCH TOO INVASIVE AND DANGEROUS!! STALKERS ARE ALREADY USING THEM ON US!!! You MUST SEE: amazing1.com. Note that their product list contains “mind control” devices! (Sonic weapons, lasers, acoustic listening devices, etc.) Would you want YOUR neighbor using this ON YOU!? (How do you know he doesn’t ALREADY HAVE ONE!?) Note that THERE IS NO OVERSEEING COMMITTEE on WHO buys these items! Many of these products can hurt, injure, even KILL! Humans AND your beloved pets! Especially if a DEW ray gun is aimed at the head of a bus driver, train engineer, or pilot – the whole bus, train or plane can be crashed in this manner – with MULTIPLE FATALITIES – even in the HUNDREDS!! Also see:
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/02/hitachi-develops-rfid-powder/… there are (Hitachi developed) Powder-size rfid tracking devices – ANOTHER STALKER’S DREAM PRODUCT! – have NOT ONLY BEEN DEVELOPED by the Dept. of Defense (DoD) – BUT HAVE BEEN MARKETED TO THE PUBLIC (again, with NO oversight!) FOR OVER A YEAR NOW! ALL OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE FAR TOO DANGEROUS AND THERE IS NO WAY TO REGULATE WHO USES THEM – THEY ALL NEED TO BE BANNED AND CONFISCATED AND OUTLAWED FOREVER! HUNDREDS of high-tech DANGERIOUS PRODUCTS ALREADY BEING USED AGAINST MILLIONS OF VICTIMS WORLDWIDE! See: gulfwarvets.com!

[John Bircher]

See, this is what drinking fluoridated water leads to.

[N. Harris]

In fact - This is ALREADY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TREATY for several years now (since 1993)! FOR OVER 60 YEARS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN IGNORING AND VIOLATING THE VERY SAME INTERNATIONAL TREATIES IT PUSHED FOR AND SIGNED AT THE U.N.! VOTE "NO"! ON ALL TECHNOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND SYSTEMS: NEUROLOGICAL, MICROWAVE, MILLIMETER WAVE, SONIC, VLF, ULF, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE/BIOTERROR! OUTLAW CHEMTRAIL SPRAYING OF AMERICA WITH DOZENS OF DISEASES AND TOXIC BARIUM AND DOZENS OF OTHER LETHAL CHEMICALS AND NANO-PARTICULATE TECHNOLOGY!!! PEOPLE ARE DYING DAILY!!! See: http://imageevent.com/firesat/strangedaysstrangeskies?z=3&c=4&n=1&m=-1&w=4&x=0&p=14

[marshall thomas]

If you want to see how these weapons are really being used go to my documentary film intro:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_PMgzfa_FsA
or see the two films on my youtube channel:
http://youtube.com/user/marsboy683
Loyal Americans and others are being used as human experimental subjects in these weapons development programs that are a continuation of MKULTRA.
marshall thomas

[Janis]

I am not sure microwave sound is better than stating that the military technology called LRAD is being used and tested or even as a training tool on subjects under surveillance here in the United States. The torture that people under the Patriot Act suffer is not even recognized.

Above all, we need to inform the public about how psychopaths co-opt and corrupt normal human beings. One way they do this, is by manipulating shame and denial — emotions foreign to psychopaths but common and easily-induced among normals.

[N. Harris]

For more specific info, Please see: http://www.gulfwarvets.com/weapons3.htm
Nonlethal Weapons... How does one burn a body beyond recognition and leave the clothing intact and not even singed? If this is the result of some new microwave technology, is it really non-lethal, or can it be used in some other non-disclosed application? Were there other new weapon technologies that were "field tested" during the Gulf War that have been yet to be disclosed to the American public?
Look....Think....Decide!
And the also see:
http://www.beyondtreason.com/

[JAMES WALBERT]

We are in need of your Dept to release this story on our behalf.This is big news and we would like for your station to cover it.We are getting ready to sue the people responsible for this harassment against us using,These weapons systems Just as Rep.Jim Guest has stated below.Please down load the documents from the FFCHS website for validation.They have been released by the DOD under the freedom of information act,to us to use in court cases for the DOD testing these weapons systems on us illegally.
Respectfully, James Walbert 316-650-6976

We are in need of your dept's support to provide us with help in a class action law suit in a harassment case and other crimes against us.We have a state Rep that is standing with us in this suit requesting your dept in aiding usThrough out it.Please read this letter from the Rep Jim Guest it will explain the services we are requesting. As you can see from the Jim Guest's letter it's a serious matter going on here. It has his attention and The attention of 12 other congressmen. Jim Guest and other congressman have stood against this and other happings like this. Attached are the weapons sytem being used and other systems like these http://www.freedomfchs.com/repjimguestltr.pdf

Respectfully, (James Walbert 316-650-6976)

Here is the weapons system being used to harass people.Just as State Rep Jim Guest has spoke of below in a letter addressing the congressional members and law enforcement. http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13513-us-army-toyed-with-telepathic-ray-gun.html?feedId=online-news_rss20

October 10, 2007

Dear Member of the Legislature and Friends:

This letter is to ask for your help for the many constituents in our country who are being affected unjustly by electronic weapons torture and covert harassment groups. Serious privacy rights violations and physical injuries have been caused by the activities of these groups and their use of so-called non-lethal weapons on men, women, and even children.

I am asking you to play a role in helping these victims and also stopping the massive movement in the use of Verichip and RFID technologies in tracking Americans.

Long before Verichip was known we were testing these devices on Americans, many without their knowledge or consent. With the new revelations of the cancer risk besides the privacy and human rights problems with the use of Verichip and RF signals, I am asking for your help in stopping these abuses and aiding those already affected.

Sincerely,
Rep. Jim Guest
District Office: 660-535-6664
Capitol Office: 573-751-0246

[P Farnsworth]

THIS IS CIVIL AFFAIRS OPERATIONS IN USE FOR DECADES.

These torture weapons are in the wrong hands!!!

HELLO -- THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED!

These weapons have ALREADY been developed decades ago. Who is this article fooling? Not the victimized. American citizens and people from other countries have been experimented upon for DECADES with these torture weapons!

WHERE ARE OUR SENATORS? This is a call-to-action for all Senators to get these weapons stopped immediately!

WE ARE BEING TORTURED CONSTANTLY! WE KNOW WHAT IT IS, but it is THE UNWITTING THAT THESE WEAPONS ARE KILLING!

IT ATTACKS YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND GENITALS!!! THE UNWITTING ARE SURELY LASHING OUT AND ARE NOT KNOWING WHY.

Acoustic weapons are in use also, and have been for decades!!

THIS IS ONE STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE REVEALED. OR MORE INNOCENT WILL DIE AT THE HANDS OF THE SOCIOPATHIC TORTURE WEAPONS WIELDERS.

www.freedomfchs.com is a great place to visit, hundreds registered who are targeted, and have been for decades!

HELP STOP THE WEAPONS NOW!

[Michael Labrat]

This technology is just the tip of the iceberg. There are many others that are used & in development for deleterious mind effects.

Look at the literature on government websites regarding Augmented Cognition. Except, of course, it's not used to augment an ordinary citizen. Quite the opposite.

[DARREN DAVID BROWN]

The only way to hear aperson talk to you in you'r head is with a radio frequency vocal cord nerve implant.Just look for a white scar in the back of you'r mouth,with the same implant another person has the ability to read that persons mind.When you think tiny vibrations are sent down the vocal cord nerve to the vocal cords.The same implant turns those vibrations into words,transmitted to a computer.YOU'R BRAIN HAS TO TELL YOU'R MOUTH WHAT TO SAY.GOOD LUCK WITH THE TELEPATHIC GOOBER GUN.

[DARREN DAVID BROWN]

The only way to hear aperson talk to you in you'r head is with a radio frequency vocal cord nerve implant.Just look for a white scar in the back of you'r mouth,with the same implant another person has the ability to read that persons mind.When you think tiny vibrations are sent down the vocal cord nerve to the vocal cords.The same implant turns those vibrations into words,transmitted to a computer.YOU'R BRAIN HAS TO TELL YOU'R MOUTH WHAT TO SAY.GOOD LUCK WITH THE TELEPATHIC GOOBER GUN.

[DARREN DAVID BROWN]

The only way to hear aperson talk to you in you'r head is with a radio frequency vocal cord nerve implant.Just look for a white scar in the back of you'r mouth,with the same implant another person has the ability to read that persons mind.When you think tiny vibrations are sent down the vocal cord nerve to the vocal cords.The same implant turns those vibrations into words,transmitted to a computer.YOU'R BRAIN HAS TO TELL YOU'R MOUTH WHAT TO SAY.GOOD LUCK WITH THE TELEPATHIC GOOBER GUN.

[DARREN DAVID BROWN]

The only way to hear aperson talk to you in you'r head is with a radio frequency vocal cord nerve implant.Just look for a white scar in the back of you'r mouth,with the same implant another person has the ability to read that persons mind.When you think tiny vibrations are sent down the vocal cord nerve to the vocal cords.The same implant turns those vibrations into words,transmitted to a computer.YOU'R BRAIN HAS TO TELL YOU'R MOUTH WHAT TO SAY.GOOD LUCK WITH THE TELEPATHIC GOOBER GUN.