Area : I_UFO
Date : Nov 11 '95, 11:39
From : Chris Terraneau, 1:330/201
To   : All
Subj : Gwen, elf, emp & hpm



Excerpt from the book "Cross Currents", by Robert O. Becker, author of
the book "The Body Electric". (c)1990 by Robert O. Becker.

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The Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN)

While there are many such weapons systems, I consider the GWEN system
to be a particularly good example. GWEN is a communications system
currently under construction that operates in the very low frequency
(VLF) range, with transmissions between 150 and 175 kHz. This VLF
range was selected because its signals travel by means of ground waves
- electromagnetic fields that hug the ground - rather than by
radiating into the atmosphere. The signals drop off sharply with
distance, and a single GWEN station transmits to a 360-degree circle
radiating out from it to a distance of about 250 to 300 miles.

The GWEN system consists of approximately 300 such stations, each with
a tower 300-500 feet high. The stations are spaced from 200 to 250
miles apart, so that a signal can go from coast to coast by hopping
from one station to another. When the system is completed in the early
1990s, the entire civilian population of the United States will be
exposed to the GWEN transmissions.

The rationale for the existence of this network is the government's
concept that nuclear war is winnable if a fail-safe communications
system is available for use during and following a nuclear attack.
Such a system would permit the United States to order its nuclear-
missile submarine fleet to launch an attack against the agressor
nation. The physical nature of nuclear war requires that this system
operate by ground-wave transmission.

Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)

One aspect of nuclear war that is not well publicized is the EMP
phenomena. An electromagnetic pulse is an extremely short, intense
burst of electromagnetic energy that is produced by the explosion of a
nuclear weapon in space. If an EMP were produced by a nuclear
explosion 100 miles above Kansas City, its energy would be so intense
that it would shut off all electric-power systems, destroy all
computers and magnetic disks or tape records, destroy the guidance
systems of missiles and the computer and communications systems of
military and commercial aircraft, and shut down all radio
communications - ACROSS THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. The military
organism would be decapitated. In the military scenario, the United
States would then be faced with capitulation or nuclear destruction.

Theoretically, ground-wave communications would still be possible.
However the theory is tenuous. The GWEN hardware is transistor based;
even if placed in "hardened" bunkers, it would be vulnerable to an
EMP. In addition, the EMP would produce major ground currents in the
path of the GWEN signals that could decrease their transmission
capabilities. Finally, the locations of all the GWEN stations are
known to the Soviets and are thus vulnerable to attack.

Nonetheless, the military mind has conceived of using the GWEN network
to maintain communications following such a decapitating EMP attack.
This is not the place for a full argument concerning the values and
options of nuclear war, but in my opinion the reason for the existence
of GWEN is suspicious. Nuclear war is not winnable.

And the potential harm to the civilian population from the operation
of GWEN has not been addressed. I am concerned not only because of the
data summarized in chapter 8, but also because of the potential for
behavioral and cognitive alternations that have been discussed in this
book. GWEN is a superb system, in combination with cyclotron
resonance, for producing behavioral alterations in the civilian
population. The average strength of the steady geomagnetic field
varies from place to place across the United States. Therefore, if one
wished to resonate a specific ion in living things in a specific
locality, one would require a specific frequency for that location.
The spacing of GWEN transmitters 200 miles apart would allow such
specific frequencies to be "tailored" to the geomagnetic-field
strength in each GWEN area. While I doubt that this potential use has
occurred to the planners of the GWEN network, or that such action
could be deliberately taken by any portion of the federal government,
the mere EXISTENCE of the GWEN system may, at some future date, prove
irresistible.

The New Killing Fields: Electromagnetic Weapons

While the military was vigorously denying the very existence of
bioeffects from electromagnetic-field exposure, such bioeffects were
actually being explored as potential weapons - weapons with the
enormous advantage of being totally silent and imperceptible.

The EMP concept has been extended through the development of devices
that generate EMP pulses without the need for nuclear explosions. Such
devices could be deployed for use against enemy command and control
centers or against aircraft in order to produce failure of electronic
equipment. A derivitave of this program is HPM (high-power pulsed
microwave), a system producing intense, extremely short pulses of
microwave. Several types, ranging in frequency from 1200 MHz to 35 GHz
with powers up to 1000 megawatts, are being tested. These are also
being considered for potential use as weapons against human beings.

A recent report from the testing program of the Microwave Research
Department at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research states,
"Microwave energy in the range of 1 to 5 GHz, a militarily important
range, penetrates all organ systems of the body and thus puts all
organ systems at risk." Effects on the central nervous system are
considered very important. The testing program, begun in 1986, is
divided into four parts: (1) prompt debilitation effects; (2) prompt
stimulation through auditory effects; (3) work interference/ stoppage
effects; and (4) effects on stimulus-controlled behavior. The report
goes on to state, "Microwave pulses appear to couple to the central
nervous system and produce stimulation similar to electrical
stimulation unrelated to heat." It appears that HPM is capable of
altering behavior in the same fashion as Delgado's electrical
stimulation.

The production of cognitive and behavioral alterations by HPM is a
sledgehammer effect in comparison to the subtle alterations produced
by ELF fields. According to a 1982 air force review of biotechnology,
ELF has a number of potential military uses including "dealing with
terrorist groups, crowd control, controlling breaches in security at
military installations, and antipersonnel techniques in tactical
warfare." The report states, "[Electromagnetic] systems would be used
to produce mild to severe physiological disruption or perceptual
distortion or disorientation. They are silent, and countermeasures to
them may be difficult to develop."

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A new class of weapons, based on electromagnetic fields, has been
added to the muscles of the military organism. The C3I doctrine is
still growing and expanding. It would appear that the military may yet
be able to completely control the minds of the civilian population.

I have made no attempt here to review in any detail the relationship
between military and considerations and the hazards of man-made
electromagnetic fields. This complex and dangerous situation lies
outside the scope of this book, except for an indication of how the
political policies derived from it have effectively hampered the
public recognition of the hazards. In my opinion, the military
establishment still believes that the survival of the military
organism is worth the sacrifice of the lives and health of large
segments of the American population.


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