1980 U.S. Army / Colonel John Alexander

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We are hesitantly including "The New Mental Battlefield: 'Beam Me Up, Spock'" in our evidentiary time-line because it is frequently referred to but has hardly ever been read and because its flamboyant author, years later, emerged as a leading advocate of non-lethal weaponry. Also, the paranormal research this article advocates did serve as a cover for a certain amount of the research which enabled the ECCS to be built.

Another way of looking at the big picture is that the very real and scientific advances into electromagnetically controlling the human mind which had occurred by 1980 began to feedback into greater demands for research into the pseudo-scientific, including the paranormal. For the scientifically illiterate, success in the area of mind control suggested that all manner of science fiction was now within reach. Colonel Alexander's last military assignment was as Director, Advanced Systems Concepts Office, U.S. Army Laboratory Command.

Persons wishing more information regarding the colorful colonel and his mentor/disciple, Major General Albert Stubblebine, may wish to read the recently published book by Jon Ronson titled, "The Men Who Stare at Goats".

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