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N E X U SNEW TIMES MAGAZINE

Volume 4, Number 2 FEBRUARY - MARCH 1997

PO Box 30, Mapleton Qld 4560, Australia

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.............................................4

GLOBAL NEWS.............................................................6

THE ESP OF ESPIONAGE—Part 3...............................11

By Turan Rifat. US military/intelligence has almostcertainly developed an effective form of synthetictelepathy and already used it against 'subversives'.The freedoms of all citizens are now under threat.

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD HAZARDS.........17

By John B. Fagan, Ph.D. The fruits of recombinantDNA technologies have hit the supermarket shelvesbefore the risks to our health and environment havebeen properly assessed. Do we still have a choice?

MAJOR JORDAN'S DIARIES—Part 2..........................25

By Major George R. Jordan. This final excerpt froma rare, 1952-published diary reveals that from 1942the USSR secretly acquired A-bomb raw materialsand know-how with US help at the highest level.

TARGET LIBYA: SCAPEGOAT OF THE NWO?...........33

By David G. Guyatt. The facts suggest that worldpublic opinion was deliberately turned againstLibya from the early 1980s by a shadowy elitenetwork, intent on general global destabilisation.

MARGARINE, FATTY ACIDS & YOUR HEALTH..........39

By Dane A. Roubos, D.C. Our health is severelycompromised if we consume hydrogenated fats likem a rgarine. These chemically-altered non-foodsshould be avoided due to their toxic side-effects.

NEW SCIENCE NEWS.................................................47

A selection of interesting news and views from theu n d e rground science network. This issue, wehighlight a device that harnesses atmosphericpower, and a high-mileage fuel-injection system.

COMET HALE-BOPP: THE DRAGON RETURNS?......53

By Tom Kay & Contributors. Comet Hale-Bopp'sflypast is a creating a stir among astronomers andprophecy-watchers, as Hubble photographs suggestthe Comet has a hitchhiker travelling in its wake.

AN INTERPLANETARY ADVENTURE..........................60

By Alec Newald. In 1989, Alec was abducted forten days by a group of advanced, benign aliens.His life-changing experiences have profoundsignificance for human and other galactic beings.

THE ANIMAL MUTILATIONS MYSTER Y.....................67

Interview with Linda Moulton Howe. Theworldwide animal mutilation phenomenon hasbeen ongoing for three decades, but despite all thetheories it still eludes definitive explanation.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE................................................73

Strange tales from around/within/off the world. Thisissue, we reprint CSETI director Dr Steven Greer'smanifesto on the planned disclosure of UFOs; andan alleged message from an ancient, orbiting craft.

R E V I E W S — P r o d u c t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8"The ELANRA MkII Therapeutic Ioniser"

R E V I E W S — B o o k s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8"Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings" by Charles H. Hapgood"The Coming Energy Revolution" by Jeane Manning"Psychic Warrior" by David Morehouse"Predictions for a New Millennium" by Noel Tyl"The Tomb of God" by Richard Andrews and Paul Schellenberger"Conversion of Gravity Field Energy" with Dr Hans A. Nieper"Entering the Circle" by Olga Kharitidi, M.D."The Ear and Language" by Dr Alfred A. Tomatis"Revelations of the Metatron" by 'Anonymus'"Hormone Heresy" by Sherrill Sellman"Treason: The New World Order" by Gurudas"Cosmic Voyage" by Courtney Brown, Ph.D."The Stone of the Plough" by Ann Walker"The Gosford Files" by Moira McGhee and Bryan Dickeson"The Healthy House" by Sydney and Joan Baggs"Building the Rife Beam Ray Device" by James E. Bare, D.C.

R E V I E W S — A u d i o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6"Entering the Circle" by Olga Kharitidi, M.D., and Jim Wilson"One World" compilation"The Voice of Violet 19" by Cecilia"Morocco: Crossroads of Time" compilation"One Love" by Eleven of Hearts

NEXUS BOOKS, SUBS, ADS & VIDEOS......................98

NEXUS MAGAZINEVolume 4, Number 2

FEBRUARY - MARCH 1997PUBLISHED BY

NEXUS Magazine Pty Ltd, ACN #003 611 434

EDITORDuncan M. Roads

CO-EDITORCatherine Simons

ASSISTANT EDITORRuth Parnell

EDITORS' ASSISTANTRichard Giles

OFFICE ADMINISTRATORJanine Carmichael

CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUETuran Rifat; John Fagan, PhD; Major George R.

Jordan; David Guyatt; Dane Roubos, DC; AnthonyM. Hansen; J. Bruce McBurney; Tom Kay; Alec

Newald; Linda Moulton Howe; Maurice Chatelain

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Editorial

Many people these days recognise that the world is heading for a dramaticchange. The poisoning of our air, our food and our water has brought

humanity to the point where our children are about to inherit a very differentworld to the one we grew up in. The rise of the big economic trading blocs andthe web of international treaties between nations, ensures that we are movingslowly towards a global society where real decisions are made by people whosenames we never hear mentioned. Is this a deliberate conspiracy, you ask, or hasthe world just evolved this way as a result of plain old human nature?

You can imagine how often we are asked what we at NEXUS believe is behindthe world being the way it is, and the direction we perceive it is heading. Is it theIlluminati, they ask, or the Zionists, the Vatican, the Fabians, the British, theFreemasons, the New Agers, the Nazis, the anti-Christ, the Communists, the CFR,the Bilderbergs, the Khazars, the multinationals, the CIA, NSA, MI6, the Greys,Andromedans, Sirians, Reptilians or the Draconians? My personal answer wouldhave to be, "none of the above, yet all of the above". We all are responsible!

Sure, some of these groups wield enormous power, and I am sure they meetand plan mutually advantageous projects. I am sure they cooperate and competewith others of similar ilk. I'm also sure that they think big and plan a long wayahead. But unless you believe they are alien-cloned replicants, they are allhuman beings just like you and I, exhibiting on a large scale something whichexists inside most of us, on a small but personal scale. Most of them justify whatthey do each night when they look in the mirror with the belief that "the end justi-fies the means". (I choose not to believe that the end justifies the means.)

They are few in number and rely totally on our support, which we give themevery day. By this, I mean that we buy their products—we eat their junk food, wetake their medicines and drugs, we digest their information, we react predictablyto any given stimuli, we work in their businesses, governments and military, weuse their services and facilities. We focus on TV, finding our perfect mate, sexualgratification, what we look like, paying bills; and all in all, we are kept so busywith social, personal and emotional survival that few of us want to consider thepossibility that a few power maniacs may be behind it all.

Every single one of us therefore has the power to redirect where we spend ourtime, money and attention. If you feel you have no choices in these matters, lookagain! There are always choices.

Speaking of choices, this issue offers you the possibility, once again, to exploreother points of view with regard to health, history and reality.

On the health front, we present you with information that offers you a choice ofwhether or not you direct your money towards the purchase of items includingmargarine and genetically engineered food. On the science front, we offer infor -mation on a couple of very interesting alternatives for supplying power, whether itbe for the home, business or vehicle. On the history front, we look at how ourperspectives have been coloured to suit a political and social status-quo. By this Imean that the people we are told were the 'bad guys' were probably no 'badder'than those pointing the fingers at them. On the 'reality' front, we present anotherperspective on our Earth's history, and some possible futures for your considera -tion, with the extract from Alec Newald's book, "CoEvolution" (soon to be pub -lished by NEXUS).

Lastly, we are pleased to announce a great line-up of speakers at our annualNEXUS Conference, to be held in Sydney during 24-25 May (see ad this issue).We look forward to meeting some of you there.

Meantime, I'll leave you with one of my favourite mottos: "BELIEVE nothing, CONSIDER everything!"

Enjoy! Duncan

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Pet-Food FearsDear Editor: I have just fin-

ished reading the article on"Polluted Pet Food" [NEXUS4/01] and I feel very sick. I alsofeel guilty that I included somebought pet-food in my dearlyloved 'late' dogs' diets. If only I'dknown about this.

I have one question: Do youknow if this is going on inAustralia?!

Any American who is still eat-ing meat must be crazy, or ismore likely 'in the dark'. It's dis-gusting!

Yours sincerely, Alex H.,Birdwood, SA, Australia.

Astral DetectionDear Duncan: I relate to you a

lucid dream (that I call a partialrapture) that I had at 6.15 am on19 June 1995. I found myselfsuddenly transported into somesort of secret research base. Asto where it was, I do not know; itmay have been Pine Gap, or per-haps Shoalwater Bay (I believethere is one there, also). It mayeven have been into one of theflying saucers themselves!

It was a semi-circular room,about seven metres diameter.The floor was covered with large,square, white tiles. The electri-cally-operated sliding door intothe room was behind me, and aramp led up out of the room sothat the room was at a lowerlevel than the surrounding corri-dors, which had small rooms(quarters) coming off them. Inthe room to my left were a fewlarge 'box-shaped' objects in thecentre of the room, that I imme-diately recognised as powerfulcomputers. To my right, sittingat computer terminals, were acouple of personnel, casuallydressed. I announced my pres-ence: "Hi, guys," I said.

Immediately there was a stateof panic, and a voice came overthe speaker system, "Securitybreach: all personnel reportimmediately to control room."The door behind me opened andin walked a number of theresearch scientists who workedthere, one of whom looked likeone of my physics lecturers. "It'sDr Munro," I announced. Theywere stunned that I had breachedtheir security. I was seized by

the 'astral safeguards', as you callthem, and then I woke up andfound myself back in my bed.

I immediately wrote down asummary of the dream, but I amrecalling the rest of the detailsfrom memory.

Yours faithfully, Keith G.,Geebung, Queensland, Australia.

Switched on by 'One Light'Dear Duncan: I have been an

avid NEXUS reader for manyyears and enjoy it immensely.

On your recommendation, Isent for the book, One Light, byJon Whistler, which is advertisedregularly in your magazine. Imust say that I was somewhatwary of buying a book I hadn'tpreviously thumbed through andexamined prior to purchase.However, I am happy to reportthat my fears were unfounded.

I have read hundreds of new-age and other self-improvementand spiritual books and amdelighted to advise that this bookis certainly one of the best I haveever read.

Not only is it very entertaining(once you pick it up, you won'twant to put it down), but, moreimportantly, it has a very power-ful message which couldn't bemore timely. This book explainssome of the main reasons whythe world is how it is and what islikely to occur in the immediatefuture. Then finally, to dispelany gloom, One Light gives us apowerful message of hope.

My sole reason for writing thisletter is to state that I am an ordi-nary NEXUS reader with no axeto grind and, in the strongest pos-sible terms I would urge every-one reading this letter to read thisbook as soon as you can get yourhands on a copy.

Thanks, David W., Upper MtGravatt, Queensland, Australia.

Solar Energy IndependenceDear Editor: I would like to

point out to your alternative ener-gy readers why solar panels areso expensive, thus making photo-voltaic systems largely uneco-nomical in power-grid-suppliedareas.

So far as I can determine, allmajor solar panel suppliers arenow owned or controlled byinternational oil companies.

We must all do whatever wecan to avoid oil company invest-ment and control of alternativeenergy systems. This is a veryimportant area that your maga-zine and readers should followup. Does anyone know moreinformation about this subject?

Regards, Randal L., Highbury,SA, Australia.

PS: Great magazine. Pleasekeep up the good work.

Pollution-Free Fuel?Dear NEXUS: I went out in the

backyard, mixed 1 quart water, 1cup methanol, 1 tablespoon cleardetergent (wetting agent), 1 quartnaptha, shaking well. The emul-sion is called Gunnerman'sFuel—Patent No. 5,156,114,dated 1992.

My recipe is very crude but itdid enable me to run my lawn-mower without pollution to theair. After cutting three acres ofgrass I realised that weekend gar-dening could be poisonous-emis-sions-free. The power plant inReno, Nevada and several citybuses are running on this stuff.Nuclear power plants could beeliminated. Rudolph Gunnermanshould be awarded the NobelPeace Prize and all Aussies withor without chemical engineeringbackgrounds should be mixingup versions of this.

Final hint: I'm told that the1996 patent is a better recipe, butI could not obtain it as my com-puter is not the latest.

Sincerely, Thor F., Maricopa,Arizona, USA.

PS: Wake up, humanity. Wehave no ozone left and seriousultraviolet light damage. In threeyears we will have massive cropfailures. What then?

Maori Traditions Clarified Duncan, tena ra ko koe : A

comment on one paragraph ofRichard Boylan's article[NEXUS 4/01], "Native EldersReveal Extraterrestrial Contacts":what utter, unmitigated drivel!

The paragraph refers to oneMac Wiremu Ruka, "chiefSpiritual Elder of all the Maoripeople of Aotearoa". This is sur-prising news to Kai Tahu (mytribe, the main South Island iwi).I suspect it is surprising news toevery other tribe in the country. I

especially suspect it is surprisingnews to whatever i w i and h a p uMac Ruka belongs to.

"From the age of three, ElderRuka was taught..." Tch, tch;real t o h u k a are fed informationvia o r i o r i, etc., along with theirmother's milk. Wee bit late instarting, eh?

"A special star alignment in1988 told the old MaoriGrandmothers..." Say what?Local taua and kuia scoff at this(and the koroua have quite a bit,mainly scathing, to say about ittoo).

"In a moving, candle-lit ritu-al..." My, my; very traditional!

This kind of crap has nothing todo with the very rich, complexand various religious, mythologi-cal and cosmological traditionsof the New Zealand Maori. Wedon't have shamans per se , letalone a "chief Maori shaman".

To say the very least, this para-graph is a monument to humangullibility, and definitely inducedscepticism as regards the rest ofthe article in this reader.

No reira, noho ora mai ra na.Keri Hulme, Whataroa,

Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Free-Energy Freedom Dear Editor: In vol. 2, no. 18,

p. 5, you indicated that NEXUSprovides a starting point, but it'sup to us readers to investigatefurther. I've done that for mag-netic 'free energy' machines, andI think this is where our would-be masters, dedicated to lies andmisinformation, are going to suf-fer a major defeat—hopefully thefirst of many.

Although a few such machineshave existed and have been sup-pressed for decades, the turningpoint came several years agowhen Japan began its own well-funded research programme.One result is US Patent No.5,436,518, a magnet motorachieving 318% over-unity.Another is the motor of Y.Takahashi, a former SonyGeneral Manager for Research &Development, mentioned inNEXUS, vol. 2, no. 25.

Within Japan, free energy hasbeen openly disclosed at leastsince the Fuji television networkaired its Dream Energy p r o-gramme on 20 October 1993.

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This showed the researchinvolvement of Waseda andMeiji universities, Japan ScienceResearch Laboratory, SumitomoAerospace, etc., and also that theJapanese are determined toachieve commercial reality fortheir machines.

When the now inevitable victo-ry for free energy is won, weshouldn't forget all the other top-ics that so desperately need openand honest investigation—theremedy that our opponents fearabove all else. When denial,misinformation, ridicule andabuse no longer work againstfree energy, no doubt they willtry to separate it from these othertopics—which they will still tryto suppress. We mustn't let themget away with that!

Yours sincerely, Paul B.,Wellington, New Zealand.

Spontaneous ConnectionsDear Duncan: I am always

most impressed by the high stan-dard and diversity of the articlesin NEXUS, although I am rarelymoved to write to any magazine.

However, several phrases in"The Poltergeist Machine" article[NEXUS 4/01] leapt off the pageat me: "fires started in unlikelyplaces"; "metal became white-hotbut did not burn any surroundingmaterials"; "flames have beenproduced and emitted fromblocks of concrete"; and "theapparatus makes fire sponta-neously in parts of the lab".

My mind immediately made theconnection between these phe-nomena and spontaneous humancombustion. Could it be thatHutchison has inadvertentlyfound a scientific foundation forthis phenomenon, also? If so, itmakes his investigations seemrather more urgent in nature,bearing in mind the now appar-ently potentially fatal effects forthose living in close proximity tothese EM fields.

Yours sincerely, Joan B.,Wigan, Lancs., UK.

Space: The Final Affront?Dear Duncan: In early

November '96, the world trem-bled and held its breath as aRussian-made rocket destined totravel to Mars malfunctioned andcrashed back to Earth. The

world was told that it crashedsomewhere in the South PacificOcean.

Every rocket that blasts off,whether it be American, Russianor Chinese, is armed with a self-destruct device to guard againstthe possibility that it may go outof control. Why wasn't the Marsrocket self-destructed shortlyafter it became apparent that itwas going to crash back to Earth?

Could it be that the world ismeant to believe that the RussianMars probe has been destroyed,but in reality it was launched toconduct a secret mission? TheRussians over the years have hada poor record in space explo-ration. One has to wonder nowwhether the Russian space explo-ration program is one big cover-up.

Regards, Ed G., AlexanderHeights, WA, Australia.

Cable TV Conspiracy Dear NEXUS: I attended a

friend's gathering recently andmet a very interesting man. I feelas though I have a responsibilityto contact you.

This person has spent the last20 years working in the US forone of the large TV cable compa-nies. He started as a basic tech-nician and moved up in classifi-cation and clearance level overthe years and was technicallytrained by the company at vari-ous stages of his time there. Hewas one of the leading designtechnicians for the new cabletechnology when he left the com-pany and moved here.

I had quite an in-depth conver-sation over the afternoon withthis man as I am a studying elec-tronics engineer and have Foxtelcable installed in my home.After several beers, the chapseemed to warm to me and thensaid something that initially con-fused me.

"I would never recommend anycable TV be installed in any ofmy friends' places."

I thought he might be referringto the mess they make or theescalating costs that suck you inover time.

"No, I mean I would never letanyone come anywhere near myhouse and lay cable all over theplace. You're just asking for

trouble. Think about it."This man witnessed the top-

level cooperation between thecable companies and the govern-ment as part of a giant surveil-lance and information-gatheringnetwork. He was responsible fordesigning the new range of TV-top boxes that all cable systemsemploy as a junction 'decoder'.He said that all of these newjunction boxes contain a tinymicrophone inside and a black-and-white fisheye camera behindthe clear plastic on the front, andthat the cable has return channelsincluded into its specification forsending these signals back to thecarrier.

It is possible for them to tune into any house with cable installedand listen in and see what is hap-pening at any particular time. Hesaid that he had seen it used inthe US for detection of drug deal-ings and talk of tax evasion with-out the user's knowledge, and asa way for the government to"monitor and track its society'sreal movements and thoughts".He said that they gave away "freeconnection" in a sort of competi-tion scam to people they wantedto monitor.

He said he saw the systemabused on a continual basis, andthat in the early days he waspushed and ordered around by"men in black overcoats" whowould march into his lab, askinghim to access confidentialrecords and taking his schematicdrawings. After complaints byhis department in regard to thisbehaviour, it abruptly ceased.Several months later, whilstmodifying the system, he discov-ered that an outside line had beeninstalled, without his knowledge,with direct access to the mastercomputers to somewhere thatwas "classified".

All this sent my mind racing,but it did make sense. One time,when I wished to have someextra channels turned on forviewing, I rang up Foxtel. Thereceptionist said it would take aday to turn on, but, as I wished towatch a programme that startedin five minutes, I asked if it waspossible. She put me on hold andthen transferred me to anothersection.

The following conversation

gave me shivers and left me won-dering. A guy answered andreeled off my name and address.He then asked which TV I want-ed the channel on—the down-stairs lounge room or the upstairsbedroom! He then asked me tochange to the channel in questionwhilst s t i l l on the phone. Imissed the button on the remoteand landed on one channel away.He then said, "No, not 25, chan-nel 26." He knew which channelI was watching! He could alsotheoretically then know whichprograms I like watching. For allI know, they could have recordsof it all. Very scary.

The guy at the barbecue toldme to use black gaffer tape on allthe clear plastic to block the cam-era sight. He also said that if youknew where to look you couldopen up the box and take out themicrophone—and that he has hadto do this a few times. He iscoming around next week to do itfor me. I won't feel safe to speakuntil he does.

Please warn your readers of thispotential invasion to their priva-cy. The quickest way to protectyourself immediately is to unplugthe 'in' cable from the back of thebox when you're not using it.This should give t h e m ' f u z z y 'reception! Don't be surprised ifyou get a knock at the door by acable guy to fix your "faultycable" problem if you do!

Darren G., Victoria, Australia.

In Praise of FreemasonsDear Friends: I'd like to defend

a much-maligned group of peo-ple. Freemasons have been criti-cised by conspiracy theorists, butI'd like to stick up for them.

I worked in a masonic officefor over six years in the 1980sand I have never met a nicer,kinder group of men than thoseFreemasons. I am not stupid, andif they had all been busily con-spiring I know I would havedetected something. But, on thecontrary, I miss them very muchnow and have happy memoriesof the atmosphere of healing,peace and stability which perme-ated their building and theirwork.

All kind thoughts, Elizabeth S.,London, UK.

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21 NUCLEAR REACTORSDUMPED AT SEA

The extent and the preciselocations of the former Soviet

Union's nuclear pollution mayforever remain a mystery.

In the 1950s, the effluent fromthe nuclear-weapons factory nearChelyabinsk was dumped into theRiver Techa and ended up in theArctic Ocean. Between 1964 and1986, some 7,000 tons of solidradioactive waste (plutonium isradioactive waste) and 1,600cubic metres of liquid waste waspitched into the Barents and Karaseas from the base in Murmanskwhich serviced the Soviet fleet ofnuclear-powered naval and mer-chant ships.

Russia's President Yeltsinordered his top environmental advisor toproduce a report on the matter. This reportwas released in March 1993.

The Yablokov report states that theSoviet Union dumped an estimated 2.5million curies of radioactive wastes inArctic waters. This included 16 nuclearreactors (a Norwegian environmentalgroup, Bellona, has identified 21 nuclearreactors, nine still containing their fuelrods) dumped in the shallow waters of theBarents and Kara seas, and the reactorfrom the nuclear-powered icebreaker,Lenin, sunk in 1967.

An entire nuclear sub was deliberately

sunk after an accident in May 1968. In1989, another nuclear submarine, theKomsomolets, sank 300 miles off Norway,with the loss of 42 sailors. It went downwith two nuclear warheads.

Finally, the Russians were dumpingunprocessed nuclear waste into the Sea ofJapan. As late as October 1993, theRussians confirmed that one of their shipsdischarged 900 tons of radioactive waterfrom scrapped nuclear submarines.

While Russia acknowledges that dump-ing nuclear waste into the ocean could beharmful, Moscow has warned the interna-tional community that it has run out of

places to store the waste on land,and, if financial aid is not forthcom-ing, Russia will have no choice butto resume dumping it into the sea.

The first signs that there could betrouble on the horizon came in early1993 when seals in the White Seaand Barents Sea were found to bedying from blood cancer(leukaemia).

Waste water from naval and civil-ian reactors was also dumped byspecial ships which diluted radioac-tive liquid with seawater. In fact,seamen would cut holes in thesealed containers if they would notsink. It is believed, according to theYablokov report, that Russiannuclear submarines are continuingto dump liquid radioactive wastes atsea for lack of on-shore storage and

reprocessing facilities.So far, Russia has saved an undisclosed

amount of money by dumping the wasteinstead of having to build and operateexpensive storage/recycling facilities.

A subsurface plume of pollution fromLake Karachai, discharged from theMayak facilities, is seeping towards thenearby Misheliak River at a rate of 80metres per year and will soon reach theriver. This represents nearly 50 times theradioactivity of the wastes dumped in theocean.

The US Congress appropriated $10 mil-lion to the Defense Department to organisea program for rapidly assessing the threatfrom the dumped Soviet wastes. However,America also owns some loaded nuclearreactors lying on the ocean bed.

(Source: via the Internet,http://gurukl.ucc.american.edu/TED/ARC-

TIC.HTM)

COLGATE PAYS OUT FORFLUORIDE-RUINED TEETH

Fresh calls to end fluoridation of waterare to be put to the UK Government by

a group of MPs led by Sir Ivan Lawrence,the Conservative member for Burton-on-Trent. Their action follows a decision inNovember 1996 by the toothpaste manu-facturer Colgate-Palmolive to make a'goodwill' payment of £1,000 to a 10-year-old Essex boy suffering from dental fluo-rosis, a condition in which tooth enamel ismottled by fluoride.

Sir Ivan, who has campaigned againstfluoride for years, said: "This decision


... GL BAL NEWS ...puts the issue back on the map. The pen-dulum is now swinging against fluorideand I believe it is inevitable that we shallstop fluoridating water before long."

He said there was now substantial evi-dence that fluoride was harmful to healthand he was drawing up a report to presentto the government, showing that it didmore harm than good.

Julian Middleton, a Nottingham-basedsolicitor acting for more than 200 childrenwith fluorosis, said the payment could helpfamilies in their battle for legal aid. "Weregard it as extremely significant—albeit ithas been made without liability. Fluorideis one of the most poisonous substancesknown to man. Experts say it is a cause offluorosis, yet there is nothing to say whatis a safe dose for children."

The campaign against fluoridation ofwater supplies has been helped by docu-ments recently declassified by the USGovernment, showing that scientists hadevidence in 1944 that fluoride could causeconfusion, drowsiness and listlessness.The discovery is believed to have beenmade at an atomic weapons base. Furtherresearch was ordered but then stopped sixmonths later.

The papers were unearthed by Dr PhyllisMullenix, a toxicologist at the children'shospital in Boston, after carrying outresearch on the toxicity of fluoride in rats,which suggested it accumulated in thebrain and could lead to a lower IQ.

(Sources: The Sunday Telegraph, UK, 24November 1996, The Daily Telegraph, UK,

25 November 1996)

EDISON EXPLAINS INTEREST

The American inventor Thomas Edisonhad this to say about the monetary sys-

tem, while discussing the Mussel ShoalsDam electric power project:

"People who will not turn a shovel fullof dirt on the project, nor contribute apound of material, will collect moremoney from the United States than will thepeople who supply all the material and doall the work. This is the terrible thingabout interest...

"But here is the point: If the nation canissue a dollar bond, it can issue a dollarbill. The element that makes the bondgood, makes the bill good, also. The dif-ference between the bond and the bill isthat the bond lets the money-broker collecttwice the amount of the bond and an addi-tional 20 per cent. Whereas the curren-

cy—the honest sort provided by theConstitution—pays nobody but those whocontribute in some useful way.

"It is absurd to say our country can issuebonds and cannot issue currency. Both arepromises to pay, but one fattens the usurerand the other helps the people. If the cur-rency issued by the people were no good,then the bonds would be no good, either.It is a terrible situation when the govern-ment, to insure the national wealth, mustgo in debt and submit to ruinous interestcharges at the hands of men who controlthe fictitious value of gold. Interest is theinvention of Satan!"

(Source: The Spotlight)

WORLD GOVERNMENT BY THE YEAR 2000?

The UN-funded Commission on GlobalGovernance has completed its three-

year study and has now publiclyannounced its plans to implement "globalgovernance" by the year 2000.

Henry Lamb, of the EnvironmentalConservation Organisation, predicts thatthe United Nations will convene a WorldConference on Global Governance in 1998"for the purpose of submitting to the worldthe necessary treaties and agreements forratification and implementation [of worldgovernment] by the year 2000."

Writing in a recent issue of M e d i aBypass magazine, Henry Lamb warns thatglobal governance, as envisioned by theUN and its obligingCommission, "wouldbe a catastrophic act ofviolence, resulting inthe loss of nationalsovereignty, propertyrights, individual free-dom, and all hope ofachieving personalprosperity." Hecharges that the new"Earth ethic" endorsedby the Commission"ignores the fundamen-tal values on whichAmerica was foundedand promotes instead aform of global social-ism." Welcome to theNew World Order!

"The Commissionintends for the UnitedNations to correct theinjustices in the world

by taking wealth from the rich and givingit to the poor. To achieve this massiveredistribution of wealth, and take virtualcontrol of all the world's resources, a num-ber of specific structural changes are pro-posed for the United Nations system,"reports Lamb. "The Commission's recom-mendations would consolidate the powerof the United Nations into the hands of avery few individuals," he observes. TheUN Trusteeship Council would assumecontrol of the "global commons", which isdefined to include everything from thedepths of the ocean floor to the farthestreaches of the atmosphere.

Lamb points out that "the Commissioncalls for the creation of a new EconomicSecurity Council" whose most importantduties would be "to establish independentfunding mechanisms for the UnitedNations system [and] to enforce environ-mental treaties by initiating trade sanctionsand levying fines or withholding fundingto nations deemed to be in non-compliancewith treaty provisions." He explains that"This is the UN body which would collectthe wealth from developed nations andredistribute it to developing nations."

A UN standing army is also on the agen-da, with the UN Secretary-General servingas Commander-in-Chief. Perhaps mostominous of all, says Lamb, are plans forthe UN to "expand its authority andassume responsibility to act in behalf ofpeople within the borders of sovereign


... GL BAL NEWS ...states with or without the request or per-mission of the state."

"Many of the recommendations pub-lished in this report have been underwayfor several years," observes Henry Lamb."The now-published time line for fullimplementation suggests that UN strate-gists are confident that the world is readyto accept global governance."

(Source: Behind the Headlines, 8December 1996, America's Future, Inc.,

7800 Bonhomme, St Louis, MO 63105,USA; phone (314) 725 6003; web site:

http://accessus.net/~eamiller/af/)

CAN DNA FROM GENE-ALTEREDFOOD BE PASSED ON?

The 4 January 1997 issue of N e wS c i e n t i s t magazine carried an interest-

ing editorial criticising the withholding ofinformation pertaining to the safety ofallowing genetically engineered food(GEF) onto the market.

More importantly, the same issue ran anews item which gives opponents to GEFsome very scary ammunition.

It is assumed that the DNA from thegenes of GEF is destroyed in the stomach.However, it has recently been shown thatDNA fed to a mouse can survive the gutand pass into cells in the body! This is atotally unexpected result, and should sendshivers down our collective spines.

Walter Dörfler, of the University ofCologne, made the above announcement atthe International Congress on Cell Biologyin San Francisco in December 1996.

While textbooks say that DNA in food isdigested and destroyed, Dörfler found thata genetic material from a bacterial viruscalled M13 survived to emerge in faeces.

(Source: New Scientist, 4 January 1997)

MEASLES JABS LINKED TOAUTISM

The UK Department of Health is underpressure to fund research into the safety

of childhood vaccines, as evidence contin-ues to mount of a link between the injec-tions and autism.

There have already been concerns aboutvaccines causing other forms of brain dam-age, but now, one of the world's leadingexperts on autism is backing parent groupsin their demands for studies to be done onthe vaccination risk.

Dr Bernard Rimland, director ofAmerica's Autism Research Institute, saidthe idea that vaccines could be causing theconditions was unpopular with the medicalestablishment. "But there is now no doubtin my mind that something serious is hap-pening," he said.

A class action lawsuit, being prepared byDawbarns Solicitors on behalf of vaccine-damaged children, includes 169 casesallegedly linked to measles, mumps andrubella inoculations.

Kirsten Limb, of Dawbarns, said therehad been another 200 enquiries from par-ents fearing their children had developedautism as a direct result of vaccinations.

(Source: The Sunday Telegraph, UK, 24November 1996)

SCIENTISTS ADMIT VACCINES ARE A MYSTERY

Two hundred years after Edward Jennerfirst immunised people against small-

pox, the function of a key ingredient ofmodern vaccines remains an almost totalmystery. It has been called "the immunolo-gist's dirty little secret".

Vaccines are supposed to work by givingthe immune system a sneak preview offuture enemies in the form of weakened orkilled disease-causing micro-organisms,bits of those micro-organisms or evenpieces of their DNA. A quick look at thispale imitation, called an "immunogen", isenough to get the immune system stockingup its armouries ready to retaliate when themicro-organism strikes for real.

However, the vast majority of vaccinesdon't work unless they also contain some-thing called an "adjuvant"—a fancy-sound-ing name for a non-specific mix of somevery weird ingredients.

At one time or another, the mysteriousadjuvants have included any one of a list ofsuspicious-sounding substances, includingdetergent, oil and water, aluminiumhydroxide, dead bacteria that have nothingto do with the disease the vaccine is sup-posed to protect against, bits of those deadbacteria, or some mix of these.

Vaccines based on whole viruses, suchas the oral polio vaccine, can wake up theimmune system single-handedly. But allthe bacterial vaccines, and the more mod-ern viral vaccines (such as the hepatitis Bone) that for safety reasons use only partsof a virus, are doomed to failure without anadjuvant.

The adjuvant used in most vaccinesadministered to children is alum, or alu-minium hydroxide.

(Source: New Scientist, 2 November 1996)

URI GELLER VINDICATED

Aman seeking a long-lost submarinelearned the cost of ignoring the advice

of Uri Geller, the UK-based psychic, whenhe spent more than £1 million looking inthe wrong place.

Eight years ago, Geller pinpointed theexact location of a submarine sunk morethan a century ago. But William Scanlan-Murphy, sceptical of Geller's abilities,chose to ignore his advice and insteadfinanced a fruitless search of an area 15miles west of the actual location.

Eventually he gave up, believing thewreck had been destroyed. It was only


... GL BAL NEWS ...when a fishing trawler snagged its nets onthe R e s u r g a m, the world's first poweredsubmarine, that the accuracy of Geller'sadvice emerged.

It was in 1988 at a charity function inLeeds that Geller had been shown a seachart covering 800 square miles and hadindicated the exact spot where theResurgam was eventually found.

(Source: The Sunday Telegraph, UK, 10November 1996)

LANDMARK ORDINANCE ONPESTICIDES

The San Francisco Board of Supervisorspassed one of the toughest pesticide

ordinances in the US on 15 October 1996,providing increased protection for publichealth and the environment from exposureto dangerous pesticides.

The new legislation immediately bansthe worst pesticides, and will ban all pesti-cide use by 2000. It provides for anIntegrated Pest Management program spe-cialist to work with City employees in thetransition away from toxic pesticides.

The ordinance also requires a four-daynotification to be given of pesticide useprior to spraying, and improved reportingof any pesticide use.

(Source: Journal of Pesticide Reform, vol.16, no. 3, December 1996)

NEW THEORIES ON DEMISE OFTWA FLIGHT 800

Adocument about the fate of TWAFlight 800, posted on the Internet by a

high-level official "inside the government",hit the headlines last November.

The document alleges that "TWA Flight800 was shot down [accidentally] by a USNavy Aegis missile fired from a guidedmissile ship which was in area W-105,about 30 miles from where TWA Flight800 exploded."

Several reliable eyewitnesses to theexplosion of 17 July last year, reported see-ing an orange streak of light descendingtoward the aircraft—which has led to spec-ulation about a missile being responsible.

However, a new theory contends that the"streak of light" was an "electromagnetic-temporal ribbon", created in conjunctionwith several top-secret government scien-tific experiments involving warping theatmosphere with high-frequency waves.

(Sources: The Australian, 11 November1996; Internet newsgroups: usenet.alt.con-

spiracy, 20 December 1996)

THE WHO, THE FDA, THE CODEX & THE CARTELThe Threat to Freedom of Choice in Healthcare

On 4 December 1996, the World Health Organization's Collaborating Center forDrug Monitoring announced the development of PharmaPrinting technology,and announced a worldwide effort to standardise information about herbal medi-

cines, working with the University of Exeter and the Royal Botanic Gardens in the UK.Several other individual international experts are involved; and other countries, notablySouth Africa and Kenya, are starting programs that link with WHO's.

In September 1996, PharmaPrint obtained the first patent for a multi-molecule herbalmedicine that has immune-stimulating properties in laboratory tests. It is derived frommistletoe.

In October 1996, I attended the 20th meeting of the Codex AlimentariusCommission's Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses. This hor-rendous German proposal, that threatens to become the International Reference Standardunder both NAFTA and GATT, advanced from step 3 to step 5 like a knife through but-ter, moving it dangerously close to finalisation at step 8, when the committee meetsagain in Bonn during 21-25 September 1998. This German proposal threatens todestroy the dietary supplement industry, enabling the pharmaceutical industry to takeover all natural products as expensive, patented drug analogs.

At the October 1996 meeting, the Canadian delegate, Dr Mary Cheney, initiallybacked off from a proposal that a negative list be created to ban the sale of many herbsfrom international trade. This proposal was first made at the Third Session of the CodexCollaborating Committee for North America and the South-West Pacific at a meeting inVancouver in 1994, where Canada submitted a report, "Sale of Potentially HarmfulHerbs and Botanical Preparations as Foods".

Cheney initially made a big show of backing off from the 'negative list' proposal, cit-ing the "outrage expressed by consumers" as the reason, but then, a few days latertoward the end of the meeting, she very sneakily attempted to reverse this position bymaking a motion that a "Special Panel" be formed amongst FAO/WHO personnel toaddress the issue of whether or not to form a negative list for herbs.

Suzanne Harris, JD, of the Law Loft, with whom I work closely, predicted monthsago that this would happen. Harris predicted that a shell game would ensue in which thedrug cartel would attempt to shift the regulation of herbs and dietary supplements awayfrom the Codex Commission—where they are at least being regulated as "Foods"—andmove them under WHO jurisdiction where they would be regulated as "Drugs".

What Dr Cheney did at the meeting was to begin this shell game. Her proposal wasquickly seconded by Dr Beth Yetley of the US Food & Drug Administration, despite thefact that she totally failed to consult with anyone else in the US delegation. Her handjust shot right up there to second Cheney, and, following her, the German and Frenchdelegates quickly raised their hands as well. What we are witnessing here is nothingless than a con job on a global scale.

Americans, and people in other countries, are urged to let Dr Cheney know what theythink of her action, and should send copies of these letters to local Senators,Congressmen and Members of Parliament so that this can be nipped in the bud.

I urge you to call and discuss this gross attack against consumers of supplements with:1. Dr Mary Cheney, Chief, Nutrition Evaluation Division, Food Directorate, Health

Protection Branch, Tunney's Pasture, Postal Locator 2203A, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OL2,Canada; phone +1 (613) 957 0352, fax (613) 941 6636.

2. Dr Elizabeth Yetley, Director, Office of Special Nutritionals, HFS-45, US Foodand Drug Administration, 200C St S.W., Washington, D.C. 20204, USA; phone +1(202) 205 4168, fax (202) 205 5295.

Be sure to send copies of your faxes and letters to your Senators, Congressmen andMembers of Parliament.

John Hammell, Political CoordinatorLife Extension Foundation, USA

(For more information, and to get a copy of the Codex Report from Bonn, visit theLife Extension Foundation's website at: http://www.lef.org)



DEMONS AT DIMENSIONAL DOORWAYS

We are surrounded by a sea of biophysical fields, and the so-called collectiveunconscious is merely a merging of the biophysical fields of humans andother life-forms. But within this biophysical biosphere may exist remnantsof deceased individuals' biophysical fields, which channellers are able to

access in contacting the departed or spirit guides. It may also be that, within this bios-phere, the biophysical fields of different species merge to form group minds; for example,of the tiger or the wolf. Shamans and witch doctors throughout history have reportedthese phenomena, but the scientific knowledge to comprehend what might be going onhas been absent until today.

Within this framework, it is possible that aliens from other dimensions are able to gainaccess to our biophysical biosphere by tapping into the energy given off in human sacri-fices, black magic rituals and suchlike, thus allowing malevolent aliens—the so-calleddemonic entities—into our realm. A study of this phenomenon indicates it could be oneof the principal paranormal causes of world wars.

It may be no coincidence that, in their systematic studies of paranormal phenomena,some Theosophists and initiates of the Order of the Golden Dawn could have tamperedunknowingly with forces that opened gateways to other dimensions, thus enabling malev-olent biophysical fields to enter our milieu. Once here, these malevolent demonic entitiescould easily have entered the minds of the European leaders, provoking them into startingthe First World War that would slay so many young men, and releasing so much life-forceand negative emotion upon which they could feed.

Secret US research into electronic gateways to other dimensions may also be enablingentities to enter our continuum with a view to poisoning the consciousness of humanity inpreparation for war.

PARANORMAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUESThroughout my research I have become aware of how useful remote viewing (RV) can

be in gaining information on topics that have proved impossible to analyse by any othermethod. [An introduction to the science underlying RV and remote mind-control technol-ogy (RMCT) is published in NEXUS, vol. 3, no. 6.]

Having developed basic do-it-yourself guides for beginners in the RV field, I found thatthere was still an accuracy problem with these simple methods. So I set up the company,Paranormal Management Systems, to concentrate on the scientific study of RV and thedevelopment of techniques that would far outstrip most military methodologies in theWest. Unfortunately, most RV practitioners have not had access to these new techniquesand are utilising controlled remote-viewing methodologies as espoused by the Americans.

Any group of researchers willing to use the paranormal as an aid to investigation canmake use of techniques such as remote viewing, telepathy and group-augmentationeffects. So what are the steps involved?

Instead of switching off the brain stress system to inculcate the theta state of conscious-ness (the method I use in PMS training26), a much simpler technique can be used—involv-ing listening to baroque music to relax the brain for RV or telepathic operation. Thisbaroque music technique was developed by the Bulgarians in their Suggestology SuperLearning parapsychology training courses.27 They found that the ordered, rhythmic natureof this music entrains alpha waves in the listener. It is much less efficient than the PMStraining, but for beginners it is relatively easy just to listen to baroque music as a preludeto practising RV or telepathy.

It is suspected thatsections of the US

military andsecurity agencieshave been using

synthetic telepathyagainst 'internal

subversives' for atleast a decade.

If these networkscontinue to operate

unchecked, soonour thoughts mayno longer be our

own!

Part 3

by Turan Rifat ©1996-97

Paranormal Management SystemsPO Box 2749

Brighton, Sussex BN2 2DR, UKPhone: +44 (0)1273 690424

Web site: http://www.interquest.compulink.co.uk/pms/index.htm


GROUP-AUGMENTED RV & ESP CAPABILITIESResearchers using RV to investigate UFOs, for instance, need

to work together in groups for best results. Firstly, the group decides on one particular target, be it an alien

planet, military site, etc., and each member then tries to obtain RVdata on the target. This is done separately so that none of theremote viewers gets a chance to discuss findings while in theprocess of remote viewing.

Once they have completed their RV, they look at all the data thegroup has acquired. The common characteristics of what theyviewed remotely would be the details they should then concen-trate on, because if all or most of the remote viewers saw the samething independently, this would indicate that their RV was accu-rate.

A similar method can be used by ESP/telepathy researchgroups, whether they be involved in psychic questing or tappinginto hidden knowledge in the collective unconscious.28

So, by applying this method of statisticalanalysis to the group's data, accurate RV orESP/telepathy episodes can be targeted, andmeaningful results can be obtained even if anyone individual's RV or ESP/telepathy capabilityis inaccurate. Consequently, the success thateach individual achieves within the group willprovide positive feedback and improve individ-ual RV capability by a mechanism analogous tothe 'hundredth monkey' effect—the learning ofnew habits at a distance with no physical con-tact. More on this shortly.

But let us return briefly to the work of DrJessica Utts of Stanford University. Throughher statistical analysis of the results of USmilitary RV tests she found that the RVeffect was slightly greater than chance,thus proving that RV is indeed a real phe-nomenon.29

European remote viewers are likely tobe practising similar RV methods to theAmericans, so they need to use a tech-nique to filter out noise from the RV sig-nal. By remote viewing a target firstly inan independent manner within a groupand then going over the results as agroup, much of the RV noise can be fil-tered out. This amplifies RV accuracy byaugmenting the signal-to-noise ratio. So,using multiple remote-viewers to give a large database, non-corre-lated RV noise can be cancelled out by cross-correlating results—thus ignoring spurious data not noted by other members of thegroup and, instead, concentrating on details that everyone viewedremotely. This means that meaningful results can be gleaned byusing group-augmented RV, even though the RV effect may onlybe slightly greater than chance.

As a caveat, PMS training methods (as well as the drastic tech-niques used by the Russians) can dramatically improve RV orESP/telepathic efficiency. In my research I have found thatgroups of people who remotely view the same site at the sametime actually amplify their RV capabilities and boost their RVefficiency. This is due to a merging of the biophysical RV-statefunctions of the fields involved.

I have mentioned the 'hundredth monkey' effect, where themore people practise a 'meme' (habitual action or activity), theeasier that action becomes for the group. It is a well-known phe-

nomenon that when people or animals repeat the same meme,there is a theshold after which that meme becomes habitual to therace or species. The best example is the Japanese monkey thatlearnt to remove sand from its wild rice by washing handfuls ofthis sandy rice in the sea. Other members of its troop copied thismeme. Once a hundred or so of its peers had learnt this action,the meme miraculously appeared in other monkey troops on otherislands far removed from the original progenitor of this meme.The hundredth monkey phenomenon is a well-known anecdoteabout the spreading of memes by remote influencing.

My discussion of biophysical fields and how they can interactwith the fields of other members of the species would seem toindicate that when a threshold number of biophysical fields learna new meme, the intent for that meme is spread by spontaneoustelepathy. This means that remote viewing is difficult at first, butit becomes easier as more people practise it.

A similar effect is demonstrated with ESP and telepathy.Group-augmented ESP and telepathy can dra-matically boost latent psi-talent in the indi-vidual and result in a growth of paranormalabilities as the biophysical field of the indi-vidual merges with the group and is ampli-fied in the process. This amplificationprocess of the individual's biophysical field isthen carried over to the individual upon thereturn of the biophysical field to the singlestate.

Group amplification of biophysical fieldsenables the individual biophysical field todevelop from morphogenetic functioning,through to primary consciousness, and hence

to high-order consciousness whereESP/telepathic functions are accessi-ble.

When the person's biophysical fieldleaves the group mind, it loses its high-order consciousness, but there is anaugmentation of its natural conscious-ness. Continued practice of group-aug-mented ESP and telepathy leads to anacceleration of this development, as itis enhanced by the group mind.

In this way, individuals can achievethe maximum capabilities of their psigenes in the order of months rather thanyears. Furthermore, the genome can be

changed by biophysical field effects, so the group-augmented bio-physical field can be used to change the group's genome to devel-op new psi-genes. It can also be used to enhance paranormal psy-cho-neuro-immunological effects in the individual, and thus canaid group members in achieving healthier, longer lives.30

Indeed, any group of people can use RV or ESP/telepathy as atool in their own research effort, or to cause physiologicalchanges beneficial to health and longevity.

This is the first time these points have been mentioned outsideof superpower military research facilities and the multinationalresearch being undertaken by Sony.

US MILITARY INTEREST IN SYNTHETIC TELEPATHYAn article in New Scientist has described how Japanese scien-

tists are beginning to read P300 brainwaves electronically, with aview to developing computers to scan the brain for verbalcontent.31 At present, this research has been able to match up only

Indeed, any groupof people can use

RV orESP/telepathy as atool in their ownresearch effort, or

to causephysiological

changes beneficialto health and

longevity.


a handful of words that pass through the subject's brain. There has been much anecdotal reference to a super-secret

group in the US military which has developed the means of elec-tronically scanning the brain to read the subvocalisation that pass-es through a target's mind. Synthetic telepathy, or electronicbrain-scanning, would be a valuable tool for the US military.However, since the fall of the Soviet Union, it fears its own popu-lation more than foreign enemies.

Lacking sophisticated telepaths developed by the Russians witha gamut of drugs, brain surgery, invasive electronic stimulation,amplification and psychotronic generator interfaces, the US mili-tary is rumoured to have perfected synthetic telepathy.

The electromagnetic signals in the brain are of a very weakintensity, but, in synthetic telepathy, onlythe signals associated with subvocalisedthought are of interest. The areas of thebrain associated with speech are theBroca, Wernicke and supplementarymotor areas. So, by connecting theseparts of the brain to a computer via elec-trodes, highly sophisticated computersystems can decode an informationstream and read subvocalised thoughts inthe brain.

It is well known that the NationalSecurity Agency (NSA), the largest of theUS state security organisations, possessesthe most advanced computer systems in theworld. If Japanese medical research is already detecting a fewkey-words just using P300 EEG signals, then it is very likely thatthe NSA can read substantial portions of subvocalised thoughts.If the alleged transfer of alien technology from the so-called"Greys" is factored in, then full comprehension abilities mayalready have been achieved.

In the article titled "Covert Operations of the US NationalSecurity Agency" [NEXUS, vol. 3, no. 3], the author,John St Clair Akwei, makes mention of EMF BrainStimulation for Remote Neural Monitoring (RNM) andElectronic Brain Link (EBL) technologies. Such electron-ic RMCT has been in development since the MKULTRAprogram of the early 1950s, and, in fact, the US militaryhas been using RNM since the early 1980s.

It is alleged that the Kinnecome Group at the NSA'sFort Meade is deploying this RMCT against US citizenson a grand scale. Another group at Fort Bragg is allegedto be using synthetic telepathy and electronic RMCT toaugment the capabilities of Green Berets involved in theirprogram. One of the aims of the research may be toremove conscience in the soldiers so that they may be bet-ter equipped for expungeing internal 'subversives' such asmilitia group members.

REMOTE MIND-CONTROL TECHNOLOGIESMy research into biophysical RMCT has enabled me to

discover the principles by which this electronic RMCTcould be made to work. It also appears that so-called'alien technology' has not been needed in the developmentof synthetic telepathy.

For synthetic telepathy to be effective against a targeted'subversive', it has to be usable without 'controllers' physi-cally having to place electrodes on the target's head orimplants in the brain. So, US military personnel may firsthave developed the use of masers, and other radio-fre-

quency (RF)/microwave devices that carry ELF audiograms, tointerfere with the brain's motor areas at a distance. They mighthave achieved this by destructively interfering with the motorneurone signals (rather like the systems used to generate real-timereplicas of the noise made by a car engine, but out of phase, socancelling the roar of the motor by destructive audio interference),or by just simply swamping the brain with the 10-Hz bioelectricresonance signal associated with motor impulse coordination,which could induce paralysis in the victim.

In the event of being detained, a subversive might then be sub-jected to a crude form of synthetic telepathy involving electrodesbeing placed on his/her head. Short-term-memory brain-wipingtechnology would then be applied, combined with ELF audio-

grams that inhibit calcium efflux in thebrain, with the result that the prisoner isunable to remember what has happenedto him. The next step would be toimplant microelectronic devices in theprisoner's brain, in order for behaviouralcontrol and synthetic, telepathic, subvo-calised control signals to be transmitteddirectly to the brain, bypassing the ears.32

However, it must have become clear tothe US military that some technique foreffecting synthetic telepathy from a dis-tance would be a more effective option.

The military may have found an oppor-tunity to test and deploy its primitive

physical synthetic telepathy technology, using as a smokescreen aworldwide cover story about alien abductions (even if they are infact really going on). In any case, these alien abduction rumourshave an added advantage in that anyone abducted by the US mili-tary for interrogation or experimentation would never bebelieved!33

Deployment of new technology incorporating low-frequency

Synthetic telepathy requirestechniques for scanning the

specific brain emissionsgiven off when the targeted

victim subvocalises.

microwaves and RF is at least a decade old. Security personnelcan use it to scan through bodies and walls like X-rays,34 and seeand track a target victim at home. But once they can see insidethat person's head, they can conduct computer-controlled targetingby firing pulsed-frequency masers at specific brain centres.("Maser" is the acronym for "microwave amplification by thestimulated emission of radiation".) This type of targeting is feasi-ble considering the sophisticated computers in the NSA's posses-sion.

Synthetic telepathy requires techniques for scanning the specif-ic brain emissions given off when the targeted victim subvocalis-es. The techniques must be able to detect the 15-Hz, 5-milliwattauditory cortex brain emissions that are linked with sound thatbypasses the ear; the ELF frequencies that are linked with theexcitation potentials in the brain that are associated with subvo-calised thought; and EEG signals, such as the P300 signals men-tioned previously.

The main problem with scanning these brain emissions is thatthe environment around the target contains a vast background EMnoise that swamps the brain's tiny 5-milliwatt signals. At a dis-tance it is impossible to fix a detector on the15-Hz-centred window of ELF signals or theP300 emission band unless the low-level signalcan be extracted from the noise.

My interest in this subject arose from myresearch in augmenting weak RV signals. Asdescribed previously, by using group-augment-ed RV, weak information signals can be pickedout from the much larger background noisebecause the noise affects each remote viewer ina different way. However, each remote viewerdetects aspects of the same weak RV signal inthe same way.

This method of using many detectors toread parallel signals of the same sourcecan be used to pick out very weak signalsof interest, buried in a sea of randomnoise, because the same weak signal isdetected by all the receivers. Cross-refer-encing the multiple signal returns from allthe receivers, and looking only for identi-cal signals, allows a very weak signal tobe detected from the background noise.

Dr Ross Adey, at Loma Linda VeteransAdministrative Hospital in California,discovered that the best method for get-ting an ELF signal into a human brain iswith pulse modulation of a high-frequen-cy field.35 By firing ELF pulse-modulated masers, which can scanup and down the window of frequency emissions given off bysubvocalised thought, interference effects can be measured in themaser beam.

The targeted victim's ELF brain emissions may interact con-structively or destructively with the pulsed-frequency maser car-rying ELF in the ELF window associated with subvocalisedthoughts. If out-of-phase converging pulsed masers are fired at avictim's brain or brain centre, the out-of-phase ELF modulationsof the masers cancel each other out by destructive interference.Thus, no resonance effects in the brain are established to perturbthe brain emissions of subvocalisation. 3 6 Since the convergingELF-modulated masers are affected by low-level emissions in thetarget's brain, shifts in the ELF-pulsed signal going into the braincan be detected.

A simplistic version of this would be to direct a laser beam at awindow in the targeted person's home. The vibrations in the win-dow cause modulations in the laser that can be converted intoelectrical signals and hence into sound.

In RMCT (pulsed ELF-audiogram-modulated interference-maser synthetic-telepathy), the ELF emissions in the target's brainmay interfere constructively or destructively with the ELF modu-lations carried by the maser as it pulses up and down the frequen-cy range window of subvocalised thought. But before this datacan be analysed, the low-level signal has to be picked out of thenoise.37 Since at least two pairs of converging masers have to betargeted on the brain of the victim, his ELF emissions will affectthe maser beams in exactly opposite ways, while the backgroundnoise will cause various changes in the two masers. If only iden-tical but opposite perturbations are looked for in the pulsed win-dow of ELF-modulated maser return signals, then, with computersimulation, a real-time picture can be produced of ELF emissionsin the victim's brain.

Having already built up a library of excitation potential signa-tures for differing words and word groupings, a sophisticated

computer can begin to decode the emissionsignatures into word streams. In this way,the victim's subvocalised thoughts can bestored in the memory of NSA state-of-the-artcomputers, ready for analysis by NSA per-sonnel.

Using ELF audiograms carried by a singlepulse-modulated maser, subvocalisedthoughts can be placed in the victim's brain.This gives synthetic telepathy operators theability to enter into conversations with a tar-geted 'subversive' to drive him mad, and to

input key-words to get the victim think-ing about the information they wish tofind.

THE SPECTRE OF THOUGHTCONTROL

Telepathy has come a long way sincethe early days of research. Russiantelepaths have made massive advancesin the biophysical and electronicspheres of research, while the US mili-tary in all probability already has afully-functioning synthetic telepathysystem.

The head of US Special Forces,Major-General Schaknow, made the

first public revelations about synthetic telepathy during a July1992 lecture at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Certainly, the mecha-nisms by which synthetic telepathy might operate are well withinthe capabilities of US military technology. Without being limitedby qualms or ethical concerns, the military is almost certain tohave developed synthetic telepathy in a usable form 3 8 a n ddeployed it against internal 'subversives' such as militia membersand black activists.

It seems that your own thoughts may no longer be private.Worse still, your own thoughts might not be your own. GeorgeOrwell's 1984 might be Utopia compared to the police state of themind which agents of the New World Order are building underour very noses. ∞


The head of USSpecial Forces,Major-General

Schaknow, made thefirst public

revelations aboutsynthetic telepathyduring a July 1992

lecture at FortBragg, North

Carolina.

Continued on page 89




The use of genetic engineering in agriculture and food production has impacts notonly on the environment and biodiversity but also on human health. Therefore,thorough biosafety assessment requires not only evaluation of environmentalimpacts of genetically engineered organisms but also assessment of the risks that

genetically engineered foods pose for the health of consumers.The hazards that may be introduced into foods through genetic engineering are three-

fold: allergens, toxins, and reduced nutritional quality. This paper begins with a discus-sion of how genetic engineering may introduce these risks into foods, and then outlinesthe procedures for assessing whether or not a given genetically engineered food containssuch hazards. In this discussion, foods, food ingredients and food additives producedthrough recombinant DNA technologies will be called "genetically engineered", "recom-binant" or "transgenic" foods, and the term "food" will be used to refer collectively tofoods, food ingredients, food additives and nutritional supplements.

Some of the health risks associated with genetically engineered foods can be anticipatedon the basis of the characteristics of the unmodified organism from which the transgenicfood-producing organism was generated, and from the source of the genes used in devel-oping the genetically engineered organism. For instance, if a gene derived from peanutsis introduced into a plant, food produced from the resulting genetically engineered plantmight cause allergic reactions in people who are allergic to peanuts.

In addition to these anticipatable risks, current recombinant DNA methods—and thoselikely to be developed in the foreseeable future—are all capable of introducing unintendedchanges in the function and structure of the food-producing organism. As a result, thegenetically engineered food may have characteristics that were not intended by the geneticengineer. Some of these accidental changes may be harmful to the health and safety ofthe consumer.

Before a genetically engineered food is placed on the market, it should be tested toascertain that it is free of both anticipatable and unexpected allergens and toxins, and toascertain whether or not it is altered in nutritional quality. The testing strategies presentedbelow are designed to accomplish this objective.

HOW GENETIC ENGINEERING CAN CREATE HAZARDOUS FOODS1. Genetic engineering introduces into foods new proteins that can either directlyor indirectly threaten health.

Genetic engineering introduces new genes, new genetic information, into the cells of afood-producing organism. Since a gene is the blueprint for a protein, that new geneticinformation causes the organism to produce one or more new proteins. In turn, the foodproduced by that genetically engineered organism will contain those new proteins. Thus,genetic engineering introduces new ingredients, new constituents into foods.

The new proteins that genetic engineering introduces into foods can come from virtual-ly any organism on Earth, and most of these new proteins will never have previously beenpresent in significant amounts in human foods. Because people have never before eatenthese proteins, the effects that they might have on health will not be known. Thus, theonly way to be sure that these foods are safe is to test them thoroughly.

What might be their possible harmful effects? These new proteins could, themselves,cause allergies or be toxic. Alternatively, they could alter the cellular metabolism of thefood-producing organism in unintended and unanticipated ways, and, in turn, these alter-ations in metabolism could cause allergens or toxins to be produced in the food.

Another possibility is that, as a result of these alterations in metabolism, the food-pro-ducing organism might fail to make some important vitamin or nutrient. Consequently,

Agribusiness isswamping us

with geneticallyaltered foods,

with littleregard for theimpact on ourhealth and theenvironment.

by John B. Fagan, Ph.D. ©1996

Chairman, Department of ChemistryMaharishi University of Management

Fairfield, Iowa 52557-1O78, USAPhone: +1 (515) 472 1111 or 472 8342

Fax: +1 (515) 472 1167 or 472 5725 E-mail: [email protected]


the genetically engineered food would lack important nutrientsthat are normally present in the corresponding, natural, non-genet-ically-engineered food.

2. Genetic engineering can create dangerous foods by generating mutations in the DNA of the food-producingorganism.

Inserting a recombinant gene into the DNA of a food-producingorganism disrupts the natural sequence of genetic informationwithin that DNA. Thus, the process of genetic engineering causesmutations to the food-producing organism. These mutations are asecond source of potentially damaging effects of genetic engineer-ing.

The location at which these mutations occur will be randombecause, by and large, genetic engineers cannot control the site atwhich a recombinant gene is inserted into the DNA of the organ-ism. They can cut and splice genes in the test tube with consider-able precision, but the process of inserting those recombinantgenes into the host is very imprecise.

Many parts of an organism's DNA do not contain genes.Therefore, inserting a recombinantgene into such a location will not dis-rupt any of the genes of the organism,and, according to what molecular biol-ogists know today, such insertionsshould not cause any harm. However,it is just as likely that the recombinantgene will be accidentally inserted intothe middle of one of the genes of theorganism. This will disrupt that gene,and the organism will no longer beable to produce the protein for whichthat gene is the blueprint.

That gene may be the blueprint foran enzyme that is important in cellularmetabolism. Disrupting that gene could alter cellular metabolism,possibly causing the organism to produce a toxic compound thataccumulates in the food produced by the organism. Disruptingmetabolism could also prevent the organism from producing cer-tain vitamins or nutrients, therefore reducing the nutritional valueof the food.

Another possibility is that a genetically engineered gene mightbe inserted into the DNA very close to an important gene of thefood-producing organism, thereby altering the expression of thatgene. For instance, it could cause the food-producing organism toproduce ten times more or ten times less of that protein. Thiscould cause a variety of problems. First, a protein that is not toxicor allergenic, when present at normal levels, might become toxicor allergenic if present at ten times higher levels. Second, if animportant enzyme is produced at a level ten times higher or tentimes lower than normal, this could drastically alter cellularmetabolism, leading to the production of a toxin or an allergen orto the inability to produce an important nutrient. Third, if thegene encodes a peptide hormone, producing it at higher or lowerlevels could disrupt important physiological processes, again lead-ing to changes in food quality or safety.

There is a final problem that could result from mutations causedby genetic engineering. As mentioned above, the DNA of mostorganisms contains long stretches that do not serve as genes. Thecurrent view is that these sequences do not have important func-tions, since altering or deleting portions of them does not seem tohave striking effects on the organism. However, the possibilityhas not been eliminated that such insertions could have unantici-

pated, long-term or subtle effects that might not be immediatelyobvious, but that could be damaging to the species or to the quali-ty of the food that it produces. Nature is parsimonious, thus it islikely that these sequences have important functions, even thoughwe do not presently know what those functions might be.Therefore, we should not assume that insertions into thesesequences will be harmless.

3. The damaging effects of genetic engineering cannot bepredicted or controlled.

The ability of genetic engineering to introduce unanticipatedhealth hazards into foods derives from the fact that, althoughgenetic engineers can cut and splice DNA molecules with base-pair precision in the test tube, when an altered DNA molecule isintroduced into the genome of a living organism, the full range ofits effects on the functioning of that organism cannot be con-trolled or predicted.

What this means is that, in addition to the changes in biologicalfunction intended by the genetic engineer, the introduced DNAmay bring about other, unintended changes, some of which may

alter the properties of the food pro-duced by the organism in a mannerthat makes it damaging to health.

Although the potential health haz-ards of genetically engineered foodsare not different from those associat-ed with other foods (namely, aller-gens, toxins and reduced nutritionalvalue), the process of genetic engi-neering itself is responsible for gener-ating these dangers; that is, the use ofthe genetic engineering process intro-duces hazards into the resultant food.Thus, the use of genetic engineeringin the development of a new food-

producing organism constitutes, in itself, a valid regulatory trig-ger. Stated in another way, because there is a distinct class of riskthat is directly and uniformly associated with the process bywhich genetically engineered foods are produced, that process—genetic engineering—can be used as a reliable flag for identifyingfoods that should undergo safety testing.

Proponents of biotechnology argue that the risk associated withgenetically engineered foods is very small. However, there is noscientific evidence that this is the case. If one holds to the stan-dards of the science of risk assessment, the existing body of dataallows one only to state that, for a given genetically engineeredfood, the risk is finite but of unpredictable magnitude. A real risk,especially one of unpredictable probability and severity, is some-thing that requires testing.

To support the contention that risks are small, proponentsattempt to infer the safety of future transgenic foods from theproperties of genetically engineered foods now on the market.However, this is also not consistent with established principles ofthe science of risk assessment. Furthermore, even if such compar-isons were valid, the handful of examples now available do notprovide a sufficient database for such estimates. The diversity ofpossible genetic manipulations that could be carried out in thefuture, and the diversity of food-producing and gene-sourceorganisms that could be employed in the genetic engineering offuture foods, is extremely large. Current examples are simply notrepresentative of the range of possibilities that will emerge in thefuture. Thus, to assure safety, each genetically engineered foodshould be tested thoroughly before it is placed on the market.

Proponents of biotechnologyargue that the risk associated

with genetically engineered foodsis very small. However, there isno scientific evidence that this is

the case.


THE INABILITY TO PREDICT AND CONTROL THE OUTCOME OF GENE MANIPULATIONS

The inability of biotechnologists to fully control and predict theoutcome of genetic modifications of food organisms is due tothree factors: the complexity of the recipient organism; the ten-dency of recombinant DNA manipulations to induce mutations atrandom locations within the genome of the recipient organism;and the ambiguity of, and cell-type specificity of, regulatorygenetic information.

1. Biological complexity leads to the inability to control orpredict the effects of recombinant DNA manipulations.

An important contributor to the unpredictability of genetic engi-neering is the complexity of the recipient organism. The struc-tures and functions of even the simplest single-celled micro-organism are sufficiently complex that developers cannot take allcomponents of the system into account when they consider theimpact of a given genetic alteration.

In such a situation, surprises are inevitable, and many of thosesurprises will not be advantageous. The mechanisms by whichgenetic manipulations can lead to increased allergenicity and toxi-city, described below, provide examples of such surprises.

2. Mutations through RecombinantDNA Manipulations.

The second source of uncertaintyregarding the effects of recombinantDNA manipulations stems from theextremely crude nature of current genetransfer techniques. The genetic informa-tion introduced into the organism may beprecisely defined in sequence, but it isinserted at random into the genome of therecipient organism. Each insertionalevent is in fact a random mutagenicevent.

Stated another way, gene transfer as itis commonly done is a mutagenic processthat can disrupt any of the processes in which DNA and RNA par-ticipate. The sites at which such mutations occur will be random.Therefore, there is no way to predict which gene or regulatoryprocesses will be disrupted as a result of gene transfer-inducedmutagenesis.

By inactivating or altering the expression of genes encodingenzymes that catalyse important biosynthetic processes, muta-genic events could alter the allergenicity of a food or make ittoxic, as described in detail below. These mutagenic events couldalso alter the nutritional qualities of a food. Furthermore, byaltering regulatory sequences present normally in the recipientorganism's genome, the same variety of regulatory sequence-relat-ed problems described below could be generated.

It should be pointed out that with most gene transfer methodsused in eukaryotes, this mutational process will occur not justsometimes but every time a recombinant gene is inserted into thegenome of an organism. Each such insertional event disruptssome native DNA sequence. Many such disruptions will, fortu-nately, be silent or inconsequential. However, there is a finitechance that one of these will alter the structure or function of theorganism in a manner that significantly influences the propertiesof the foodstuff derived from it. That is, genetic alterations have afinite probability of altering the properties of the organism, suchthat the properties of the food derived from it will be hazardous tohealth. In most cases, the procedures used in modification of

food-producing organisms insert not one but several copies of agene into the genome of the recipient organism. Thus, multiplerandom mutagenic events may occur, greatly increasing the prob-ability of damaging some gene important to food quality.

The risks related to manipulating the genomes of food-produc-ing organisms are inherent in the mechanisms by which recombi-nant DNA techniques bring about genetic change. These riskscannot be discounted by pointing to the "FlavrSavr" tomato (thefirst genetically engineered crop to be commercialised) and sayingthat there have been no problems with it and therefore other trans-genics will probably be safe, too. Each transgenic food-producingorganism will undergo different mutagenic events and respond tothe genetic information introduced into it differently, leading tothe range of unexpected alterations described above. Therefore,there is no scientifically valid justification for such extrapolations.

3. Ambiguities of Genetic Information. Genes contain two distinct kinds of information: structural and

regulatory. Structural information specifies the amino acidsequence of proteins and consists of the genetic code, which waselucidated in the 1960s. With a few exceptions, this code is iden-tical for all terrestrial organisms. Thus, the structural information

contained in a given piece of DNAis predictable.

However, the story is quite dif-ferent for regulatory information.Transcription, translation, repli-cation, recombination and otherprocesses involving DNA andRNA are controlled by regulatoryinformation encoded in DNA orRNA sequences.

The regulatory decoder ismuch more complex and diversethan the structural code.Furthermore, it is different in dif-ferent organisms, and is even dif-ferent in different cell types of

the same organism. For instance, there are many examples in themolecular biological literature in which recombinant genes, char-acterised in one cell type, are expressed at 100-fold or even 1,000-fold higher levels in another cell type from the same organism.Such differences cannot be predicted simply by knowing thenucleic acid sequence of a recombinant gene. The only way toknow is to gather empirical information—by actually introducingthe gene into the second cell type and examining the result.

If this is the case for different cell types within a single organ-ism, the level of unpredictability will certainly be as great orgreater for cross-species transfers of the kind commonly carriedout in agricultural genetic engineering.

The underlying mechanism involved in the 'reading' of regula-tory information is well understood. Regulatory proteins exist inthe cell, each of which is capable of scanning DNA (or RNA)molecules. Each can recognise and bind to a single, specificnucleic acid motif. That binding reaction triggers biochemicalevents leading to modulation of a process such as transcription,translation, replication, recombination, etc. In any particular cell,a given sequence can influence one of these processes only if theprotein that recognises that sequence is also present. Since differ-ent regulatory proteins are expressed in different cell types and indifferent species, a given DNA sequence will function as a regula-tory signal only in some cell types and some species, and not inothers. Our knowledge of the 'regulatory code' is extremely

... genetic alterations have a finiteprobability of altering the

properties of the organism, suchthat the properties of the food

derived from it will be hazardousto health.


incomplete. Therefore, we cannot examine the sequence of anucleic acid molecule and predict its regulatory function in agiven organism.

Inserting DNA sequences that possess unanticipated regulatoryactivities into the genome of a food-producing organism coulddisrupt any of the cellular processes in which DNA or RNA par-ticipate, including replication, transcription, translation, recombi-nation and transposition.

Disruption of transcription or translation could alter the level ofexpression or the timing of the expression of any protein that isnormally expressed in a food-producing organism. This couldalter the allergenicity or toxicity of the food derived from thatorganism, as described below, and could also alter its nutritionalor other characteristics.

Disruption or alteration of replication, recombination or trans-position mechanisms could, among other things, alter the plastici-ty or stability of the recipient organism's genome, leading toincreased rates of mutagenesis and consequently to a range ofproblems, as described below.

ALLERGENS GENERATED IN RECOMBINANT FOODSThere exist several mechanisms by which allergens could be

expressed in foods through geneticengineering. A number of molecu-lar mechanisms have also been iden-tified through which the geneticmanipulation of food-producingorganisms could generate new aller-gens or increase the allergenicity ofproteins normally present in food-producing organisms.

Because allergen-carrying trans-genic foods will in most cases main-tain the appearance of their natural,non-allergenic counterparts, theypose a serious hazard to the con-sumer. Consumers will not be ableto avoid these allergenic foodsbecause they will not be able to distinguish them from the corre-sponding natural foods. The labelling of all genetically engi-neered foods could, of course, solve this problem and would alsomake it possible for health authorities to trace allergen problemsthat arise.

At present, empirical evidence regarding the generation of aller-genic foods through genetic engineering is sparse, since few ofthe genetically engineered foods now under development havebeen thoroughly tested for allergenicity. However, one examplehas already come to light.

Pioneer Hybrid has developed soybeans with a nutritionallybalanced amino acid composition. They accomplished this byengineering into these beans the gene for a brazil nut storage pro-tein. However, this protein turns out to be allergenic to a signifi-cant proportion of the population. Pioneer Hybrid has wiselydecided to terminate plans to commercialise this product.

TOXINS AND IRRITANTS GENERATED IN RECOMBINANT FOODS

Most substances that will occur in foods as a result of geneticengineering will be proteins that will be present in only trace con-centrations. Nevertheless, those added components, in even traceamounts, may substantially alter either the nutritional or other bio-logical characteristics of the food.

In addition to allergenicity, recombinant proteins could mani-fest a variety of other biological activities, and, in the case ofrecombinant enzymes, could catalyse the production of othercompounds with biological activities not normally present in aparticular food. For instance, such substances could act as toxins,irritants, hormone mimetics, etc., and could act at the biochemi-cal, cellular, tissue or organ levels to disrupt a range of physiolog-ical functions.

An example of a class of genetically engineered foods of partic-ular concern are those that have been modified to produce biologi-cal control agents, such as the family of insecticidal Bt enterotox-ins. Each of the Bt toxins is specific for a certain class of insects.The Btk toxin, which has been used topically in organic farmingfor many years, has not been reported to cause toxic reactions inconsumers when used in this way. However, it would not be sur-prising if a compound such as Btk toxin, which has powerful bio-logical activity in one class of organisms, might also have somebiological activity even in a distant phylum such as the verte-brates. Such activity might become apparent if the toxin is con-sumed in larger amounts, as will occur in transgenic foods derivedfrom organisms engineered to express this toxin constitutively athigh levels.

Normally when used topically, Bttoxin is degraded to undetectable lev-els by solar UV light and other mecha-nisms in just a few days. However,Bt-engineered plants produce thistoxin continually, resulting in muchhigher steady-state levels.Furthermore, the toxin will be presentnot only on the surface of the plant butinternally where, protected from UVlight degradation, it may accumulate.

The result is that consumers of thesefoods may take in much largeramounts of Bt toxin than is the casewith foods derived from topically-treated plants. Consequently, the

excellent safety record of topically-applied Bt toxin does not con-stitute reliable evidence indicating that foods derived from plantsgenetically engineered to produce Bt toxin will be safe. ∞

About the Author: Dr John Fagan has spent more than 24 years using cutting-edge mole-

cular genetic techniques in cancer research. He earned a B.Sc. (c u mlaude with distinction in chemistry) from the University of Washingtonand a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from CornellUniversity. He has authored more than 50 technical articles, whichhave been published in international, peer-reviewed journals includingBiochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology. A biochemistry pro-fessor a t Maharishi Universi ty, he recently published G e n e t i cEngineering: The Hazards; Vedic Engineering: The Solutions.

In recent years Dr Fagan has been increasingly concerned about thedangers of genetically engineered foods, the hazards of releasing geneti-cally engineered organisms into the environment, and the risks of germ-line genetic engineering in humans. In November 1994 he took an ethi-cal stand against these applications, urging scientists to take safer, moreproductive research directions and to focus more on prevention and lesson high-tech therapeutics. He underscored these warnings by returninga US$613,882 grant to the National Institutes of Health and withdrawinggrant applications worth another US$1.25 million.

Currently, Dr Fagan is conducting a global campaign to alert the pub-lic to the hazards of genetically engineered foods. His goal is to reshapenational and international policy and regulations regarding the safety,testing, labelling and importation of genetically engineered foods.

Because allergen-carryingtransgenic foods will in most casesmaintain the appearance of their

natural, non-allergeniccounterparts, they pose a serious

hazard to the consumer.



From the outset, extraordinary secrecy and security measures have surrounded theproject," declared Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, in commenting on the firstmilitary use of the atom bomb. "This was personally ordered by PresidentRoosevelt." Mr Roosevelt's orders, he innocently added, "have been strictly com-

plied with."1

Yet Russians with whom I worked side by side at Great Falls knew about the A-bombat least as early as March 1943, and General Groves had reason to distrust the Russians inOctober 1942! In common with almost all Americans, I got the first hint of the existenceof the atom bomb from the news of Hiroshima, which was revealed on August 6, 1945 byPresident Truman.

I visited Washington in January 1944 to bring to the attention of the highest authoritieswhat seemed to me to be treacherous violations of security in the Pipeline. I got exactlynowhere in the State Department or elsewhere. It was not until I heard the announcementof the atomic blast in Russia on September 23, 1949, that I finally had the good fortune ofmeeting Senator Bridges and Fulton Lewis—but more of that later.

It was after eleven o'clock, and my checking job was virtually done, when ColonelKotikov burst into the cabin of the plane. He wanted to know by whose authority I wascommitting this outrage [see previous issue] and bellowed that he would have meremoved. I answered that I was performing my duty, and, just to show how things stood,opened two or three extra suitcases in his presence. I left the C-47 and with a nod ofthanks dismissed my sentinel.

As I crossed the field toward the barracks, Colonel Kotikov fell in beside me. No doubthe reflected that he was in no position to force an issue. He may also have realized that Iunderstood the gravity of almost nothing I had seen. All that mattered to him was gettingthe suitcases off to Moscow. Anxiously he inquired what I intended to do.

If I had known what I do today, I should have grounded the transport, but in the end itwent on its way to Russia.

Colonel Kotikov asked me to open no more suitcases until instructions came from theWar Department. He said he hoped he would not have to get me transferred. I expectedto be fired, and went so far as to pack my gear. But I received no communication fromthe War Department, and gathered at last that Colonel Kotikov had made no complaint.Perhaps, I began to think, he did not dare.

I reported to Colonel George F. O'Neill, security officer of the 34th Sub-Depot at GoreField, about the fifty suitcases I had examined. He was interested enough to pass the storyon to his superior officer in Spokane. There was no reply, even after Colonel O'Neillmade a second attempt. Apparently it was not considered good form to cast reflections onthe integrity of our ally...

"DON'T MAKE A BIG PRODUCTION..."One morning in April 1943, Colonel Kotikov asked whether I could find space for an

important consignment of nearly 2,000 pounds. I said, "No, we have a quarter of a mil-lion pounds' backlog already."

He directed me to put through a call to Washington for him, and spoke for a while in hisown tongue. Then he put a hand over the mouthpiece and confided to me in English,"Very special shipment—experimental chemicals—going through soon."

There was an interval of Slavic gutturals, and he turned to me again. "Mr Hopkins—coming on now," he reported. Then he gave me the surprise of my life. He handed methe phone and announced, "Big boss, Mr Hopkins, wants you."

During 1942-45,high-level US

officials covertlyhelped the USSR

acquire largequantities of

materials for itssecret atom-bombresearch project.

Will history judgethe ensuing Cold

War as a monstrousset-up?

Part 2

Extracted fromFrom Major Jordan's Diaries

© 1952 by George Racey Jordan,USAF (Ret.)

with Richard L. StokesOriginally published in 1952 by

Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York

Reprinted by American Opinion, 1961

It was quite a moment. I was about to speak for the first timewith a legendary figure of the day, the top man in the world ofLend-Lease in which I lived. I have been careful to keep the fol-lowing account as accurate in substance and language as I can.My memory, normally good, was stimulated by the thrill of theoccasion. Moreover, the incident was stamped on my mindbecause it was unique in my experience of almost 25 months atNewark and Great Falls.

A bit in awe, I stammered, "Jordan speaking." The male voice began at once. "This is Mr Hopkins. Are you

my expediter out there?" I answered that I was the United Nations Representative at

Great Falls, working with Colonel Kotikov.Under the circumstances, who could have doubted that the

speaker was Harry Hopkins? Friends have since asked mewhether it might not have been a Soviet agent who was anAmerican. I doubt this, because his next remark brought up asubject which only Mr Hopkins and myself could have known.

He asked, "Did you get those pilots I sent you?""Oh yes, sir," I responded. "They were very much appreciated,

and helped us in unblocking the jamin the Pipeline. We were accused ofgoing out of channels, and got thedickens for it."

Mr Hopkins let that one go by, andmoved on to the heart of things."Now, Jordan," he said, "there's a cer-tain shipment of chemicals goingthrough that I want you to expedite.This is something very special."

"Shall I take it up," I asked, "withthe Commanding Colonel?"

"I don't want you to discuss thiswith anyone," Mr Hopkins ordered,"and it is not to go on the records.Don't make a big production of it, butjust send it through quietly, in ahurry."

I asked how I was to identify the shipment when it arrived. Heturned from the phone, and I could hear his voice: "How willJordan know the shipment when it gets there?" He came back onthe line and said, "The Russian Colonel out there will designate itfor you. Now send this through as speedily as possible, and besure you leave it off the records!"

Then a Russian voice broke in with a demand for ColonelKotikov. I was full of curiosity when Kotikov had finished, and Iwanted to know what it was all about and where the shipment wascoming from. He said there would be more chemicals and thatthey would arrive from Canada.

"I show you," he announced. Presumably, after the talk with Mr Hopkins, I had been accept-

ed as a member of the 'lodge'. From his bundle on war chemicalsthe Colonel took the folder called "Bomb Powder". He drew out apaper sheet and set a finger against one entry. For a second timemy eyes encountered the word "Uranium". I repeat that in 1943 itmeant as little to me as to most Americans, which was nothing.

This shipment was the one and only cash item to pass throughmy hands, except for private Russian purchases of clothing andliquor. It was the only one, out of a tremendous multitude of con-signments, that I was ordered not to enter on my tally sheets. Itwas the only one I was forbidden to discuss with my superiors,and the only one I was directed to keep secret from everybody.

Despite Mr Hopkins' urgency, there was a delay of five weeks.

On the morning of June 10th, I caught sight of a loaded C-47which was idling on the runway. I went over and asked the pilotwhat was holding him up. He said he understood some kind ofspecial shipment was still to come. Seven years afterward, thepilot identified himself to the press as Air Forces Lieutenant BenL. Brown, of Cincinnati.

I asked Colonel Kotikov about the plane, and he told me theshipment Mr Hopkins was interested in had just arrived at the rail-road yards, and that I should send a truck to pick it up. The con-signment was escorted by a Russian guard from Toronto. I setdown his name, and copied it later in my diary. It was VladimirAnoufriev. I identified him with the initials "C.C." for "CanadianCourier".

Fifteen wooden cases were put aboard the transport, which tookoff for Moscow by way of Alaska. At Fairbanks, LieutenantBrown has related, one box fell from the plane, smashing a cornerand spilling a small quantity of chocolate-brown powder. Out ofcuriosity, he picked up a handful of the unfamiliar grains, with anotion of asking somebody what they were. A Soviet officerslapped the crystals from his palm and explained nervously, "No,

no—burn hands!"Not until the latter part of

1949 was it definitely proved,from responsible records, thatduring the war Federal agen-cies delivered to Russia at leastthree consignments of uraniumchemicals, totaling 1,465pounds, or nearly three-quar-ters of a ton. Confirmed alsowas the shipment of one kilo-gram, or 2.2 pounds, of urani-um metal at a time when thetotal American stock was 4.5pounds.

Implicated by name were theLend-Lease Administration,the Department of Commerce,

the Procurement Division of the Treasury and the Board ofEconomic Warfare. The State Department became involved tothe extent of refusing access to files of Lend-Lease and its succes-sor, the Foreign Economic Administration.

The first two uranium shipments traveled through Great Fallsby air. The third was dispatched by truck and railway fromRochester, NY, to Portland, Oregon, and then by ship toVladivostok. The dates were March and June 1943, and July1944. No doubt was left that the transaction discussed by MrHopkins and myself was the one of June 1943.

This was not merely the largest of our known uranium dealswith the Soviet Union, it was also the most shocking. Thereseemed to be no lengths to which some American officials wouldnot go in aiding Russia to master the secret of nuclear fission. Forfour years, monopoly of the A-bomb was the cornerstone of ourmilitary and overseas policy, yet on September 23, 1949, long inadvance of Washington estimates, President Truman announcedthat an atomic explosion had occurred in the Soviet Union.

In behalf of national security, the Manhattan Project during thespring of 1943 clapped an embargo on American exports of urani-um compounds. But zealots in Washington appear to haveresolved that Russia must have at all costs the ingredients foratomic experiment. The intensely pro-Soviet mood of that timemay be judged from echoes in later years.

For example, there was Joseph E. Davies, Ambassador to the


This shipment was the only one, outof a tremendous multitude of

consignments, that I was ordered notto enter on my tally sheets.

It was the only one I was forbidden todiscuss with my superiors, and the

only one I was directed to keep secretfrom everybody.

Soviet Union in 1936-39, and author of a book and movie of fla-grant propaganda, Mission to Moscow. In an interview with theTimes-Herald of Washington for February 18, 1946, he was quot-ed as saying, "Russia, in self-defense, has every moral right toseek atomic bomb secrets through military espionage if excludedfrom such information by her former fighting allies!" There alsowas Professor Harold C. Urey, American scientist, who sat in theinnermost circle of the Manhattan Project. Yet on December 14,1949, in a report of the Atlantic Union Committee, Dr Urey saidthat Major Jordan should be court-martialed if he had removedanything from planes bound for Russia.

When American supplies were cut off, the device of out-maneuvering General Groves was to procure the materials clan-destinely from Canada. Not until 1946 did the commander of theManhattan Project learn from the Un-American ActivitiesCommittee that his stockade had been undermined.

My share in the revelation was testimony under oath, leading toone conclusion only: that the Canadian bypass was aided by MrHopkins. At his direction, Lend-Lease issued a certificate ofrelease without which the consignment could not have moved.Lend-Lease channels of transportation and Lend-Lease personnel,such as myself, were used. Tracesof the scheme were kept off Lend-Lease books by making it a 'cash'transaction. The shipment was paidfor with a check of the AmtorgTrading Corporation.

Because of the initial branch ofthe airlift to Moscow was underAmerican control, passage of thechemicals across United States terri-tory could not be avoided, in Alaskaif not Montana. On account of thatfact—the cash nature of the pro-ject—it was necessary to obtain anexport license from the Board ofEconomic Warfare. Such a docu-ment, covering a shipment of Americanorigin, was first prepared. It was altered, to comply with theCanadian maneuver, by some BEW official whose identity hasbeen concealed by the State Department. As amended, the licensewas issued on April 29, 1943. Its serial number was C-1643180.

But two facts were forgotten: (a) public carriers use invoices,and (b) the Air Forces kept tallies not only at Great Falls butFairbanks.

By diligent searching, freight and airway bills yielded incon-testable proof that 15 boxes of uranium chemicals were deliveredat Great Falls on June 9, 1943, and were dispatched immediately,in a Lend-Lease plane, to the Soviet Union.

The shipment originated at Eldorado Mining & Refining, Ltd,of Great Bear Lake, and was sent through Port Hope, Ontario. Itwas authorized by a Canadian arms export permit, No. OF1666.The carrier was the Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & PacificRailway. Listed as consignee was Colonel A. N. Kotikov, resi-dent agent of the Soviet Government Purchasing Commission atGore Field, Great Falls.

The story behind the story is as follows. On February 1, 1943,H e r m a n n H. Rosenberg of Chematar, Inc., New York City,received the first inquiry about uranium ever to reach his office.The applicant was the Soviet Purchasing Commission, whichdesired 220 pounds of uranium oxide, 220 pounds of uraniumnitrate, and 25 pounds of uranium metal.

At that date Oak Ridge was under construction, but would not

be in operation for another year.Six days earlier the War Production Board had issued General

Reference Order M-285, controlling the distribution of uraniumcompounds among domestic industries like glass, pottery andceramics. A loophole was left by overlooking the export of suchmaterials for war purposes. The Russians claimed that they hadurgent military need for uranium nitrate in medicinal research,and for uranium oxide and metal as alloys in hardening gun-barrelsteel. There was nothing for the US to do but grant an OK, sincewe did not want to imply that we were suspicious of Russia'srequest.

Uranium metal was unavailable. On March 23, at Rosenberg'sinstance, the S. W. Shattuck Chemical Co. of Denver shipped fourcrates, weighing 691 pounds, to Colonel Kotikov at Great Falls.The Burlington Railroad's bill of lading described the contentsmerely as "Chemicals", but it was accompanied by a letter fromRosenberg to Kotikov designating the contents as 220 pounds ofuranium nitrate and 200 (not 220) pounds of uranium oxide.Since it was a Lend-Lease transaction, defrayed with Americanfunds, no export license was required. The cargo was dispatchedwithout friction along the Pipeline.

But the War Production Board,from which clearance had beensought, alerted the ManhattanProject. It was too late to halt theShattuck sale. General Grovesreluctantly approved it on theground that it would be unwise to'tip off' Russia as to the importanceof uranium chemicals—a fact withwhich Moscow was only toofamiliar.

During the investigation, I wasembarrassed by questions as towhy tables of exports to the SovietUnion contained no mention ofuranium. The Shattuck consign-ment was legitimate. It had been

authorized by Lend-Lease, the War Production Board and theManhattan Project.

Some months later I ran into John F. Moynihan, formerly of theNewark News editorial staff. A Second Lieutenant at the NewarkAirport when I was there, he had risen to Colonel as a sort of'reverse press-agent' for General Groves. His duty was not to fos-ter publicity but prevent it.

"I heard you floundering about," he said, "and wished I c o u l dtell you something you didn't know. I was sent to Denver to hushup the records in the Shattuck matter. It was hidden under thephrase, 'salts and compounds', in an entry covering a differentmetal."

General Groves moved rapidly to stop the leak through whichthe Shattuck boxes had slipped. By early April he had formed anationwide embargo by means of voluntary contracts with chemi-cal brokers. They promised to grant the United States first rightto purchase all uranium oxide, uranium nitrate and sodium uranatereceived by the contractors.

The uranium black-out was discovered by Rosenberg when hetried to fill another order from the Soviet Purchasing Commission,for 500 pounds each of uranium nitrate and uranium oxide. OnApril 23, 1943, Rosenberg was in touch with the CanadianRadium & Uranium Corp. of New York, which was exclusivesales agent for Eldorado Mining & Refining, Ltd, a producer ofuranium at Great Bear Lake.


The Russians claimed that they hadurgent military need for uraniumnitrate in medicinal research, andfor uranium oxide and metal as

alloys in hardening gun-barrel steel.There was nothing for the US to do

but grant an OK...

An agreement to fill the Soviet order was negotiated with suchdispatch that in four days Rosenberg was able to report victory tothe Purchasing Commission. The shipment from Ontario to GreatFalls and Moscow followed in due course.

The Port Hope machination had the advantage, among otherthings, of bypassing the War Production Board, which was sure towarn the Manhattan Project if it knew the facts, but could be keptin ignorance because its jurisdiction ran only south of the border.

General Groves was advised at once of the Soviet applicationfor 1,000 pounds of uranium salts. He was not disturbed, beingconfident the embargo would stand. After declining to endorsethe application, he approved it later in the hope of detectingwhether the Russians could unearth uranium stocks which theManhattan Project had overlooked. American industries wereconsuming annually, before the war, upwards of 200 tons of ura-nium chemicals.

"We had no expectation," General Groves testified December 7,1949, "of permitting that material to go out of this country. Itwould have been stopped."2

So far as the United States was concerned, the embargo heldfast. The truth that it had been side-stepped by means of resort toCanadian sources did not come to the General's knowledge untilthree years later.

Another violation of atomicsecurity was represented by thethird known delivery to Russia, in1944. It proved to be uraniumnitrate. During May of that year,Colonel Kotikov showed me awarning from the SovietPurchasing Commission to lookout for a shipment of uranium,weighing 500 pounds, which wasto have travel priority. TheColonel was soon returning home.As the climax of his Americanmission, he proposed to fly the pre-cious stuff to Moscow with hisown hands.

Disguised as a "commercialtransaction" within American terri-tory, the deal was managed by Lend-Lease. Chematar andCanadian Radium & Uranium were abandoned in favor of theProcurement Division of the Treasury Department, although theTreasury, under regulations, had no authority to make uraniumproducts available to the Soviet Union.

Contractors were asked to bid, and the winner was the EastmanKodak Company. Somewhere in this process, the expected 500pounds shrank to 45. Eastman Kodak reported the order to theWar Production Board as a domestic commercial item.

Whatever the motive, it was determined not to send the com-pound by air. After a Treasury inspection in Rochester, theMacDaniel Trucking Company drove it to the Army OrdnanceDepot at Terre Haute, Indiana, arriving July 24. The shipmentturned up in freight car No. 97352 of the Erie Railroad, and got toNorth Portland, Oregon, on August 11. By means of shifts not yetdivulged, the uranium nitrate found itself aboard a Russiansteamship, Kashirstroi, which left for Vladivostok on October 3.Colonel Kotikov, who had planned a triumphal entry intoMoscow with a quarter-ton of "bomb powder" as a trophy, gaveup the project in disgust on learning that the shipment would beonly 45 pounds.

In charge of uranium purchases for the Manhattan Project in

1944 was Dr Phillip L. Merritt. Appearing January 24, 1950before the Un-American Activities Committee, Dr Merritt sworehe was taken by surprise, a day earlier, on discovering for the firsttime that the Eastman Kodak order had been shipped to Russia byway of Army Ordnance.

General Groves was likewise uninformed. Asked as a witnesswhether it was possible for uranium shipments to have been madein 1944, he answered, "Not if we could have helped it, and notwith our knowledge of any kind. They would have had to beentirely secret, and not discovered."3 He declared there was noway for the Russians to get uranium products in this country"without the support of US authorities in one way or another".4

The Soviet Purchasing Commission appears to have hadinstructions to acquire without fail 25 pounds of uranium metal,which can be extracted from uranium salts by a difficult processrequiring specialized equipment. Supported or advised by Lend-Lease, the commission for a whole year knocked at every avail-able door, from the Chemical Warfare Service up to SecretaryStimson. As a matter of fact, uranium metal was then non-exis-tent in America, and for that reason had not been specified in theManhattan Project's embargo or named as a "strategic" material.

Stimson closed a series of polite rebuffs with a letter of April17, 1944, to the chairman of the Purchasing Commission, Lt

General Leonid G. Rudenko. ButMoscow was stubborn. UnderSoviet pressure, the commission,or its American friends, had aninspiration. Why not have theuranium made to order by someprivate concern?

As usual, a roundabout coursewas taken. The commission firstapproached the ManufacturersChemical Co., 527 Fifth Avenue,New York, which passed theorder along to A. D. Mackay,Inc., 198 Broadway. By the lat-ter i t was farmed out to theCooper Metallurgical Laboratoryin Cleveland. According to MrMackay, neither he nor the

Cooper concern suspected that their customer was the SovietUnion.

But Mackay reported the deal to the War Production Board,which warned the Manhattan Project. The latter's expert on raremetals, Lawrence C. Burman, went to Cleveland, it is related, andurged the Cooper firm to make sure that its product was of "poorquality". He did not explain why. But the metal, of which 4.5pounds was made, turned out to be 87.5 per cent pure as againstthe stipulated 99 per cent.

Delivery to the Soviet Union was then authorized of a smallsample of this defective metal, to represent "what was available inthe United States". Actually shipped was one kilogram, or 2.2pounds. The Purchasing Commission abruptly silenced itsdemands for pure uranium. But the powers that be found it suit-able to omit this item, as well as the Rochester sale, from the 1944schedule of exports to Russia.

From the start, in contrast to the atmosphere prevailing inWashington, the Manhattan Project was declared by GeneralGroves to have been "the only spot I know that was distinctlyanti-Russian".5 Attempts at espionage in New York, Chicago andBerkeley, California, were traced to the Soviet Embassy. Theyconvinced General Groves in October 1942 that the enemies of


Another violation of atomic securitywas represented by the third known

delivery to Russia, in 1944. It provedto be uranium nitrate...

Disguised as a "commercialtransaction" within American

territory, the deal was managed byLend-Lease.

our atomic safeguards were not Germans or Japanese, butRussians. "Suspicion of Russia was not very popular in some cir-cles [in Washington]," he stated. "It was popular in Oak Ridge,and from one month of the time I took over we never trusted themone iota. From that time on, our whole security was based on notletting the Russians find out anything."6

That the Russians found out everything from alpha to omegahas been established by volumes of proof. Through trials inCanada, England and the United States there has been revealedthe existence of an espionage network so enormously effectivethat Russia, scientists calculated, "should have been able to makea bomb considerably before September 1949". The network chiefwas the former Soviet Vice Consul in New York, Anatoli A.Yakovlev, who fled in 1946.

THE STORY OF THE "HEAVY WATER"What is popularly known as "heavy water" is technically called

deuterium oxide. It is in crystal form, not liquid.In alleging medical and other grounds for its needs of uranium

oxide and uranium nitrate, Russia had taken care to observe anappearance of truth, for such use is not unknown to therapeutics.It had been tried out in throat sprays and lent its name toU r a n w e i n, a German specific against diabetes. Uranium oxidehad been tested as an alloy for toughening steel, but it was founddifficult to handle and had erratic results. Therefore whenMoscow asked for heavy water, they let the cat out of the bag.Except for curious experiments in retarding plant growth, heavywater boasts only one useful property: it is the best of moderatorsfor slowing down the speed of neutrons in nuclear reactions.

Records in evidence7 prove that on August 23, 1943, HermannRosenberg of Chematar received an application from the SovietPurchasing Commission for 1,000 grams of deuterium oxide. Thepurpose stated was "research". A supplier was found in the Stuart

Oxygen Co. of San Francisco, which shipped the merchandise onOctober 30 by railway express to Chematar's New York office.Rosenberg forwarded the consignment to the PurchasingCommission in Washington, which dispatched it on November29, by way of the Pipeline, to Rasnoimport, USSR, Moscow U-1,Ruybjshova-22.

The order was packed with as much tenderness as if it had beena casket of jewels. Forty pyrex ampoules, each containing 25grams, were enclosed in mailing tubes and wrapped in layers ofcotton. The ampoules were divided in lots of 10 among four car-tons, which were placed, with further precautions against damage,in a large wooden box. This was strapped and sealed. The over-all weight was 41.12 pounds. The cost of the fluid content wasthat of expensive perfumes—$80 an ounce.

The export of heavy water to the Soviet Union was approved bya release certificate, No. 366, dated November 15, with the signa-ture of William C. Moore, Division for Soviet Supply, Office ofLend-Lease Administration.

If General Groves had been consulted, the heavy water wouldnot have left this country. Had it been known at the time, he said,that 1,000 grams were available, unquestionably he would havebought the treasure himself. He added, "If it had been pure." 8

That it was between 99.7 and 99.8 per cent pure was attested byan independent analysis made for Rosenberg in the laboratories ofAbbot A. Hanks, Inc., San Francisco.

At the beginning of 1945, the Soviet Purchasing Commissionplaced with Rosenberg a second order for heavy water. Only 100grams were sought. He applied once more to the Stuart concern,which expressed the 'liquid diamonds' to Chematar on February 7.One week later Rosenberg forwarded the parcel to the commis-sion. Its subsequent adventures have not been traced. In Augustof the same year, Rosenberg was naturalized as an American citi-zen...


The book, From Major Jordan's Diaries, contains many pages listing the US$9.6 billion worth of materialsent to Russia from 1942-1945. Of particular interest is this list of "Atomic Materials", all of which arenecessary in the construction of the atomic bomb.

Item Quantity Cost in US Dollars

Beryllium metals 9,681 lbs 10,874Cadmium alloys 72,535 lbs 70,029Cadmium metals 834,989 lbs 781,466Cobalt ore & concentrate 33,600 lbs 49,782Cobalt metal & cobalt-bearing scrap 806,941 lbs 1,190,774Uranium metal 2.2 lbs —Aluminum tubes 13,766,472 lbs 13,041,152Graphite, natural, flake, lump or chip 7,384,282 lbs 812,437Beryllium salts & compounds 228 lbs 775Cadmium oxide 2,100 lbs 3,080Cadmium salts & compounds 2 lbs 19Cadmium sulfate 2,170 lbs 1,374Cadmium sulfide 16,823 lbs 17,380Cobalt nitrate 51 lbs 48Cobalt oxide 17,800 lbs 34,832Cobalt salts & compounds 11,475 lbs 7,112Cobaltic & cobaltous sulfate 22 lbs 25Deuterium oxide (heavy water) 1,100 grs —Thorium salts & compounds 25,352 lbs 32,580Uranium nitrate 500 lbs —Uranium nitrate (U02) 220 lbs —Uranium oxide 500 lbs —Uranium, urano-uranic oxide (U308) 200 lbs —


Was one kilogram of heavy water and were mere hundreds ofpounds of uranium chemicals too insignificant for important use?

Specialists agree that the quantities delivered were inadequatefor producing one A-bomb or even one experimental pile. Theypoint out, however, that scarcely any fraction of a substance canbe too small for laboratory research. The head of a pin could nothave been formed with the first plutonium ever made. From 500micrograms were determined most of the properties and thechemical behavior of an element which 18 months earlier hadbeen entirely unknown.

On the presumption that 1,465 pounds of uranium salts werecontributed to the Soviet Union, metallurgists estimate that theywere reducible in theory to 875 pounds of natural uranium, whichin turn would yield 6.25 pounds of fissionable U-235. But 4.4pounds of the latter, or nearly twopounds less, are capable of produc-ing an atomic explosion. Authorityfor this assertion may be found inthe celebrated report which DrHenry De-Wolf Smyth of PrincetonUniversity wrote at the request ofGeneral Groves and published in1945.

The Shattuck and Eldorado pur-chases totaled 1,420 pounds. Withtheir third requisition, the Russiansexpected so confidently to acquireanother 500 pounds that papers tothat effect were drafted and sent tous in Montana. If the full amount had been available, instead of45 pounds, the aggregate would have been 1,920 pounds, or virtu-ally one ton.

At his Paris laboratory, while chief of the Atomic EnergyCommission of France, Frederic Joliot-Curie built an experimen-tal pile to which he gave the affectionate name of "Zoe". It actu-ally ran, though the wattage was feeble. The quantity of uraniumcrystals utilized, said Dr Joliot-Curie, was "something in the orderof one ton".

It seems fair to take into account not merely what the Russiansgot, but what they tried to get. With Communist tenacity andardent support from both White House and Lend-Lease, theSoviet Purchasing Commission strove again and again to obtain8-1/2 tons each of uranium oxide and uranium nitrate, plus 25pounds of uranium metal. The campaign started in February1943, and persisted until the Russians were squelched bySecretary Stimson during April 1944.

There are memorable instances of what can be achieved withless than 17 tons of uranium powders. One was a model atomicpile which went into operation at Chicago University onDecember 2, 1942. "So far as we know," Dr Smyth recounts,"this was the first time that human beings ever initiated a self-maintaining nuclear chain reaction." With a power level of 200watts, the device served as a pilot plant for the Hanford EngineerWorks. The uranium supply available to them was six tons.

Even earlier, before the Manhattan Project was dreamed of, agroup of scientists at Columbia University began a course of haz-ardous experiments under the leadership of two foreign-bornsavants, Leo Szilard of Hungary and Enrico Fermi of Italy. Theywere so ill-supported with cash that 10,000 pounds of uraniumoxide had to be 'rented' at a nominal fee of 30 cents a pound fromBoris Pregel, president of the Canadian Radium & Uranium Corp.of New York, who was later unjustly made a scapegoat by thepress for the secret Canadian shipment.

Here was done all the preparatory work moving toward theeventual creation of the first man-made elements in history: nep-tunium-93 and plutonium-94. From the group's creative imagina-tion rose in time the vast plutonium plant at Hanford, Washington,and, in a large sense, America's atom bomb itself. The materialsof that triumph were not 17 but 10 tons of uranium compounds.

One of my lucky experiences was that of chancing upon theFebruary 27, 1950 issue of the magazine, Life, shortly before mysecond appearance before the Un-American ActivitiesCommittee. I bore the copy with me to the witness chair. It con-tained an illustrated article on the atom bomb. I learned for thefirst time that a plutonium pile consists of giant blocks ofgraphite, surrounded by heavy walls of concrete and honey-combed with aluminum tubes. In these tubes, it was related, are

inserted slugs of natural uranium, con-taining one per cent of U-235. Theintensity of the operation wasdeclared to be governed by means ofcadmium rods.

Graphite, cadmium, aluminumtubes—where had I met these wordsbefore? In the Russian lists of Lend-Lease figures which I had added tothe Jordan diary. Re-examining thosepages, I discovered that during thefour-year period 1942-45 we con-tributed to the Soviet Union 3,692tons of natural graphite, 417 tons ofcadmium metals, and tubes in an entry

designating 6,883 tons of "aluminum tubes".The figure for cadmium was arresting in view of its extreme

scarcity in this country and because of the fact that it occurs, sofar as we know, sparsely if at all in the Soviet Union. Under warstimulus, American production of cadmium rose from 2,182 shorttons in 1940 to 4,192 in 1945.

It was interesting to find that in 1942-45 we shipped to Russia437 tons of cobalt—a staggering amount when collated withAmerican production, which was nothing before the war, andincreased to 382 tons in 1942 and 575 in 1945.

That cobalt is valuable in the A-bomb for retarding radioactiveemanations, and could be equally so in the hydrogen bomb, hasbeen affirmed by a chemical engineer who was consultant to oneof the war agencies. "Cobalt," says he, "was one of our highestscarcity materials. If I had known that so large a proportion wasgoing to the Russians, I should have suspected them of being atwork on the bomb." Incidentally, cobalt was the first item to berestricted by President Truman in the Korean emergency.

Almost as curious was the discovery that we shipped to Russiamore than 12 tons of thorium salts and compounds. Two otherelements alone, besides uranium and plutonium, are fissionable.They are protoactinium and thorium. The former may be disre-garded because of its rarity in nature. But thorium, which is rela-tively plentiful, is expected by physicists to rival uranium someday, or even supplant it, as a source of atomic energy.

Then there were cerium and strontium, of which the SovietPurchasing Commission obtained 44 tons. Both metals, alongwith cadmium, thorium and cobalt, figured in Colonel Kotikov'sdossier on experimental chemicals. They are useless for atomicpurposes. But Russian scientists may have been working theirway through the rare earths and metals on a well-founded suspi-cion that something momentous was afoot in that group.

Almost as curious was the discoverythat we shipped to Russia more than

12 tons of thorium salts andcompounds. Two other elements

alone, besides uranium andplutonium, are fissionable.

They are protoactinium and thorium.





The murder of WPC Fletcher in London, the bombing of La Belle Discothèque inBerlin, and the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie were the three out -rageous 'terrorist' events that led to Libya being outcast by the international com -

munity. These atrocities are now revealed as yet further examples of the 'decade of ten -sion' inspired by the West. The dirty tricks, resulting in hundreds of deaths, were art -fully hatched in Washington and London under upmost secrecy.

LOCKERBIE WHISTLEBLOWER SILENCED?"It's an easy hit." The voice of Lester Coleman, former Defense Intelligence Agency

(DIA) operative and joint author of the explosive book Trail of the Octopus,1 echoed hol-lowly down the line. Lester answered my question in a few simple words. I had askedhim why the US continues blaming Libya's Colonel Qadhafi for all the woes of the world.Since his enforced 'exile', Lester has become something of an expert on Libya.

"Listen, David," he continued. "It's all domestic politics." Libyan skulduggery plays tothe "rednecks" who inhabit middle America. Lester, an accomplished linguist, launchedinto a humorous backwoods drawl to emphasise his point. Most Americans believe any-thing they're told about "Ay-rabs", he said—particularly at politically sensitive times orduring an election year. One reason, perhaps, why the US had threatened to use a nuclearweapon against Libya in the spring of 1996.

I was told this latter piece of gossip by Sir Teddy Taylor, Conservative Member ofParliament. Sir Teddy had consented to an interview to provide background on the assas-sination of WPC Yvonne Fletcher and also on the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 overLockerbie, Scotland. The MP had a special interest in both cases. Somehow I had missedpicking up the US nuclear threat on the news. When Sir Teddy mentioned it, my jawdropped with a jowl-shuddering 'clunk'. I later confirmed the story with American mediasources. In the event, it was just bluster.

The year 1996 has proved to be a peculiarly good one for Libya. For the second time ina decade, it got shunted into the political backwoods by presidential warlords. Instead, themad ayatollahs of Iran took centre-stage as America's arch-demon in this election year.2

But by all accounts it was touch-and-go whether Libya or Iran would be awarded the hon-our of the black boot this time around.

Les Coleman is the first DIA operative to have gone public and blown the whistle. Hisbook blew the lid on the Lockerbie story. Because of his inside knowledge he was inun-dated with death threats from the intelligence community, so he fled with his family toEurope for safety. Originally given temporary political asylum in Sweden, two years laterhe was forced to move on. Most recently he was residing in Spain.

When I spoke to him, he was planning his return to the US after years of exile. Nowpenniless and unsettled, he spoke about his chances of arrest on an old charge of obtaininga passport in a false name—something he did under DIA instruction as a field operative.In any case, Les was hoping that the [then] forthcoming US presidential election mightinsulate him from prosecution, but he was going to return "home" no matter what. Hisfamily had understandably grown tired of their nomadic life and missed home.

Unsurprisingly, word of his imminent return to the US had leaked out. A short whilebefore finalising his flight plans, he was attacked by four men and beaten to a pulp. Hearrived in the US in a wheelchair on 17 October 1996, and was arrested and placed in cus-tody on Federal charges.

The US edition of Coleman's book, due to be published by Signet Books, has now beensuppressed. US distributors for Signet say the publication date is "postponed", possibly inperpetuity.

Vested interests inUS intelligence and

politics usedextreme terrortactics to turnworld public

opinion againstLibya in the 1980s.

But are theiractivities part of amuch broader plan

for globaldestabilisation?

by David G. Guyatt ©1996

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CIA 'DESTABILISATION' OF LIBYALes Coleman was one of many people I spoke to in an attempt

to get a clear understanding of the nonsensical US position onLibya. For the better part of 20 years, Libya—and its leader, Col.Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi—has been hoisted atop America's most-hated-nation list. It was a form of political vilification thatEurope didn't share—until the murder of Yvonne Fletcher (towhich I shall return).

Upon taking power, the Reagan administration immediatelycommenced a bitter campaign against Qadhafi, principally underthe guidance of Director of Central Intelligence, Bill Casey—agruff, no-nonsense, financial street-fighter whose lack of politicaleloquence was matched by a well-used blackjack. 3 Casey hadbeen Ronald Reagan's campaign manager and carried Reagan tovictory on the back of the "October Surprise" issue of 1980.President Carter's re-election chances were dashed by the intransi-gence of both the Iranians and US officials who, unknown to him,had concluded a secret deal to delay the release of US hostagesheld by Tehran, in exchange for battlefield weapons. Reaganromped home to a landslide victory and immediately announcedthat the hostages would be released. It is now clear that Caseywas one of the central architects who negotiated the deal with theIranian ayatollahs.

A virulent pro-market anti-Communist, Casey shared his viewswith British Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher—a close person-al friend. Thatcher was one of thefew prime ministers who took anactive interest in the machinationsof the intelligence community. Shewent out of her way to attend JointIntelligence Committee meetingsand insisted on being regularlybriefed. Her interest in these exoticareas may have been whetted bymany of her ardent supporters, likeAirey Neave, who possessed intelli-gence backgrounds.

Casey also had a 'thing' aboutQadhafi, whom he saw as a low-life rebel-rouser who bankrolledthe globe's terrorists. Along with other administration hard-liners,Casey set out to destabilise Libya and overthrow Qadhafi in trueCIA fashion.

Within months of taking office, President Reagan authorised abattle fleet to sail along Libya's coastline. Announced to themedia as a "naval exercise", the manoeuvre was designed to chal-lenge Libya's recently declared sovereignty over the Gulf of Sidra—a move that extended Libya's territorial claims well beyond theinternationally recognised 12-mile coastal boundary. Ordinarily,a territorial dispute of this nature would typically be subject tointernational diplomacy and discussion.

In the event, the Reagan administration saw it as a perfectexcuse to buckle on the hip-holsters and start blasting away with aset of Texan six-guns. Qadhafi was about to get a taste Reagan'sgung-ho, go-get-'em diplomacy—the first in a series of 'policeactions' that were later to lead to the illegal invasions of Granadaand Panama.

On 19 August 1981, two US Navy F-14 "Tomcats" patrolling30 miles inside the disputed territorial waters were attacked byLibyan jets. In the melee that followed, two Libyan jets were shotdown. [Note: Many researchers dispute that the Libyans attackedfirst. See additional comments in box on page 36. Ed.]

A delighted Ronald Reagan mimicked his old western-movie

days for the benefit of his close aides by drawing two imaginarysix-guns and peppering an equally imaginary Qadhafi with bul-lets. It was pure Boys' Own stuff, but backed by multi-megatonmuscles.

Over the following months, numerous intelligence briefingsreported that Qadhafi had ordered a revenge attack againstPresident Reagan and other high-level administration officials.Quickly shown to be unfounded, the fabricated report was tracedto Manucher Ghorbanifar, a shadowy Iranian arms dealer who hadhelped to broker the arms-for-hostages deal. Despite this, the'false' death threat gave Casey and other administration insidersthe ammunition they needed to wage a protracted campaignagainst the Libyan leader.

By November 1981, a top secret National Security PlanningGroup, chaired by the President (who was known to sleep throughCabinet meetings), authorised planning for "a military responseagainst Libya in the event of further Libyan attempts to assassi-nate American officials or attack US facilities." Soon drafted, the"Top Secret" memo, "Counter-terrorist planning towards Libya",recommended that the President "immediately direct the JointChiefs of Staff to ready assets to carry out military action againstLibya in self-defense, following a further Libyan provocation." Anumber of retaliatory 'graduated' responses were planned. Out ofthe main five options, four centred on air strikes against Libyan

targets. Fear-stricken at these developments,

Qadhafi reacted by sending an envoyto Washington, pleading that the wholething was pure bunkum. The strategyproved successful—for the time being.

There followed an hiatus in USactivity against Libya, as Caseyfocused most of the CIA's resources onthe Nicaraguan situation. But Qadhafiwas not to be forgotten. After a tour ofEuropean capitals in early 1984 (a USpresidential election year), US officialsseeking allied co-operation againstLibya returned home in bleak mood.

The picture they presented of European attitudes to Qadhafi wasnot encouraging. The Libyan leader was generally well-regarded:he did a lot of business with Europe, he wasn't a fundamentalist,and a large number of European ex-pats lived and worked inLibya. Collectively, the Europeans wouldn't sanction US hostili-ties—hardly surprising when the bulk of Libya's crude oil (almost80 per cent) is exported to Western Europe, principally Italy,Germany, Spain and France.4

With administration insiders concluding that Qadhafi would bejust the 'ticket' leading to a Reagan victory at the upcoming elec-tion that November, something had to be done to modifyEuropean public opinion. Within months, 'fate' seemed to lend ahelping hand.

THE KILLING OF WPC FLETCHERWoman Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher was on duty outside

the London Libyan People's Bureau on 17 April 1984. Located inthe fashionable and serene St James's Square, the Libyan Bureaubuilding huddles in a corner of the square. Its address is No. 5.On that day, a hail of automatic gunfire disturbed the tranquillity,sending pigeons flying in all directions. The 11-round burst, firedby a 9-mm Sterling sub-machine-gun from the first floor of theLibyan building, felled a number of anti-Qadhafi demonstratorsprotesting outside. WPC Fletcher was killed outright.

With administration insidersconcluding that Qadhafi would bejust the 'ticket' leading to a Reagan

victory at the upcoming election thatNovember, something had to bedone to modify European public

opinion.


The slaying caused uproar and hit the headlines around theworld. Condemned in the world's media and British Parliament,all Libyan diplomats were expelled by a furious Home Secretary.The only problem with the Home Secretary's understandableindignation was that the Libyan gunman didn't shoot YvonneFletcher.

The Fletcher killing occurred out of the blue, and singularlychanged British political and public opinion overnight. Open sea-son was declared on Qadhafi and Libya by the US and, mostimportantly, was supported by Britain. The rest of Europe keptsilent and sulked, having been out-manoeuvred. With the aid of asingle bullet, the Reagan administration's 'destabilisation' planagainst Qadhafi was back on track.

DISCO INFERNO PROVOKES TROUBLE IN TRIPOLIEighteen months after Fletcher's assassination, 40 US war-

planes screamed across the night sky above Tripoli and Benghazi.Of those, eight F-111 bombers had been launched from bases inEast Anglia, England, with the blessing of Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher and a still-enraged British population. Eachbomber carried four 2,000-pound laser-guided 'smart' bombs. Inall, 32,000-pounds of high-explosive ordnance were explicitly tar-geted to kill Qadhafi. Miraculously, he escaped unhurt, but hisfifteen-month-old daughter was killed and two adopted sons badlyinjured.

The Reagan administration loosedthe warplanes on Libya following thebombing of La Belle Discothèque inWest Berlin nine days earlier. One USserviceman and a young Turkishwoman had been killed outright and230 people injured. The disco was aknown hangout for off-duty US ser-vicemen.

President Reagan claimed he hadirrefutable proof of Libyan sponsorshipof the atrocity. Despite this claim, noevidence was ever submitted by theReagan administration to support itsallegations. A host of well-informed individuals and 'sources'doubts any proof ever existed—except in the fevered imaginationof CIA boss, Bill Casey. Conservative MP Sir Teddy Taylorregards the American allegations as "total rubbish".

MEDIA REVELATIONSIn April 1996, Britain's Channel Four 'flagship' documentary

programme D i s p a t c h e s, in a massively researched broadcast,revealed that WPC Fletcher had been murdered by elements ofBritish and American intelligence. The purpose of the slaying, asoutlined earlier, was to 'shape' public opinion and, importantly,pre-empt parliamentary indignation for the later bombing ofTripoli by British-based US warplanes. Disgracefully, theseastonishing revelations went unreported by the media.

The film, made by the highly regarded Fulcrum Productions,was the subject of a debate in the House of Commons on 8 May1996. MPs Sir Teddy Taylor and Tam Dalyell demanded the gov-ernment initiate a full inquiry. Responding for the government,Home Office Minister of State David Maclean described theD i s p a t c h e s programme as "preposterous trash". In doing so, hecalled into question the reputations of leading ballistics expertsand gunshot specialists—and carefully avoided reference to infor-mation provided to the documentary team by well-placed, andknowledgeable, intelligence sources. It was a white-knuckle

statement that hopefully, one day, will boomerang back on him.Fulcrum learned that British and US intelligence had estab-

lished a major surveillance post adjacent to the Libyan People'sBureau, at No. 8 St James's Square. This post had been 'active'for at least six weeks prior to the shooting, with up to 40 individ-ual intelligence officers present—but on the morning of the shoot-ing, the post was abandoned. Moreover, Fulcrum also learnedthat the demonstration outside the Libyan Bureau was phoney:the demonstrators belonged to a CIA front organisation.

Two additional facts were discovered. Firstly, British andAmerican intelligence believed that Colonel Qadhafi had sanc-tioned his London Bureau to shoot at the demonstrators, as theyhad intercepted a 'secret' message granting authorisation.Secondly, the CIA and MI5 knew precisely the calibre of weaponto be used. Both intelligence agencies had 'penetrated' the Bureauand had Libyan 'sources' supplying information to them.

Crucially, Fulcrum Productions learned beyond doubt that thebullet that killed Fletcher had been fired from the upper floor ofNo. 8 St James's Square—the location of the surveillance post.Ballistics experts consulted by the documentary team confirmedthe bullet's entry track to have come from No. 8.

The team also learned that the bullet was adapted to fire with"terminal velocity". This technique—a speciality of SAS 'shoot-ers'—is achieved by removing some of the explosive propellant

from the cartridge. The result is aquieter shot, similar to using asilencer. A side-effect of a bulletfired in this manner is that it fliesmore slowly and 'tumbles' as itstrikes the target, wreaking havocas it rips through soft tissue. Inevery respect it is a 'killer' shot,where chances of survival are soslim as to be negligible. The infor-mation on the bullet's terminal-velocity characteristics was alsoconfirmed by independent experts.

A CYNICAL SECRET CABALA well-placed and reliable 'source', interviewed by this writer,

explained why WPC Fletcher was targeted. Intelligence opera-tives believed Qadhafi had authorised a 'hitman' to let loose with aSterling automatic weapon against CIA-funded demonstratorsgathering outside Libya's London Bureau. This information wasgleaned with the aid of signals intelligence (SIGINT) interceptsand human intelligence (HUMINT) sources inside the Bureauitself.

The great worry amongst the secret cabal who planned theassassination was that the random killing of Arab protesterswould not be sufficient to force the British Home Secretary toexpel all Libyan diplomats. It was argued that targeting a British"Bobby", especially a policewoman, would do the trick. Suchappalling cynicism is the handmaiden to the intelligence commu-nity as well as heartless politicians who believe the end justifiesthe means.

The 'source' also explained that it was an "off the books" hit,and that "elements" inside the British and American intelligencecommunities were "out of control". But the suspicion remainsthat someone with power and influence gave 'a nod and a wink' tothe operation. It is just not credible to suppose otherwise.

The key to this convoluted reasoning was the cabal's fear thatthe Home Secretary, Leon Brittan, would not act as required with-out immense public and political pressure to jog him along. This

In April 1996, Britain's Channel Four'flagship' documentary programme

Dispatches, in a massivelyresearched broadcast, revealed that

WPC Fletcher had been murdered byelements of British and American

intelligence.

is the rationale of someone with a well-developed sense of political reality.

After the shooting, Brittan immediatelyordered an investigation—which hasremained under lock and key ever since.Not long afterwards, sordid stories beganto circulate amongst the British media thatthe Home Secretary had unusual sexualappetites. The rumours were fed to thesatirical magazine, Private Eye, whose edi -tors recognised the handiwork of the secu-rity service and refused to publish the alle-gations. However, within a year, LeonBrittan was forced from office for his partin the Westland helicopter debacle.

With Western European objections soneatly taken care of, Qadhafi's demonisa-tion went into full gear. The anachronisticBedouin was rapidly elevated from 'useful'to 'primary' Middle Eastern 'scapegoat'. Atthe same time, as a result of the Libyanbombing, European governments learnedjust how hard the US was prepared to playin pursuit of domestic politics and widerforeign policy. Tarring Qadhafi as theworld's 'bad boy' suited the selfish interestsof the political power elite in the US andwas an added bonus when other illegal CIAMiddle East 'covert ops' went belly-up.One such operation was the CIA-protectedheroin pipeline operating from the MiddleEast to the USA.

CRACKS IN THE MIDDLE-EASTDRUGS PIPELINE

A recurring problem for PresidentReagan was his inability to rescue the UShostages held in Lebanon by HizbAllah.Hanging like a dark cloud over his other-wise successful term of office, the hostageproblem was turned over to Lt ColonelOliver North to resolve. North, a medium-ranked military officer with close personalties to the CIA's Bill Casey, was the admin-istration's global "Mr Fixit". He, in turn,called on the services of his old friend,Monzur al-Kassar—a Syria-born 'big time'narcotics and arms trafficker. Earlier, theSyrian had assisted North in his time ofneed by brokering a large shipment ofweapons to the CIA-backed NicaraguanContras. It earned him a lot of kudosinside the administration.

Lebanon's Beqa'a Valley is a fertile andproductive area specially suited to growingopium poppies. Rif'at al-Asad, the brotherof Syria's President Hafiz al-Asad, waswidely known to have been in charge ofSyria's narcotics enterprise. As the"Supremo" of the Beqa'a Valley's massiveopium industry, he was also a paid 'asset' ofthe CIA and was being 'groomed' to suc-ceed his elder brother as President. He was

[NEXUS submitted this article prior to publication to the Libyan Arab CulturalCentre in Melbourne, Australia. They had these points to add. Ed.]

Re: THE GULF OF SIRTE (SIDRA) INCIDENT

The events of August 1981 should also be considered in the light of previous USactions. An analysis of US foreign policy under the Reagan administration, entitled

From El Salvador to the Libyan Jamahiriya (published by Third World Reports, UK),states:

"In a move seemed designed to raise tensions in the Middle East, and perhaps to pro-voke a Libyan military response to justify a joint US/Egyptian invasion of theJamahiriya, units of the US Sixth Fleet violated Libyan sea and air space on four consec-utive days from 10 March 1981. Involved were two aircraft carriers, ten other militaryvessels and several squadrons of carrier-borne F-14 fighters.

"The Libyans have been careful to avoid a military response to the American provoca-tions, but the entry of American planes and shipping into Libyan territory could easilyhave provoked a response from the Libyan air force were the Jamahiriya not concernedwith avoiding a major pretext for US intervention and a serious confrontation in theregion.

"The March incidents are not the first time that the United States has attempted to pro-voke the Libyans into a response. In September 1980, Washington admitted that it hadsent spy planes to the very edges of Libyan airspace. The International Herald Tribunereferred to two confrontations in less than a week, involving a C-135 plane escorted by anF-14 fighter 'armed with Phoenix air-to-air missiles'. According to the report, an addi-tional two Navy F-14 planes were launched from the John F. Kennedy aircraft carrierwhen Libyan planes intercepted the Americans. The paper said that a US Air Force C-135 electronic eavesdropping plane was involved in 'flying at the edge of Libyan air-space'."

Jonathan Bearman, a British journalist, wrote one of the most accurate assessments ofLibya. About the incident of 19 August he says:

"The collision finally came in August. A giant battle formation from the Sixth Fleet,led by a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Nimitz, sailed into the Gulf of Sirte to conductfurther exercises specifically authorised by the White House. On 19 August, the Libyansresponded by sending up two SU-22 bombers to monitor movements. Without warning,both planes were attacked and shot down by F-14s from the carrier Nimitz's Black Acesquadron. Subsequent American claims that the action was pre-emptive are belied by thePentagon's own admissions that the Libyan pilots had received no orders, transmitted byradio, to open fire on the American planes or fleet. Had the Libyans wanted to engage theAmericans, they would more likely have despatched MiG or Mirage fighters.

"All the evidence to emerge since has pointed to deliberate American provocation.Before the incident occurred, the Pentagon warned that the exercises would be held in a3,200-square-mile zone. The Libyans appear to have acted when the F-14s exceeded thisrange. That much was revealed during a press conference aboard the Nimitz on 24August, when Vice-Admiral Rowden admitted that the clash had occurred outside thedesignated area. Adding to his words, Rear Admiral James E. Service said: 'About theclosest we came was about 25 miles to their coast.' Previously, the American commandhad insisted that the incident arose some 60 miles out, within the declared zone."(Qadhafi's Libya, Zed Books, London, UK)

Re: THE LONDON EMBASSY SIEGEThe Libyans have always maintained there was never any such secret message granting

authorisation for their London Embassy to shoot at the demonstrators in April 1984. Libya's external security agency claims that the Israelis were manufacturing radio mes-

sages to be conveniently intercepted by Western sources and used as evidence of ColonelQadhafi's 'crazy terrorist behaviour'. Interestingly, this is covered in detail in The OtherSide of Deception by Victor Ostrovsky, an ex-Mossad (Israeli Intelligence) agent.

More obviously, though, why would the Libyan leader authorise the Libyans in theLondon Embassy to shoot on the demonstrators? Given all that had transpired under theReagan administration, he knew that this would invite a severe reaction by the Westagainst Libya. Nothing was to be gained for Libya by shooting a few paid provocateurs,but such an incident would, and did, cement the image of Colonel Qadhafi as a 'madman'.

In the days and months leading up to April 1984, the Libyans in the UK were subject towidespread harassment. Libyans studying in the UK were subjected to detention, housesearches and other harassment. Just prior to the April shooting, Libya issued a statementto the British press to the effect that "daily, we receive telephone calls from our studentsand trainees, saying that the British police search them and harass them and take arbitrarymeasures against them".

(Further information on Libya can be obtained from the Libyan Arab Cultural Centre, PO Box 373, Brunswick, Vic. 3056, Australia.

E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.peg.apc.org/~jamahir)



also an extremely close friend of al-Kassar. It is widely believedthat the influx of 30,000 Syrian troops into the Beqa'a Valley dur-ing the 1980s had as much to do with protecting the lucrativeopium fields as with separating Lebanon's warring factions.

Al-Kassar agreed to negotiate on behalf of the US for therelease of the US hostages. His side of the deal was to get anagreement that the US would protect the Syrian drugs pipelinethat shipped through Frankfurt airport to the USA. The CIAallegedly established a group, known as "CIA One", which wouldoversee and protect the drugs route. If publicly discovered, theresponse was to say that the 'protected' drugs shipments were partof a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 'sting' operation,dedicated to tracking distribution networks inside the USA.

Unknown to North and his cohorts, there was also a secret five-man DIA team working in Lebanon. The team, headed by MajorCharles "Tiny" McKee, was independentlytasked with locating and rescuing the UShostages. During the course of his work,McKee stumbled across al-Kassar's CIAOne-protected heroin network. Reporting his'discovery' to CIA HQ at Langley, and out-raged at the lack of response, McKee bookedhis team on a flight home. At this point, al-Kassar learned of McKee's activities and wasalso informed of his flight plans. Anxiousthat McKee would put a stop to his activities,he contacted his CIA One handlers who, inturn, communicated with their 'control' inWashington.

CONSPIRACY ON THE LOCKERBIETRAIL

Against this insidious backdrop,other, unrelated, covert plans werebeing hatched. Following the July 1988shoot-down of an Iranian Airbus by theUS Navy battlecruiser Vincennes, hard-line Iranian ayatollahs demanded swiftretaliation for the 290 lives lost. Theyhired the Syria-based Popular Front forthe Liberation of Palestine, GeneralCommand (PFLP-GC), for a tit-for-tatattack. Led by Ahmed Jibril, and witha US$10 million Iranian bounty, thePFLP-GC searched for a suitable target. An expert at bombingaircraft, Jibril soon learned of al-Kassar's Frankfurt-based dopepipeline and persuaded al-Kassar to place a bomb inside the hero-in-laden suitcase. Pan Am Flight 103 was scheduled for destruc-tion.

Meanwhile, Germany's Federal Police, the Bundeskriminalamt(BKA), received a warning that a bomb was to be substituted forthe dope shipment aboard Flight 103. They alerted CIA One, whopassed the information on to their Stateside 'control'. The replycame back: "Don't worry about it. Don't stop it. Let it go."

On 21 December 1988, Pan Am's Jumbo 747, "Maid of theSeas", exploded high above the Scottish village of Lockerbie. All259 passengers perished. A further 11 people died as wreckagefrom the aircraft hurtled down to earth.

Within hours, a host of CIA agents arrived at the crash scene. Itis thought that the CIA search team arrived via helicopter from aUS Special Forces facility located at Machrihanish, on the Mull ofKintyre.5 The speed of their arrival suggests they had foreknowl-edge of the bombing. In any case, the CIA agents, dressed in Pan

Am overalls, set about ransacking the crash sight in a desperatesearch for incriminating evidence. For two days they searched forthe luggage of the dead DIA team and frantically sought the suit-case containing the heroin shipment. One suitcase was recovered,flown out and later returned empty, to be 'rediscovered' by theforensic team scouring the wreckage. It belonged to MajorCharles McKee. Curiously, one unidentified body was snatchedfrom the wreckage and never returned.

Les Coleman believes it would be wrong to blame the CIA intoto for the Lockerbie atrocity. Intelligence outfits do not work ascohesively as many outsiders believe. There is a great deal ofrivalry and fragmentation at work. DCI Bill Casey had plenty ofdetractors inside the monolith he directed. Some worked hard,feeding their favourite journalists with unattributed informationthat was designed to damage Casey and, hopefully, lead to his

removal. Others were known to operate aspart of a small and secretive core that hasvariously been identified as "the Enterprise"or "the Octopus". The latter is said to oper-ate with organised crime and leading politi-cians who covertly traffic in guns, drugs,laundered money and any other commoditythat can generate massive profits. Whetherthe proceeds of these illegal activities aresiphoned back into the 'black' budgets of theCIA, or fill the pockets of participants, orboth, isn't entirely clear.

Despite Coleman's caution, the CIA's infa-mous history—stretching over 50 years—

clearly suggests that US foreign policyand private gain 'coalesce' into a gameplan that benefits various parties.Some 'intelligence watchers' point tothe wealth of some long-term CIA offi -cers and ask how they amassed theirfortunes based on salaries ofUS$60,000 a year. It is a valid ques-tion that can equally be addressed toformer and serving politicians andsenior government bureaucrats.

CORRUPTION BEHIND THEANTI-LIBYA CAMPAIGN

By attributing the responsibility forLockerbie to Qadhafi, the US administration was following in thewell-worn footsteps of many predecessors in similar situations.It's a technique as old as the hills. Caught virtually red-handed inmassive illegality, the first thought is to cast around for a suitablescapegoat.

As Lester Coleman said when I first spoke to him, Qadhafi is aneasy target. Independently-minded and unwilling to align himselfwith US Middle Eastern policy, he became a target of the US.His past bankrolling of 'terrorist' causes—and one-time expan-sionism—also did him no favours. It's a case of, "If you're not forus, you're against us."

Sitting on vast reserves of crude oil is also a significant factorfor Libya's treatment at the hands of the US. The fact that most ofthis oil flows to Western European oil companies clearly doesn'tcut much ice with the US. Rivalry between the European and USbusiness elite is as intense as ever. US oil companies can't bepleased that they are effectively out of the picture. In that sense

Sitting on vast reserves ofcrude oil is also a

significant factor forLibya's treatment at the

hands of the US.

The fact that most of thisoil flows to Western

European oil companiesclearly doesn't cut much

ice with the US.

Rivalry between theEuropean and USbusiness elite is as

intense as ever.




HEALTH FOOD LABELS MAY DECEIVE

Have you ever spent extra money to purchase a 'higher-quality' health food or vit-amin product, only to discover some time later that it wasn't all it was claimedto be? It has happened in our family more than once. Our most recent experi-ence was with a line of vegetable oils sold in health food stores and co-ops.

The attractively labelled bottles touted their special processing techniques, implying lowtemperatures and the superior quality of their product. We had used their canola oil formany years when I decided to write the company with some questions and request infor-mation on their oils.

We were shocked to find out that the "cold-pressed" and "lightly refined" canola oil wassubjected to the same high temperatures (450°-500° Fahrenheit, or 232°-260° Celsius) andmost of the chemical processing steps suffered by regular grocery store oils! The maindifference was that they didn't use chemical solvents to extract the oil from the seeds oradd preservatives or defoamer.

Disappointed, and determined to find a source of healthy oils for my family, I began asearch for accurate information on the production of food oils to supplement my scantyknowledge. This article is the culmination of that exploration to date, and will provideyou with information you need to make healthier selections of foods and oils for yourfamily.

THE IMPORTANCE OF FATTY ACIDSFatty acids are essential for our cells to function normally and stay alive. The cell

membranes allow the passage of necessary minerals and molecules in and out of our cells.Healthy cell membranes discourage dangerous chemicals and organisms like bacteria,viruses, moulds and parasites from entering the cell. These membranes also maintainchemical receptor sites for hormones, the body's crucial messengers. Fatty acids areinvolved in countless chemical processes in our bodies and are used as building blocks forcertain hormones.

Two types of fatty acids—omega-3 and omega-6—cannot be made by our bodies andtherefore must be obtained through our diets. They are called "essential fatty acids"(EFAs), and if we have an adequate supply we can use these EFAs to manufacture theother fatty acids we need.

EFA supplementation has been helpful to many people with allergies, anaemia, arthri-tis, cancer, candida, depression, diabetes, dry skin, eczema, fatigue, heart disease, inflam-mation, multiple sclerosis, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), psoriasis, sluggish metabolism,viral infections, etc., and in easing the addiction recovery process.

TRANS- FATS AND CONFUSED CHEMISTRY Naturally-occurring fatty acids contain double bonds of a particular configuration,

referred to as "cis-" by biochemists. The cis- causes the molecules to be bent so that thetwo hydrogen atoms are on the same side of the double bond. This means the bondsbetween the molecules are weaker due to their irregular shape, resulting in a lower melt-ing point—or, in supermarket shopper lingo, they are solid at room temperature. Fatswith either trans- double bonds or no bonds ("saturated") are solid at room temperature.

Margarine is made by adding hydrogen atoms to the fat molecules to make them moresaturated, raising the melting point of the fat so it remains a solid at room temperature,i.e., the margarine won't run all over the table. This process, called "hydrogenation",requires the presence of a metal catalyst and temperatures of about 500°F (260°C) for the

To maintain goodhealth it is

important that wehave the correctintake of omegafatty acids in our

diets.

Hydrogenatedfats like

margarine arenon-foods with

toxic effects andshould be avoided

at any cost.

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reaction to take place. It causes about half of the cis- bonds to flip over into atrans- configuration.

Hydrogenation became popular in the US because this type of oil doesn't spoilor become rancid as readily as regular oil and therefore has a longer shelf-life.You can leave a cube of margarine sitting out for years and it will not be touchedby moulds, insects or rodents. Margarine is a n o n -food! It would appear thatonly humans are foolish enough to eat it! Because the fats in margarine are par-tially hydrogenated (i.e., not fully saturated), the manufacturers can claim it is"polyunsaturated" and market it to us as a healthy food.

Many other fatty chemicals are also created when oils are partially hydrogenat-ed. In Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill (p. 103), Udo Erasmus stated: "So many dif-ferent compounds can be made during partial hydrogenation that they stagger theimagination... Needless to say, the industry is hesitant to fund or publicize thor-ough and systematic studies on the kinds of chemicals produced and their effectson health."1

Erasmus also quoted a statement about hydrogenation, made by Herbert Dutton,one of the oldest and most knowledgable oil chemists in North America. It basi-cally boils down to this: because of the known and unknown health effects ofthese hydrogenation by-products, government health regulations would not allowthe process to be used for making edible products if it were to be introducedtoday.

Another 'side-effect' of hydrogenation is that a residue of toxic metals, usuallynickel and aluminium, is left behind in the finished product. These metals areused as catalysts in the reaction, but they accumulate in our cells and nervous sys-tem where they poison enzyme systems and alter cellular functions, endangeringhealth and causing a wide variety of problems. These toxic metals are difficult toeliminate without special detoxification techniques, and our 'toxic load' increasessteadily with small exposures over time. Since they are increasingly found in ourair, food and water, the cumulative doses can add up to dangerous levels overtime.

Since trans- fats don't occur in nature, our bodies don't know how to deal withthem effectively and they act as poisons to crucial cellular reactions. The bodytries to use them as it would the cis- form, and they wind up in cell membranesand other places they shouldn't be.

In recent years, measurements of t r a n s - fats in the membranes of human redblood cells have been as high as 20 per cent, when the figure should be zero.While red blood cells were used because they're easy to access, it's safe to assumethat most other cell membranes in the body also contain these unnatural fats.

Trans- fatty acids in cell membranes weaken the membrane's protective struc-ture and function. This alters normal transport of minerals and other nutrientsacross the membrane and allows disease microbes and toxic chemicals to get intothe cell more easily. The result: sick, weakened cells, poor organ function and anexhausted immune system—in short, lowered resistance and increased risk of dis-ease.

Trans- fats can also derail the body's normal mechanisms for eliminating cho-lesterol. The liver normally puts excess cholesterol in the bile and sends it to thegall bladder, which empties into the small intestine just below the stomach.Trans- fats block the normal conversion of cholesterol in the liver and contributeto elevated cholesterol levels in the blood. They also cause an increase in theamount of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs), considered to be one of the maininstigators of arterial disease (hardening of the arteries). Meanwhile, trans- fatslower the amount of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) which help protect the car-diovascular system from the adverse effects of the LDLs. T r a n s - fats alsoincrease the level of apolipoprotein A, a substance in the blood which is anotherrisk factor for heart disease. Indeed, trans- fats have now been shown to causeeven worse problems than saturated animal fats.

Another adverse effect of trans- fats in the diet is an enhancement of the body'spro-inflammatory hormones (prostaglandin E2) and inhibition of the anti-inflam-matory types (prostaglandin E1 and E3). This undesirable influence exerted bytrans- fats on prostaglandin balance may render you more vulnerable to inflam-matory conditions that don't want to heal! Prostaglandins also regulate manymetabolic functions. Tiny amounts can cause significant changes in allergic reac-tion, blood pressure, clotting, cholesterol levels, hormone activity, immune func-

THE CHEMISTRY OF FATSFats are carboxylic esters derived from the sin-

gle alcohol, glycerol [C3H5(OH)3], and are knownas "glycerides". Each fat is made up of glyceridesderived from many different carboxylic acids(fatty acids). There are three fatty acid chains ineach molecule of fat. The proportions of the vari-ous acids differ in each type of fat, while each fathas its characteristic composition which differsvery little between samples.

With only a few exceptions, the fatty acids areall straight-chain compounds that vary betweenthree and 18 carbon atoms. Besides "saturated"fatty acids, there are also "unsaturated" fatty acidscontaining one double bond or more per molecule.

When one of these fatty-acid chains in a fat isreplaced with a phosphate group, we get sub-stances called "phospholipids". These derivativesof fats are very important as they make up themembranes of cells.

Morrison and Boyd, in their textbook, OrganicC h e m i s t r y,* had the following to say about fatsand cell membranes:

"Phospholipids are found in the membranes ofcells—all cells—and so are a basic structural ele-ment of life." They also form skins around all theorganelles within our cells, such as mitochondria,the nucleus, nucleolus, lysosomes, Golgi bodies,etc. "This vital function depends on their physicalproperties."

One end of the molecule dissolves in water andthe other doesn't. Therefore, in cell walls theyexist in a bilayer. The phosphoglyceride endsform the outside of the layer, as these dissolve inwater. The bulk of the bilayer is made up of thefatty acid chains. "Non-polar molecules cantherefore very easily dissolve and pass throughthis bilayer, but it is an effective barrier to polarmolecules and ions."

So how do these membranes very selectivelycontrol the passage of substance in and out of thecells? "The answer...seems to involve the proteinsthat are found in the cell membrane embedded inthe bilayer, and even extending clear through it."These help with the active transport of certain sub-stances.

"Now, if the transport protein is to do its job, itmust be free to move within the membrane. Themolecules, while necessarily aligned, must not belocked in a rigid crystalline lattice—as they wouldbe if the fatty acids were saturated (or in the trans-form). Actually, some of the chains in the mem-brane phospholipids are unsaturated, and these,with their cis- double bonds and the accompany-ing bend, disrupt the alignment enough to makethe membrane semi-liquid at physiological tem-peratures." From this explanation we can begin tounderstand the huge importance of these c i s -unsaturated fatty acids to all the basic processes oflife.

Cholesterol is another molecule found in thecell membrane between the fatty-acid chains. Itsfunction is to compensate for changes in mem-brane fluidity. It can be added to stiffen a mem-brane that is too loose, or removed to fluidise amembrane that is too loose. — Eds.


tion and inflammatory response, to name just a few.Many of these problems with t r a n s - fats have been known or

suspected for 15 to 20 years, but have been largely ignored in theUS. In Europe, t r a n s - fats are restricted in food products, andsome countries allow no more than 0.1 per cent trans- fatty acidcontent. In contrast, margarines in the US may contain up to 30to 50 per cent! Of course, the food industry denies there is anyproblem with this.

Meanwhile, scientific evidence continues to mount that t r a n s -fats contribute to heart disease and possibly other conditions aswell. Even the conservative Harvard Health Letter referred tothem as "the new enemy".2

VESTED INTERESTSAccording to Russell Jaffe, M.D., a noted medical researcher,

hog farmers will not feed trans- fats to their animals because thepigs will die if they eat them. When Dr Jaffe contacted the USDepartment of Agriculture, he found that it knew all about this butwas not interested in the possible human effects since this areawas not under its jurisdiction. The US Food & D r u gAdministration (FDA) hasn't done anything about it, either. Thefact that the food industry has succeeded in keeping a lid on pub-lic awareness of these facts is testimony to the political power itwields in governmental and scientific circles.

The food industry funds a great deal of research. People in theresearch community know that you can often predict the outcomeof a study if you know who is funding it. In that light, it's unwiseto accept blindly the press releases on 'thelatest research' without considering whopaid for it. There are some rather scien-tific-sounding foundations out there thatare basically 'front' organisations for thefood industry.3

FATS IN OUR DIETSMargarine isn't the only grocery store

item with a significant amount of t r a n s -fats. Any 'food' that lists "hydrogenated"or "partially hydrogenated" on the labelcontains trans- fats and should be avoid-ed. You may be surprised to discoverhow many products in your kitchen contain t r a n s - fats. Theyinclude most baked goods such as bread and crackers, shorteningslike margarine and Crisco, refined vegetable oils and most brandsof peanut butter. Most peanut butter brands contain sugar or cornsyrup which stresses the pancreas and is easily converted to fat bythe body.

So be sure to read the labels on packaged foods and avoidthose with hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oil!

Also avoid products containing cottonseed oil. Cotton is notconsidered a food crop and is heavily sprayed with highly toxicpesticides—some of which wind up in the oil. According to DrJaffe, cottonseed oil also contains toxic fatty acids similar to thosepresent in rape seed oil about 30 years ago and suspected of caus-ing several deaths before being taken off the market. These fattyacids caused illness when fed to dogs and pigs. Cottonseed oil iscommonly used to fry potato chips, and is found in numerousprocessed foods.

Currently, the dominant medical opinion is that fats are bad forus and should be restricted in our diets. Given the types of fatsusually consumed in America, this is probably a good idea. Butseveral studies have shown that the quantity of fat is not as impor-tant as the quality of fat and the balance of the fats in relation to

each other. In fact, the essential fatty acids (mentioned earlier)help control the types of cholesterol made by the body and helpprevent heart disease. So, reducing saturated fats and unnaturaltrans- fats in our diets, while increasing the essential fats, wouldbe a more prudent policy. Many scientists are now advocatingthis shift in emphasis.

Edward Siguel, M.D., Ph.D., is an award-winning researcherwho was invited to investigate fatty acids in the FraminghamCardiovascular Offspring Study. He recently authored a book,Essential Fatty Acids in Health and Disease .4 Dr Siguel hasdeveloped a sensitive test to determine the amounts of the variousfatty acids found in humans, and has found a definite correlationwith trans- fats and heart disease. He has also found that manypeople with heart disease have low levels of EFAs. In a presenta-tion at the Second Annual Symposium on Functional Medicine in1994, he stated that insufficiency of EFAs may underlie many ofthe chronic diseases prevalent in Western societies. He also cau-tioned that low-fat diets not based on whole foods might be haz-ardous: "Individuals who maintain normal or low body-weight byeating low-calorie, low-fat, processed foods, such as supermarketcereals, breads and pasta, are at high risk for EFAinsufficiency...compounded by the use of hydrogenated oils, lead-ing to elevated levels of circulating trans- fatty acids..."

The breast milk of many US mothers also shows an excess oftrans- fats and low omega-3 fatty acid content. Dr Donald Rudin,in his co-authored book, The Omega-3 Phenomenon , stated:"American mothers produce milk that often has only one-fifth to

one-tenth of the omega-3 content of themilk that well-nourished, nut-eatingNigerian mothers provide theirinfants."5

A revealing study was recently pub-lished by the Nutrition ResearchDivision of Health Canada. Theresearchers analysed the milk of 198lactating mothers across Canada andfound that t r a n s - fatty acids averaged7.2 per cent of total fatty-acid content,with a range of 0.1 to 17.2 per cent.Further analysis of these t r a n s - f a t sshowed that their major source was

partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (that means margarine).They also noted that elevation of these trans- fats occurred at theexpense of the EFAs, thus placing the infant in double jeopardyduring a crucial period of development.6

Both types of EFAs are necessary for proper development offoetal and infant tissues, especially the nervous system.According to John Finnegan, in The Facts About Fats, the omega-3s in particular affect the parts of the brain that relate to learningability, anxiety or depression, and auditory and visual perception.They also aid in balancing the immune system.7 A 1991 MayoClinic study of 19 'normal' pregnant women, eating 'normal' diets,showed that all of them were deficient in the omega-3 fatty acidsand, to a lesser extent, the omega-6s. These researchers recom-mended that the omega-3 fatty acids be supplemented in everypregnancy, and that women avoid refined and hydrogenated fatsduring pregnancy.8

A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutritionshowed a dramatic difference between the heart-disease rates ofpopulations in northern and southern India.9 The northerners weremeat-eaters and had high cholesterol levels. Their main source ofdietary fat was ghee (clarified butter). The southerners were veg-etarians and had much lower cholesterol levels. Present-day 'wis-

Margarine is a non-food! It would appear that only

humans are foolish enough toeat it!


dom' would predict the vegetarians to have the lower rate of heartdisease, but, in fact, the opposite was true. The vegetarians had15 times the rate of heart disease when compared to their northerncounterparts! What was the reason for this surprising difference?Aside from meat versus vegetables, the major dietary differencewas that the southerners had replaced their traditional ghee (a realfood) with margarine and refined, polyunsaturated vegetable oils.Twenty years later, the British medical journal the Lancet notedan increase in heart-attack deaths amongst the northern Indians.10

The northerners had also largely replaced the ghee in their dietswith margarine and refined vegetable oils.

One hundred years ago, heart disease was virtually unknown.Today, two-thirds of US citizens develop heart disease.Something has clearly gone wrong with the way we are living,and one of the main factors could indeed bethe introduction of overrefined, over-processed, devitalised oils.

Other studies support this idea. Forinstance, a study conducted at the HarvardSchool of Public Health indicated that intakeof partially hydrogenated vegetable oils maycontribute to the risk of heart attack. 1 1

Research by Dr Siguel has also given moreweight to the theory that dietary trans- fattyacids are a risk factor for heart disease.12

A report by the Danish Nutrition Councilsaid that studies suggest that the consump-tion of t r a n s - fatty acid from margarine isequally, or perhaps more, responsiblefor the development of arteriosclerosisthan saturated fatty acids. They recom-mended reducing the t r a n s - fatty acidcontent in all Danish margarine prod-ucts to 5 per cent or less (it was then 0to 30 per cent).13

Another study done by theDepartment of Nutrition at the HarvardSchool of Public Health in Boston,analysed the diets of 239 patientsadmitted to Boston hospitals for theirfirst heart attack, and compared themwith the diets of 282 healthy controlsubjects. After adjusting for severallifestyle variables, they found that margarine intake was signifi-cantly associated with the risk of myocardial infarction.14

A Harvard Medical School study followed more than 85,000women over an eight-year period. The researchers compared thediets of those who developed heart disease over that time withthose who did not. They found that major dietary sources oftrans- fats, such as margarine, were significantly associated withhigher risks of coronary heart disease.15

PROBLEMS WITH COMMERCIAL PROCESSINGRefined polyunsaturated vegetable oils have been very popular

in the US since the anti-cholesterol fad began many years ago andthe medical profession began promoting their use. When properlyprepared and utilised, some of these oils are healthful sources ofEFAs. Unfortunately, the standard commercial refining processdestroys the EFAs and creates high levels of t r a n s - fatty acids,while removing important natural constituents and protectiveagents like minerals and vitamin E.

In The Facts About Fats and Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill, JohnFinnegan and Udo Erasmus describe the usual commercial refin-

ing process for vegetable oils. It begins with seeds that may con-tain high levels of pesticides and herbicides. The seeds arecrushed and subjected to a series of chemical treatments at tem-peratures up to 520°F (271°C). These treatments include the useof toxic solvents, caustic soda, preservatives and defoamers, andthey result in the destruction of essential fatty acids, loss of vita-mins and minerals, and the formation of trans- fatty acids and freeradicals. This is exactly the opposite of what is desirable. It is allin the name of longer shelf-life and consumer acceptance (what'sleft looks clean and pretty!). This also happens to the oils used inprocessed foods, which means most everything that comes in acan or a box. Remember to read those labels!

According to Finnegan and Erasmus, the "cold-pressed" or"expeller-pressed" oils available at health food stores are no guar-

antee of quality. Expeller-pressing still gen-erates temperatures up to 200°F (93.3°C),and most of these oils are then refined anddeodorised using basically the same nutrient-destroying process used in commercial 'gro-cery store' oils.

Be wary of claims like "certified organic",as there have been instances of fraudulentmisrepresentation in this regard. Some com-panies have been caught lying about thesource of their seeds and using regular com-mercial seeds instead of organic ones. Therehave even been cases of companies simplyrebottling regular oil or mayonnaise with a

'health food' label and charging higherprices.

Finnegan mentions two reputablecertifying agencies: FVO (FarmVerified Organic), and OCIA (OrganicCrop Improvement Association). Hereports that only two companies meethis criteria for production of healthfuloils: Omega Nutrition in Ferndale, WA(phone 1-800 661 3529), and Flora,Inc. in Lynden, WA (phone 1-800 4462110 or (360) 354 2110). He also con-tacted one of the most well-known pro-ducers of 'health food' oils in thenation, but they declined to discuss

their oil processing methods and refused to allow him to visit theirfacilities.

Note that light and oxygen, in addition to heat, also causeextensive damage to oils. According to Erasmus, light destroysoil 1,000 times faster than does oxygen, so it is important to pur-chase unrefined oils in black, lightproof bottles. Oxygen shouldbe removed from the bottle and replaced with an inert gas, such asnitrogen or argon. Omega Nutrition packages its oils in this fash-ion. Flora's oils are bottled in dark glass, reducing the amount oflight but not eliminating it. While considerably more expensive,they should be worth the extra money, considering the facts pre-sented in this article.

EFA BALANCE AND OUR HEALTHThe two groups of essential fatty acids—omega-3 and omega-

6—are named for their molecular configurations and where thefirst "unsaturated" bond occurs along the chain of carbon atoms.

Omega-6 oils are found primarily in vegetables and seeds.They are converted to the E1 prostaglandins (mentioned earlier)via several chemical steps. Most people take in enough of these

A Harvard MedicalSchool study followed

more than 85,000 womenover an eight-year period.

They found that majordietary sources of trans-fats, such as margarine,

were significantlyassociated with higherrisks of coronary heart

disease.


fatty acids, but some have difficulty converting them to the activeprostaglandins. This blockage is commonly caused by excesstrans- fats, anti-inflammatory medications like aspirin or Tylenol,or deficiencies of vitamin B6 or magnesium. An insufficiency ofomega-6 EFAs can result in auto-immune problems, breast painand lumpiness, eczema, hyperactivity in children, hypertension,inflammation and PMS. Supplementing with borage, eveningprimrose or black-currant seed oils will usually bypass theblocked step and provide the necessary precursor to make thedesired prostaglandins.

Dr Siguel has found that the omega-3s are the more likely to bedeficient in our Western diets. Because of food processing anddietary choices, the average Western diet today contains only one-sixth the amount of omega-3 fatty acids needed for healthy func-tion—compared to a healthy balance 100 years ago. Evidenceindicates that a deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids is associatedwith arthritis and joint stiffness, irritable bowel syndrome, PMS,prostate problems, various skin disorders as well as depression,phobias and schizophrenia.

The two main sources of omega-3s are oils from organic flaxseeds and from cold-water fish (such as mackerel, sardines, tuna,trout and salmon). These fish should not be fried because of theeffect of the high temperatures involvedand the resultant free-radical damage.Unlike chicken and turkey, cold-waterfish should be eaten with the skin on, asthis is where the highest concentration ofdesirable fats is located.

There is some concern about eatingfish frequently, due to the chemical andheavy-metal pollution in the oceans.Predatory fish concentrate these pollu-tants in their fatty tissues, but deep-oceanfish are usually less tainted than coastalspecies. Freshwater fish near agricultur-al, industrial or mining areas are bestavoided due to their high-level intake oftoxic chemicals. Farm-raised fish are fedsomething akin to pet food and should be avoided; they are not ashealthy and have insignificant levels of omega-3 fatty acids.

When properly processed, organic flax seed oil has the highestconcentration of omega-3 fatty acids, at 57 per cent. Omega-3sare also found in certain other "unrefined" seed oils such as chia,soy and canola, but in much smaller amounts. Flax seed oil isparticularly sensitive and must be processed under stringent con-ditions (cold, without light or oxygen), nitrogen-packed in darkbottles to avoid oxidising, and shipped and displayed in refrigerat-ed containers.

While all unrefined, unsaturated oils should be processed, pack-aged and distributed in this way, the vast majority are not. Thecompanies mentioned earlier adhere to these special methods, andyou should be able to buy their oils with some assurance that youare getting a healthy product. We have used oils from both com-panies for the past few years and have been very happy withthem. While more complicated and costly, these methods maysomeday play an important role in reducing many commondegenerative diseases, which are much costlier in the long runespecially in terms of human suffering and loss of potential.

The healthiest foods are usually organically grown and shouldbe eaten close to their natural state. Certified organic seeds andgrains are available at most food co-ops. Eating organicallygrown seeds and other foods is strongly recommended for min-imising chemical intake and optimising nutrient content. When

consuming whole foods, we get a complex array of nutrientswhich naturally work together to fuel the intricate chemistry thatkeeps our bodies going, but many of these nutrients are normallylost in commercial processing.

Even the most painstaking human efforts to produce healthypackaged foods and oils always fall short of nature's accomplish-ments. The best oils are provided by nature, neatly packaged toprevent oxidation of their precious contents. Freshly-groundorganic flax seeds contain fresh oil (protected by the husk), andtheir fibre is the richest source of certain substances called "lig-nans", found to have potent anticancer, antibacterial, antifungaland antiviral properties. Flax fibre has from 100 to 800 timesmore lignans than other fibre sources. This is an inexpensive andtasty way to ensure adequate intake of omega-3 fatty acids (seedirections outlined below). If you prefer, you can purchase quali-ty flax-seed oils in bottles or in capsules. Just make sure youknow how they are processed! Flora and Omega Nutrition offergood-quality flax oils in bottles and capsules.

'THE GOOD OIL' ON HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVESHere are several additional ways to improve your fatty acid bal-

ance and avoid the trans- fat trap:• Have some freshly ground flax

seeds every day. Pulverise threetablespoons of seeds in a blenderor coffee grinder to yield aboutone tablespoon of oil (mixed inwith the powder). This willapproximate the suggested dailyamount of omega-3 oil for anaverage person. It can be mixedwith cereal, blended in a smooth-ie or added to yoghurt. You canalso mix it with warm (not hot)apple juice, and add some slicedbanana or other fruit to make atasty, nutritious, pudding-likecereal that's filling and will do

wonders for bowel function! Be sure to consume the ground flax-seeds within 10 to 15 minutes to minimise the damage from oxi-dation. However, a note of caution: in doing allergy testing, Ihave seen several people (my wife and myself included) who areallergic to flax seeds, and others who are allergic to psylliumseeds which are commonly used for their fibre content.

• Use butter instead of margarine or shortening in cooking.Butter has some problems, too, such as residual hormones andpesticides, but it is a whole food. Whole foods have fat-mobilis-ing nutrients to take care of their own fats if eaten in moderation.If you want to use butter, try to get organically-produced butter.

• An even better alternative is the organic ghee, or clarified but-ter, mentioned earlier. Ghee is the cooking fat most highlyregarded by Indian and French chefs. It has a good aroma andwill not burn, smoke or develop toxic compounds when heated.

• Organic, unrefined coconut butter is an alternative to regularbutter in your diet. Omega Nutrition has this product. However,most other coconut oil products are hydrogenated. Coconut oilhas been subjected to a smear campaign by commercial vegetableoil producers, but the research studies cited have used hydrogenat-ed coconut oil, which may have skewed the results.

• Use olive oil or a 50:50 mixture of ghee and olive oil. Do notfry or sauté with "polyunsaturated" light oils such as safflower,sunflower or corn oils. They oxidise readily into damaging free-radicals at high temperatures. Free radicals are highly reactive

So be sure to read the labelson packaged foods and

avoid those withhydrogenated or partially

hydrogenated oil!


molecules that can tear into your cells and start nasty chain reac-tions that can leave behind extensive damage, including alterationof your genetic code (DNA) and formation of cancer cells. Freeradicals are widely considered to play a major role in degenerativedisease. While there are virtually no EFAs in olive oil, it is rich in"mono-unsaturated" fatty acids and is not so easily oxidised. Usean "extra virgin, cold-pressed, first pressing" olive oil, preferablywith a greenish colour and some sediment on the bottom, whichusually indicates less processing. Most co-ops carry it.

• If allergic to milk, you can often substitute a 50:50 mixture ofapple sauce and organic, unrefined canola, sunflower or saffloweroil for margarine or butter in recipes, which we have tried in piecrusts and cakes with great results.We used to substitute canola oil byitself, but the texture was somewhatdrier and a little crumbly.

• Try non-hydrogenated peanut but-ter, available in some grocery storesand all food co-ops. The peanut butterwill separate, with the oil floating tothe top of the container. The bestbrand is probably Arrowhead Mills.They sun-dry their organic peanuts toavoid growth of a common mould thatproduces aflatoxin, which is as toxic asthe name suggests. Most commercialpeanuts reportedly have aflatoxin aswell as pesticide residues. Almond orwalnut butters contain healthier fats than peanut butter, withoutthe mould problem. You can find them at food co-ops and healthfood stores.

• Buy your oil in sealed bottles and avoid the bulk oils in co-ops, since they are usually rancid (free radicals again). An oil thattastes bitter when you place a drop on your tongue is rancid andshould not be consumed.

• Always refrigerate your oils after opening. Unrefined oils arebest refrigerated as soon as you buy them, to prolong their shelf-life. If they are not in lightproof bottles, keep them out of thelight.

The greater your intake of unsaturated fats like vegetable oilsand fish oils (EPA/DHA omega-3s), the more you need antioxi-dant protection against free-radical damage. If you take supple-

ments of fish oil or evening primrose oil, or use polyunsaturatedoils, consider taking extra vitamin E. An effective daily dose ofvitamin E is about 300 to 400 IUs per day, and "mixed toco-pherols" is probably the best general-purpose form to use. Manystudies support its effectiveness in reducing risk of heart disease,arthritis and other free-radical-related diseases. Since vitamin Cis used to regenerate 'used' vitamin E, supplementing with 500 to1,000 mg of vitamin C a day would be prudent as well.

• The most expensive oils and supplements cannot fully com-pensate for an unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Use common senseand consult with a nutritionally-oriented health professional whenyou have health concerns. Books by Dean Ornish, M.D. 1 6 a n d

John McDougall, M.D.1 7 offer manyexcellent ideas regarding diet andlifestyle, and I recommend them forbasic dietary information, althoughtheir programs tend towards verylow fat intake. However, to ensureadequate EFA intake you shouldhave some raw, organic nuts andseeds along with high-quality oils(such as those mentioned above) tosupplement these low-fat diets.

RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESSThere are still holdouts within the

'scientific' community, particularlythose employed or funded by the

food industry, who claim there is not yet sufficient proof thatt r a n s - fats are dangerous, and then cite studies that justify theirposition. This is the name of the game in modern-day 'science'where egos and money are involved.

However, most studies currently appearing in the literature sup-port the idea that these chemically-altered fats are harmful. Insuch cases of conflict, I always side with Mother Nature: she ismuch wiser than we will ever be!

Remember that most of this information about t r a n s - fats hasbeen known for many years, but processors have succeeded inkeeping the issue out of the public eye—another example ofcaveat emptor (let the buyer beware) in the food industry. Nowthat you are aware of it, the rest is up to you! Good luck, andgood health! ∞

Endnotes1 Erasmus, Udo, Ph.D., Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill, Alive Books, Burnaby,BC, Canada, 1987, 1993.2 Harvard Health Letter, Summer 1994.3 Jaffe, Russell, M.D., Lipids (audiotape), 1992. 4 Siguel, Edward, M.D., Ph.D., Essential Fatty Acids in Health and Disease,Nutrek Press, Brookline, MA, USA, 1995.5 Rudin, Donald, M.D., and Felix, Clara, The Omega-3 Phenomenon, Rawson,New York, USA, 1987.6 Lipids, March 1996, 31:Suppl:S27982.7 Finnegan, John, N.D., The Facts About Fats, Celestial Arts Publishing,Berkeley, CA, USA, 1993.8 "Deficiency of essential fatty acids and membrane fluidity during pregnancyand lactation", Biochemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy ofSciences, USA, vol. 88, June 1991.9 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1967, 20:462-475.10 The Lancet, 14 November 1987.11 Circulation, January 1994, 89(1):94-101. 12 American Journal of Cardiology, 1993, 71:916-920. 13 Clinical Science, April 1995, 88(4):375-92.14 Circulation, ibid.

15 The Lancet, March 1993, 341(8845):581-5.16 Ornish, Dean, M.D., Dr Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing HeartDisease, Ballantine Books, New York, USA, 1990.17 McDougall, John A., M.D., The McDougall Program, Plume (PenguinBooks), New York, USA, 1991. * Morrison, Robert Thornton, and Boyd, Robert Neilson, Organic Chemistry,Allyn &Bacon, Inc., Boston, USA, 1973, 1979, 3 ed.

About the Author:Dr Dane Roubos, B.Sc., D.C., D.A.B.C.I., has been a stu-

dent of nutrition for 25 years, and a practising chiropractor forthe past 14 years. He is a Diplomate of the American Boardof Chiropractic Internists, and currently teaches full-time at theNorthwestern College of Chiropractic in Minnesota. He iscommitted to helping people learn how to live closer to theEarth, the spirit and their deeper selves.

Note:This article was extracted in part from Blazing Tattles , vol. 5,nos 10 and 11, 1996 (see their advert this issue), and furtherupdated by the author.

... most of this information abouttrans- fats has been known for

many years, but [food] processorshave succeeded in keeping theissue out of the public eye ...




— ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY —HARNESSING THE 'POWERS' OF THE

ATMOSPHERE

by Anthony M. Hansen

Since early times mankind has had aconstant and reliable source of powerin the form of the wind. Man was

quick to find ingenious but simple applica-tions for this force of nature. Obviousexamples are the sail and the windmill.What is not so obvious are the underlyingprinciples, as defined in physics books; tobe more specific, the principles of thermo-dynamics.

Thermodynamics is connected with heat;that is to say, measurement of heat, andlaws relating to the conversion of heat intomechanical work. Nature gives a wonder-ful example in the movement of the wind.The atmosphere basically moves becauseover the land, for example, the temperaturecan be higher than over the ocean, with theresult that the hot air rises over the land andthe cooler air flows in to take its place.

In thermodynamics, the terms T1 and T2

are frequently quoted. T1 usually refers toa specific temperature and T 2 refers to atemperature which is less than T1.Otherwise expressed, the bigger the tem-perature difference, the more energy thereis available. Applying this to the move-ment of the wind, if the atmospheric tem-perature of the Earth were the same every-where, presumably there would be nowinds.

One of the earliest attempts to harnessthe power of the atmosphere, apart fromusing the windmill and the sail , wasattempted successfully by Newcomen, aDartmouth blacksmith, and patented in1705. The device consisted of a verticalcylinder and a piston which was connectedto a horizontal beam. The other end of thebeam was connected to the piston of apump. The weight of this side of the beamwas sufficient to draw the piston to the topof the cylinder. Steam was admitted from aboiler through a valve to the cylinder.When the supply of steam was turned offand some water injected into the cylinder,the result was that the steam condensed,forming a partial vacuum inside the cylin-

der. The pressure of the atmosphere actingon the top half of the piston forced it down.By continually repeating this process, apowerful machine was put to work pump-ing water.

In 1827, Robert Stirling took out hispatent for a hot air engine which used theheat of the air. From the very start, the hotair engine offered an irresistible fascinationfor the inventor because even the crudestattempts with it always resulted in an effi-ciency far superior to that of the steamengine. This is readily explained as beingdue to the far greater temperature rangepossible working with air than is possiblewith steam. This is because the efficiencyof an engine depends upon the limits oftemperature to which the working fluid issubjected. It is practical to use a higherworking temperature with air than withsteam because there is no fixed relationbetween the pressure and temperature ofair, such as exists in the case of steam.

PUTTING COMPRESSED AIR TO WORK

Having reviewed at some length the vari-ous forms of machinery available, I decid-ed as a starting point that the windmill tooka lot of beating as far as reliability andpower were concerned. For example, it isquite easy to obtain six to 10 horsepowerfrom the wind.

It is obvious that power, or the rate atwhich work is done, has nothing to do withthe quantity of work accomplished. A very

slow rate may accomplish a great deal ofwork, if it only keeps at it long enough,while a very high rate may be representedby a very small quantity of work, providedit be expended in a sufficiently short spaceof time. Thus, a windmill of only a fewhorsepower, compressing air by workingsteadily day and night for weeks andmonths, may compress millions of cubicfeet of air and thereby perform a vastamount of work.

The air which is compressed by thewindmill is stored in suitably large pressurevessels or compressed air tanks. To givean idea of size, an LP gas tank similar tothe ones used in service stations is ideal.These can be pumped up to a pressure of200 to 300 psi. This represents a consider-able amount of energy stored in a pressurevessel in the form of compressed air.

A convenient way to use this compressedair is to use the pressure of the air to movea piston in a cylinder, preferably in alter-nate directions. This reciprocating forcemoves a conductor through a magneticfield, thus generating electricity. If, forexample, a piston had five square inches ofsurface area and a pressure of 100 psi wereapplied to it, we would obviously have apiston in a cylinder with 500 pounds ofpush. In such a case, the load from theconductor going through the magnetic fieldideally should be about 400 pounds resis-tance.

When the conditions are similar to this,the air has no choice but to give up the heat

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A Dynamic Linear Mass Accelerator (DLMA Linear Engine) working prototype, producing 250 volts at 50 hertz.


N E W S C I E N C E N E W S C I E N C E N E W S C I E N C Eit contains and thus turn heat into mechani-cal work. This results in the air becomingvery cold. The degree of coldness isdirectly proportional to the applied forceand the resistance it encounters. In otherwords, the heavier the load, the colder thetemperature.

THIRD LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS The third law of thermodynamics states

that there are four essential conditions nec-essary for a heat engine to work. Thisapplies to internal combustion engines suchas LP gas, petrol, diesel, steam or com-pressed air. These conditions are:

1) There must be a source ofheat. As an example, with inter-nal combustion engines thesource of heat is the burning offuels such as LP gas or petrol.This heat is applied to the com-pressed air in the cylinder at themoment of ignition. The heat ofcombustion causes the com-pressed air molecules—alreadyat a pressure, which may befrom 150 to 300 psi—to vibratemore intensely, thus increasingthe pressure which is applied tothe piston face. The heat energycan now be turned into mechani-cal work.

2) There must be a tempera-ture difference in the process.As an example, the temperatureof combustion may be 700° to900° Fahrenheit (371° to 482°Celsius) while the temperatureof the atmosphere may be 70°F (21°C).This is represented in thermodynamicterms as T1 and T2—here, T 1 being 700° to900°F and T2 being 70°F. It can thus beseen that, with such a large temperaturedifference, a considerable amount of powercan be developed.

3) There must be a carrier of the heatenergy. This basically means that the air isa medium which carries the heat, just like abucket can carry water.

4) There must be a method or meansof turning heat into mechanical work. Inthis case it is the familiar piston in thecylinder, examples of which have beengiven in the previous essential conditions.

THE THIRD LAW APPLIED TOCOMPRESSED AIR ENGINES

Applying the above conditions of thethird law to compressed air engines, if apiston is driven by compressed air at 200

psi through a quarter of its stroke and thenthe air supply is cut off, and if the pistonhas to do work, it is quite easy to attaintemperatures in the exhaust of minus 50°F.

This relates to T2 in the temperature dif-ference scale, T1 being the temperature ofthe atmosphere—let's say, 70°F. It cannow be seen that a considerable tempera-ture difference exists—120°F in this case.This conforms with the second essentialcondition of the third law.

Having established the temperature dif-ference, it is now necessary to feed in theheat from the atmosphere. As the atmos-pheric air contains the heat (condition 3), if

the engine has heat exchanger fins, and ifthey be of suitable size, heat from theatmosphere will flow into the engine and,by doing so, should be turned into mechan-ical work, thus adding to the efficiency ofthe machine.

IMPROVING ENGINE EFFICIENCYOtto was the first to develop the four-

stroke cycle and was also one of the first topropose using a so-called free pistonengine running on fuel.

Some years later, in 1869, GeorgeWestinghouse patented a steam-driven freepiston compressor.

This principle was improved upon byNikola Tesla in 1894. His design usedmachined grooves in the piston to let in thesteam or air to drive the piston. The mainproblem with this design is that under aheavy load the stroke will shorten, with the

result that the air supply is cut off. Having studied the various types of reci-

procating engines, I decided that apart fromtrying to follow the third law, certain otheressential features were necessary:

1) Floating valves that can slide on thereciprocating shaft, towards and away fromeach other. This makes it possible to varythe length of the stroke, thereby compen-sating for heavy loads.

2) A variable inertia system, enablingmass to be added or removed from a mov-ing system. This is used to change theperiod of the reciprocating engine.

3) Heat exchanger fins. By adding finsto this type of engine, heat canbe caused to flow into theengine, thus adding to its effi-ciency.

By applying the above-men-tioned features, a simple andefficient power conversion sys-tem is possible.

CONCLUDING REMARKSMuch has been written on the

subject of heat engines and theiroperating principles—so much,in fact, that to the casual readerit would appear that there is lit-tle, if any, part of the subject leftuntouched.

Yet the present-day literaturemay generally be divided intotwo classes: the non-technicaland the technical. The technicalliterature is often so severelytechnical and theoretical as to

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— THE SECRET SUPER-HIGH-MILEAGE REPORT —A 100-MILES-TO-THE-GALLON, SUPER FUEL-INJECTION

SYSTEM

by J. Bruce McBurney

After researching and experimenting into the idea of vaporis-ing carburettors—and the simple idea of heating the fuel toboil it, to obtain fantastic mileage improvements—I came

to understand this secret of cracking the gasoline down into small-er hydrocarbons and why it really could yield unbelievable gains.I will try to explain this idea as best I can, but I am a mechanic, nota writer, so please be patient and read all the way through, that thisidea can go on to all our benefit.

Our engines burn fuel in a cylinder that generates heat thatexerts pressure on a piston, which is connected to a crankshaft thatrotates to produce motion power.

The type of fuel used dictates the amount of propulsion (usefulenergy) and heat (wasted energy) generated. A fuel that explodesgenerates more propulsion and less heat than a fuel that burns.Describing the two basic types of fuels used in bombs, percussionand incendiary, will help explain this concept.

A percussion explosion will destroy a brick building, but notgenerate much heat or fire. An example is nitroglycerine, used toextinguish oil fires. The dynamics of the explosion chase theflame-front or heat of the combustion far enough away from the oilwithout generating more heat. This uses the oxygen completelyand pushes the heat away so that the oil doesn't re-ignite.

Percussion explosives have a singular specific boiling point, andthe molecular structure of each molecule is identical, causing thefuel to react together and immediately. This is the type of reactionused in any supercarb process. It causes the dynamic motionaction which generates greater pressure with much less fuel andgenerates much less wasted heat. It has been noticed that thesesystems ran much cooler, even to the extent that Pogue ran a carwith no radiator system for an extended time with no engine dam-age.

Incendiary fuels burn and generate heat slowly, causing a build-ing to catch fire and burn. The flame front is slower, and doesn'tcause the dynamic explosion of a percussion fuel. Incendiary fuelsare made up molecules of many different sizes, having a widerange of boiling points and a greater variance in molecular struc-ture. These react more slowly in burning in progression as theyreach different boiling points. Only vapour burns. Any liquidmust become vapour before it burns. This is the process used intoday's cars. It causes more heat to be generated and not as muchpressure for dynamic motion. This requires more fuel to achievethe motion produced.

Today's gasoline has a boiling point ranging from 130° to 430°Fahrenheit (or 54° to 221° Celsius). When ignition occurs, thelowest-boiling-temperature fuel burns first and the heat from it isused to boil the next higher boiling-temperature fuels—so that theyburn up the chain of higher boiling-points to the point where thepiston is pushed down, the exhaust valve opens and the fuel con-tinues burning in the exhaust system.

When applying this understanding to any of the many supercarbsystems over the years, there were two basic ways that achievedthis percussion-type reaction to power the engine more efficiently.Both basically vaporise the fuel. The first and easiest is fractional-isation, which distils the fuel and burns each level of it. Each levelconsists of similarly-sized molecules. Vapour systems that recir-

culate fuel work on this principle. These usually leave the fuel thatboils over 400° Fahrenheit unused in the tank.

Thermal Catalytic Cracking (TCC) is the other and is the moreefficient of the two. TCC causes the molecular structure of theentire fuel to be changed by breaking the larger multiple carbonmolecules into much smaller, singular carbon molecules. Theentire fuel is then made up of similar small molecules. Like natur-al gas, all the molecules now have comparable and much lowerboiling points. When it ignites, it burns completely and instanta-neously and the energy is transformed more efficiently with asmaller charge. This cracking action uses all the fuel instead ofleaving leftover high-boiling-point fuel that normally goes out tothe tailpipe or is burnt in catalytic converters. This is fine forreduced pollution, but the wasted heat isn't converted into propul-sion power.

What is basically happening with any successful supercarb sys-tem is that the fuel is being converted completely into vaporousnatural gas and methanol before getting detonated in the engine.There is a distinct advantage to this over the standard system usedin today's natural-gas-powered vehicles. That system pre-storesthe natural gas in very-high-pressure tanks that cause very largeexplosions when ruptured. Also, a natural gas system cannotrecover waste heat as much, in that TCC is an endothermic reac-tion. This reaction can take waste heat energy and change it backto chemical energy; specifically, the molecular weight of the waterinto hydrogen and alcohol as fuel. A water injection system isused to quench the explosion, and the pressure expansion charac-teristics of steam help to keep the engine running cooler and evenmore efficiently.

Some previous attempts to produce high-efficiency carburettorsused one or both of these processes, but did not run very long. Itwas not realised by the builders of these vaporising systems thatthe metal of the vapour chamber itself was acting as a catalyst.These systems soon lost efficiency because additives in gasolinecoat the metal of the vapour chamber and prevent the catalyticaction from taking place. Since previous inventors didn't realisewhat was actually taking place, they were continually mystified bytheir system's apparent failure after a certain amount of runningtime. Others have been aware of the intricacies of the system for agood many years, but for various reasons have kept quiet about

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N E W S C I E N C E N E W S C I E N C E N E W S C I E N C Ewhat they know.

It is interesting to note that lead was notadded to gasoline until the time of thePogue carburettor in the l930s. Also,understand that to eliminate ping or knockin an engine, you eliminate the larger high-boiling-point diesel fuels. Ping or knock iscaused because, under compression, thelarger molecules are forced too close tooxygen, causing spontaneous ignition andburning before the top dead centre andspark-plug-firing timing. The smaller themolecule, the greater the octane rating.Natural gas has a rating of about 120.

Now let me give you the short run of theyears of frustration I went through with ourPatent Office. The following patent isclassed as public domain, because just atthe time I was publishing my book and fil-ing my patent, the laws were changed. ThePatent Office put me on hold due to someregulation, and by the time I was lookedafter it was too late. I did know the lawsand had done as I was supposed to, but thelaw was changed and that was that. Iappealed twice, and my only option wasthe Supreme Court—and that costmegabucks. I could not afford to chase anymore and did not think they would everpatent it, anyway. I was told they did notwant it. So here it is; see what you think.

What follows now is a more specificdescription of the process, taken straightfrom my patent application. Included is anexplanation of my original innovation of areplaceable catalyst container withincreased catalyst surface area. This wasfiled on 3 November 1989.

ABSTRACT

In the conventional carburettor processin the internal combustion engine, a mix-ture of air and fine gasoline droplets is pro-duced for combustion. In this invention,the gasoline is catalytically converted tosmall-molecular, light hydrocarbons,methane and methanol, which are thenmixed with air for combustion. The newcarburation process improves internal com-bustion engine efficiency and greatlyreduces atmospheric pollution.

DISCLOSURE SPECIFICATIONSThis invention relates to a carburation

process for the internal combustion engine. In the internal combustion engine, a mix-

ture of air and fine gasoline droplets isdrawn into the cylinders where it is explod-ed to provide propulsion power. The gaso-line droplets are converted to gasolinevapour by the explosion initiating sparks inthe cylinders. This conversion is onesource of internal combustion inefficiency.The gaseous products of the explosion andthe combustion of the gasoline vapour aremajor contributors to the pollution of theatmosphere.

I have found a process for vaporising thegasoline droplets before they enter thecylinders of the internal combustionengine; for mixing the gasoline vapourwith water vapour; and for converting thegasoline and water vapour mixture over acatalyst into a mixture of low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons, methane andmethanol. Mixed with air, this low-molec-ular-weight mix of hydrocarbons, methane

and methanol is then drawn into the cylin-ders where it is exploded to provide motivepower more efficiently.

The gaseous products of the explosions,and combustion of the low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons, methane andmethanol, are minor contributors to the pol-lution of the atmosphere.

CLAIMSThe embodiments of the invention, for

which an exclusive property or privilege isclaimed, is defined as follows:

1) The vaporisation of gasoline dropletsby waste heat from the exhaust gases of anengine to increase the efficiency withwhich chemical energy stored in gasoline isconverted into propulsion power.

2) The catalytic conversion of a mixtureof water and gasoline vapour to small-mol-ecular-weight hydrocarbons, methane andmethanol.

3) The combustion in the internal com-bustion engine of a mixture of air, small-molecular-weight hydrocarbons, methaneand methanol, to produce less pollution ofthe atmospheric environment.

4) A process for generating methane andmethanol for use in an internal combustionengine, generated from gasoline and waterby passing them over a catalyst heated byexhaust gases.

5) A pre-carburation system consistingof a series of tubings and catalyst bed, heat-ed by exhaust gases to regain this heatenergy into further cracking of a liquidhydrocarbon and water into a lighter, morearomatic hydrocarbon and methanol.

For further information, contact: J. Bruce McBurney6665 McLeod Road

Niagara Falls Ontario, Canada L2G 3G3 Phone: +1 (905) 358 8541

Fax: +1 (905) 358 9439 Web page: www.inett.com/himac

The Secret Super High MileageReport, by J. Bruce McBurney, isavailable for purchase. It is an

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RETURN OF THE DRAGON

by Tom Kay

For thousands of years prophets have spoken of the coming of an enlightened "NewAge" that will be inaugurated by great Earth changes and unusual heavenly activity.One very special event, the arrival of a "Great Comet" or "Star" to our solar system,

is said to herald these New Age birth pains, the Second Coming, and a marvellous, peace-ful era.

In July 1995, amateur astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered a newcomet, located near the Sagittarius constellation. It was the most distant comet everreported by amateurs to the International Astronomical Union. Their namesake, Hale-Bopp, will be closest to Earth in the northern Spring (southern Autumn) of 1997.Scientific evidence suggests that this huge and uncommonly bright heavenly object maybe the Comet that's been predicted for so long by so many.

In the 1930s and '40s, the famous "Sleeping Prophet" Edgar Cayce, of the UnitedStates, prophesied that massive Earth changes will create new maps of the world.Gordon-Michael Scallion's "Future Map" illustrations and prophecies are strikingly simi-lar. But is there a causative event?

In the early 1980s, British intuitive, David Jevons, said: "I believe that the major Earthchanges will be initiated by what I will call 'the Fiery Messenger'. There is even now astar of great power proceeding towards our solar body. The star, at this moment, is invisi-ble to the human or even telescopic eye, but it is set on a path which will bring it into con-junction with our planetary system. As it passes by, it will affect the motions of all theplanets of our system, and therefore will bring about changes on the surface of the planetsthemselves. The effect of the passage will be to set in motion the Earth Changes that areprophesied. Various lands will sink; others will rise..."

After his narration, Jevons was asked: "The star that was spoken of—has it passedthrough this solar system before?"

"Yes.""Is it Halley's comet?""No. It is far bigger than that."Researcher David Solomon has estimated that the comet returns every 4,000 years: "It

was known to ancient peoples as a vast, fiery body that, when it entered the solar system,caused planetary catastrophes. It was known to the Greeks as Typhon, to the Mayans ascelestial Quetzalcoatl, to the Sumerians as Nibiru, to the Phoenicians as the GreatPhoenix, to the Egyptians as Apep or Seth, and to the ancient Chinese as the Great RedDragon."

Sixteenth-century English prophet, Mother Shipton, poeticised:The gods will send the Dragon back/ to light the sky his tail will crackupon the Earth and rend the Earth/ and man shall flee, King, Lord and serf.Saint Hildegard, a seer who lived in Germany in the 12th century, said: "The Comet,

by its tremendous pressure, will force much out of the ocean and flood many countries...The Great Nation across the ocean, inhabited by people of different ancestry, will be dev-astated by earthquakes, storms and great waves of water, causing much want and plagues.It will be divided and in great part be submerged."

Other heavenly events may add to the mix. The year 1999 is unusual because there willbe two solar eclipses and a lunar eclipse. Furthermore, the Leonids meteor storm is due toreturn in 1999. The storm, from the Comet Temple-Tuttle, is very dense and has beenawesome and chaotic in the past.

The flypast ofComet Hale-Boppin early 1997 is anevent exciting the

prophecy-watchersand creating

controversy amongastronomers.

Is this the return ofthe legendary GreatComet, and has it

brought a'companion' along

for the ride as itrockets through our

solar system?

by Tom Kay ©1996

1641 Princess Anne RoadVirginia Beach, VA 23456, USA

Phone/Fax: +1 (757) 721 0667


John wrote in Revelation: "...there fell a great star from heaven,burning as it were a lamp...there was a great earthquake..."

Nostradamus predicted: "After great misery for mankind, aneven greater approaches when the Great Cycle of the Centuries isrenewed... In the sky will be seen a fire, dragging a tail ofsparks."

In May 2000, there will be a 'grand conjunction' of the planets.Six planets will come into almost perfect alignment with the littleEarth stuck in the middle.

Some speculate its 'pull', coupled with that from the Comet, willcause a 'pole shift'. Albert Einstein wrote: "Such displacementsmay take place as the consequence of comparatively slight forcesexerted on the crust...which in turn will tend to alter the axis..."

The prophet Isaiah said God"...will shake the heavens, andthe Earth shall remove out ofher place..." Cayce predicted a"shifting of the poles" in 2000-2001, and the Hopi Indiansbelieve the Earth's poles areheld in place by two enormouscelestial angels who will soonabandon their posts as a fast-approaching "Blue Star" entersour solar system.

In the 1930s, Abd-Ru-Shin,prophet of the Grail message,stated: "For years, now, know-ing ones have been speaking ofthe coming of this especially significant Star... It can be calledthe Star of Bethlehem, because it is of exactly the same nature asthat was. Its power sucks the waters up high, brings weather cata-strophes and still more. Where encircled by its rays, the Earthquakes... Unerringly and unswervingly the Comet pursues itscourse and will appear on the scene at the right hour, as alreadyordained thousands of years ago... And then the Earth is purifiedand refreshed in every respect for the blessing and joy of itsinhabitants..."

It is recorded in Matthew 24 that "...the sun will be darkened,and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from thesky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. And then shallappear the Sign of the Son of man in the heaven." It is not unrea-sonable to think that, if Jesus is about to return, a star will appearas one did at his birth.

In 1934, Edgar Cayce said: "...as has been given of old, the Sunwill be darkened and the Earth shall be broken up in divers places,and then shall be proclaimed...that His Star has appeared...''

A host of angels also appeared at Jesus' birth, and the Bible pre-dicts Jesus will return with "His Angels".

The Hopi name their "Blue Star" "Kachina", and believe it iscontrolled by spirit entities, Kachinas, who are capable of mani-

festing on Earth. Gordon-Michael Scallion wrote in the

March 1993 issue of Earth ChangesReport: "Now, imagine a star, a blue star,that moves through the heavens at regularcycles, such as a comet, except this celes-tial object is pure spiritual energy, a starmade manifest by spiritual forces, a starcomposed of light-beings; these angels—souls of the highest level—who, by theirown spiritual evolution, joined together asa singular host to serve."

Now that Hale-Bopp is forthcoming,Gordon-Michael Scallion feels certain thiscomet is the "Blue Star" that he has spokenof—one that he has referred to as a "sec-

ond sun" in our solar system. In 1976, Aron Abrahamsen, an intuitive who lives in the United

States, also predicted the coming of a new sun: "And one willdiscover by the year 1998 the appearance of a new sun cominginto viewpoint of all people on Earth...not as strong as the presentSun, but it will add a great amount of light to the world, indicatingthat the world is coming into a new consciousness."

It is said that no important future event occurs without humani-ty first being told the signs and omens. When prophecies from

many persons, from different countries,times and cultures are comparable, thenit is unlikely the prophets have beenreading each other's mail. The time maybe drawing near when we will have toconsider the matter seriously.

As Edgar Cayce said almost sixtyyears ago: "As has been indicated, wewill begin to understand fully in 1998."

About the Author:Tom Kay is a researcher and author,

and a student of the Edgar Caycematerial for 31 years. He resides inVirginia Beach, Virginia, USA.

His new book, When The CometRuns: The Prophecies for theM i l l e n n i u m (Hampton RoadsPublishing Co., Charlottesvil le ,Virginia), is now available and will bereviewed in the April-May '97 issue ofNEXUS.

(Source: Gordon-Michael Scallion'sEarth Changes Report, issue no. 62,

November 1996)

In 1934, Edgar Cayce said: "...ashas been given of old, the sun willbe darkened and the Earth shall be

broken up in divers places, andthen shall be proclaimed...that His

Star has appeared..."


HALE-BOPP: THE 'COMPANION' CONTROVERSY

Comet Hale-Bopp is certainly surrounded by controversy.As if being the biggest comet in recent memory weren'tenough, Hale-Bopp is thought by some to be accompanied

by another object even more portentous. "The companion", as it'sbeing called, is simply a figment of computer glitches and wildimagination, according to all the mainstream astronomers who'veso far spoken 'on the record'.

Still, rumours abound that other experts, so far unnamed, doaffirm the companion's existence. If it's there at all, it might be asecond piece of the comet itself—or some other, as yet unidenti-fied, natural object. But some say it's weirder than that: perhapssentient, perhaps alien, perhaps a spacecraft of planetary size.

Art Bell Radio ShowProfessor Dr Courtney Brown

of Emory University, founder ofthe Farsight Institute and authorof the sensational book C o s m i cV o y a g e, and famed author andprofessed abductee, WhitleyStrieber, went on Art Bell's syn-dicated "Coast to Coast" radioshow in the early morning hoursof Friday 29 November 1996 toannounce that a "top astronomer"associated with a "top-10 univer-sity" now has definite proof thata huge object, thought to be a"ship" of extraterrestrial origin,is trailing Comet Hale-Bopp.

Chuck ShramekOver two weeks before, on 10

November, Houston-based ama-teur astronomer Chuck Shramekimaged something while viewingHale-Bopp with his 10" tele-scope, then went on the Art Bellshow to describe what appearedto be "a large Saturn-like object"close to Hale-Bopp. This set offa firestorm of controversy on theInternet, in which Shramek wasgenerally denounced. Crushedby the negative publicity, hesoon left Texas and went intoseclusion in another state, wherehe reportedly still remains.

Courtney BrownHaving heard of Shramek's image, Courtney Brown assigned

three Farsight Institute remote viewers to examine the situationout at Hale-Bopp. On the basis of their findings, Brown assertedon Bell's show that there was indeed a huge, second object thatwas apparently under intelligent control. The ensuing controver-sy, which dismayed Shramek, did nothing to dampen Brown'sinsistence that the mysterious second object does exist.

Appearing again on the Art Bell program the morning of 29November, Brown went even further. He said that after the firstround of viewing sessions nearly two weeks before, he had quiet-ly gone about seeking hard confirmation of his findings amongprofessional astronomers. Now, he said, he has received pho-

tographs from, and talked "for many hours" with, an international-ly known astronomer who works at a "top-10 university", whopositively confirms that there is an extraordinary second objectthat appears to be a "ship" under intelligent control.

Dr Brown refused to give the name of the astronomer or theuniversity, stating that this man is currently deliberating his nextsteps in consultation with his family and professional colleagues."This is a free-will universe, and this man must make his owndecision," Brown stated on the air. Art Bell said that he had in hispossession copies of the photographs, which are described as ofsuch high quality that, if they were posted on the Internet, theirorigin would be easy to determine. Bell said he does not knowthe name of the astronomer.

Dr Brown also stated that a radio astronomer, a colleague of theother astronomer, had discov-ered evidently intelligent radiosignals coming from the Hale-Bopp object. Brown said itshould soon be possible toannounce the exact frequencyon which the signals could beheard, so that others can verifythem.

Brown stated his belief thatthe astronomer would call apress conference within oneweek to announce his findings,but he noted there were boundto be very serious repercus-sions to such a step, and thatthe astronomer might decideagainst it, at least for now.

Whitley StrieberWhitley Strieber appeared

later on the same program toassert his conviction that thephotos, along with theastronomer's testimony, didindeed represent evidence of ahuge, intelligently guidedobject travelling with Hale-Bopp. Strieber spent most ofhis two hours on the programtalking about his own experi-ences of contact with "the visi-tors" and how humans mightrespond and adjust to the immi-nent certainty of extraterrestriallife visiting the Earth.

Confirmation of Comet 'Companion'?If these claims are true, it can't be long before anyone with a

reasonably good telescope can confirm that the second object isthere. Thus, if it i s there, some kind of announcement seems acertainty before long.

On the other hand, if it is n o t there, Courtney Brown andWhitley Strieber, among others, will certainly be denounced.Both they and Art Bell acknowledged that talking about this onthe air put them all at risk of grave ridicule, or worse.

(Sources: various Internet discussion groups, plus CNI News,vol. 2, no. 18, Part 1, 1 December 1996; e-mail:

[email protected]; web: http://www.iscni.com/)

COMET HALE-BOPP AND 'COMPANION'?This image (HBST961110-19) was allegedly taken by

the Hubble Space Telescope on 10 November 1996.Like the controversial image taken by Houston-basedamateur astronomer Chuck Shramek, this photographshows an unusually large, bright object in the vicinityof Comet Hale-Bopp.

Does this image show a 'companion' travelling inthe Comet's tail? Remote viewer Courtney Brown andauthor Whitley Strieber, among others, say yes. Butmainstream astronomers, so far without exception, sayit's just a distant star distorted by the imaging processitself. The controversy continues...


Dr Lee ShargelOn 2 December 1996, a scientist familiar with official astro-

nomical studies finally stepped forward to speak about this bizarreobject. Dr Lee Shargel, a graduate of Northeastern Universitywho holds degrees in industrial engineering and robotics and adoctorate in materials science, has worked for NASA as an engi-neer/scientist with Top Secret clearance on the TDRS, Hubbletelescope and SRBOC projects. He has come forward toannounce that this is no anomaly of any telescope or misguidedsoftware, much less a ball of swamp gas, a flock of geese or atrick on the eye. In fact, Dr Shargel possesses his own set of 17photographs of this object accompanying Hale-Bopp.

Shargel has gone one step further than merely announcing theobject's existence: he has asserted that it is no less than a spacecraft, a "probe"! He has also said that the message coming fromthe Hale-Bopp companion is a greeting as well as a warning. Thewarning has to do with a neutron star explosion, the radiationfrom which is heading toward the Earth.

Ex-Vatican PriestArt Bell received the following fax from a priest who used to

work at the Vatican, and read it over the air the next morning.

From: Name@WithheldTo: [email protected]: 11 December 1996

Dear Mr Bell,I have listened to your program off and on for around two

years now, whenever I get 'down-time'. I have some disturb -ing information and I feel that your program would be theperfect vehicle with which to distribute what I have.

I have been under the employ of the Vatican for over fiveyears. I have done what could best be described as counter-intelligence work for the Church. I am a man of God, andplease believe me when I tell you that the information I haveis genuine and very serious.

Without going into too much detail about my formeremployers, I will briefly tell you that I have had a top-levelsecurity clearance in the Vatican for quite some time. Mostof the work I have done regrettably falls into the realm of'black ops', and I will not go into detail about that now.

Around six months ago I was working at a data terminal ina highly restricted area, following a case that I had just com -pleted, when I stumbled onto something that nearly made myheart stop. Please pay attention here; this is where it getsstrange.

I uncovered a heavily encrypted sub-system that was sur -prisingly well-hidden. I found that it was only accessiblethrough the terminal I was at, and one other terminal. (I mustpoint out that the area I was in was not an area that I routine -ly used.) After two minutes of trying to get into the system,the whole lab shut itself down and I was booted off the termi -nal. Not wanting to raise any eyebrows, I decided to leaveand come back later that night. The strange thing was, whenI came back there were ARMED guards standing sentry out -side of the lab. I must say that it is not unusual to see guardsroaming the Vatican, but it is very unusual for them to standsentry at a lab, much less while armed.

Over the next month, I managed to slip in unnoticed onlyonce. And after I had found what I came for, I understoodthe security.

It took me a good deal of time to break into the system, and

when I did, I wished I hadn't. When I entered the system, Icame across a file titled "WORMWOOD?" (yes, with a ques -tion mark). Thinking it to be a text file, I brought up the filewith the intent of copying so I could read it later. What hap -pened next was truly remarkable. The file sort of 'deteriorat -ed' into a series of command lines that lasted approximatelytwo minutes. Once it was done running, there it was.

I had found a direct link-up to the Hubble space telescope.Not only that, but it was pointed directly at the Comet Hale-Bopp. The program was running some kind of analysis, tak -ing directional notes, projecting path of travel, etc. After real -ising what I had discovered, I started searching and cameacross an e-mail data trail that led directly to the office of thePope himself. What was discussed, I cannot know.

Over the next two weeks, I began to uncover evidence thatthe Vatican is very aware of the existence of the companion,and is VERY worried about it. I began to copy files and pic -tures that were present at the terminal when I found a reportfrom the United Nations to the Vatican, as well as a reportfrom NASA, regarding their concerns.

It is very obvious to me that a great many people and enti -ties know of the companion and are doing their best to keepquiet. VERY quiet. As the next part of my story illustrates.

I had found another file that I wanted to look at, but it wasindependently encrypted. At the time that I discovered it, Ihad already been online at the terminal for some time, so Idecided to copy the file encrypted and decode it at myleisure. As I was leaving the lab, I was approached by two ofthe Pope's top aides and was asked to meet them later in theevening. I didn't feel comfortable about the situation, so Iagreed and told them that I needed to shower and would jointhem later. I haven't been back to the Vatican since.

I found out about a week later through some old friendsand contacts that a contract had been placed on my life.Two days later, my mother and father were killed in a carcrash in France. Three days after that, my brother and sisterwere killed when their single-engine plane went down on theeast coast of the US. I've been on the run for a very long timenow, and am still trying to decode the file that I have in mypossession. Approximately ten copies have been distributedto friends in the field, in the event that I should disappear. Ido not fear for my life, as I am very adept at not being found;however, I believe that the world needs to know of the infor -mation that I have.

I would be willing to share all that I have with you, Mr Bell.But you need to understand that your life could be in dangerif you were to go public with what I give you. I apologise forbeing so vague, but I feel it necessary at this point in time.

If you would like the information, say so over the air whenyou get this letter. If I am not listening, someone will get theinformation to me, as there is no safe way for you to contactme at this point in time. I await your response.

(Priest)

Art Bell commented after reading the fax: "Now, when Ireceived this I sat and thought about it for some time. So, I con-tacted someone who has been very high in Rome—whom I amnot going to mention on the air; someone who would definitelyknow about the validity of what I received. That person'sresponse to me was: 'This is real. Don't touch it with a ten-footpole. Don't ever send something like this over an open fax-lineagain, and I don't want to talk about it anymore.'" ∞

(Source: various Internet web sites and discussion groups)





Alec Newald first contacted us in 1995 about publishing his book,C o E v o l u t i o n, describing his incredible ten-day round trip to his abductors'homeworld, Haven, and the Earth-based controversy it created. We foundAlec's story particularly fascinating; and, having met him and had him speak

at the 1996 N E X U S Conference, we have no reason to doubt his integrity. Here wepublish some intriguing excerpts from his soon-to-be-released book. Ed.

THE EARTH SEEN IN A DIFFERENT LIGHTI must have gone to sleep almost immediately. When I opened my eyes again, Zeena was sitting opposite my cubicle."Verva," she said. "Did you sleep well?""Like a rock," I replied."Curious expression," was her reply."How long has it been?" I added, enquiring as to the length of my sleep. "One half of an Earth day—twelve hours," she answered."What's 'verva'?" I asked."Oh, 'good spirit, fresh energy to you'. It is a greeting we use a lot, like your 'hello',"

she explained."What's on the schedule?" I enquired."Some more liquid replacement for you," was her reply. "Come on. We have only two

more of your Earth days and there is much to learn if you desire, and quite a few questionsI have for you, too, before I return home."

Zeena appeared most anxious, but how could she be more inquisitive than I? Eventhough, I was still reeling from awakening to find myself 'dream-bound' and not back onEarth as I had expected.

"Her home! Now there's something I'd like to know about," I thought to myself butrealised almost immediately that Zeena would read it.

"About the size of the planet Mars in your system," she replied, right on cue. "But it isnot in the best of health, for our sun is slowly dying and we are being roasted with radia-tion. We are also losing our atmosphere. We can patch that up to a degree, but not forever."

"Doesn't sound good. What are you guys doing about it?" I asked."Well, we have been looking for a new home for many of your years. The best bet is

still Earth, but we cannot take your gravity, among other things. That has always been themajor factor but it is also not of the right conformation for us yet. It used to be, but we arenot quite like we used to be."

Zeena hesitated, as if pondering whether to go on with this topic. She chose not to con-tinue.

"There is every chance that the Earth is about to change in the not-too-distant future,"was her revised answer.

"Change its conformation?" I enquired, startled."It shall mutate to a different density level, as you would understand it. It's no big deal.

It's happening all over, all the time," she replied. I think she might now have been trying to downplay it all after she noted how panicked

I must have appeared."It'll what?" I queried, looking at her in amazement."Well, that is another of those long stories I promised to tell you about. It is best we get

comfortable first and you get some fluid intake."

In 1989, AlecNewald's lifepath

took an unexpectedturn when he was

abducted by agroup of benevolentaliens for ten daysand transported totheir homeworld.

His amazingexperiences havegreat significancefor the future of

humanity and ourgalactic cousins.

by Alec Newald ©1996-97

Extracted from Chapters 4, 5, 6of his book

— CoEvolution —

Published by NEXUS PublicationsMapleton, Qld, Australia, 1997


ANCIENT HISTORY LESSONS FROM THE FUTURE"Now, how shall I start?" Zeena asked. "Perhaps with the

Elders.""Elders?" I chipped in."Like the Guardian you have met. They are each many hun-

dreds of Earth years old and have a very ancient lineage. Theirancestors, who are my ancestors, are also very distant ancestors ofyours; at least in part they are. Now do not interrupt!"

Zeena headed me off at the pass, even before I could get thethought out of my head.

"This is going to be difficult enough to explain without inter-ruption. I will make room for questions a little later," she added."These distant common ancestors of ours came to Earth manytimes, but more important to you was the visit of two millionyears ago, your time-scale. They were not the first [aliens] tovisit. In fact, they and others have lived in and explored what youcall your solar system for hundreds of millions of years.

"These travellers tidied up some earlier attempts to manufacturea race of humanoids on Earth, the end result being Homo sapiens.I will not go so far as to say these ancient ancestors of mine weresolely responsible for your race, for that was indeed a joint effortof many ETs, all of which at some time have laid claim to manu-facturing your race. This is not a deliberate lie on their behalf—just a slight exaggeration of the facts. Do not interrupt yet,please. I shall explain all in due course.

"In many ways you have manufac-tured or at least fine-tuned your ownrace, and it continues even at this verymoment. This is mistakenly called'evolution'. 'Natural progression of thespecies' is a fine turn of phrase utteredby one of your kind's more enquiringminds some years ago. It was thoughtby many to explain the path of evolu-tion, and there is an end to it. But thisthinking leaves more questions unan-swered than answered, for how andwhen did a butterfly obtain its wings?I shall not pursue this subject for thereare more important things to discuss,but no doubt you see my point. Perhaps there will be a time at alater date.

"I will, however, tell you more of your own race's personal his-tory, for it is important that you should know your own past, andthat evolution as you understand it is a myth. The changes arenever slow but they are always planned. Later I shall show youthat nothing in this Universe—past, present or future in your time-scale—is left to chance. Forgive me, for I diverge from our cho-sen path.

"Some of my ancient Elders stayed with your developing race.Others moved on. From time to time there were conflicts withother ET races as to what was best for one or the other, just asthere are conflicts on your planet now, among your own kind.You must understand that Earth is a very special place. It is verybeautiful and there are many who have desired to own it. I wouldnot go so far as to say this is no longer the case, but you shouldalways have your wits about you! Even we, although we do notwish to own it, would like to live there. But we cannot—indeed,we must not—interfere with the processes that are happening onyour planet right now. That is not to say there are no other ETraces that will not interfere, and that is why you must have yourwits about you.

"Some of those processes which are occurring, or are about to

occur, are the direct result of that seeding by our ancient Elders.Even the pyramids are ancient legacies left behind by our Eldersto help you awaken when the time is right. They are very impor-tant to you, and it is from this front that progress of a most unex-pected kind will manifest itself to your race in the not-too-distantfuture.

"All knowledge will be made available to your race in goodtime and in accordance with the laws of evolution. There has yetto be a force artificially manufactured in any universe that mypeople know of that is more powerful or wiser than this naturallaw. Trust me when I say this, for my race knows well the cost ofinterfering with the laws of evolution. We would warn your ownpeople, if only those in control would listen. Alas, that approachappears to have fallen on deaf ears, so we shall now attempt topass on the message in a different way.

"There was indeed a time upon your planet, not so long ago inthe context of this history lesson, when a 'force' came down uponit and did in fact claim it [the Earth] and all upon it as its own.That force—and I know you will find this difficult to accept, Alec[Zeena used my name for the first time]—that force is still amongyou. It is indeed now a part of all of you, so I suppose you couldsay it still does own the planet in some way.

"After this force won your planet, it realised it would have acontinuous fight on its hands, for you were not as you are now.You were well on your way to enlightenment, with a very strong

spiritual base. You were actuallyalmost as strong as this force itself.It had to trick you in order to masteryou, and while you were down italtered your make-up, your verystructure; your DNA, in fact. Itcrippled you and stunted you, andset you back many thousands ofyears. It made you into what youare today, which is only a portion ofthe greatness you can be, for youhave not yet even fully recovered.And if that force has its way, younever will!

"That force is known to most asthe 'force of darkness', for it is indeed the enemy of enlighten-ment. You will please understand that this is a very simplisticdescription of a most complex entity. Even we do not understandit in its entirety. It is in the air that you breathe and everywhereabout you. It has aligned itself to the planet and you. It beats tothe pulse of your very planet, for you and the Earth are one andthe same. This is one thing your peoples do not seem to compre-hend, but you can use this union of the whole to do wondrousthings, just as we have.

"Unfortunately, most of your kind fight the natural forces ofyour wondrous planet. By this I mean you bend them, even breakthem, to fit your needs. It need not be this way. If your peoplewill just open their minds and hearts to your planet, as many ofyour ancient races have done in the past, it will show you the way.All is not lost; it just needs to be recalled. Until this is done, wehave much need for concern. It is not just Earth planet you areviolating as you bend and break Nature in your whims of fancy,for all of all is connected. This is really very basic knowledge. Ithas been ignored because it suits those who would play withpower to ignore it. We and others are indeed benevolent to yourrace, as we all are connected, but soon something must be donebefore your play does meaningful harm to us all!

"We find that there is a need to teach you more about the dark

"Some of my ancient Elders stayedwith your developing race.

Others moved on. From time totime there were conflicts with

other ET races as to what was bestfor one or the other, just as thereare conflicts on your planet now,

among your own kind."


forces that permeate you. You would do well by your people ifyou take great heed of this lesson and pass on your findings tothose of your kind who would listen. The dark force vibrates at alevel that is compatible with your brainwave patterns. This muchyou should already know, but others of your kind have kept itfrom you.

"In spite of this, some, like you, Alec, are building a resistanceto this alien intruder. This is one of the reasons why you findyourself thinking differently from the majority around you. It hasenabled you to see more clearly the error of your ways and whatmust be done. You shall continue along this path a while longeryet, and even doubt your own kind from time to time. Be patient.This is all I can suggest, as inadequate as it may sound. We havebeen working on these things withyou for many a year now. All ofyour people will find their waywith the passing of time.

"As you find with all afflic-tions, they are easier to contendwith if you understand them. Iam doing my best to explain allthis to you in terms you willunderstand. Please interject fromhere on if you do not understandsome point, for we do considerthe following to be most impor-tant.

"Some on your planet havealigned themselves with this'force'. Note I have said 'aligned'and not 'allied', for there is a dif-ference. Do you understand this?[I nodded.] They have gainedmuch power from the force, andsome are even foolish enough tothink they have it under control.This is naïve, of course, as theforce or alien entity is feeding off these people or, rather, feedingoff the conflicts these people create in their bid for wealth andpower. As long as this suits the dark force, it shall continue; forthe 'fear' emotion is what it lives off.

"The easiest way to defeat this force is to remove fear fromyour societies. This will, in effect, starve it out. It will then goelsewhere, looking for easier prey. You see, your human race isone of the very few that lives with this most unusual thing called'emotion', which is why the force came here in the first place.We, too, had emotions once, so I am told, and some are saying wecan now experience them again, thanks to the new breeding pro-gram we are experimenting with. Forgive me, I digress again.

"You will find some of your kind are trying very hard to har-ness this most dangerous force. Unfortunately, they do not fullyunderstand that it is an entity in its own right and that this is avery dangerous mistake to be making. They think they are play-ing a game and that they are winning this game. We have tried towarn your people more than once in the past, but no heed hasbeen taken. As your people say, 'it is your life'.

"The worry we have is that your planet breathes with you, inharmony even with your thoughts. To attack the people by usingthe force in this way is to attack the planet. Be it on your ownheads if you invoke the wrath of your planet. There would be lit-tle or nothing we could do for your people should that happen.Perhaps you can help us with this message. We have an idea toput to you, but that shall keep until another time, for there is still

much to be related on other subjects."Your societies, right from the very beginning, have engineered

fear into your lives. Most of it is an artificial fear of society itself;in other words, you fear your very own laws. Your high priestsfrom long ago shouted down to the common masses, describingwhat wraths would be set upon them if they did so much as dareto cross the all-mighty gods of their time. Forgive me if I makewhat you call a 'joke' of this, for these all-mighty gods theydescribe were people like me or the Guardian, whom you havemet. Do you fear me, Alec, from where you stand?" Zeena asked.

"I feel no fear," was my answer."So you see how your masses were manipulated in our absence

by those who would gain from it?" she asked again."I can see how a lie could fool

the uneducated," was my reply."And you think your people are

better educated on this subjecttoday?" she asked once more.

"If you ask what we know ofGod, then perhaps not," I replied.

"Exactly my point," Zeena stat-ed.

"And so the intimidation goeson, only you have a hundredfoldthe number of laws today. Theseare not the laws of Nature, howev-er; just of your manipulators whoin turn have been manipulated bythe force.

"The laws of Nature you breakevery day as you drive to work inyour disgusting machines. It iseven more curious to us that youall know these things but you con-tinue to allow them just the same.Why is there not a law against itin your society? Does pollution

not kill? Are your people so blind they could not see what wouldhappen with the proliferation of these strange machines? Youneed not answer, for we know the reasons. This is just, as youmight say, an example.

"You will perhaps tolerate our confusion, though, when we failto understand what we have observed in your so-called Westernsocieties in which thousands of your money are spent to save butone life, while millions of your kind die in other far areas for thesake of small amounts of this money. Are you not all one peopleof the same flesh and blood? For this question, we ourselves donot have such an answer. Could you perhaps help us in the rea-soning of this?" Zeena asked, looking at me in a most perplexedway.

"My own people sometimes embarrass and confuse me. No, Ihave no answer to that question," I replied.

"Very well. Why do your people take such time and interest ina single tree, should it be cut down in your cities, while they allowlarge areas of many-years-old trees to be removed from the forestswhich are out of their sight? Please take this question home withyou to put to others, for we also find this most confusing."

I have since duly completed that request. Zeena did have some encouraging news. She suggested that the

force would soon feel the weight of an invasion from above, andthere would be battles fought at sea and underwater, and also inthe skies high above. Most would know little about these events,except those caught within the by-product of the battles. By this

"Zeena"


she meant that the Earth would experience storms of gatheringintensity, and where these storms would once have been confinedto the vortex points of our globe (the western Atlantic-Bermudaarea and the western Pacific, south-east of Japan) they would nowappear randomly all over our planet. She did not say who or whatmight be behind these battles or be the cause of them. However,when the way is clear and some portion of the fear has beenremoved, we may indeed see other races of the Cosmos openlyvisiting and interacting with us here on Earth!

"In the due course of time you will awaken from this 'sleep' thatthe force has had you in, with a little help from your friends," sheadded. "Being a sailor," she said, suggesting I watched the weath-er, "you will know what to look for. Trust in your instincts."

This is all she was prepared tosay on the subject.

"Your race is nearly strongenough to fight back and win itsrightful place in this galaxy ofours. We will help you and yourplanet to do great things again, forwe love all life. Even the darkforce is a form of life and we mustand do respect it. Do you under-stand, Alec? This is very impor-tant."

Zeena at last let me have a say."Yes, I do. But how do we

fight this force if we cannot see itor know where it is?" I asked.

"It is within your very soul.You fight it with knowledge andunderstanding. But only each andevery one of your kind can helpyourselves. Nevertheless, toknow that it exists is half the bat-t le, and you can pass on thisknowledge to all who should careto listen. Your race is about to change, become more aware—well, most of you are. It is an unfortunate fact that the ones uponyour planet who truly understand what a great hold this forceknown to you as fear has over your people, are the very ones whoare using it against you—and always have. They only understandits power, not its reason for being. That is why we have chosenthis time to explain to you, and others of your kind, what we arehere for. We have come to help enlighten you and, in so doing,perhaps free you from this force. We also understand that therewill be some among you who will resent this knowledge beingmade available and will do their best to belittle and downplay itsimportance to your race.

"We may also need things from you and your planet. Call it atrade if you like, but I would prefer to use the word 'coevolution'.We both can grow. We both need to change. You will becomemore like us, while we need to become more like you. We cantruly become great friends once you learn to break free. We havebeen waiting a long time for this to happen, and you, Alec, arepart of this very special event that will happen, as are many oth-ers. You will find them and they will find you. Just let it beknown that you are a child of the light, whenever you feel thetime is right. You will be amazed at what will happen from thenon."

As Zeena finished this part of the lesson, I really did not knowwhat to say. How could I reply to what she'd just said? Her nar-ration had brought up more questions than answers, and quite

frankly I did not know where to begin. Even though most of whatshe'd just said was totally amazing, it was as if I had alwaysknown it was so! For that reason you may think my next questionout of place.

"The thing that worries me the most," I replied, "was your earli-er comment before this lesson began about the Earth 'mutating'into something. Where will that leave us, the people?"

"You have no fears there. It will be you, the people, who helpthe Earth to transform. You will already have passed over to thenext level of density, or be in the act of doing so, which in actualfact is evolution—true evolution, as it just so happens; not theform of change that you may have associated with that word inthe past. I am sorry, here, because there has not yet been time to

ground you in that knowledge.The Earth, too, will evolve alongthese same lines, and that is whatI meant by 'mutate'. I am sorryfor the use of that word if it hascaused you concern," Zeenaquickly replied.

"I have more questions," I said,looking at Zeena and hoping Icould continue to ask them. Herindication was that I could.

"What happened to those earlyancestors—the ones who stayedon Earth, the ones who helped usin the past?"

"Some of them eventually inter-bred with your kind, althoughthere was resistance to this initial-ly. The offspring of these unionsbecame our common ancestors.All who were pure of our bloodeventually died of an unknown ill-ness or left the planet. Their life-span should have been many hun-

dreds, perhaps even thousands of your years. Some say they sim-ply died of premature ageing. There are many possible reasonswhy this may have occurred, but it is not necessary for us to dis-cuss that now. The few who escaped this fate and left Earth arenow lost to us; where they may have gone, my people do notknow, for that was indeed a long time ago. But while we are onthe subject of interbreeding, there are a few questions I would askof you, if I may," Zeena requested.

I nodded my approval, knowing I would get more chances toask the hundred-and-one questions I was waiting to ask.

Her first question took me a little by surprise. "Have you bred on your home planet?""That's an interesting question," was my startled reply. "By

'breed', I suppose you mean have I any children of my own?" I couldn't believe she didn't already know the answer to this

question. Perhaps she was just being polite."Yes," she said."Well, I have a son who is fourteen years old and is fit and

healthy. He doesn't appear to have too many problems, exceptthat he could be without a proper father from now on."

"What do you mean by that?" she asked."I was in the process of leaving my family unit permanently

when you guys zapped me up here!" I replied. "Don't ask why.It's very complicated, and I'm not sure I know the answer any-way."

"This breeding process, in the form you Homo sapiens use, I

"Elder"


have studied as much as I can from our records, but there is stillmuch I wish to know. I have been selected for a modified repro-ductive process when I return to my home planet. We as a peopleare running out of time to develop offspring which could surviveon any other planet apart from our own without life-support sys-tems. By this I mean we have not yet found another world that iscompatible with our specific and rather unique needs. I may beable to elaborate on this point a little later. For now, it is enoughto say we have few options, and may have to adjust to new envi-ronments such as planet Earth—which we still like to call our sec-ond home, even though we are far removed from being able tolive there full time," Zeena finished, sounding rather distressed.

"Our planet is rather full already," I commented, not reallywishing to add to her burden. In spite of what I had already wit-nessed and been party to, I was in no way prepared for her replyto my statement.

"Oh, we have already had communication with Earth governorson that subject; since the 1950s, in fact.They know of our desire and need. We haveeven made a trade, as you might call it. Icannot elaborate on it at this time. But noteveryone has lived up to their agreementssince then."

"Why does nobody know of this onEarth?" I asked, my eyes wide open.

"Your various governors, in their wisdom,decided that the Earth's general populationwas not then ready for the message andknowledge we had planned to give your peo-ple. If you think back to the subjects wehave recently discussed, it is hardly sur-prising, is it? They feel you are still notready, and we will not tell your people ahalf-truth to suit others. So we have thissituation—what do you say?—a stale-mate," Zeena concluded.

"What did the governors say when yousaid you would like to return to Earth atsome time in the future?" I asked.

"All they wanted were the 'lollies'," shecommented, without expanding on thatsubject.

"There are not that many of us," Zeenacontinued. Fifteen million is but a smalltotal, is it not, among your billions? Andour technology trade-off would make life so much easier for yourpopulation. If I dare be so brave as to say history could repeatitself, you may find we interbreed to become one race again, ashappened so long ago in your past histories.

"At this point in time there are still some important things thatwe must physically do here on Earth: some repair work, as itwere; a legacy from the past which I am not permitted to discussat this time. We must correct that which is in a state of disrepair.Just by way of coincidence, that work is now almost completed.This is no small thing, for repairs have been going on for many ofyour years. Time is now short, for next will come the changes—your awakening."

She answered my question before I could ask it. There was notmuch I could do but sit in silent amazement.

"You must realise," she continued, as I couldn't think of anyworthwhile thing to say, "that we are quite a primitive race com-pared to other extraterrestrials that may communicate with Earthpeople from time to time. That is one of the reasons we are so

attracted to Earth and to you as a race. We feel a real kindred orbonding for your people. We also think Earth is a most beautifulplace."

"Where would you like to live on Earth if you had a choice?" Iasked.

"We have an area that we call our own."Zeena explained to me that they were already using an under-

water base in the general area of this land that had been set asidefor them, although she would go no further in describing wherethat might be. She was then called away, promising to return assoon as possible to continue our conversation.

SURVIVAL STRATEGIESUpon her return from duty, Zeena was keen to continue her

explanation of what they were doing and were about to do on thenew breeding program, and why it had become such a priority toher people. In order for me to understand, or try to understand

fully, another lesson was apparently neces-sary, so she suggested once again that Imake myself comfortable as it was likely totake some time.

"For you to understand the problems thatwe have, it is best that I tell you a little moreabout the world you live in. Some of thiswill be a little hard to understand, but someother aspects will ring a bell when you startto look at them in a different light," saidZeena, who was sitting opposite my sleep-ing cubicle.

I had just finished another small nap tomake up for my forty-hour marathonwithout sleep.

Zeena continued. "You will remembersome time ago I promised to tell youabout the other side of yourself. Thisconcerns the cycle of the atom, the partthat is still little understood by your peo-ple, or, should I say, not yet fully under-stood by them. When this is understood,a whole new dimension, or dimensions,will open up for you; for in this instant oftime between the pulses of atoms lies aworld within worlds. They are in factparallel dimensions to your own—at leastto the one where most of you live your

'now'. These dimensions are so close to your real 'now' that youcan slip in and out of them without even knowing you have doneso! There are sometimes little clues that tell you what has justhappened. This dimension-slipping has been going on since youfirst walked the Earth, only now it is becoming more common toyour people. It can happen almost every day to some, but they arebasically unaware of it. This is happening because you are awak-ening to your true selves.

"You are close to a major dimension-leap, the like of which youhave never before experienced; a leap that will bring you closer tomy people. This is what we have all been waiting for! Howmany times have you searched for something in a room and couldnot find it? You go back some time later and there it is, right infront of your nose; there is no way you could have missed it whenyou searched. You see, you are not always where you think youare. The trick is to be fully conscious when you make these mini-


"Oh, we have already hadcommunication with

Earth governors on thatsubject; since the 1950s,in fact. They know of our

desire and need. Wehave even made a trade,

as you might call it. Icannot elaborate on it at

this time. But noteveryone has lived up totheir agreements since

then."




Linda Moulton Howe is an award-winning film producer and a leader in thefield of ufology. She has received local, national and international awards,including regional Emmies and a national Emmy nomination for her docu-mentaries, including her film, A Strange Harvest, which explored the world-

wide animal mutilation mystery which has haunted the US and other countries sincethe late 1960s and continues to this date. She is also the author of many books andfilms in the ufology field, including An Alien Harvest , A Strange Harvest a n dGlimpses of Other Realities, Vol. 1 . In 1992, Linda was voted the internationalMUFON award, honouring her contributions to advancing the understanding ofcomplex alien-life-form phenomena.

Today, Linda continues to write, produce and speak at national and internationalconferences and symposiums. She also produces and reports for television andradio, including news for the nationally syndicated radio program, Dreamland.

Contact Forum (CF): I know you are an award-winning film producer. Please tellContact Forum readers how you went from producing films to getting involved in cattlemutilations and the UFO phenomenon.

Linda Moulton Howe (LMH): I graduated from Stanford University in 1968, with aMasters degree in communication, where I made documentary films. I went right fromStanford into the documentary unit at MGM in Los Angeles, working on science projects.When I was at Stanford, all my work and my Master's degree film were in medicine andscience.

My career, right from school, was focused on science. When my husband was atHarvard working on a degree, I produced all of the medical programming for TimothyJohnson, who is now the Medical Editor for the ABC network and often substitutes forNightline's Ted Koppel. When my husband and I moved to Denver, Colorado, with hiscompany, I took the position of Director of Special Projects at the CBS affiliate inDenver. There I was in charge of doing documentaries, live shows and news, all in thearea of science, medicine and the environment. I held that position from 1976 to 1983.

It was in 1979, while Director of Special Projects at Channel 7 (CBS), that news wasemerging again about strange and unusual animal deaths, referred to as "animal mutila-tions". I decided that since so many were happening in Colorado and surrounding states, Iwanted to find out what was really happening.

When I began the research in September of 1979, I honestly thought that I was in anenvironmental contamination story. I personally was shocked to talk with sheriffs, ranch-ers and fellow journalists who had been covering the story and hear them tell me—off therecord—about their encounters with football-field-sized orange-glowing lights in pastureswhere they found mutilated animals, or brilliant beams of light coming down from some-thing in the sky, which they could not identify, in pastures where they found these muti-lated animals.

Two deputy sheriffs out in Elizabeth, Colorado, where they had had dozens anddozens—literally, almost 200—mutilations over a two-year period, had been patrollingout on some country roads in an area where there had been a lot of mutilations. One ofthese deputies, Bill Waugh—whom I feature in my documentary film, A Strange Harvest,and the book I did 10 years later, An Alien Harvest—told me about the night he and theother deputy saw this orange-glowing light coming straight at their police car. They wereso convinced that this light was on a head-on collision course with their front window thathe hit the brakes. They both 'hit' the doors the way officers are trained to do, and rolled

According toleading investigator

Linda MoultonHowe, the strange

phenomenon ofanimal mutilations

is no closer to beingunderstood threedecades after thefirst cases werereported. The

mystery deepens asthe deaths continue

unabatedworldwide.

An interview with

Linda Moulton Howe

Extracted from

CONTACT FORUMJanuary/February 1996 (Volume 4, Number 1)


out onto the ground onto their backs. He said he could hardlybelieve his own eyes as the orange-glowing light came withininches of the window of their car, then veered at a 90-degreeangle and went off.

He said as long as those orange balls of light were around, theyhad mutilations in Elizabeth, Colorado. When people stoppedreporting these glowing balls of light, the mutilations stopped.The link between light and the mutilations was something that Iheard everywhere I went.

The next step that people kept linking the animal mutilations towere these strange, silent, dark helicopters which would show upabove pastures either before or after mutilations occurred. Lawenforcement officers, ranchers and journalists were all curiousabout these dark, black, silent helicopters that were being reportedall the way back to the late 1960s and early 1970s. The modernage of animal mutilations began in the 1960s.

The third link to this came when I was talking with then SpecialInvestigator in the District Attorney's office of Trinidad,Colorado, Lou Jirodo. He is now Sheriff of Las Animas Countyin south Colorado. He had been investigating the animal mutila-tion mystery since the early 1970s. In the fall of 1979, when Iwas interviewing him on camera and asked him who or what hethought was involvedwith the mutilations,he stunned me by say-ing that he and otherinvestigators privatelyhad come to the con-clusion that they werenot dealing withsomething terrestrial.They were dealingwith something thathe called "creaturesnot from this planet",who are activelyinvolved with goingto various pastures inthe United States andother parts of theworld and taking tis-sue and fluid fromanimals for reasonsthat are totally incom-prehensible. As a lawenforcement officer, he had come to the conclusion that the silent,dark helicopters, which he and others had tried to investigate andfollow, were behaving like some kind of camouflage.

There were many reports in law enforcement offices in the1970s about people saying a silent helicopter was hovering over apasture, then disappeared into a 'puff of cloud'. As Jirodo said,"Real helicopters don't dissolve into clouds."

Sheriff Jirodo was the first law enforcement officer to suggestto me, on the record, the link between the animal mutilations andsomething non-human, as well as the link between the animalmutilations and these dark helicopters being a camouflage forsomething non-human.

CF: Did you really believe the link to something non-human atthat point?

LMH: When Lou Jirodo and I talked, I had probably alreadyinterviewed 150 people. I had heard a lot about the light. I hadread file reports ranging from Canada and the United Statesthrough to Mexico and other parts of the world, in which maybe a

handful of these reports were about ranchers, especially those whosaid they had seen some kind of small being or creature in oraround corrals or pastures where these mutilations occurred.They didn't know what they were looking at.

It was in the spring of 1980 that I got a call about a medicalcase that had been forwarded to Dr Leo Sprinkle. At that point, in1979, he was Director of Counselling and Testing at theUniversity of Wyoming in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Dr Leo Sprinklehad been one of the first courageous professionals to give somecredence to what is now referred to as the "human abduction syn-drome". He had been trying to help people who had been comingto his office reporting strange missing-time episodes, often associ-ated with seeing a light in the sky. If they were driving, theywould be home two hours later than they were supposed to be.

Dr Sprinkle had been contacted by a group in Arizona about acase of a woman named Judy Doraty. An audiocassette tape wassent to me to listen to because the woman had done a hypnosissession with a medical doctor in the south-west, trying to pene-trate amnesia that went back to the spring of 1973. It involved anevent of five people in her family, all watching a strange movinglight that was pacing their car outside of Houston, Texas, in Mayof 1973. They all remembered pulling the car over to the side of

the road to get abetter look at thelight. And they allremembered thatJudy Doraty, whogot out to look atthe light, got backinto the car com-plaining of beingnauseous andthirsty.

They then droveto the house of arelative who wastaking care of theirchildren. Theywere met by theirrelatives saying,"Where have youbeen? We've beenfrantic!" They weretwo hours later thanthey were supposed

to be, but none of the five people in the car knew that there wasany problem at the time. After that, Judy Doraty suffered suchsevere headaches, pain and nightmares that she was basicallyincapacitated.

So, in 1980, I was sent the audiocassette tape that had beendone by a medical doctor, in which Judy described her experi-ence. After getting out of the car, Judy said she could see a beamof light coming from something in the sky down into a pasturewhere they had stopped their car, and that a calf—a brown andwhite animal—was rising in that beam of light.

I decided that I wanted to pursue that story further if I could. Itliterally took two months of talking with her husband and withJudy, assuring that there would be complete anonymity, that shewould not be identified by her married name and location, beforewe were able to fly Dr Sprinkle to a location in the south-west anddo a four-hour hypnosis session with her.

It was the first time her amnesia about that night had been pene-trated, and her memory went beyond seeing a brown-and-white

Mutilated steer, Caldwell, Kansas, photographed by Chuck Pine on 3 February 1992.


calf rising in a beam of light. It included seeing four-and-a-half-foot- tall, grey-skinned creatures with eyes that she drew from herhypnosis session as being reptilian, meaning they had verticalslits, not human-looking but snake-like or alligator-like. Theyhad four long fingers and some sort of claws or points at the ends.In this abduction sequence, she watched them excise tissue fromparts of the calf.

I think this hypnosis session, and listening to this poor womanwho was literally being torn apart physically, mentally and spiri-tually by something that had taken hold of her and her familyback in '73, and listening to these details unfold under the skilfulhands of Dr Sprinkle, was probably the turning point in my ownprofessional life. I realised I had to take these reports about thelights, the non-human-looking creatures, and a connection tosomething that may be off planet, very seriously.

I suppose that was the real transition when I realised that I hadto follow the facts of this story where they led. I could not holdonto some preconceived conclusions and make a film that wouldfit those preconceived conclusions—such as, there was a sataniclink, or it was only predators or people.

Just to show youwhat I did do, aCatholic priest wasone of the first peo-ple I interviewedabout what sataniccults do with animalsand humans in ritu-als. I showed theCatholic priest thephotographs I wasgathering from sher-iffs' offices. TheCatholic priest imme-diately said, "No,nothing you're show-ing me resemblesanything I knowabout satanic ritual."I've heard that samething now from manylaw enforcement offi-cers who have calledme in to share files with them in their own investigation of eitheranimal mutilations or actual satanic rituals. In cases where lawenforcement has been investigating actual satanic actions or inci-dents, these don't resemble anything in the unusual animal deathsI have been researching since 1979.

CF: When we hear about animal mutilations, we usually hearreferences to cattle. But I understand that many different animalshave been involved. Is this true?

LMH: Yes. Every domestic animal that you can think of, plusdeer, elk, marmots, rabbits, wild birds. It is literally everything.In fact, the first cases back in the 1960s, reported in Canada, werehorses, not cattle. The first story reported worldwide was a horsein southern Colorado. Again, not cattle. The cattle associationbegan in 1973 in huge numbers. There had been cattle reportedthis way, but not in a major media way in the mid- or late '60s. Itstarted with horses. Canada was first, then the Great Lakes regionof the United States, and Pennsylvania. Those were the areas thatwere affected first.

What people hold in their mind is when the publicity beganreaching Time and Newsweek, etc. Those were articles that began

around 1973-1974. By then, the phenomenon was spreading fromthe Great Lakes into the Midwest. It had already been reported inall the provinces of Canada. By 1975-1976, there were hundredsand hundreds of reports going on in the Rocky Mountain states,Mexico, Central America, South America, Australia, the CanaryIslands off the coast of Africa, and most of Europe. This was aworldwide phenomenon by the mid-1970s.

C F : Is it still going on? Has the phenomenon increased,decreased or remained about the same in the 1990s?

LMH: Right now as we speak, in the last two months I've beencontacted by Sky Television and the BBC in England about cattlemutilation reports in Northern Ireland. For the last few months,throughout the island of Puerto Rico there have literally been hun-dreds of animals found with puncture marks on the sides of theirnecks—cattle, horses, goats, sheep, chickens, cats. The two holesin the side of the neck are dry. According to a photographer whois taking photographs of these animals for a local newspaper, hehas not seen any of the animals yet with any fluid or blood on thefeathers, hair or on the ground.

It is interesting that Puerto Rico is now having episodes of'puncture wounds',because back in theearly 1970s to mid-1970s when animalmutilations werebeing reportedworldwide, PuertoRico had what theycalled "the Vampireof Moca". Moca isa city in the islandof Puerto Rico.Back then, peoplewere reporting find-ing animals deadwith two holes inthe side of theirneck and no bloodor fluid in the body.That's why theycalled it "theVampire" of Moca.Well, here it is,

1995, and this same phenomenon is occurring again.The islanders in both periods of time have reported seeing an

intense, glowing light over the area where the next day theywould find these animals. Not all these animals have only punc-ture wounds. Many have the classic incisions of the ear, the eye,the tongue and jaw flesh, the genitals, and the rectum cored out.That's the classic mutilation pattern.

In the United States in the last two months there have beenreports of cattle mutilations in Susanville, California. There havebeen more than a dozen cattle mutilations reported in Pitosi,Missouri. Comanche and Tillman counties in southern Oklahomahave had more than a dozen mutilations there. There have beenmore than a dozen cattle mutilations reported in one ranch inBritish Columbia, Canada, since this past Spring.

That gives you an overview of what has been happening in justa few months this Fall. There's not been a single year, since Ibegan investigating in 1979, that at the end of the year I don't endup with dozens and dozens of reports of strange animal deathsfrom all over the world.

C F : Do you have any clue as to what the possible reason

Close-up of steer's head, showing excision of jaw tissue, bone and teeth.


behind these mutilations could be?LMH: In my book, An Alien Harvest, I ventured a possibility

based on what the people in the human abduction syndrome said.I featured the Judy Doraty case, and another very famous onecalled the Cimarron case in 1980 in New Mexico. In both thosecases, the women who were involved in the abduction had theimpression that the animal mutilation phenomenon was occurringbecause this non-human intelligence has some kind of survivalproblem, that the tissue and fluid taken from the animal is used assome sort of sustenance. That's as far as I could say in A l i e nHarvest.

Budd Hopkins, in his book Intruders, goes further. He suggeststhat we are dealing with a non-humanintelligence that is harvesting sperm,ova and genetic material fromhumans—and, I would add, from ani-mals—to create some sort of a hybridbeing. It's possible that what is hap-pening with the animals is that bothefforts—animal mutilations andhuman abductions—are serving thesame purpose: to create some sort ofa hybrid being. If you get that farwith hypothesising, you are still leftwith the enormous question of w h y.And I don't know any investigatorwho has an answer to that.

C F : You mention that people seebright lights around sites of cattle mutilations. I have heardreports of people seeing bright lights around sites of crop circleformations. Do you feel there is any connection between the twophenomena?

LMH: The link between the alleged UFO phenomena and thecrop circle formations is less substantial than in the animal mutila-tions. Probably the strongest link of all is with the unusual animaldeaths, because going back to the beginning of the animal mutila-tion phenomenon, there have been photographs. Many pho-tographs are of ani-mals being foundright in the middle ofcircles in pastureswith physical traceson the ground andphysical effects onthe soil. The bodiesthemselves constitut-ed a gigantic sourceof physical evidencethat something reallystrange has been hap-pening on the planetfor decades.

When you go tothe crop circle forma-tions, which beganessentially in termsof complex forma-tions in 1989-1990,you find that thereare many hundreds ofreports of moving lights in the sky at night. But in terms of adirect link between the moving lights and a formation occurring,there is really not much link. By this I mean there is no real eye-

witness to the lights having a direct link with the formation of acircle. It's circumstantial.

In my book, Glimpses of Other Realities, Vol. 1: Facts andE y e w i t n e s s e s, I do quite a substantially detailed report with thenames and drawings of four people who were in fields in 1993.All four reported and drew a round object in the sky thatappeared, when looked at through binoculars, to have structured,lighted planes or windows around it and light moving in and outof it near fields where formations had occurred or occurred later.Again, there was no direct eyewitness account between seeing thiscraft and seeing a circle form. It is all circumstantial again. [Thishas since changed; see report on crop circle creation in NEXUS

3/06. Ed.]Dr John Altshuler, a haematologist

and pathologist in Denver, Colorado,who has been a very respectedhaematologist there for 25 years,began working with me very quietlyand privately in 1989, giving up histime, his money and his effort tolook at tissue samples from animals.If I could get the tissue sample tohim, he would study it under amicroscope. He began to find thatthe tissue from some of the mutilatedanimals appeared to be subjected tovery high heat in the 300° Fahrenheit[150° Celsius] range. He was puz-

zled because he could not find carbon residue as you would findunder normal laser surgery. The lack of carbon residue under amicroscope meant to him that something was heating the cells,but it wasn't like a traditional laser. So we don't know what thetechnology is, but clearly there is a cutting technology that pro-duces the side-effect of heat.

Four years ago, I started coordinating scientific research effortswith Dr W. C. Levengood, a retired biophysicist. He became veryinterested in what was happening to cereal crops with these

strange formations.So, slowly but sure-ly, a few of us start-ed getting barleyand wheat, and soforth, to him forstudy. Well, today,in 1995, he haslooked at enoughsamples fromCanada, the US,Australia andEngland to form ahypothesis. Inmany of the forma-tions he finds funda-mental biophysicaland biochemicalchanges right insidethe cells of theplants, as well asother changes thathe thinks are related

to an intense and complex energy focused on the crops for a briefperiod of time. He thinks that microwaves are part of the energysystem, but not all. Again, this focuses on an energy we don't

"...the women who were involvedin the abduction had the

impression that the animalmutilation phenomenon was

occurring because this non-humanintelligence has some kind of

survival problem..."

Close-up of oval cut in belly of Brahman steer; genitals removed. Calumet, Oklahoma.

understand, but suggests a technology is involved.So, for the crop circles and the animal mutilations, we have

been doing scientific studies and we are finding hard physicaldata. It is irrefutable physical data that something is happeningthat is pointing toward a sophisticated technology.

The crop circles and the animal mutilations are hard physicalevidence of something extraordinary. They are not hoaxes.That's not to say that some people have not gone out with boardsand strings and laid down formations. Certainly they have. Yet,when Dr Levengood looked at the plants from known hoaxes,they did not have the fundamental biophysical or biochemicalchanges in the cells. You cannot change the respiratory rate in thecells of plants by simply stomping on them with feet or boards.

CF: As we all know, there are many pieces to this puzzle wecall "contact", and we have tolook at all of them if we hopeto make sense of any of this.When I was thinking of ques-tions to ask you about animalmutilations, I was leery that myreaders would find the subjectvery scary, maybe even horri-fying. This could be particular-ly true for the portion ofContact Forum readers experi-encing contacts or abductions.You mentioned the linkbetween animal mutilationsand human encounters. Couldyou explain that link in moredetails so it may put aside someof the personal fear that onemay feel when hearing aboutthese accounts?

L M H : My first book, A nAlien Harvest , was subtitledFurther Evidence LinkingAnimal Mutilations and HumanAbductions to Alien LifeF o r m s, because that's wherethe evidence, facts and eyewit-ness reports lead. For peoplewho say, "But the animal mutilations are so scary that linkingthem to the human abduction syndrome would terrify people," Ican only give myself as evidence and proof. I've been out in pas-tures alone, all over the United States and other parts of the worldas far away as Peru. I have been investigating unusual phenome-na, including the animal mutilations, since 1979 and I am stillhere. Nothing physically has ever happened to me. The ranchersI have interviewed in literally hundreds of cases now—who haveseen either discs set down in their pastures or light in their pas-tures, or even encountered what they describe as non-humanbeings—are still here. Their families are unharmed.

There is something about whatever this phenomenon is, that itis treating animal populations very differently than it is the humanpopulation. When it comes down to the insights from the men,women and children who have been involved in the human abduc-tion side of things, and in the cases that featured in An AlienH a r v e s t, the abductees involved got the distinct impression thatwhat was going on with the mutilations had something to do withthis other intelligence's survival. It is a story of great need on thepart of something out there. And that need may be in the form ofsome kind of sustenance.

If animals on this planet are affected by this need, and there is afocus on tissue, fluids and genetic material from cattle, horses andother domestic animals, then the ranchers and farmers certainlyhave a right to say, "But not my property!" That is one of thethings people don't realise. There is an economic loss that hasenraged farmers and ranchers.

The human attitude in all this is to say, "If there is somethingout there that has a problem, and it needs something from ourplanet to help it survive, why doesn't it deal with us directly?Why isn't it straightforward?" I've talked with ranchers who havesaid, "Look, if there's something in outer space that needs mycow, I'm happy to help, but it has got to trade with me like we doon this planet."

I think that brings the situation right down to what humanswould like; that is, that whatev-er intelligence we are dealingwith—whether you are anabductee, whether you're arancher who's got unusual ani-mal deaths, whether you're afarmer who's got a gigantic 460-foot crop formation in the mid-dle of his field—whatever thephenomenon, humans wouldlike to understand the motive.We would like to have somekind of straightforward dialoguewith this intelligence. Wewould like to be dealing in thebarter system like we do on thisplanet.

It may be naïve on our part.It may be we are dealing withan intelligence so advanced, socomplex, so sophisticated that,even if it had some kind of asurvival problem, just straightone-on-one communication withhuman beings may not even bepossible. That is a distinct con-sideration.

C F : Has there ever been areport of an animal-type mutilation on a human?

LMH: No. Not in any of the cases I've investigated. On theissue of fear—fear of this phenomenon and fear of what's happen-ing in terms of the unusual animal deaths—my personal opinion isthat humans have nothing to be afraid of. ∞

Correspondence:Please address correspondence to: Linda Moulton Howe,

LMH Productions, PO Box 300, Jamison, PA 18929-0300,USA. Fax: +1 (215) 491 9842. Toll-free information for booksand videos: 1-800 707 9993. E-mail: LMH333 @AOL.com.All photos courtesy of Linda Moulton Howe Productions andcan be found in Howe's Glimpses of Other Realities (1994).

LINDA MOULTON HOWE DOWN-UNDERAustralian readers may be interested to note that Linda

Moulton Howe will touring Australia after her presentation at theannual NEXUS Conference in Sydney on 24-25 May. Details oftalks, etc. will be announced in NEXUS April-May issue. If youare a local organiser, feel free to contact us to discuss havingLinda speak in your area. Phone Duncan on (07) 5442 9280.


Linda Moulton Howe investigating a mysterious 420-foot-long cropformation in Cherhill, England, on 8 August 1993.


DR GREER'S UFO MANIFESTO

One of the few things that UFOresearchers do agree on is that therei s a cover-up of information per-

taining to the UFO phenomenon and, fur-ther, that the governments of the world arelong overdue in coming clean with whatthe military knows on the subject.

Indeed, it has reached the point where anincreasing number of people involved withUFO research on the 'inside' are consider-ing 'defecting to their conscience'. Theyfeel that the information they harbour is ofsuch importance to humanity that it mustbe shared. Many have already 'defected',and can be seen speaking regularly at majorinternational UFO conferences.

It would now appear that a mass 'defec-tion' is imminent, as evidenced by the fol-lowing letters.

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15 November 1996

To: President William Jefferson ClintonVice President Al GoreNational Security Advisor, Tony LakeSecretary of Defense, William PerrySecretary of State, Warren ChristopherDirector Central Intelligence, John DeutchGeneral Shalikashvili, Chairman, JointChiefs of Staff

Mr Arlen Specter, Chairman, SenateIntelligence CommitteeMr Larry Combast, Chairman, HouseIntelligence CommitteeMr Strom Thurmond, Chairman, SenateArmed Services CommitteeMr Floyd Spence, Chairman, HouseNational Security CommitteeDr Daniel Goldin, Director of NASAFBI Director, Louis FreehAttorney General, Janet Reno

From: Steven M. Greer, M.D., Director of CSETI

Re: Planned Disclosure on theUFO/Extraterrestrial Subject andNational Security Oaths

The CSETI (Center for the Study ofExtraterrestrial Intelligence) P r o j e c tS t a r l i g h t initiative has now identified sev-eral dozen former and current military,intelligence and defense contractor-relatedwitnesses to UFO/ETI events and projects.As set out in a number of documents andbriefings (see enclosures) it is our intentionto have these important witnesses provideopen, public testimony on this matter in thevery near future.

In the summer of 1995, we requested thatthe President take appropriate steps toallow these witnesses to speak openly,

without civil, military or other penalties.Since then, there has been an exponentialgrowth in the number of such witnesseswho wish to come forward. Some of themare elderly, and suffering from seriousmedical conditions. We feel that thesepatriotic and courageous heroes of ourcountry—who very much wish to tell theirfellow citizens the truth on this matter—must not take this information to theirgraves. Therefore, we are asking from youa clear determination regarding their free-dom to speak openly on this subject.

Over the past three years, we have foundthat members of Congress, the ExecutiveBranch, military and intelligence leadershave not been briefed on this importantmatter, and that operations related to thesubject exist as 'unacknowledged' specialaccess projects. Most operations exist inthe private aspects of the military-industrialsector, with apparently extra-constitutionalfunding and oversight.

As such, and until established otherwiseto our satisfaction, we regard these opera-tions, and all so-called 'security oaths'derived from them, as illegal, and thereforenon-binding for these witnesses mentionedabove.

Therefore, UNLESS OTHERWISEDIRECTED BY 1 JANUARY 1997, wewill move forward with a series of eventswhereby these witnesses may provide



open, public testimony. If we do not hearfrom you, or if we hear that you concur, wewill proceed with a public disclosure afterthat date. Only if you notify us specificallythat such witnesses to UFO/ETI-relatedmatters are still bound to silence will ourplans for a disclosure by them be altered.

As mentioned in previous briefings anddocuments to members of theAdministration, the military, the Congressand others, it is our intent to effect this dis-closure in a way which is scientific, for-ward-looking and hopeful. It is not ourintent to cause instability for our nation orthe world, but, rather, to mitigate the cleardangers which current covert managementof this issue presents. We invite youradvice, assistance and support in thisprocess of disclosure on a matter which isarguably the most important of the twenti-eth and early twenty-first centuries.

Testimony from these witnesses willinclude, but not be limited to:

• Retrieval of disabled extraterrestrial devices and extraterrestrial life forms

• Reverse-engineering projects related to extraterrestrial technology

• Reconnaissance and tracking of UFO/extraterrestrial vehicles

• Covert projects related to the subject • Confirmation of military/UFO

encounter cases • The nature and scope of disinformation

programs related to the subjectWe hope to hear from you regarding this

matter as soon as possible.

Thank you for your attention to thisrequest for a determination on the status ofthese witnesses as it relates to providingpublic testimony during 1997.

Respectfully,Steven M. Greer, M.D.Director of CSETIE-mail: [email protected]

* * * * *

At 12 am today, 1 January 1997, thedeadline expired for US Government cor-rection of our previously stated positionthat military, intelligence and other govern-ment-related witnesses to UFO events/pro-jects were free to speak openly of theirknowledge and experiences.

In a letter dated 15 November 1996,CSETI Project Starlight stated the positionthat, since projects related to UFOs existand have existed outside legal constitution-al oversight and control, all security oathsrelated to such projects are null and void.The letter stated that, "UNLESS OTHER-WISE DIRECTED", this assessment wouldbe regarded as accurate and all such gov-ernment witnesses would be free to speakopenly as of 1 January 1997.

This letter was sent to, and acknowledge-ment of receipt has been obtained from:[see list in previous letter. Ed.]

Additionally, this document has beensent to the US Supreme Court, andacknowledgement of receipt is pending.

The letter isattached to thisfile. Numerousbackground andposition paperswere enclosed withthis letter, includ-ing a detailed list-ing of agencies,entities, corpora-tions and covertfacilities associat-ed with the UFO/ET subject.

The "UNLESSO T H E R W I S ED I R E C T E D "(UNOD) format isroutinely used ingovernmental andmilitary situationsand indicates thatunless otherwise

instructed, the position and describedactions are approved implicitly. This letterclearly stated that we intend to assemble asmany bona fide government officials andwitnesses as possible, and that they willspeak publicly and openly about theirknowledge of UFO/ET events and covertprojects.

Since the letter was issued, senior andreliable intelligence sources have statedthat no response or interference would beforthcoming vis à vis plans for governmentwitnesses to publicly come forward withtheir testimony.

Significantly, as of 1 January 1997, nogovernment entity, official, agency, depart-ment or office has contradicted this assess-ment or stated that such government wit-nesses are any longer bound to silence.

CSETI Director Dr Steven Greer hasbeen meeting with various governmentofficials, including members of the USCongress (House and Senate), to discussthis matter and ask for open hearings on thesubject of UFOs/ETI.

In preparation for these disclosures, andin light of the expiration of the above dead-line, a meeting of such military, intelli-gence, government and corporate witnesseswill be held later this winter. Bona fidewitnesses, or contacts to such witnesses,should contact Dr Steven Greer immediate-ly concerning participation in this event. Asimilar, but smaller, event was organizedby CSETI in 1995, and was attended by USastronauts, US and Russian military offi-cials and others.

The meeting this winter will assemble asignificant number of such governmentUFO witnesses to meet with congressionaland other public officials and to requestopen hearings within the Congress, so thatthey may testify openly about their knowl-edge and experiences related to UFOs/ETI.

Should Congress not agree to open hear-ings, other venues, such as the UnitedNations or a private disclosure event, willbe pursued to effect a public acknowledge-ment of the reality of UFOs/ETI.

This notice may be distributed freelyamong all newsgroups, media and interest-ed parties, without further permission orrestrictions.

CSETI1 January 1997Steven M. Greer, M.D., DirectorPh: 704-274-5671; Fax: 704-274-6766E-mail: [email protected]

THE TWILIGHT ZONE


13,000-YEAR-OLD MESSAGEFROM ORBITING SPACESHIP?

In 1928, European radio operators inFrance, Germany, Norway andHolland noticed a strange phenome-

non. When they transmitted a series ofsignals in all directions, they received twoseries of echoes instead of one. Normalechoes, after circling the Earth by bounc-ing several times on the ionosphere,always came back after a normal delay ofone-seventh of one second.

On the contrary, abnormal echoesalways came back after an interval vary-ing from three to 15 seconds, as if theyhad bounced from some object located ata distance from Earth of 450,000 to2,250,000 kilometres, but always a littlebit farther than the Moon.

As usual, this discovery was kept assecret as possible, and after several yearsit was even completely forgotten.

Then a few years ago, a young Scottishastronomer by the name of Duncan Lunanhad a bright idea. He thought that thesesignals could very well have come froman alien spaceship orbiting the Earth atabout the same distance as the Moon, andthat the variable intervals between thetransmission of signals and reception ofechoes might represent an intelligent,coded message representing geometricfigures or even the map of a constellation,as Bracewell had already suggested in1968.

With the usual television technique ofso many dots per line and so many linesper frame, Lunan transferred the variousintervals on a chart as he would havedone on a television screen. He then suc-cessively obtained several different draw-ings of the same constellation, with dif-ferent orientations but with the same staralways at the centre.

As Lunan says in his book, Man andthe Stars (Souvenir Press, London, 1974),as an astronomer it did not take him longto recognise the constellation as that ofBootes, and the star as Epsilon Bootis—which our ancestors called Izar, andwhich is located at about 103 light-yearsor 975 million million km from the Earth.

One of Lunan's important discoverieswas that the configuration of the Bootesconstellation shown on his charts was notexactly the same as that which we can seetoday from the Earth, and he found anexplanation.

The big star, Alpha Bootis, or Arcturus,is one of the fastest moving stars in ourskies. It has an angular motion of 2.29seconds of arc per year in a south-westdirection, and its position in the skymoves by an apparent diameter of theMoon in only 800 years.

According to Lunan, Arcturus nowappears to us about seven degrees apartfrom where it appears on the chart, whichmeans that the map could have beenestablished and transmitted 11,000 yearsago.

However, Arcturus does not move witha constant apparent velocity, and, takingan average of only two seconds of arc peryear, we obtain a date of 12,600 yearsago—which corresponds to those of theother stars of the same constellation.

As a consequence, assuming there is analien spacecraft presently orbiting theEarth, it arrived in its present positionabout 13,000 years ago; and, after observ-ing the configuration of their native con-stellation of Bootes as they saw it fromtheir orbit around the Earth at that time,the astronauts on board have been contin-uously transmitting signals since then,waiting for human astronomers to becomeintelligent enough to understand them.

Finally, around 1900, the first radio sig-nals were transmitted from Earth byMarconi, Tesla and others—and theIzarian astronauts knew they were now inbusiness.

They started retransmitting the Earthsignals, with various intervals represent-ing a code and the code representing amap of the constellation of Bootes withthe star Izar at the centre.

For me, however, the most extraordi-nary and the most controversial part ofthe story is not so much the constellationmap as the intervals between the differentsignals from the alien spacecraft.

These intervals are always an exactnumber of seconds of time—and, as youknow, our second of time is supposed tobe a human invention. Up to now, theSumerians have been credited with thefantastic idea of dividing the solar dayinto 86,400 equal parts they called sec-onds.

In other words, these alien astronautsfrom a distant planet in outer space, whohad been orbiting our planet in a space-craft for 13,000 years, knew from thevery beginning that the human race divid-ed the solar day into 86,400 seconds oftime.

And how could they know it unlessthey made the division themselves, andlanded on the Earth to teach the humanshow to use the second to measure thepassing of time?

(Extracted with permission from OurCosmic Ancestors, by Maurice Chatelain,

published by Temple GoldenPublications, Sedona, Arizona, USA,

1988.)

THE TWILIGHT ZONE


ANOTHER SCIENTIST REVEALSUFO SECRETS

Virtually every UFO researcher on theplanet is familiar with the name of

Robert Lazar, who claimed to have workedon projects that consisted primarily of'back-engineering' alien craft while based atthe super-secret Area 51 in Nevada, USA.As usual, opinion has been divided as tothe credibility of his story.

But now, another scientist has come for-ward who pretty much confirms most ofLazar's story, and goes a lot further.

Dr Michael Wolf, Emeritus of the NewEngland Institute for Advanced Research,Member of the New York Academy ofScience, and Patron Member of theAmerican Association for theAdvancement of Science, has decided to gopublic with his knowledge of alien contact,abduction experiences and technology.

Now in his mid-50s, Dr Wolf is dyingfrom a degenerative spinal condition, andwishes the truth about UFOs to be known.

When American UFO researcher JamesCourant, in a taped interview, asked DrWolf why he was going public with thisinformation at this time, he replied:

"I'm going public at this time for the peo-ple. I've been encouraged by people in thegovernment. You know, there's a wholenew generation of bureaucrats now; they'reyounger. The older people are retiring—Iwouldn't say dying off, but technically theyare retiring and they're out of business. Alot of young people come in and are saying,

'Why does our government have to keeplying?'"

During the interview, Dr Wolf told ofworking as a security consultant for theNational Security Council, and also ofworking at Area 51 as a Team Leader, interms of scientific teams trying to 'back-engineer' alien technology.

When pressed for specifics on the num-ber of alien 'ships', etc., Dr Wolf replied:"Well, I think we have nine or more...not inworking condition, not to mention thepieces of one we've had. But I've alwayswondered a very basic question, which noone has really been able to answer, and thatis, 'Have they deliberately given us thistechnology, to see what we're going to dowith it? Is it a test?' The crashed ships anddead bodies—are they waiting for the day,if it hasn't occurred already, that we'regoing to combine human and alien DNAand try a hybrid of our own?"

Courant invited Dr Wolf to comment onBob Dean's claim to have seen an"Assessment" classified Cosmic TopSecret, and Wolf's own claim to have seenthe same document:

"You saw the similar "Assessment"documents that Bob Dean saw?" askedCourant.

"NATO Assessments, Blue BorderReports—yes, I did," replied Dr Wolf, andadded: "Bob wasn't too far off the mark. Idid see some 'interrupts' of the govern-ments...which, don't forget, makes its owncopies of UFO films...they go around,videotapes...and I had people who would

send me copies of thosetapes. I saw five min-utes of Bob Dean at aMUFON [Mutual UFONetwork] conference;and I looked at it and Isaid, 'I want to find outmore about this guy'because what he'd read,I'd read. What he wastalking about—I hadread the same thing."

Dr Wolf insisted thatthe US Government"...has had relations[with aliens], whetheryou want to call theminformal treaties or realtreaties. I don't knowwhat the alien under-standing of that is, butI'm sure if they were

trading technology for abducting a fewpeople to take sperm or eggs...I think thatwas more than a few."

"Is the treaty just done with one group ofaliens?" asked Courant.

"No," said Dr Wolf, "I think it was donewith several. I know the Nordics are prettymuch involved with the Greys. I don'tknow whether there are several Greys, but Ihave never met a Grey I didn't like [chuck-le]. But the fact is that the only Greys Ihave ever come into contact with, have dol-phin-like skin and personalities to match...physical effects are just like the dolphins;they want to be touched and cared about."

"But there are people writing booksabout their traumatic kidnappings andabductions," argued Courant.

"Well," replied Dr Wolf, "you have gotto understand and put yourself in the placeof the first-time abductee. It is a shock.You are being exposed to a world that youdon't know even exists; everything is, ifyou'll pardon the pun, 'alien' to you. You'resuddenly separated from your comfortableexistence where you know most of thethings that are going to happen to you.Here, it's a situation where you have noidea what's going to happen next. Ofcourse it is going to induce post-traumaticstress disorder."

"There are 35-40,000 starving children aday dying on this planet and there are a lotof Hollywood stars and a lot of other peo-ple who are very, very concerned withwhat we're doing to this planet, and whatwe're doing to the children who are thehope and future of the world. Which iswhy I'm going public... I've offered a well-written book, a good book, and all the pro-ceeds go to a children's charity. I'm notmaking a nickel," said Dr Wolf.

"You feel the time is now to get the truthout?" asked Courant.

"The time is now," replied Dr Wolf.[The book mentioned above is titled The

Catchers of Heaven: A Trilogy , by DrMichael Wolf, and is published byDorrance Publishing Co. (643 SmithfieldStreet, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15222,USA). NEXUS will attempt to obtain acopy for review in the April-May 1997issue. Copies of James Courant's videopresentation at the 15th Leeds InternationalUFO Conference can be obtained fromQuest Publications (phone +44 01943850860; fax 01943 850637).]

(Source: UFO Magazine, UK,November/December 1996)

THE TWILIGHT ZONE



MAPS OF THE ANCIENT SEA KINGSby Charles H. HapgoodPublished by Adventures Unlimited Press(1996), Kempton, IL, USA ISBN 0-932813-42-9 (315pp l/f s/c)Price: AUD$35.00; NZD$39.95 + p&h;STG£16.50; USD$19.95 + p&hAvailable: Australia—NEXUS Magazine,ph (07) 5442 9280; NZ—NEXUS Office,ph (09) 416 7320; UK—NEXUS Office,ph 01342 322854; USA—AdventuresUnlimited, ph (815) 253 6390.

In the 1960s, American anthropologist andgeographer Charles Hapgood conducted astudy of ancient sea charts and found aston-ishing evidence previously overlooked byresearchers.

One such map, based on long-lost charts,was drawn in 1513 by Turkish Admiral PiriRe'is. It depicts Antarctica in a relativelyice-free state, which is surprising consider-ing the continent has been iced over for pos-sibly 6,000 years and, in any case, was only'discovered' in the 19th century AD.

After detailed analysis, Hapgood had toconclude that an unknown worldwide civili-sation must have existed in antiquity andpossessed the advanced skills and technolo-gy to be able to chart the globe—as evi-denced in the ancient form of sphericaltrigonometry used in the Piri Re'is map pro-jection.

Charles Hapgood's discoveries have beenlargely passed over by academia, and hisbooks, including his 1958 classic, Earth'sShifting Crust, hard to come by. Maps ofthe Ancient Sea Kings was first published in

1966 but has been out of print for 20 yearsuntil now. But Hapgood's theories arereaching a new audience, e.g., as seen in theFlem-Ath research team adopting his crustaldisplacement theory in their hypothesis thatAntarctica was once Atlantis.

Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings is a treasuretrove of charts and diagrams and includesthe world maps of De Canerio (1502),Reinel (1510), Oronteus Finaeus (1532), andHadji Ahmed (1559) plus a wealth of scien-tific detail. Definitely a fascinating book toperuse or study.

THE COMING ENERGY REVOLUTION:The Search for Free Energyby Jeane ManningPublished by Avery Publishing Group(1996), Garden City, NY, USAISBN 0-89529-713-2 (255pp s/c)Price: AUD$26.00; NZD$25.95 + p&h;STG£12.00; USD$12.95 + p&hAvailable: Aust—Cameron Books, ph/fax(047) 58 7676; Sydney Esoteric B/shop,ph (02) 9212 2225; NZ—NEXUS Office,ph (09) 416 7320; UK—NEXUS Office,ph 01342 322854; USA—AdventuresUnlimited, ph (815) 253 6390.

At last, a book aimed at the general publicabout the potential of non-polluting, new-energy technologies that could transform ourlives for the better. Author Jeane Manning,a freelance journalist specialising in thestudy of 'free-energy' R&D, is convincedthat many of the ideas and technologies ofthe free-energy 'movement' are valid andworkable. Sadly, progress is so oftenstymied by lack of funding, scientific inertia,corporate self-interest, and sometimes evenby the inventors' personal eccentricities.

The Coming Energy Revolution is divided

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into four parts. Part 1 considers revolution-ary theorists and inventors of the past, suchas Tesla, Keely, Moray, Reich andSchauberger, and their contribution in layingthe foundations for a new era of energy pro-duction in harmony with nature.

Part 2 considers the physics of space orzero-point energy, and some of the inventorswho have made recent inroads in developingsolid-state, anti-gravity and magneticdevices to tap into this energy. Otheremerging new-energy devices utilising coldfusion, thermodynamics, hydrogen andwater are covered in the third part of thebook.

Part 4 deals with the potential amidst theproblems, e.g., the socio-economic realitiesof adopting new technologies, harassment ofinventors, and the power of vested interestsvs the power of the people. Manning'sexcellent resource list will help kickstart intoaction anyone who wants to get involved inthis new-energy revolution.

PSYCHIC WARRIORby David MorehousePublished by Michael Joseph Ltd (1996),UK, & St Martin's Press (1996), USAISBN 0-7181-4178-4 (258pp h/c)Price: AUD$35.00; NZD$49.95;STG£16.99; USD$n/aAvailable: Aust—Cameron Books, ph/fax(047) 58 7676; Sydney EsotericBookshop, ph (02) 9212 2225;NZ/UK/USA— Dist. by Penguin Books.

In late 1995 the CIA, in cahoots with theDefense Intelligence Agency, implementeda well-planned media disinformation cam-paign to discredit remote viewing (RV) inthe eyes of the public and downplay theextent of its use. This was damage control

in anticipation of several US military remoteviewers like David Morehouse spilling thebeans on the government's former psychicwarfare program, Stargate, and confirmingthat new programs are very much alive andwell-funded.

David Morehouse is a courageous manwith an extraordinary story that transcendstime and space. In 1987, as a US ArmyInfantry officer, he was shot while on train-ing operations in Jordan, and soon afterbecame plagued by visions and out-of-bodyexperiences. Before long he was retrainedand recruited as a remote viewer intoStargate and other covert CIA and DIA ops.

One time, in a DIA set-up during the GulfWar, Morehouse and colleagues indepen-dently zeroed in on the same thing at theirgiven RV target site: canisters emittingdeadly biochemical agents amidst the cover

of burning oil wells—a cause of Gulf WarSyndrome?

By the early '90s, disenchanted with theDIA's remote-influencing program, DavidMorehouse resolved to inform the public onwhat the covert military/intelligence com-munity was really up to, and make us allaware of RV's potential—for good or ill.

In 1995, as an Army Major, he was forcedto resign on absurd charges, but by then he'dalready survived several murder attempts,Prozac in a psychiatric hospital and thethreat of courtmartial. Not only is heblessed in finding a publisher, he's verylucky to be alive.

PREDICTIONS FOR A NEWMILLENNIUMby Noel TylPublished by Llewellyn Publications(1996), St Paul, MN, USAISBN 1-56718-737-4 (277pp s/c)Price: AUD$27.95; NZD$34.95;STG£11.99; USD$14.95; CAN$20.50Available: Aust—Cameron Books, ph/fax(047) 58 7676; Sydney Esoteric B/shop,ph (02) 9212 2225; NZ—Dist. byPeaceful Living, ph (07) 571 8105; UK—Airlift Book Company, ph 0181 8040400; USA—Llewellyn Publications, POBox 64383, Dept K-737-4, St Paul, MN55164-0383, ph (612) 291 1970.

A prolific author of astrology textbooks,Arizona-based Noel Tyl has turned his atten-tion to predicting the future of nations in thislatest book, Predictions for a NewMillennium. He covers the period from1996 to the year 2012 with 58 predictionsabout dramatic political, economic andsocial events. His forecasts are based onhistorical trends as well as precise astrologi-

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cal indicators (which he includes as foot-notes on each page so as not to overwhelmthe novice).

Some of the world-shaping events that Tylsees coming include: the complete reorgani-sation of the Catholic Church and the UnitedNations; the reunification of the two Koreas;two US Presidents assassinated—in 2004and 2012; the abandonment of Communismin China by the turn of the century; the fallof Saddam Hussein; Islamic fundamentalisttakeover of Algeria by 1999; independencefrom Britain for Australia in 2001 and NewZealand in 2002; ever-increasing politicalmanoeuvrings towards a world governmentby 2012; and officially-acknowledgedextraterrestrial contact by 2004.

Noel Tyl has well-honed astrological abili-ties, as seen in his correct predictions of thefall of the Soviet Union, the Gulf War andthe Israel-PLO Peace Accord, so his fore-casts are well worth watching. But hemakes no mention of the anticipated wide-spread destruction due to Earth changes, sooften predicted by seers, old and new.

THE TOMB OF GODby Richard Andrews and Paul Schellenberger Published by Little, Brown & Co. (1996),London, UKISBN 0-316-87997-5 (513 pp h/c)Price: AUD$39.95; STG£20.00; US$29.95Available: Aust—Cameron Books, ph/fax(047) 58 7676; Sydney Esoteric B/shop,ph (02) 9212 2225; UK—Little, Brown &Co., ph 01711 911 8000; USA—Little,Brown, & Co., ph (617) 227 0730.

The mystery surrounding Rennes-le-Château and its sacred landscape geometryis now even more intriguing with these reve-lations by archaeologist/historian RichardAndrews and surveyor/mathematician PaulSchellenberger in their book, The Tomb ofGod. According to the authors, the promi-nent landmark, Pech Cardou—already iden-tified by other researchers as a pivotal mark-er in the region's groundplan—could be evenmore significant than realised, for in allprobability it contains a buried treasure: thetomb of Jesus of Nazareth!

The authors admit that Christian believersmight regard their assertion as heresy, but,having conducted detailed historicalresearch and geometrical and symbolicalanalysis, they contend that this is the onlyconclusion which fits the facts. Conversantwith several 'underground' theories as to

Jesus' post-Crucifixion fate (minus theResurrection scenario), and familiar with thealternative Christian Gnostic tradition, theauthors conclude that Jesus Christ's physicalremains—arguably the Holy Grail of leg-end—were eventually excavated inJerusalem in the 12th century by the KnightsTemplar and removed to the Languedoc inFrance for safekeeping.

The authors' rationale and evidence arecompelling, but their argument can't be vali-dated until the Pech Cardou site they haveidentified can be excavated. In CatholicFrance, and with so many secrets at stake,the authors don't see permission being grant-ed in the foreseeable future.

CONVERSION OF GRAVITY FIELDENERGY—Revolution in Technology,Medicine and Society with Dr Hans A. NieperPublished by MIT Verlag (1981, 1985,4ed) Oldenburg, GermanyISBN 3-925188-07-X (384pp s/c)Price: AUD$35.00; NZD$45.00 + p&h ;STG£20.00 + p&h; USD$27.00 + p&hAvailable: Aust—NEXUS Magazine, ph(07) 5442 9280; NZ—NEXUS Office, ph(09) 416 7320; UK—NEXUS Office, ph01342 322854; USA—AdventuresUnlimited, ph (815) 253 6390.

In 1980, the internationally known gravityresearcher and medical scientist Hans A.Nieper, M.D., organised a Symposium onEnergy Technology in Hannover, Germany,to warn of the impending energy crisis andexplore the possibilities of the tachyon ener-gy field in solving it. The so-called tachyonfield—the sea of energy which permeatesspace and everything in it—can potentiallybe tapped using relatively small converters

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with little effort, to obtain more than enoughenergy to power the world.

Dr Nieper published the proceedings ofthis landmark Symposium in German in1981, but expanded the content with pro-ceedings from a 1981 Toronto Congress onGravity Field Energy for this English-lan-guage edition released in 1985. It remainsan important textbook in its field and shouldbe studied by anyone with an interest in'new energy' as applied to science, technolo-gy and medicine. It covers the theories andtechnologies developed by Tesla, Moray,Coler, Bearden, Schaffranke, Seike,Kieninger, DePalma, Newman, Prioré,Bedini, and more, and highlights the med-ical advances made using tachyon energy,especially in treating cancer.

Considering the seventeen years that haveelapsed since the Symposium, it is cause forconcern that our energy problems are no bet-ter solved today and that new energy solu-tions have still not achieved widespread'perfection' and adoption. It seems that thepowerplays of vested interests are as strongnow as when the Symposium warned ofthem back in 1980.

ENTERING THE CIRCLE: AncientSecrets of Siberian Wisdomby Olga Kharitidi, M.D.Published by HarperSanFrancisco (1996),California, USAISBN 0-06-251417-2 (224pp s/c)Price: AUD$19.95; NZD$24.95;STG£8.99; USD$21.00 (h/c)Available: Aust—Cameron Books, ph/fax(047) 58 7676; Sydney EsotericBookshop, ph (02) 9212 2225; NZ—HarperCollins, ph (09) 443 9400; UK—Thorsons, ph 0181 741 7070; USA—HarperCollins, ph (212) 207 7000.

Entering the Circle is the inspiring accountof a young psychiatrist's initiation into thespiritual practices and wisdom of an ages-old shamanic culture in the Altai Mountainsof Siberia. Indeed, this remote, snowboundregion could be the wellspring of all themystical traditions—as author OlgaKharitidi suggests is being confirmed bynew geological evidence and recent excava-tions of a tomb bearing mysterious glyphsand the well-preserved mummy of anancient Siberian priestess.

Dr Kharitidi writes sympathetically abouther routine as a psychiatrist in a mental hos-pital in Novosibirsk. Coming from a longline of Siberian doctors, yet aware at anearly age of the existence of alternative real-ities, one day she decided to visit a remotevillage in the Altai Mountains to seeshamanic healing and magic at first hand.

The experience was a turning point for her,for she learnt to connect with her real Self

and true potential through her Spirit TwinHealer. In time, Olga learnt to incorporatethese teachings and subsequent shamanicvisions into her life and the realm of modernpsychiatry. She has become an extremelygifted healer of the mentally ill—one timeeffecting almost spontaneous remission in asupposedly 'hopeless' schizophrenic, just bysaying the right words.

Olga continues her quest to access Siberiannative wisdom and spread it to the world.Some of that Altai heritage is recorded forposterity on the companion CD (see AudioReviews). Be warned: like Olga, you, too,could undergo a reality shift!

THE EAR AND LANGUAGEby Alfred A. TomatisPublished by Moulin Publishing (1996),Norval, Ontario, CanadaISBN 0-9697079-8-3 (223pp s/c)Price: AUD$32.00 (NZ airmail addAUD$7.00); STG£11.00; USD$16.00 +USD$4.00 p&h ; CAN$20.95 + p&h Available: Aust—The Australian TomatisMethod, PO Box 55, Gordon, NSW2072, ph (02) 9418 4130, fax (02) 94983635; UK—The Tomatis Centre, Lewes,ph 01273 478666; USA—SoundListening & Learning Center, Phoenix, ph(602) 381 0086; Canada—The ListeningCentre, Toronto, ph (416) 588 4136.

"The voice can only emit what the ear canhear." This is the essence of what Frenchphysician, psychologist and educator DrAlfred Tomatis observed over 50 years ago,and has since become known as the TomatisEffect. He went on to refine his early find-ings and develop the multidisciplinary sci-ence of audio-psycho-phonology (APP), aswell as a new technology with the ElectronicEar, and a new technique, the Tomatis

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Method—all of which have transformed ourunderstanding of the ear-voice-emotion con-nection with the auditory system as the focalpoint.

This is the first English translation of DrTomatis' classic book, The Ear andLanguage, first published in 1963 andupdated in 1991. It is a précis of hisresearch, hypotheses and discoveries as wellas a record of his reflections on humanity'splace in the cosmos.

Aimed at the lay reader, the book coversthe workings of language, audition, audio-vocal conditioning, laterality, the leadingear, body image and APP. The newPostscript summarises recent research andvalidates Tomatis' original hypothesis thatthe ear is the fundamental feature that makeswe human beings the socially-aware, cre-ative communicators that we are.

The Tomatis Method is a personal empow-erment technique that is applicable indiverse areas: music and voice, speech andlanguage, education, medicine and personalgrowth. It shows that if you can changeyour ears' ability to listen, you can alsochange how you speak and how you interactwith yourself, with others and with theworld.

REVELATIONS OF THE METATRONby 'Anonymus'Published by Galde Press, Inc. (1995),Lakeville, MN, USAISBN 1-880090-21-X (213pp s/c)Price: AUD$30.00; NZD$38.00;STG£13.99; USD$14.95 + USD$3.00 p&hAvailable: Aust—Cameron Books, ph/fax(047) 58 7676; Sydney EsotericBookshop, ph (02) 9212 2225; NZ—NEXUS Office, ph (09) 416 7320; UK—Gazelle Book Services, ph 01524 68765;USA—Galde Press, Inc., PO Box 460,Lakeville, MN 55044, ph (612) 8915991, 1-800 777 3454, fax (612) 8916091.

This is a strange tale that might well betrue, but the story and evidence cannot beverified. In 1955, some unique writingswere found within a mountain in SouthAmerica (exactly where, is not divulged).Incredibly, these writings are purported tobe the work of the Metatron, the legendaryAngel of the Presence.

According to the accompanying diary ofGary Sornson, he and two other explorers,all skilled in ancient hieroglyphic and lan-guage systems, were led to a mountainwhere a secret entranceway was opened forthem, revealing a chamber lined with gold-en, jewelled artefacts. The group then stum-bled upon a vast, illuminated pyramid cave

and, within it, more than a thousand six-foot-tall, solid-gold pedestals, each bearingscript.

Even considering their skills, the team hadan easier job than expected in transcribingand translating the glyphs. (Alas, none ofthese is reproduced in this book.) The trans-lations were passed down to Sornson'snephew Per, who in 1994 presented them tothe anonymous narrator of this book to pub-lish, in case he did not return from a trip inhis uncle's footsteps. It's likely he met withhis demise.

These Revelations have profound contentand import for humanity, for they tell of thedawn of time, the creation, the first angelsand the fallen ones, the formation of Earth,the evolution of man, the destruction ofAtlantis and the Great Flood. They containsubtle variations from more familiar biblicalversions, and are well worth studyingdespite the question marks over their source.

HORMONE HERESY: What WomenMust Know About Their Hormonesby Sherrill SellmanPublished by GetWell International(1996), Honolulu, Hawaii, USAISBN 0-646-29565-9 (189pp s/c)Price: AUD$19.95; NZD$26.00;STG£11.00Available: Australia—NEXUS Magazine,ph (07) 5442 9280; NZ—NEXUS Office,ph (09) 416 7320; UK—NEXUS Office,ph 01342 322854.

Recognising the need for an easy-to-readguidebook about women's hormones, andinspired by the positive response to her arti-cles in NEXUS (vol. 3, nos. 4 & 5), psy-chotherapist Sherrill Sellman has writtenHormone Heresy to emphasise the basicsthat women must know about their hor-mones if they want to be in control of theirhealth and power. Her coverage may bebrief, but readers should make a point ofconsulting the many references she cites ifthey want to become better acquainted withthe subject.

When Sherrill Sellman began investigatinghormone replacement therapy in connectionwith her own pre-menopausal symptoms,she found that mainstream medical opinionwas a mix of "myth, misinformation andpropaganda"—as seen in the claim thatmenopausal women are oestrogen-deficientwhen, in fact, the opposite is true. As shediscovered, the missing link in hormonalbalance is natural progesterone, yet doctorscontinue to prescribe synthetic hormones (asused in HRT and the Pill) when the evidencelinks them to many diseases including can-cers, fibroids, osteoporosis and cardiovascu-lar disease as well as large-scale environ-mental disruption.

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In Hormone Heresy, Sherrill exposes theflaws in medical thinking and practiceregarding women's hormones. She arguesstrongly against synthetic hormones and infavour a safe alternative in natural proges-terone. Used in conjunction with other sim-ple, self-help techniques, she recommends itfor helping restore hormonal balance—andreclaiming personal power in the process.

TREASON: THE NEW WORLD ORDERby GurudasPublished by Cassandra Press, Inc.(1996), San Rafael, CA, USA ISBN 0-945946-14-7 (312pp s/c)Price: AUD$26.00; NZD$32.00;STG£13.50; USD$14.95 + p&hAvailable: Aust—NEXUS Magazine, ph(07) 5442 9280; NZ—NEXUS Office, ph(09) 416 7320; UK—NEXUS Office, ph01342 322854; USA—Cassandra Press,Inc., PO Box 150868, San Rafael, CA94915, ph (415) 382 8507

Author Gurudas, well known for years in'new age' health circles, expanded his hori-zons into conspiracy politics after observinghow the US Food & Drug Administrationwas abusing the health freedoms ofAmericans. Gurudas saw this as a micro-cosm of an environment of control that hascrept into all areas of our lives, and it wasnot enough for him to sit idly by, denyingthe existence of this evil, materialistic force.

Treason: The New World Order isGurudas' valiant attempt to explain how afew key players have gradually moved theUS and the world towards a corporate policestate. Coming from the perspective that theUS Constitution should be protected in orderto prevent a secret government takeover,Gurudas analyses why and how our civilfreedoms are being eroded. He highlightsthe dangers of the moneyed elite; corporate

support of both right and left; judicial tyran-ny; the Catholic Church's role in the NWO;the phoney War on Drugs; the rise of thenational security state; martial law and sur-veillance; COINTELPRO vs patriots andecologists; 'accidental' death as a politicalweapon; the people as experimental guineapigs; and other matters of great concern.

Unlike most conspiracy writers, however,Gurudas advocates sending light and love tothose who would promote a new world orderand curb our freedoms, though he acknowl-edges that such positive actions may not beenough! A balanced, well-referenced viewof the machinations of secret government.

COSMIC VOYAGEby Courtney Brown, Ph.D.Published by Dutton (1996), NY, USAISBN 0-525-94098-7 (275pp h/c) Price: AUD$35.00; NZD$44.95;USD$23.95; CAN$33.50Available: Aust—Cameron Books, ph/fax(047) 58 7676; Sydney Esoteric B/shop,ph (02) 9212 2225; NZ—Penguin Books;USA—Penguin Dutton; Canada—Dist. byMcClelland & Stewart Inc.

Cosmic Voyage is another controversialexposé that has provoked military/intelli-gence ire by disclosing the scientific remote-viewing (SRV) techniques used in their top-secret research projects. Moreover, it hasupset establishment scientists who reject thenotion that SRV conforms to the rigours ofscientific method; and it has confoundedsceptics who are at odds with its descriptionof two ET civilisations with a long historyof involvement with planet Earth andhumanity. But it sure is exciting the public!

Author Dr Courtney Brown, a Georgia-based political/social scientist, was trainedin SRV by a former US Army remote viewerand then teamed up with ex-operatives set-ting their sights on otherworldly targets:ETs and UFOs. Dr Brown goes to pains topoint out that his techniques adhere to strictprotocols to keep a check on interferencefrom 'analytic overlay' and even interdimen-sional intruders, but that his results can becorroborated by other trained RV operators.

Dr Brown claims that his 'cosmic voyage'has taken him to the past and the future; toMars, a present-day underground Martianbase in New Mexico, and the demise of the1993 Mars Observer; to a subspace realminhabited by "the Midwayers"; and even toJesus, Buddha and the Galactic Federation!Seeing humanity and Earth in a precariousposition, he now believes it's time webrushed up our galactic diplomatic skills.

Whether or not you take Dr Brown's cos-mic revelations on board, they do make forfascinating reading and open up new areasof exploration for truth seekers out there.

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THE STONE OF THE PLOUGH: The Search for the Secret of Gizaby Ann WalkerPubl. by Element Books Ltd (1997), UKISBN 1-85230-937-7 (316pp h/c)Price: AUD$51.00; NZD$39.95;STG£16.99; USD$32.45 + $3.95 p&hAvailable: Aust—Cameron Books,ph/fax (047) 58 7676; Sydney EsotericBookshop, ph (02) 9212 2225; NZ—Dist. by Penguin Books; UK—ElementBooks, ph 0747 851331; USA—BooksBritain, ph (212) 749 4713.

Since 1979, celebrated English clairvoy-ant/medium Ann Walker has been in directcommunication with a spirit guide, WhiteArrow, who ultimately set her on a quest todecipher the meaning of a collection ofancient symbols and drawings he gave her.

That journey was a jolt for this self-described "ordinary housewife and moth-er". She writes that she regularly went onboard a spacecraft where she met withWhite Arrow and his alien companions.There she learnt of our planet's impendingdoom—that unless we stop rainforestdestruction as a matter of urgency, theEarth is expected to move out of alignmentand into the path of a cometary fragment inthe year 2042!

White Arrow instructed Mrs Walker totravel to the US to obtain verification of histrue identity from native elders in Montanaand North Dakota. Her mission a success,White Arrow then persuaded her to travelto Egypt to find villagers near the GreatPyramid able to translate the bequeathedEgyptian demotic scripts (though why hedidn't translate them himself is unclear!).After several visits, her task was complete.

The messages may have enormous impli-cations for humanity, for they refer to thelegendary Hall of Records and a mysteriousStone of the Plough—allegedly, a buriedspacecraft from Ursa Major that crashedmillions of years ago and is buried underthe Sphinx and Great Pyramid at Giza!There are many more surprises in AnnWalker's account, and hopefuly it won't betoo long before we know the whole truth!

THE GOSFORD FILES: UFOs over theNSW Central Coastby Moira McGhee & Bryan DickesonPublished by INUFOR (1996), AustraliaISBN 0-646-28829-6 (186pp s/c) Price: AUD$14.95 inc. p&h in Aust;AUD$17.95 overseas seamailAvailable: Australia— IndependentNetwork of UFO Researchers, PO Box783, Kogarah, NSW 2217, ph/fax +61(0)2 9553 9406.

This book could have been written aboutany one of thousands of other communities,for the UFO experiences of the people ofthe Central Coast of New South Walesseem to be a microcosm of what's going onall over the world. Not even local newspa-pers give an indication of the true extent ofthe phenomenon, but its widespread naturestrikes home when you see diverseaccounts together in the one book—in thiscase, The Gosford Files, named for a majortown in the region.

Seasoned UFO researchers MoiraMcGhee and Bryan Dickeson focused onthe Central Coast because of its regularsightings reports over the years, but alsobecause it went through a major UFO 'flap'during the 1996 new year period. Becauseof its topography, its vast system of lagoonsand the proximity of an Air Force base andseveral power stations, the area is consid-ered to have many purported UFO-attract-ing characteristics.

That new year, hundreds, if not thousandsof locals and visitors saw a variety ofunidentified disc-, triangle- and cigar-shaped craft, pulsating and glowing a rangeof colours and exhibiting erratic behaviouracross the sky and even on the ground.Many people reported becoming ill uponbeing subjected to loud, humming soundsfrom above, and several had missing-timeepisodes and close encounters with aliens.

They can't all be crazy! Their stories,faithfully recorded and supported withillustrations and a small selection of photoand video evidence, deserve wider publicexposure.

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THE HEALTHY HOUSEby Sydney and Joan BaggsPublished by HarperCollinsPublishers(1996), AustraliaISBN 0-7322-5753-0 (256pp l/f s/c)Price: AUD$39.95; NZD$54.95;STG£19.95; USD$n/aAvailable: Aust—Cameron Books,ph/fax (047) 58 7676; Sydney EsotericBookshop, ph (02) 9212 2225; NZ—HarperCollins, ph (09) 443 9401; UK—Thames & Hudson, ph 0171 636 5488;USA—HarperCollins, ph (212) 2077000.

The Healthy House is a must-read bookfor anyone considering building or renovat-ing a house, or seeking ways to improve thequality of their home environment.

Authors Sydney and Joan Baggs, aSydney-based architecture-research team,have synthesised modern and age-old prin-ciples and practices into an holisticapproach to creating a safe, healthy andenvironmentally friendly home or office.

Acknowledging that 'sick building syn-drome' is at the root of many health prob-lems, and guided by the principles of fengshui and building ecology, the authors haveset out easy-to-follow guidelines for allevi-ating pollution problems in your home andliving more harmoniously with nature.What they propose should be basic practicein the design/construction industry at large,and mainstream 'professionals' would dowell to integrate this approach if they've notalready done so.

The authors cover everything from site

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This is an attractively presented book, fullof practical pointers you may not haveencountered before. You'll never againtake your home environment for granted!

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Dr Olga Kharitidi is a Russian psychiatristwho used to work in a hospital for the men-tally ill. She discovered by chance (ordesign?) a lineage of Siberian shamans fromthe Altai Mountains and spent time withthem, learning their teachings. Travelling inthe USA, she met Jim Wilson of TrilokaRecords who helped her put the teachings tomusic with native American and Tibetaninstruments. Entering the Circle is an extra-ordinarily unusual album imbued with thewords of Siberian shamanic wisdom. Quietand powerful. (Also see Book Reviews.)

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World compilations are appearing withmore frequency each year. This one ratesamong the best. Combining African withCeltic and contemporary with gypsy, thisalbum has some of the greats. Tracksinclude Papa Wemba's African cry,Angelique Kidjo's funky dance, a PeterGabriel duet with Youssou N'Dour, GypsyKings' flamenco rhythms, Bob Marley'sclassic reggae and Baka Beyond's Pygmy-Celtic mix. A superb collection.

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Endnotes 26 Paranormal Management Systems has an informa-tion package available on remote viewing (price:STG£2 + SAE, or STG£5 outside UK), plus anotherinformation package on RV and UFOs (price:STG£3 + SAE, or STG£5 outside UK). Write to:PMS, PO Box 2749, Brighton, BN2 2DR, UK. 27 Ostrander, Sheila, and Schroeder, Lynn,Superlearning, 1982.28 "Stephen Schwartz's Mobius Group of 1975 con-ducted research into psychic questing and remoteviewing," according to Bob Rickard in "From Russiawith Anxiety" (Fortean Times, no. 87, June 1996). 29 (a) Visit Professor Jessica Utts' web site for detailson the scientific verification of RV, and as a stop-offpoint for other RV sites and places of interest. Website address: http://www.jse.com Refer also to Dr Utts' report on US RV in the Journalof Scientific Exploration (Stanford, vol. 10, no. 1, pp.l-lll). (b) Beloff, John, "ESP Fact Sheet" (the RV work ofthe Society of Psychical Research), PsychologyDepartment, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. (c) Refer to the Internet for Dr Ray Hyman's recentrebuttal of RV.30 Forsyth, Richard, "Room with a Remote View",Encounters, no. 10, August 1996. This is an articlewritten about the author. For an account of paranor-mal psycho-neuro-immunology, refer to author's newweb site, http://www.interquest.compulink.co.uk/pms/index.htm, and NEXUS, vol. 3, no. 6. 31 Hadfield, Peter, "Go on, read my mind", New

Scientist, 16 December 1995.32 (a) Keith, Jim (ed.), Secret and Suppressed, FeralHouse, Portland, Oregon, USA, 1993. Contains doc-umentation on implantation of microelectronics in avictim's brain against his will. Also has an interest-ing chapter on RMCT by Anna Keeler. (b) Constantine, Alex, Psychic Dictatorship in theUSA, Feral House, Portland Oregon, USA, 1995.Contains a very good chapter on RMCT. 33 This idea that the US military could use alienabductions to cover up military abductions for use inmind-control experiments, appeared in UFO Reality,no. 3, 1996, in an article on mind control by JonKing, the magazine's editor.34 A 1996 New Scientist article detailed how the low-frequency microwave technology scanners could seethrough objects, rather like X-rays. These deviceswere intended to be deployed at airports to lookinside passengers' bodies for drugs. Devices such asthese enable security personnel to look through thewalls of a suspect's home and see that person walkingaround inside. They also enable masers to enterselected parts of the brain, as the scanner can targetthe masers accurately on any internal brain structure.Masers calibrated at this frequency would be usefulfor carrying ELF-modulated signals through thewalls of a subversive's home, directly into his brain.35 Smith, Cyril W., and Best, Simon, ElectromagneticMan, Hilary Bacon, London, 1989, p. 228.36 Cohen, Philip, "How the brain minds its peas andbees", New Scientist, 24 February 1996. This articleshows how advanced medical research is elucidatingthe electrochemical basis of neuronal activity withregard to language.

37 Stewart, Ian, "Little Waves, Big Squeeze", NewScientist, 2 March 1996. This article looks at FBIresearch into wavelet analysis packages that enableinformation to be easily removed from a backgroundof noise. 38 Guyatt, David, "Some Aspects of AntipersonnelElectromagnetic Weapons" (paper prepared for ICRCSymposium for the medical profession).

About the Author:Turan Rifat was born in Brighton in 1957.

He has a university science degree and another

in education. Whilst doing his Ph.D., the

author decided he'd had enough of mechanis-

tic science, so for the past 15 years he has

been researching the paranormal. His research

task took rather longer than imagined, and led

to some unfortunate confrontations with 'evil'

forces—MI5 being the least of these.

Recently, he set up Paranormal Management

Systems (PMS), the only company in Europe

with expertise in biophysical RMCT that can

come close to what the Russians have devel-

oped and which outstrips the US knowledge

base in the biophysical area. PMS evaluates

this military-domain RMCT material and devel-

ops it in terms of its applications for business in

enhancing profitability and performance.

Turan Rifat offers courses and consultancy in

the RV/RI field. He is currently writing a book,

Remote Viewing: The Story of the Real X-Files.

— The ESP of ESPionage —

Continued from page 14


Everyone is aware, of course, that theseelements have industrial or military func-tions unrelated to the atom bomb, butRussia had a very critical interest in procur-ing A-bomb components from America.Red scientists are said to have been the firstin Europe to announce the theory ofnuclear fission. As America discovered ata cost of billions of dollars, it is a far cryfrom setting down speculations on paper toputting them in practice at the dimensionsimposed by modern war. Thus the Kremlinwas frantically inquisitive about large-scaleproduction techniques developed by theManhattan Project...

One ground for minimizing my evidenceis a claim that Russia had abundant urani-um of its own, in connection with massiveradium deposits in the former area ofTurkestan, the Kazakh Republic and thestate of Tannu-Tuva, north of Mongolia.More than 30 years ago, it is said, Sovietphysicists worked out the correct formulafor separating uranium from radium. Onthe other hand, as atomic experts are fondof pointing out, "You can never have toomuch uranium."

If a blunder occurred, such objectionsproceed, it was not the shipment of minorquantities of uranium compounds to theSoviet Union, but the publication of DrSmyth's book, which told not only how tomake a nuclear bomb but how not to makeone. The chief atomic authority ofNorway, Gunnar Randers, is cited as hav-ing pronounced that the indiscretion of thispublication saved Russia and every othercountry two years of research. Accordingto Professor Szilard, "one half of the atom-ic bomb secret was given away when weused the bomb, and the other half when wepublished the Smyth report." After theespionage trials, however, one may askwhether the Smyth revelations were notmore informative to the American publicthan to the Politburo...

In any event, it is heartening to knowthat, on the whole, our uranium embargostood firm. Moscow was prevented fromwinning its grand objective of 17 tons, incontrast to the delivery of 15 tons of urani-um chemicals to Great Britain which theManhattan Project authorized. The stead-fastness of the General Groves organizationagainst Russia was the more admirable inthat it was challenged by Mr Hopkins, with

the power of the White House behind him.After the Un-American ActivitiesCommittee closed its hearing on March 7,1950, I was examined searchingly byGovernment investigators. They tried tolure me into admitting a possibility, howev-er faint, that the person to whom I spokemight have been Edward R. Stettinius, Jr,who had died five months earlier onOctober 11, 1949.

My answer was that never once, duringmy two years at Newark and Great Falls,did I hear so much as a mention ofStettinius, though reference to Hopkins wasdaily on the lips of the Russians.

It is common knowledge that on August28, 1941, Stettinius succeeded Hopkins astitular chief of Lend-Lease, and held thepost until September 25, 1943, when theagency was merged with kindred bodiesinto the Foreign Economic Administration,with Leo A. Crowley as Administrator.

But even the official biographer of MrHopkins does not hesitate to write:

"Hopkins knew that policy governingLend-Lease would still be made in theWhite House and that the President wouldcontinue to delegate most of the responsi-bility to him. Stettinius was his friend and

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they could work together—and that wasthat."9

Another effort to clear Hopkins wasbased on the supposition that he acted inignorance of what it was all about. Even ifhe helped the Russians to get A-bombmaterials, the implication ran, it was theunsuspecting tool of Soviet cunning.

The Hopkins papers for Mr Sherwood'sbook were organized by Hopkins' longtimefriend, Sidney Hyman. A fortnight aftermy first broadcast he was quoted as affirm-ing that, until Hiroshima, Harry Hopkinshad not "the faintest understanding of theManhattan Project" and "didn't know thedifference between uranium and gerani-um".

On the contrary, Harry Hopkins was oneof the first men anywhere to know aboutthe atom bomb. Dr Vannevar Bush choseHopkins as his intermediary for presentingto Mr Roosevelt the idea of the atom bomb .It was in consultation with Hopkins that DrBush drafted the letter, for Mr Roosevelt'ssignature, which launched the A-bomboperation on June 14, 1941! Where do welearn this? In the official biography by MrSherwood, on pages 154 and 155. Finally,on page 704 we are told that the head of a

state, Winston Churchill, "was conductingthis correspondence on the atomic projectwith Hopkins rather than with thePresident, and that he continued to do sofor many months thereafter".

A witness on the topic, General Grovestestified that to the best of his recollectionand belief he never met Harry Hopkins,talked with him on the telephone, orexchanged letters or dealt with anyoneclaiming to represent him. But the Generalthought it incumbent to remark, "I doknow, of course, that Mr Hopkins knewabout this project. I know that."10

An early symptom of White Houseobsession for 'reassuring Stalin' has beendescribed by General Deane. In letters toAmerican war agencies, dated March 7,1942, Mr Roosevelt ordered that preferen-tial position, in the matter of munitions,should be given to the Soviet Union overall other Allies and even the armed forcesof the United States. Then and there,decided the former chief of the US MilitaryMission to Moscow, was "the beginning ofa policy of appeasement of Russia fromwhich we have never recovered and fromwhich we are still suffering"11... ∞

Endnotes 1 Stimson, Henry L. and Bundy, McGeorge, OnActive Service in Peace and War, Harper, 1947.2 "Hearings Regarding Shipments of AtomicMaterials to the Soviet Union during World War II",Testimony of General Groves, December 7, 1949,House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, USGovernment PrintingOffice, USA, p. 941.3 ibid., p. 945.4 ibid., p. 900.5 ibid., p. 948.6 ibid., p. 947.7 "Hearings...", Testimony of Hermann H.Rosenberg, January 24, 1950, p. 1035.8 "Hearings...", General Groves, p. 954.9 Sherwood, Robert E., Roosevelt and Hopkins: AnIntimate History, Harper, 1948, p. 560.10 "Hearings...", General Groves, p. 947.11 Deane, John R., The Strange Alliance, Viking,1947, p. 89.

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Qadhafi was, as Les Coleman said, "aneasy hit".

Perhaps more telling than anything else,British support for the US anti-Libya 'cam-paign' clearly demonstrates the moral andethical bankruptcy of the British politicalprocess. That those in power manipulatedthe British judicial system and continue tolie to the families of the Lockerbie victimsis sinister enough. That they not only tol-erated but connived in the murder of aninnocent woman police officer—to furtherAmerican political designs—says morethan any party political manifesto couldbegin to utter. All power corrupts, but thecontinued exercise of raw, unadulteratedpower of this magnitude is the very antithe-sis of a participatory democracy.

In researching this article, I spoke withmany different individuals. Some agreedto speak on the record, whilst othersrequested anonymity. One well-placed andknowledgeable source summed up the situ-ation with these words: "There is nodemocracy. There is no free press." Thatsource remains a leading Member ofParliament. ∞

Endnotes1 Goddard, Donald, with Coleman, Lester K.,Trail of the Octopus: From Beirut toLockerbie—Inside the DIA, Bloomsbury, UK,1993.2 This is not really surprising when you considerwhat Iran has been involved with in 1996: thebombing of TWA 800; the deadly explosion thatrocked the US barracks in Dhahran, SaudiArabia; and the fatal stabbing of a US diplomat.(Source: Defence & Foreign Affairs StrategicPolicy, UK, August 1996.)3 See Bob Woodward's Veil: The Secret Wars ofthe CIA, 1981-87 (Headline Books, London,1987) for comprehensive background on BillCasey and his role in Libyan destabilisation.Casey died in 1987.4 Information provided by the Institute ofPetroleum. The breakdown is as follows: Italy,42.2%; Germany, 21%; Spain, 11%; France,3.4%. "Others" account for 22.3%.5 This was the location of the 1994 helicopter'crash'—alleged to have been an accident—thatkilled a fistful of high-ranking Military,Intelligence, Special Branch and Police officers.Officially said to be over-flying the Mull ofKintyre en route to Aberdeen, the chopper's desti-nation was actually the Machrihanish SpecialForces base, home of US Seals. Never satisfacto-rily answered was why so many important offi-cers flouted standing orders by travelling togeth-er. All the deceased were IRA anti-terrorist spe-

cialists. Within a year, the much-touted US-sponsored "IRA Peace Process" was announced.A Special Forces source told me a week after the'accident' that there was something about thecrash that didn't stack up.

About the Author: David Guyatt was born and educated in

Hampshire, England. His career in the stock-broking, investment and banking industriesspanned 28 years, the last 12 of which he spent asa director and treasurer of a major British bank.There he gained insight into the world of interna-tional weapons financing and was familiar withall aspects of international capital, foreignexchange and money markets, with global tradefinance his specialisation.

For the last seven years, David has pursued acareer as a freelance writer/researcher, contribut-ing to a number of screenplays, novels, documen-taries and feature articles. He is currentlyresearching high-tech, anti-personnel, electro-magnetic weapons systems and their focus withinmilitary/intelligence 'black' mind-control/behav-iour-modification programmes.

His other in-depth research project at presentcentres on the structure, power and hidden influ-ence of elitist groups and interlinking tax-exemptfoundations, including RIIA (Chatham House),the Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateralists,Bilderbergers, the shadowy C e r c l e, theRockefellers, Brothers Fund, Ford, Carnegie,Hoover, IMF, the World Bank, ad nauseam...

— Target Libya: the making of a scapegoat —




leaps and be aware of where you havegone. You will be very surprised, I think.It is a place not far from there that you willfind us.

"We basically come from your future. Itdoes not matter if it is six minutes into yourfuture or six years; if you can get to one,you can get to the other. But, for us, it isnot as simple as that, for we also comefrom another dimension; not quite the oneyou will shift into, but close. So we arewhat you would call dimensional time-trav-ellers. Sounds like a good movie, does itnot? Your Mr Spielberg would love it!"

I had to laugh at that one."We—myself and others like me—are in

fact a whole new race, or, to be more accu-rate, a newly reconstituted race. Furthermodifications are still required before wecan achieve our goals as a people. This isone of the reasons for our travel to yourtime zone, and, indeed, the reason for oth-ers being here who are also experimentingwith their biological make-up, althoughthey have far different goals behind theirexperimentation than we do.

"The reason behind so many abductions

occurring on your planet over the last fewyears of your time is that this is the lastchance for our race—and other races ofETs with problems similar to ours—tointeract with you as a race before youchange to a form that will no longer be ofuse to us. Yes, it is that close! My ownsurrogate mother was of your time andrace..."

"We could go further back in time, but itis this now that we need. I will not compli-cate matters by trying to explain that; wewould be here for many more days. Myrace still has a problem to overcome. Wemust breed a race with stronger limbs andoxygen-processing units."

"Lungs?" I enquired again. "Yes. We have been using a mixture of

your species' DNA and chromosomes,along with our own. Our blood used to bevery similar to yours—and still is, with alittle modification—although we reallyonly have one type as you would know it;well, two, but they are both very much likeyour A-negative. We can modify mostthings, but what it adds up to is that we arenot going to go looking for problems—wealready have enough of them.

"We have approximately only five per

cent of your male population to work with,notwithstanding health, age, etc. There is avery special, shall I say, 'X-factor' whichmust be brought into this equation, whichin fact brings only about one per cent ofthis already small group into our calcula-tions—that is, if we should require a maleto help us. The fact that we are not of thesame vibrational plane is the major prob-lem. This is part of that X-factor, and isrelated to health and disease resistance,biological balance in relation to birth loca-tion, previous adaptability tests, and so onand so on.

"I cannot begin to explain the complica-tions we have had. It has stretched ourtechnology to its limits and beyond. Theend result is what you see before you now.I may look good to you, but I still could notlive on your planet without our technologyto help me constantly. The bottom line isthat the process has been too slow, and upto now has not done the job. At the presentrate, it may take more time than we have tospare on our crippled planet! We now needto start taking some risks to speed up theprocess."

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"What kind of risks?" I asked."Well, up until now we have been more

concerned with preserving our mind-gener-ated energy distribution abilities—which Idon't expect you to comprehend just yet—but now we need to concentrate on thephysical aspects, the strength andendurance, even if we lose a little of theother abilities."

"Become more like us?" I chimed inagain.

"Yes, we must," Zeena replied. "Wealready have, as you noticed earlier," shesaid, with what almost appeared to be asmile on her face. This was the first hint ofan emotion I had seen.

"Now there needs to be a step—a bigone—even further down that road. Thereis a chance for me to become part of thatstep," she added. "That is why I wish toask you more questions about y o u r b r e e d-ing processes; procreation—would that bea better word for it?"

"You would be surprised at some of thewords we use for it," I replied. "Even Idon't know where some of them comefrom."

"I understand it is most primitive andbasic in its natural form. It is possible thatI may be able to be fertilised and to carrythe foetus almost full-term within me. Thatmay not sound much to you, but no femaleof our race has carried a child within herfor many hundreds of thousands of years.The artificial methods we have been usingare too slow and hard to change. They mayeven be impossible to use if we settle on aplanet like your Earth.

"I have been designed to take the placeof what you would call a synthetic birthprocess. There has been quite someprogress just lately. Even a hundred yearsago, your time, one of our type could nothave interacted with your species on thislevel. That is how much we have evolvedin different directions since the earlycolonists left your planet. Now we find itnecessary to take a step in another direc-tion."

I noted how she diplomatically skirtedthe suggestion that they might be goingbackwards on the evolutionary tree. Icould not really understand what knowl-edge she could want from me, and I doubt-ed there was anything I knew that she didnot already know... ∞

— CoEvolution: An Interplanetary Adventure —

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