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MUFONET-BBS network - Mutual UFO network
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Contributed by: New Jersey MUFON
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MICROWAVES AND VEHICLE INTERFERENCE
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By Robert J. Durant [Note: Robert Durant is a member of New Jersey MUFON and a
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contributing writer for "The New Jersey Chronicle", the monthly newsletter of
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New Jersey MUFON, which this article is from.]
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A persistent and puzzling aspect of close encounters is the effect on
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automobiles. Mark Rodeghier of the Center for UFO Studies analyzed 441 cases
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in which "...the car, truck, or other motor vehicle in which a witness was
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either riding or in near proximity to, was seemingly affected by the presence
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of a UFO."
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Headlights, radios and even flashlights were also affected, and on occasion the
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witnesses reported psychological symptoms such as a prickly, pins-and-needles
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feeling, hair standing on end, and unusual sudden heat.
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Rodeghier lists a few of the possible means by which an internal combustion
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engine may be affected or halted:
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(1) An increased resistance in the secondary coil of the ignition coil, which
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will severely decrease current flow to the spark plugs.
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(2) The capacitor in the distributor might not charge because of a large
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electrostatic field surrounding the vehicle.
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(3) A high magnetic field might saturate the ignition coil and reduce voltage
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to the spark plugs.
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(4) Through unknown mechanisms, fuel might be prevented from entering or
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leaving the carburetor
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(5) Resistance could be increased through the spark plugs, sufficient to
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prevent sparking.
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(6) Ionization of the air will also reduce or prevent sparking (though there
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should be effects upon the witnesses not always reported).
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(7) Destruction of connections in the electrical system by excessive heat would
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prevent operation.
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Rodeghier summarizes what is apparently the only known controlled attempt to
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disable an automobile engine using electromagnetic energy:
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"An experiment was done by Watts in England of interest to this subject. He
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found that only an alternating magnetic field (50 cps) produced loss of engine
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power in his test vehicle. A static magnetic field produced no change in
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engine operation. The induced field was on the order of 500 gauss at the coil,
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which was placed directly over the engine. While inexact, the experiment makes
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plausible the supposition that an alternating field could cause some EM
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effects."
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James McCampbell, an engineer and specialist in the "physics" of UFOs, is cited
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as follows:
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"James McCampbell has demonstrated how microwave radiation, focused onto a
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headlight filament by the parabolic design of the reflector, will cause an
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increase in filament resistivity. This increase will be sufficient, given
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intense radiation, to stop current flow, thereby causing the headlight to cease
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to be illuminated."
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Now it appears that the U.S. Government, in a covert research program at Los
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Alamos National Laboratory, has perfected the technology to stop cars at a
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distance!
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In a nationally syndicated article published on November 6, 1989, a Los Angeles
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Times reporter recounted the proposals made by Los Alamos scientists to the
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Senate Intelligence Committee. The object was to obtain funding for "Buck
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Rogers" projects that might help the "War on drugs." With defense spending
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being slashed, it seems the Los Alamos folks are eager to continue work, and
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the anti-drug efforts are an obvious source.
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After telling about several exotic ideas that fell flat in practice, the LA
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Times states:
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Those and other failures in drug detection have convinced many technologists
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that the prospects for breakthroughs lie in more aggressive approaches. One is
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called "Soft Kill."
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Further: "That idea, included in the Los Alamos White Paper, proposed to
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disable traffickers or terrorists by bombarding their vehicles with microwaves
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or gases. Even in low concentrations, the paper says, such weapons directed at
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internal combustion engines could leave cars and airplanes powerless."
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The part about gases draws a blank. But the statement about microwaves rings a
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very loud bell.
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In an effort to get more details, I wrote to Senator Bradley (D-NJ, member of
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Senate Intelligence Committee) asking for a copy of the Las Alomos report,
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citing the title, authors, date and the Committee to which it was presented.
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After a long delay, one of the Senator's aides called me with the news that the
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Senate Intelligence Committee denied ever having seen or heard of the document.
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I was asked for more details on the document, which I sent, along with a copy
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of the newspaper article. Ten weeks later the Senator's staff sent me a
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pamphlet that appears to be a highly sanitized version, without a word about
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microwaves and/or stopping cars. This document had a different author, was
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addressed to the Judiciary Committee, was 25% shorter than the one seen by the
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reporter, and was dated eight months later than the "real" one.
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I have once again asked Senator Bradley to obtain for me a copy of the "real"
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report, but have little hope of ever seeing it. The Senator, it seems, is
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doing his own version of a "soft kill" on me and my apparently embarrassing
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request.
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There is no doubt that the "real" report talks about using microwaves to
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disable internal combustion engines. By now there is also little doubt that it
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was shown to the reporter in error, and that at least the portion about
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microwaves is highly sensitive.
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It may also be that the connection between the Los Alomos White paper microwave
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technology and UFOs is more than just a coincidence.
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Did the Los Alomos researchers deliberately try to duplicate the UFO EM effect?
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Did they have something more specific and substantial than the Rodeghier report
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upon which to base their successful efforts? Or does this tale indicate that
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UFOs are terrestrial hardware, "made in the U.S.A."?
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For those of you who wish to pursue this intrigue, perhaps with the Freedom of
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Information Act, the title of the document is "Role of Technology", the authors
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are Terry D. Bearce and John D. Immele, both with the Los Alomos National
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Laboratory, it is dated 24 June 1989, it was sent with a cover letter dated 3
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August 1989, to the Senate Intelligence Committee and "at least four other
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agencies", and it is 16 pages long. If your luck is anything like mine, what
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you will get, after a very long wait, is a sanitized version directed to the
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Senate Judiciary Committee, 13 pages long, signed by Immele alone.
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My original request to Senator Bradley was dated April 1990, their reply with
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the phony document was mailed August 7th, and my request for the "real"
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document was sent August 11th. As of this writing, February 1991, I have not
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received a response. Nor do I expect one.
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The Rodeghier paper is entitled "UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference",
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published by the Center for UFO Studies, 2457 West Peterson Avenue, Chicago,
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Illinois, 60659. A copy should be in every serious UFOlogist's library. I am
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certain that a well worn copy rests at this moment in the inner sanctum of the
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Los Alomos lab.
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