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Perhaps it's not surprising that a government which records
everything bit of conversation would be interested in the contents of
your mind, and even in changing said contents or deleting them.
MK Ultra, a supposedly abandoned project, was interested in just such a thing.
The Monarch Program is explored here.
In 2002, NASA offered to read the minds
of "potential terrorists" (i.e. everyone) at airports using
technologies that were only in developmental phases, according to them.
However, that brief period of openness in discussing invading the brain of citizens has ended, along with the enthusiasm for most of the police state programs put into place since. Now, one hears about such things only from ignored, discredited, or soon to be dead whistleblowers and victims and such.
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Ali Rahimi1, Ben Recht 2, Jason Taylor 2, Noah Vawter 2
17 Feb 2005
1: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, MIT.
2: Media Laboratory, MIT.
Abstract
Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the
protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We
investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample
group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find
that although on average all helmets attenuate invasive radio
frequencies in either directions (either emanating from an outside
source, or emanating from the cranium of the subject), certain
frequencies are in fact greatly amplified. These amplified frequencies
coincide with radio bands reserved for government use according to the
Federal Communication Commission (FCC). Statistical evidence suggests
the use of helmets may in fact enhance the government's invasive
abilities. We speculate that the government may in fact have started the
helmet craze for this reason.
Introduction
It
has long been suspected that the government has been using satellites
to read and control the minds of certain citizens. The use of aluminum
helmets has been a common guerrilla tactic against the government's
invasive tactics
[1]. Surprisingly, these helmets can in fact
help
the government spy on citizens by amplifying certain key frequency
ranges reserved for government use. In addition, none of the three
helmets we analyzed provided significant attenuation to most frequency
bands. We describe our experimental setup, report our results, and
conclude with a few design guidelines for constructing more effective
helmets.
Experimental Setup
The three helmet types tested
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| The Classical | The Fez |
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| The Centurion |
We
evaluated the performance of three different helmet designs, commonly
referred to as the Classical, the Fez, and the Centurion. These designs
are portrayed in Figure 1. The helmets were made of Reynolds aluminium
foil. As per best practices, all three designs were constructed with the
double layering technique described elsewhere
[2].
A
radio-frequency test signal sweeping the ranges from 10 Khz to 3 Ghz
was generated using an omnidirectional antenna attached to the Agilent
8714ET's signal generator.
The experimental apparatus, including a data recording laptop, a $250,000 network analyser, and antennae.
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A network analyser (Agilent 8714ET) and a directional antenna measured and plotted the signals. See Figure 2.
Because
of the cost of the equipment (about $250,000), and the limited time for
which we had access to these devices, the subjects and experimenters
performed a few dry runs before the actual experiment (see Figure 3).
Test subjects during a dry run.
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The
receiver antenna was placed at various places on the cranium of 4
different subjects: the frontal, occipital and parietal lobes. Once with
the helmet off and once with the helmet on. The network analyzer
plotted the attenuation betwen the signals in these two settings at
different frequencies, from 10Khz to 3 Ghz. Figure 4 shows a typical
plot of the attenuation at different frequencies.
A typical attenuation trace form the network analyser
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Results
For
all helmets, we noticed a 30 db amplification at 2.6 Ghz and a 20 db
amplification at 1.2 Ghz, regardless of the position of the antenna on
the cranium. In addition, all helmets exhibited a marked 20 db
attenuation at around 1.5 Ghz, with no significant attenuation beyond 10
db anywhere else.
Conclusion
The
helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to
the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC,
These bands are supposedly reserved for ''radio location'' (ie, GPS),
and other communications with satellites (see, for example,
[3]).
The 2.6 Ghz band coincides with mobile phone technology. Though not
affiliated by government, these bands are at the hands of multinational
corporations. It requires no stretch of the imagination to conclude that
the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the
Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC. We hope this
report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet
designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings.
Acknowledgments
The
authors would like to thank Andy (Xu) Sun of the MIT Media Lab for
helping with the equipment, Professor George Sergiadis for lending us
the antennae, and Professor Neil Gershenfeld for allowing us the use of
his lab equipment.
(Please direct any queries to the authors, NOT these folks) There's also an informative
video (
youtube version) courtesy of Discovery Channel's
Daily Planet.