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December 1, 1995: Discussion on HAARP - Nick Begich

Dec 1, 1995
2h 30m
Dr. Nick Begich
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Dr. Nick Begich, co-author of Angels Don't Play This HAARP, joins Art Bell to expose the true scope of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project in Alaska. Begich explains how HAARP uses a unique antenna array to focus up to one billion watts of radio frequency energy into a narrow beam directed at the ionosphere, unlike older heaters that dispersed energy broadly. He describes how this focused energy creates artificial plasma mirrors capable of reflecting signals back to Earth for submarine communication, earth-penetrating tomography, and over-the-horizon radar.

The conversation reveals disturbing military applications documented in twelve patents now owned by Raytheon Corporation through a chain of acquisitions from ARCO. Begich cites Air Force documents from Maxwell Air Force Base detailing radio frequency weapons designed to debilitate mental functions across battlefield areas. He explains that extremely low frequency energy between one and thirty hertz, delivered at power levels as low as one-fiftieth of natural background levels, can lock onto human brainwaves and cause mood swings, confusion, and agitation through a process called brain entrainment.

Begich traces the technology back to Nikola Tesla's early twentieth-century work and discusses weather modification capabilities, including the ability to redirect jet streams.

Key Moments

  1. ARCO/Bernard Eastlund focused-beam ionospheric heater: Begich explains HAARP's distinguishing technology: a 5,000-acre antenna array originally contracted to ARCO Power Technologies that, unlike other ionospheric heaters, focuses energy into a narrow beam delivered to the ionosphere - the basis of the 12 patents he says he's pulled.

  2. Delgado at Yale - ELF mood swings at 1/50th of Earth's field: Begich points to Jose Delgado's two decades at Yale as the foundation: with implants and later wirelessly via radio frequency, Delgado induced switch-like mood swings in animals and humans, requiring only 1/50th of Earth's natural field strength provided the signal was coherent and pulsed at 1–30 Hz.

  3. 1 gigawatt now, 100 billion watts desired: Begich states HAARP's effective radiated power: a megawatt input multiplied 1,000x by antenna gain to 1 gigawatt at phase one, 4.7 gigawatts at phase two, with internal HAARP planning memoranda showing a desired ceiling of 100 billion watts.

  4. Non-nuclear EMP - Hiroshima-equivalent energy in one hour: Begich quotes Princeton physicist Dr. Richard Williams: a 10-billion-watt generator running for one hour delivers energy equal to a Hiroshima-sized atomic bomb. He claims HAARP's patents enable a directional, non-nuclear EMP - the replacement for upper-atmospheric thermonuclear detonations.