UMMO - dry run for mass mind control

MACROSCOPE THE UMMO EXPERIENCE: ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? by Scott Corrales

"An UMMO Glossary" One of the most distinctive aspects of the UMMO mythos must be, of course, the strange sounding names and concepts written entirely in uppercase letters. A concise glossary of 400 Ummite words was compiled in the late Seventies by Antonio Moya and Ignacio Darnaude, the latter of whom submitted it to the attention of linguists at a major university in Seville. The academics were unable to say if the Ummite words constituted a real language or not -- a fact which heartened believers in the veracity of UMMO. Here are a few examples of the Ummite language. BUUAWAA - soul, spirit DOROO - magnetic recording GEE - man OIWI - year OEMMII - body OEMMOYUAGAA - terrans OEMIIA BII- humanization ONAWO WUA - college of mathematics UAA - code of ethics UMMOALEWE - general assembly of UMMO UMMOTAEEDA - university WAAM - cosmos WAAM TOA - cosmology WOA - God

UMMO -- a name to bewilder researchers with, yet one that delights the true believers. The full panoply of Ummite madness was never unleashed upon the United States, nor indeed the English-speaking world. The putative race of space-farers from the star Wolf 424 was partial to France and Spain, and its network of informants destined the bulk of its reports to recipients in these countries. One researcher has gone as far as to describe the whole UMMO experience as "Star Trek made flesh," a phrase which elegantly summarizes the legacy of millions of words left to us by visitors from another star system. Before the reader gets too excited, it is necessary to observe that like Star Trek, UMMO was merely a work of fiction (a much kinder description than merely branding it a hoax). The incredible mythos spun out by Spanish psychologist Jose Luis Jordan Pena had consequences that went far beyond any hoaxer's expectations. An Exercise Out of Control In the mid 1950's, Jose Luis Jordan Pena was elaborating the theory that paranoia was much more widespread among the population than psychiatrists of the time were willing to admit. Jordan Pena believed that no less than 79% of the population was afflicted, and proceeded to demonstrate the validity of his theory by concocting the UMMO affair -- the story of tall, blond and friendly aliens who had landed near the French locality of Digne. The belief in superstitions such as astrology, flying saucers, spiritism, shamanism, etc., was considered as proof of this paranoia by the Spanish psychiatrist. The perpetrator of the hoax of the century penned his own confession in an article entitled "UMMO: Otro Mito Que Hace Crash" for La Alternativa Racional, an Iberian equivalent of The Skeptical Enquirer. A believer in the concept of "systematical paranoia," Jordan Pena put forth beliefs which, in his own words, were imbued with a certain logic. He didn't limit himself to the theoretical framework, but actually took steps (by his own admission) to create a false landing in the Madrid suburb of Aluche, leaving bogus landing marks behind, and adding to the confusion by availing himself of a few sheets of polyvinyl fluoride which were unknown in Spain at the time (a material known as TEDLAR, manufactured by E. duPont de Nemours for the U.S. space program). History of A Phantom Planet The physical forgeries, never too impressive to begin with, occupied the backseat to the scientific material dictated by the Ummite--reams of paper filled with information concerning their society, organization, and beliefs in the form of learned reports aimed at familiarizing humans with their culture, as well as acquainting humans with their perspective on our affairs, such as war, inequality, etc. These reports were allegedly transmitted by means of dictation to a human typist (who was strictly ordered never to attempt contact with the addresses), and then sent to scientists, philosophers, and broad-minded individuals who in the Ummites' criteria, would be able to understand them and put them to good use. A considerable amount of the UMMO doctrine was put forward by Fernando Sesma Manzano, a teacher and journalist who directed the "Association of Friends of Space Visitors" a loose affiliation of occultists, writers and saucer buffs who met every Tuesday in the basement of a Madrid cafe for lengthy tertulias on the subject. Sesma allegedly had the very first and only telephone conversation with one of the Ummites, during which he was given the now-classic introduction to UMMO and its lore: "It is our wish to inform the planet Earth of our origin and the intentions which have led us to visit you. We come from UMMO, a planet which orbits the star IUMMA, recorded in the astronomical maps of your planet as Wolf 424...the difficulties of comparing and checking the identifications of your system of astronomical references against our own is quite indescribable." Sesma's interlocutor, DEI 98, son of DEI 97, proceeded to explain that UMMO had undergone our own world's bloody turmoil in distant ages, when it was exploited by brutal tyrants like NA 456, daughter of NA 312. A child "renown from birth for her intelligence," NA 456 espoused the belief that breakneck scientific development was critical to UMMO's survival. The entire concept of God (or WOA, in the Ummite's language) was reinterpreted to mean the collected mass of Ummites, with NA 456 as the "brain." The youthful dictator imposed her belief system on billions of Ummites, declaring emphatically that all those unwilling to make the ultimate sacrifice for science would be destroyed. UMMO underwent a reign of terror until NA 456 died under mysterious circumstances, to be succeeded by her daughter WIE 1, a vain matriarch who put four million Ummites to death. As DEI 98 informed Sesma, this rule of terror caused an anti-scientific backlash which culminated in the destruction of everything from libraries to nuclear powerplants. An interest in philosophy and telepathy replaced the lust for science. But perhaps the most important event of this horrific age on a world many light-years from earth was the rise of UMMOWOA. UMMOWOA (the "Redeemer of UMMO") spread the belief in the One True God among his fellows. Scientists, jurists, technicians and workers flocked to hear the teachings of this simple Ummite, a worker in the solar power factories on the SIUU Plateau. UMMOWOA's teachings, compiled in the form of a thousand TAUU (paragraphs), were distributed around the planet in recorded form. But the authorities had no truck with UMMOWOA's message of harmony and understanding: he was arrested, tormented and sentenced to death, only to "disappear" before the eyes of his captors. In spite of the strong similarities with Christianity, all that the humans were interested in learning from DEI 98 was how they had first become aware of our "small blue marble" light-years away. The Ummite was only too pleased to elaborate! An Expedition to Earth In the 1930's, a Norwegian vessel on the high seas had conducted an experiment in the upper reaches of the radio frequency (400 megacycles). These signals were received on UMMO, and although they were short in duration, they sufficed to help Ummite astronomers to pinpoint our location in space. After much arguing about whether the signals were intelligent or not, the Ummites decided to outfit their first expedition to Earth, arriving on our world in March 1950. One of the earliest problems, according to the Ummites, in establishing contact with humans is that their race is almost completely telepathic, since the vocal chords atrophy and are useless beyond a certain age. Thence the importance of establishing written communication. A large number of the Ummites chosen for the expedition to Earth belonged to a minuscule segment of their society that actually had use of their vocal chords. The Ummites were not at all hesitant in providing descriptions of their homeworld. The planet UMMO was similar to our own in most respects, with oceans, a single continental landmass, and with considerable volcanic activity -- some of the Ummite volcanoes spew clouds of incandescent gas for many miles into the atmosphere, adding a glow to the evening skies that the Ummites consider highly attractive. The physical conditions of their world cause Ummites to be tormented by a number of afflictions, most distressing among them a sort of madness that causes the telepathic collapse of an otherwise rational member of society. Ummites have extremely delicate fingertips, and the simple act of holding a cold glass is excruciatingly painful to them. Hard Science While the Ummites neo-Catholic version of theology may have been all the proof some followers needed, the hard, cold formality of Ummite science was constituted pay dirt to others. Recipients of the UMMO reports dealing with the secrets contained within the propulsion systems of their OAWOLEA UWEA OEM (spacecraft) were fascinated by the presentation of the concepts. UMMO's physics bore no relation to terrestrial physics, and their scientists considered Earth's view of space simplistic, since it didn't factor in a veritable legion of algebraic and geometrical concepts. Space, they explained, consisted of an indefinite number of dimensions, ten of which had been mastered by Ummite technology. Perhaps most distressing to the human recipients was the statement that subatomic particles were merely "the various orientations obtainable in space by the IBOZOO UU (dimensional axises)" -- according to the manner in which the axises were aligned, the spaceships could become mass, matter, energy or any form of radiation. A series of dimensional shifts enabled the Ummite saucers to take shortcuts in space that deviated "from the standard mode of diffusion of light." This ability allowed the Ummites to make the trip between UMMO and our own world in eight or nine months, crossing an interstellar gulf of 14.6 light years. Scientists like Juan Dominguez in Spain and Jean-Pierre Petit were riveted by these concepts and were counted among UMMO's staunchest defenders in the scientific community. Petit, in particular, was captivated by the Ummite concept of WAAM-WAAM, the "pluricosmos" or "multiverse" that was the cornerstone of Ummite philosophy. The Snowball Effect The attractive belief in benign, human-like aliens from a kindred world somewhere in the cosmos could have not found more fertile ground, and the UMMO mythology went from being a clever trick played by a psychologist to a social phenomenon spread like a contagion from researcher to researcher and onto the public. Jordan Pena insisted that he had at first tried pouring the proverbial cold water on the entire subject, but that the snowball effect had wrenched any control he may have imagined that he had over his creation. The reports allegedly dictated by the Ummites were mimeographed and photocopies to researchers all over Spain and overseas by zealous "spreaders of the word". A religion had been born. Even more distressing to the creator was the fact that clandestine "UMMO reports" were mushrooming everywhere, discussing a range of subjects that went far beyond the original ones, such as the veracity of the Shroud of Turin. The diffusion of the so-called UMMO message, ironic though it may now seem, contravened the rules that the experimenter had lain down for the project. In a letter to fellow researchers written in the 1990s, Jordan Pena stressed the "code of ethics": to limit the diffusion of the myth (made impossible by the publication of books on the subject); the repeated admonition "do not believe us" that characterized the UMMO documents; the avoidance of any financial contamination of the experiment; avoidance of any possible identification with a cult; to culturally enrich the reader by means of the allegedly extraterrestrial reports. In one paragraph of this letter, the psychiatrist bemoans the fact that French scientist Jean Pierre Petit's reputation was "burned" by his steadfast defense of the reality of UMMO. But despite of the good doctor's protestations, a dark side to his involvement in the UMMO affair was beginning to take shape. El Ojo Critico, a serious newsletter published by a diligent and resourceful group of young Spanish UFO researchers collectively referred to a "the third generation of ufologists" shocked believers in the UMMO mythos and scandalized their elders with the accusing headline "A SEXUAL ORIGIN TO THE UMMO FRAUD" The article, penned by journalist and television personality Manuel Carballal, stated succinctly that "after 25 years of continuing mystery, it has been the "new wave" of UFO researchers who has shed light upon one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated in ufology on an international level--the UMMO affair." Carballal went on to describe how researchers Carles Berche, Jose J. Montejo and Javier Sierra, among others, were the first to discover that noted parapsychologist Jose Luis Jordan Pena was in fact the intellectual mastermind of the hoax. This allegation would have remained pure speculation had Jose Luis Jordan Pena himself not chosen to step forward and admit his role in the hoax, using the pretext that it had all been a "scientific experiment" aiming at gauging the level of gullibility among Spanish researchers of the 1960s and '70s. Further research into the matter uncovered far less sanguine motives. Trinidad Pastrana, an occultist from Madrid, revealed herself as having played the role of the mysterious "Marisol," who served as a mediator between the aliens from the supposed planet UMMO and their human contacts. According to Pastrana, she had made use of the telephone to transmit many of the alleged alien communications, and took advantage of trips abroad by friends or relatives to deposit letters with Ummite messages in the postal services of foreign countries, leading UMMO followers to believe that there was indeed a worldwide network (conveniently headquartered in remote Australia) of alien "visitors" combing our planet as part of their reconnaissance activities. But most shocking of all was Pastrana's admission that the messages had all been dictated to her by none other than Jose Luis Jordan Pena, whom she had met during a radio program on paranormal phenomena and who had later hypnotized her, subjecting her to sexual abuse. Mercedes Carrasco, the second "UMMO messenger", claimed to have met Jordan Pena in the early Seventies at a meeting of the Center for Paranormal Studies and agreed to undergo hypnosis, first in the presence of witnesses and later alone. She alleged that the parapsychologist later took to writing her letters "masquerading as an Indian guru" and telling her that "in another lifetime" Jordan had been an abusive military man who was guilty of committing excesses, and that she had been a domineering woman who had kept him enslaved. In order to balance the "karmic debt," she would have to endure a sadomasochistic relationship with him. The Loose Ends It would be easy enough to stop writing at this point and considered the UMMO affair "solved." Too many loose ends persist, and some of them are significant enough to explain why the public hasn't fully accepted the explanation of UMMO as a hoax. First and foremost are the questions surrounding the landing of the Ummite spaceship [with the )+( logo on its undercarriage] at San Jose de Valderas in 1967. While the spaceship photographs have been proven fake by computer analysis, where did Jordan Pena obtain access to the strips of TEDLAR, a material destined to a highly sensitive military use? Where did the psychiatrist secure the ninety-nine percent pure nickel tubes containing the TEDLAR strips? Wouldn't it be more logical to suppose that somebody gave him these items? The possibility that the entire UMMO experience may have been a sort of secret war or battle of nerves between warring intelligence agencies has been approached by a number of researchers, most notably Jacques Vallee. It is also possible that "Project UMMO," for want of a better name, came to an end when the intelligence agencies in question achieved their goal. Those who swallowed the myth hook, line and sinker, unable to bring the magnificent little universe to an end, continued it with their own "reports" and "letters." When they ran out of scientific material, the gravitated toward a far simpler doctrine of harmony and love whose comprehension did not require an advanced degree. This is evidenced by the frequent UMMO conventions held in major Spanish cities and which are sponsored by prestigious individuals who talk long into the night no longer about interstellar propulsion systems but about UMMO's doctrines of peace and love. Veteran UFO researcher Raymond Fowler observed in his book UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors that in the event of massive open contact with a benevolent advanced alien civilization, many elements of the civilian population would actually "transfer their allegiance" to the newcomers due to their advanced wisdom and power. If the arrival of a fleet of disc-shaped vehicles from UMMO were imminent, would their terrestrial followers obey their elected officials, or would they unhesitatingly run to meet their "elder brothers"? Could this be the reaction UMMO was meant to gauge?

The Men Who Stare At Goats: all you need to know.

Journal of Non-lethal Combatives,
February 2000

The First Earth Battalion:
Dare to Think the Unthinkable,
Ideas and Ideals for Soldiers Everywhere

By Jim Channon

Copyright © 1979 Jim Channon, all rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Jim Channon. Introduction and annotation by Joseph R. Svinth. Copyright © 2000, all rights reserved.

Introduction
In 1979, the Peoples’ Republic of China publicly reported that several thousand of its children aged 8-14 were capable of telepathy, clairvoyance, X-ray vision, or psychokinesis. [EN1] Having already heard about this program, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and the US Army were simultaneously pouring billions of dollars into their own similar research.
The Army program was headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland, and was part of the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Leaders included Generals Edmund Thompson and Albert Stubblebine, and Colonel John Alexander. [EN2]
Officers assigned to the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania [http://carlisle-www.army.mil/library/ris.htm] contributed research to the project, and "The First Earth Battalion" is essentially a textual copy of one group's unclassified briefing slides.
Although decidedly New Age, the War College project was not entirely theoretical. Colonel Alexander, for example, went on to become a leader in the Los Alamos National Lab's non-lethal weapons program. [EN3] Likewise, during the early 1980s Special Forces hired Richard Strozzi Heckler and other outside contractors to provide two A-teams, a total of 25 men, with training in biofeedback, aikido, and "mind-body psychology." In the latter program, a typical training day included running, swimming, "industrial-strength" calisthenics, and 1-1/2 hours of aikido practice. After six months, the soldiers were not aikido masters but they were quantifiably 75% more physically fit than when they started. [EN4]
During correspondence with the editor in January 2000, author Channon had this to say:  

The ideas circulated by this mythical force [First Earth Battalion] began with combat of the collective conscience… the principal that if any contest is viewed by the television audience, it will be judged in the end on ethical superiority. Thus cameras mounted on dune buggies. The Army War College has the most exhaustive instructional materials on peacekeeping. All these ideas were first represented by Earth Battalion thinkers and the manual you have.

Channon's statement may sound hyperbolic, but if you substitute "CNN" for "EARTH BATTALION satellite" in the following document, then you have a good description of the United States military's foreign policy of the 1990s. Likewise, if you think of the global communication system Channon envisioned as the Internet, then it appears that he had a pretty good idea of where ARPANET (the acronym for the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency's computer network) was headed. Therefore, despite the hyperbole and New Age jargon, Channon's crystal ball proved clearer than cynics probably expected. And if nothing else, the following paper does suggest why drug testing became common for all ranks during the mid-1980s.
TASK FORCE DELTA -- CONCEPT PAPER
Problem statement. Understanding that we must work through people, how can our Army establish and maintain control of changing, interdependent systems to maximize force readiness?
Study thrusts.

1. Process of Influencing People.
2. The Process of Control.
3. The Dynamics of Change.
4. The Nature of Interdependence.
5. The Science of Systems.
6. The Dynamics of Force Readiness.

Concept Paper Title: The First Earth Battalion.
Concept: Task Force Delta's effort needs the track of time. Just as we maintain our perspective of the past and contact with the complexities of the present, our "First Earth Battalion" is the prime place to put thoughts of the future through a basic Army perspective.
Author: LTC James B. Channon
Sponsors: MAJ (P) [Promotable] M.M. Ischinger/COL D.M. Malone
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed in this concept paper are those of the author(s) and do not purport to reflect the positions or policies of the Department of the Army or of the Department of Defense. Requests for additional information or clarification regarding this concept paper should be addressed to HQ TRADOC, ATTN: ATCG-SD, Ft. Monroe, VA 23651.
[PROJECT] FOREWORD
The track of time comes hurtling up out of the past, from somewhere billions of years ago back in history. It flicks by us as we stand here now in the present and then thrusts on for billions of years out ahead of us, out into the future, bound for some place called infinity.
Two things we know about time: 

    its march is inexorable, inevitable, and pervasive

    it always gives rise to change. 

Change, then, is like time, inexorable, inevitable and pervasive -- and so powerful and complex a thing that in just five billion years, change has produced, from inorganic matter and countless millions of experiments, complex living things such as social insects and mankind.
Any concept of change is a concept of time. Thus any concept of change must involve past, present, and future. Task Force Delta's effort, as a concept of change, needs the track of time… the lessons of history, the realities of the present, and the dreams and visions of the future.
Our "First Earth Battalion" is a place to dream. A place to think the unthinkable. It's the prime place to put our thoughts of the future just as we must maintain our perspective of the past and contact with the complexities of the present. It's an "Earth" battalion because of what we know about a shrinking world, and about interdependencies among people, and nations, and natural resources… interdependencies which everyday are becoming more evident to us all. It's a battalion because our study effort is directed to our Army, and the battalion is an entity which all of us soldiers from top to bottom, can comprehend.
Signed: D.M. Malone, COL, US Army

 
[AUTHOR'S] FOREWORD
Making this planet whole… requires the ethical use of force. But even subcultures of force must evolve into a master culture. The Army is no exception.
Soldiers can be the principal moral ethical basis on which things political can harmonize in the name of the Earth.
*** [Editor's note: The following are the headings and textual portions of illustrated briefing slides compiled into a booklet and self-published as "The First Earth Battalion" by Channon in 1979. Spelling errors have been corrected, but all ellipses (…) were the author's rather than the editor's.]

 
CIVILIZATION

Earthkind has grown from pack to village… and then from village to tribe, then from tribe to territory… and from territory to nation.
It is time to go from nation to planet.
The First Earth Battalion hereby declares its primary allegiance to the planet.

 
THE WARRIOR MONK

Chinese monks were often attacked by robbers. They developed a new fighting system based on using the force of the attacker against him. Likewise the soldiers of the First Earth will learn martial arts with the same ethical basis. No Earth soldier shall be denied the kingdom of heaven because he or she is used as an instrument of indiscriminate war. The conscience will be developed together with the ability to neutralize the opponent. THE EARTH BATTALION IS AND IS BECOMING

The Earth Battalion is potential oriented, not mission oriented, so any definition of what it is or does tends to limit what it can become… At the moment it is a spirit among other things.
By 1990 it may be a pilot community of warrior-monks who completely recycle all resources, live amidst new nuclear reactors and waiting deployment to tension spots.
A think tank methodology for the U.S. Army -- a banner for the closet greathearts wherever they are -- a bonding agent for the idealist activists in the service and out -- a home for the ethical evolution of force -- an alternate form of service to the planet.

 
PIONEERS
The pioneering spirit is not dead in America! Many of the Earth Battalion ideas are taken from the New Age. This small sample of New Age groups shows there is plenty of gold left in the hills of the mind, body and spirit. The rush is on!
[Logos and advertisements posted include:]

	Macrobiotics
	Bahaii Faith
	New Dimensions Foundation
	Beyond Jogging
	In the Flow
	Berkeley Institute for Training in Psychodrama
	Dimensional Mind Approach
	New Age Awareness Fair
	Aikido with Ki
	Briarpatch Review: A Journal of Right Livelihood & Simple Living
	The Center of Release and Integration
	The Owner Builder Center
	Postural Integration Reichian Rebirthing
	The Biofeedback Center of Berkeley
	Integral Chuan Institute
	Arica
	Gentle Wind
	Halpern Sounds
	Spectrum Suite
	Dayspring, Inc.
	The Brosnan Tortoise. (The latter was "a small group who seek to advance the comprehension, experience, and worship of God. Our activities center around the study of The Urania Book.")

STRUCTURE WITHOUT STATUS Everyone in the First Earth is equally important in the eyes of the organization and will be provided for accordingly. Status is achieved by the skill with which you do your chosen task. It's not important that you move up in the organization… only that your skill level moves up. Leaders will be those [soldiers] whose chosen skills are group interworking and spiritual development.

 
UNIFORMS WITHOUT UNIFORMITY

Always allowing for diversity… we can share the ways that humans are all wonderfully unique. The uniform must serve the soldier's given task but must equally serve to share the most precious gift we each have to share … our personality.
Common banners will serve to share the corporate Earth Battalion personality.
[The picture shows a "Battalion Samurai Battle Mantle"]

 
UNITY POWERED BY DIVERSITY

Synergy is possible when every soldier brings his or her individual best to the group task. It is multiplied in strength again if that soldier truly loves the other members of the unit. Then we shall have the maximum combat power available.
Things like Fuller's tensegivity illustrate how the maximum in individual tension can be held delicately in check by group unity -- thereby generating the maximum potential energy.
The vector equilibrium, the visible structure, plus LOVE = the invisible bonding.

 
OMNI-DIRECTIONAL THOUGHT
The First Earth is not mission oriented it is potential oriented. That means we shall continue to look everywhere to find non-destructive methods of control.
J.F.C. Fuller, the father of mechanized warfare, was an omni-directional thinker and a member of the world of the occult. [EN5]
Be a guerrilla guru: [explore] the occult, the new age, the traditional, eastern philosophy, [and] space age technology.

 
SUPRA SEX

Jobs in the First Earth are based on capabilities. Sex, age, color, or religious preferences are not considerations. Culture has, however, programmed men and women so that they feel pressure to relate to each other sexually. This sexual protocol can be overcome by a series of extended exercises requiring the absolute interdependence of all participants until a level is trust is developed that supercedes and rises above any kind of sexual relationship. Fortunately love is still the by-product.

 
MISSIONS

The President just needs a wider range of options to respond to the 1980s. Force as a concept has lost much of its legitimacy. The time has come to take the lead in solving the problems of tomorrow.

 
The First Earth Battalion [Missions]

	Force of heart
	Force of will
	Force of arms
	Force of spirit
	Eco pioneers
	Urban pioneers
	Space pioneers
	Human disaster rescue group
	Eco disaster rescue group
	Natural disaster rescue group

The Star [Headquarters]

	Sensing [Intelligence -- S-2]
	People [Personnel -- S-1]
	Design [Operations and Training -- S-3]
	Signals [Communications and Public Affairs]
	Support [Logistics -- S-4]

[Task organization] Headquarters = Star
Counter-force company: Arms, Heart, Will, Spirit
Pioneer company: Space pioneer, Eco pioneers, Urban pioneers
Rescue company: Natural disaster, Eco disaster, Human disaster

 
REASONS TO BE
Soldiers are in the business of life and death. As a leader during war, I must know that if my soldiers are to die… that it's for the right reasons. When at peace they deserve nothing less than a chance of personal evolution.
Soldiers can be a real part of the evolution of this Earth. Anything less… is just something less.

 
INTELLIGENT INITIATIVE
In the martial arts, one learns a number of possible countermoves against different types of possible enemies. These practice battles are done over and over until they become instinct. Likewise in the Earth Battalion all plausible engagements are war-gamed until each soldier has the routine cold. In this way the battalion can operate in the absence of commands from its leaders, who may be out of touch, because of the new realities of modern warfare.
[A chart compares "martial art stances" (e.g., prepare left, block left, en garde, prepare right) to a flowchart reading:]
If you are overrun -- move to the nearest road junction, take control of the buildings, wait for his towed artillery, destroy all you can… till you have lost an offensive punch, then exfiltrate [sneak out] or surrender to save life.

 
PEOPLE
All warrior monks, but an interdependence of New Age skills as well.
[The graphic shows the following skills, all emanating from a central Spirit Wizard]

	Spirit wizard
	Meditation leader
	Martial arts wizard
	Nutritionist herbalist
	Vexillographer (flags and banners)
	Cinematographer
	Old tapes
	Holographer
	Printer
	Minstrels
	Video technoid
	Satellite technoid
	Laser technoid
	General systems theorist
	Physicist
	Futurist
	Builder
	Conservationist
	Indian tracker [sic]

BATTLE TUNING

Using traditional and New Age ideas:

	Rise
	Yogic cat stretch
	Primal scream and leap
	Belgian waffle
	Ginseng tab regulator
	Speed [ amphetamines] or morning thunder tea [EN6]
	Karate kata
	Primal low frequency lights
	Paced primal rock [music] in our ears
	Discordant sounds for them [the enemy]
	Advance

TOOLS Just like many systems… when a nation or government becomes old, it is so full of its ideas [that] it has no room for new ones. Well, there are New Age ideas with great power for the first body that decides to systematically use them.
THE EARTH BATTALION WILL HEAR THEM ALL.
[The accompanying illustration shows a rucksack containing body vest music (e.g., a Walkman®), night vision foodstuffs, natural foods, dried munchie packs, divining tools (divining rods had been used in Vietnam to find Viet Cong tunnels with at least as much success as CIA sonar systems), and ginseng regulators.]

 
MARKING THE TRAIL
The American Indian revealed himself as an individual by his distinctive ornamentation. His shield in some cases was more complete as a representation of his skills and predisposition than the modern soldier's personnel file.
Earth Battalion soldiers will be encouraged to represent themselves well in their dress, and wear a twelve-pointed star with each axis clipped to reveal a dimension on a standard personality inventory test. [EN7]

 
FIT TO FIGHT
Recently a world class health expert revealed his formula for being perfectly fit. At the heart of good health, he chose a positive mental attitude. Next in importance was aerobic exercise to get oxygen spread throughout the body. Finally he broke down foods into the following priority:

1. Nuts/seeds/grains
2. Vegetables (raw)
3. Fruit

Then the others -- way down the list.

  THE DELIVERY OF FIRES

Precision delivery [of artillery fires] is a function of clear and calm calculations. The battalion Tactical Operations Center will employ every New Age centering tool to ensure our fire coordinators do their job of neutralization surgically.
[Equipment shown for this New Age Tactical Operations Center included:]

	Samadi tank for command decisions. [Samadi tanks are isolation tanks said to provide "an ideal environment for relaxation and stress reduction, meditation, and the exploration of consciousness." Above the door is a sign reading: "Centering with mentations prior to entering."]
	Neutralization oriented electronic map display. [This was similar to what was already becoming standard in naval Combat Information Centers.]
	Ergonomic settings [as opposed to the traditional field table, tent or tracked vehicle, and plywood map board].

[While working, the staff updated their map display while taking a] Trip through bamboo sounds.

  MAP DISPLAY
With the advent of electronic display many variations of maps are possible on the same surface. Some ideas for the modern battlefield are:

1. Relief for direct-fire weapons.
2. Patterns to show gas or smoke coverage.
3. Building relief for MOUT (military operations in urbanized terrain).
4. Strip maps for road movement.

MAP SYMBOLS

See how abstract our current symbols are. They clutter the map with Order of Battle [3rd Battalion, 37th Infantry (Mechanized)] and lack a great deal of important targeting data [such as effective strength]. [On a First Earth Battalion map display:]

1. Tank units look like tanks.
2. Larger units mean larger symbols.
3. If they [tank units] are moving, the road wheels ***pulse***.
4. If you need their state of vulnerability press the top of the symbol. (These two units are under the cover of smoke.)
5. If you need their projected power, press the front of the weapon (the mobility and range of this weapons system).
6. If you need their potential [power], press the back of the symbol (unit strength, POL [petroleum, oil, and lubricants], ammo, morale, etc. are presented in a series of scalar dimensions).
7. If you must have the Order of Battle [3rd Battalion, 37th Infantry (Mechanized)], then press the bottom of the symbol.

YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED -- NO MORE.

  NEW AGE SYNTHESIS FOR A SAMURAI
Seek your own personal path to God
Actively improve your physical condition.
Master mental self control for combat.
Understand others.
Reinforce team interdependence.
Actively serve people and planet.
Indulge in happiness and humor.

 
TYPICAL BATTLE SCENARIO FIRST EARTH
They parachuted in that morning and stood in a long line facing each opposing army. The Earth Battalion satellite above beamed this image to the globe. The Earth watched as this potential catastrophe awaited the conscience of one of the two [rival] army leaders to set. For they would have to bloody the Earth Battalion people in their path before they could attack -- and the world would know.
SPIRITUAL TOOLS
The Universe yields wonderful energies for those who rise above physical mechanics. The Earth Battalion will practice non-denominational techniques for spiritual bonding.  It is our right and they [non-denominational meditation techniques] shall make us stronger.
CONSCIENCE CORPS
When our Earth Battalion people become families and we hope they will, they will then leave the attack battalions and go to the nuclear release sites of each nation with a nuclear strike capability. In this way they will be a clear and present reminder of what exists at the other end of a button. [The accompanying illustration shows families living in tents in the middle of a desert.]
EARTH PRAYER
Mother Earth… my life support system… as a soldier… I must drink your blue water… live inside your red clay and eat your green skin.
I pray… my boots will always kiss your face and my footsteps match your heartbeat.
Carry my body through space and time… you are my connection to the Universe… and all that comes after.
I am yours and you are mine.
I salute you.
THE WARRIOR NET
A primary function of the First Earth is to communicate ideas. Set up a network of information within your army and with friends in any army. Soon continental coordination will emerge and then we will consider communications media other than the mail and telephone.
Let this battalion grow wherever there is interest.
HUMAN DIMENSIONS: TECHNOLOGY AND STUDY AREAS -- THE NATURAL GUARD
Natural technologies for the soldier
 

Subject area	Technology
Physical preparation	Mongolian massage (Katonning); professional football players now adopting yoga in exercises
Sensory alertness during combat	Energy awareness technology based on aikido ala [George] Leonard
Weapons effectiveness during combat	Hypnotherapy -- ala J. Bartell's world's best combat shooters using hypnosis technology
Combat first aid without medicine or equipment	Shiatsu -- acupressure and similar technologies based on known energy points on the body and hypnotherapy
Hand to hand combat	Understanding bodily weak points can either heal a friendly or hurt an enemy; tai chi chuan by a master [EN8]
Movement to contact	Two squads at rest, one squad alert… using herb teas and other meditation technology
Intelligent initiative	Preprogrammed responses for combat contingencies using karate kata to embody knowledge
Training effectiveness	Take a suggestibility test to determine primary learning style for each soldier. It's highly likely that all directed instruction now given violates the basic suggestibility of the modern volunteer.
Diet	Entire medical profession moving to health foods -- our soldiers can eat junk food!? [EN9]
Organizational structures	Teams are cohesive with around eight people… organizations should adopt the operational style of the network… the most resilient and effective information processor.
Values	When Army missions are aligned with the values of youth we won't be able to keep them [youth] away. Urban pioneers  Counter hostage force  Disaster rescue  Eco pioneers  Animal rescue (See Earth Battalion Organization)
Organizational focus	The silent circle and the spirit shoot.
Conference order & decision making	Indian kiva technology The protocol of attention
The Tactical Operations Center	A cerebral environment maintained by several stress reduction technologies Breathing (Law of the Octave) Mentations (Relaxation response) Music 'n lights Samadi tank Intelligent displays
Tactical communications	The battle forms pictures, not numbers and words. Symbol compression technology is necessary for a facsimile system.
Fire control precision	Intelligent display language not only reports on pairings but also suggests the most effective future use of response weapons (the secret here is the breadth of the syntax not the mass of the alpha-numerics.)
Psychotronics	The conscious application of assonant and dissonant sound to achieve a physical response (both audible and hypersonic) e.g. all vehicles will use loudspeakers in the attack and play acid rock… out of synch. Meanwhile inside our armored personnel carriers is rhythmic positive pulsing organizing music. Subsonic frequencies bombard the enemy, bringing their intelligence down.
Master strategies	The evolution of mind as developed into an art by Gurdjieff-Khaso-Harvey- Bandler-Grinder etc. (Most Western minds are linear and predictable strategists.) Holographic Intelligence. Pribram -- Burns -- Claus -- Channon
Spiritual zeal	When military tasks are aligned with spiritual commitment the [military] machine runs by itself!

EDITOR'S NOTES (hit your back button to return to the text)
 EN1. Marcello Truzzi, "China's Psychic Savants," Omni, January 1985.
EN2. Jim Schnabel, Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies (New York: Dell, 1997).
EN3. See, for example, John Alexander, Future War: Non-Lethal Weapons in Twenty-first Century Warfare(New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999). Alexander's other publications include "The New Mental Battlefield" in Military Review (December 1980).
EN4. Richard Strozzi Heckler, In Search of Warrior Spirit (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Press, 2nd edition, 1992).
EN5. Maj.-Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, one of the pioneers of mechanized warfare and a noted military historian, was also interested in astrology and the writings of the occultist Aleister Crowley.
EN6. As early as 1883 the Bavarian Army experimented with issuing cocaine to its soldiers during their annual maneuvers. Subsequent researches into chemically-enhanced militaries resulted in the introduction of amphetamine powders in 1927 (the mostly African American drivers of the Red Ball Express were the best-known US users of World War II), the creation of anabolic steroids in 1958, and the integration of psychotropic drug research with virtual reality computer research in 1991.
EN7. As a counterpoint, some recent evidence suggests that standard personality inventory tests tend to favor white, middle-class values, frequently discriminate against minorities, and reveal little more than the test-taker's skill at taking standard personality inventory tests.
EN8. The well-known martial arts writer Robert W. Smith was approached regarding this project, and in a letter to the editor, he said, "I said this is BS, include me out. Really. This was a time of big military budgets and when they were trying to replace guns with ESP, etc. CIA at same time were trying to get Uri Geller, et al., to visualize Soviet missile sites." For details of CIA involvement with Geller, see Schnabel, 1997, 129-140, 278-280.
EN9. Indeed, in a field environment US soldiers are issued food loaded with fats, sugar, and various chemical additives.

JNC Feb 2000