Interesting to note…

 

This first Wikipedia entry is circa 2007 recently following his death copied  from this article: http://www.chemtrailcentral.com/forum/thread12891.html
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Bernard Eastlund 
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Bernard J. Eastlund was a physicist who received his B. S. in physics from MIT and a his Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University. He received a Special Achievement Certificate from the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission in 1970 for co-invention of the “Fusion Torch.”

Eastlund was the founder of a small company in Houston, Eastlund Scientific Enterprises Corporation (ESEC). A company providing Scientific, Engineering and Technical Services.

His hobby was astrophysics. Recently he has co-authored two papers regarding pulsars in the Astrophysical Journal and has presented a paper on Gamma Bursters.

In addition, Eastlund is one of the patent holders (US Patent #4,686,605) that led to the development of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program HAARP which has been sensationalized in many books as a weapon with the potential to destroy the world by creating a death ray [1] and altering weather patterns.

Bernard Eastlund died on December 12, 2007. In his final days, he continued to explore research in advanced physics topics and applications even holding meetings at his hospital bedside. He is survived by his wife, children and numerous grandchildren.

HAARP Controversy

The objectives of the HAARP project became the subject of controversy in the mid-1990s, following claims some scientists that the antennae could be used as a weapon. These concerns were amplified by Eastlund, who developed some of the concepts behind the HAARP in the 1980s and proposed using high-frequency radio waves to beam large amounts of power into the ionosphere, energizing its electrons and ions in order to disable incoming missiles and knock out enemy satellite communications. Eastlund stated, “Regarding safety. I believe it is the paramount issue. Unless these applications can be shown to be safe no experimentation should be initiated. My Company has adopted safety guidelines which include guidelines prepared by the NAS for global warming mitigation experiments and a few that were added to ensure that the systems are not used for military purposes.” Subsequently, a small group of American physicists aired complaints in scientific journals, charging that the HAARP could be seeking ways to blow other countries’ spacecraft out of the sky or disrupt communications over large portions of the planet. The physicist critics of the HAARP have had little complaint about the project’s current stage, but have expressed fears that it could in future be expanded into an experimental weapon.

The US military became interested in the idea as an alternative to the laser-based Strategic Defense Initiative. However, Eastlund’s ideas were eventually dropped as SDI itself mutated into the more limited National Missile Defense of today. The contractors selected to build HAARP have denied that any of Eastlund’s patents were used in the development of the project. HAARP could not possibly operate in the mode Eastlund suggested. A quick review of Eastlund’s patent and HAARP specifications will demonstrate that HAARP cannot deliver enough energy at a low enough frequency to make Eastlund’s plan work.

After the physicists raised early concerns, the controversy was stoked by local activism. In September 1995, a book entitled Angels Don’t Play This HAARP: Advances in Tesla Technology by Nick Begich, Jr., son of the late Congressman Nick Begich, claimed that the project in its present stage could be used for “geophysical warfare.” The HAARP has subsequently become a target for those who have suggested that it could be used to test the ability “to deliver very large amount of energy, comparable to a nuclear bomb, anywhere on earth,” “changing weather patterns,” “blocking all global communications,” “disrupting human mental processes” and mind control, and “x-raying the earth.” These claims are generally disregarded by scientists and those involved with the project as being completely baseless.

Bernard J. Eastlund (1938 – December 12, 2007) was a physicist who received his B.S. in physics from MIT and a his Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University. In 1970 he received a Special Achievement Certificate from the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission for co-invention of the “fusion torch.”

Eastlund authored three patents (US Patents #4,686,605, #4,712,155, and #5,038,664) that led to the development of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP).^[1]

He was the founder of Eastlund Scientific Enterprises Corporation (ESEC), a small company in Houston, Texas that provided scientific, engineering and technical services.

His hobby was astrophysics. His later work included co-authoring two papers in the Astrophysical Journal regarding pulsars, and he also presented a paper on Gamma Bursters.

Bernard Eastlund died December 12, 2007. In his final days he continued to explore research in advanced physics topics and applications, even holding meetings at his hospital bedside.

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