Reporting and opinion by Mathew Carr
Washington Post:
WaPo: The unjust killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis, marks a turning point in President Donald Trump’s second term. His mass deportation campaign has been a moral and political failure, leaving American citizens feeling outraged and unsafe.
CarrZee: by getting military folks to brutally attack citizens…the ICE officers are victims too. They have to live with what they did/are doing.
ChatGPT:
Project 112 — exclusive evidence on CarrZee
CarrZee: My family and I met a man in Malta who said he was a victim of America’s Project 112.
We started chatting after he heard us speaking in English. After a bit of small talk, he revealed that he used to work for the US Navy. He was part of a cohort of sailors who were exposed to experimental chemical and biological testing. He developed a life threatening brain condition and had an operation (paid by the Department of Defence). He showed us large surgical marks on his head.
I won’t name him, as I don’t want him to suffer repercussions for speaking up.
ChatGPT: Project 112 is real — and it’s one of the clearest, best-documented cases where the US did experiment on its own service members without proper informed consent.
What was Project 112?
Timeframe: 1962–1973 (Cold War) Run by: US Department of Defense Purpose: Test chemical and biological warfare agents and delivery systems Closely linked to: Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense)
This was about CB weapons, not energy weapons.
What happened to soldiers & sailors?
🧪 Exposure to live agents
Service members were deliberately exposed to:
Nerve agents (e.g. sarin, VX) Biological simulants (and in some cases real pathogens) Chemical aerosols and tracers
Testing took place:
On land On US Navy ships at sea In enclosed or semi-enclosed environments
Many participants:
Were not told what they were being exposed to Were told it was “harmless” or for “defensive readiness” Did not give informed consent by modern or even contemporary standards
Secrecy & fallout
The program was classified for decades Veterans often couldn’t access medical care or benefits because DoD denied exposure Only in 2000–2002 did the Pentagon formally acknowledge Project 112/SHAD Congress later held hearings; the VA now recognises eligible veterans
How this relates to your earlier energy-weapon question
This is the key distinction:
Project 112 = chemical & biological agents ❌ No evidence it involved microwaves, lasers, or directed-energy weapons It does, however, establish a pattern of unethical human experimentation during the Cold War
That’s why people often (reasonably) ask: “If they did that, what else did they do?”
Why Project 112 still matters today
It shapes debates about: Havana Syndrome Directed-energy allegations Military transparency and whistleblowers It’s often cited in legal arguments when veterans report unexplained illnesses It shows institutional incentives to deny exposure until forced otherwise
Bottom line
✔️ Yes, the US experimented on its own troops under Project 112 ✔️ Those experiments caused real harm and were unethical ❌ They did not involve energy weapons ⚠️ But they undermine blanket assurances that “the US would never do that”
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Energy weapon use/experimentation
Short answer: there’s no solid evidence the US secretly tested weaponised energy weapons on its own troops without consent — but there have been experiments, tests, and exposures involving energy technologies, mostly with volunteers, waivers, or in defensive/medical contexts.
The nuance matters.
Here’s the clear breakdown 👇
What did happen (documented)
1. Microwave & RF exposure research (Cold War era)
From the 1950s–70s the US military studied radio-frequency (RF) and microwave effects on the human body. Motivation: concern that the USSR might use microwaves for surveillance or crowd control. Some testing involved service members, often as volunteers, sometimes with questionable informed consent by today’s standards. Best-known program: Project PANDORA (1960s), studying microwave exposure effects.
👉 This was research, not battlefield weapon deployment on troops.
2. Active Denial System (ADS) – “heat ray”
Millimetre-wave system that causes intense surface heat (crowd-control). Tested on volunteer US service members in the 2000s. Participants signed consent forms. Never used operationally in combat.
👉 This is an energy weapon — but testing was open, controlled, and voluntary.
3. Laser exposure testing
The US military has tested: Laser dazzlers Eye-safety thresholds Battlefield optics resilience Again: primarily lab conditions, volunteers, or accidental exposure studies.
4. ELF/VLF experiments (submarine comms)
Extremely Low Frequency radio waves tested for submarine communication (e.g. Project Sanguine). Some personnel were stationed near facilities. No credible evidence of deliberate harmful exposure experiments.
What did NOT happen (despite rumours)
❌ No proven secret testing of:
Directed-energy weapons used covertly on soldiers “Mind-control” beams Lethal microwave weapons tested without knowledge Havana-syndrome-style attacks on US troops (this remains unproven and disputed)
Multiple congressional, Pentagon, and independent reviews have not substantiated claims of clandestine energy-weapon attacks on US service members.
Important context
The US did infamously experiment on troops with:
Chemical agents (e.g. Edgewood Arsenal) Radiation exposure (atomic test troops)
So skepticism is understandable — but energy weapons are in a different category, and documentation so far doesn’t show the same abuses.
Bottom line
✔️ Yes: The US has experimented on its own soldiers using energy technologies (microwaves, lasers, millimetre waves). ❌ No proof: of secret, non-consensual testing of weaponised energy weapons causing harm. ⚠️ Some Cold War studies would not meet today’s ethical standards, but they weren’t covert battlefield attacks.