Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24


nbr was it : even near the
monkeys scalp. In other words.
nbthine, absolutely nothing,
vas connected to the monkeys
bbdy.
Actions Televised
Tin front Of the monkey was
a.motion picture camera which
also televised his posture and
movements. Further back was
q radio attached to a trans
mitter. The purpose Of the ex-
pertinent. Of course, was to |
observe the effects of electro
magnetic waves of a certain
frequency on the brain activity
Of monkey.
1.-THE switch was twisted, the
radio made a humming noise.
and during the first few Sec
onds the monkey did nothing
other than sit in a pose Of
watchful waiting. Then he be-
came drowsy. A minute or so
after that he became aroused.
alert, and somewhat agitated,
moving his head from side to
side.
"Then in another minute or
more there appeared unmistak-
able signs Of some impending
disturbance in the vital centers
Of the monkeys brain, which
were probably resonating with
these electromagnetic waves.
Or. Bailey then went on to de-
scribe in detail the death par
oxysms of the monkey.
Transmitters Used
DR.. Bailey's sketchy descrip-
ton of the equipment used
gave no hint Of the type of
waves or their frequency. He
referred in his testimony to "a
certain frequency" But from
other sources, this information
was obtained:
Two types of radio trans
mitters were used, each emit
ting signals in the 200 to 400
megacycle range at about 100
watts radiated power. One of
the sets was a GRC-27 bor-
rowed from the Naval Research
Laboratory and the other was
a 1882 transmitter loaned by
the Air Force.
DR.. Bailey referred to mill
tary participation in the prof.
ect without going into further
detail. 1t was learned, how
ever. that 1t. Col. Sven A. Bach
of the medical branch of the
Armed Forces Special Weapons
Project was ION loan" to NH
for about a month in the course
of the experiment. Col. Bach
declined to comment on the
experiment or the secret Penta-
gon groups participation.
NH officials said the ami
mails used were all "Rhesus
monkeys, medium sized" Ac-
cording to DR.. Theodore H.
Reed, director of the National
Geological Park. such animals
are about 21a or 3 feet tall
when standing and weigh about
80 or 35 pounds.
Appearance OF ElectrOcution
The immediate impression
gained by many persons read
ing the testimony of DR.. Bailey
was that something akin to
electrocution had taken place.
Others recalled incidents Of
death to engineers and tech
nicians working aroung high
powered radar sets.
In DR.. Bailey's supplemental
statement, however. it was en-
phasized that there was no
evidence in these experiments
that any physiological effects
were due to heat" This boil
stored his statement before the
committee that post mortem
examinations of the brains of
the 10 dead monkeys revealed
mo pathological cause for
death"
Cells shaken" to Death
One suggestion was that
the certain frequency" used
on the monkeys caused the
molecules within the living
cells of the brain stem to
culver hundreds of millions of
times a second. Thus, to sim
plify what may actually have
gone on, the cells may liter
ally have been" shaken" to
death. Support for this idea
might be found in DR.. Bailey'S
remark that the vital centers
of the monkeys brain were
probably resonating with these
electromagnetic waves"
The lack of heat effect or of
fever to the monkey as it
underwent the experiment, may
be a clue to the nature of brain
damage, some doctors suggest
ed. DR.. Bailey indicated that
the nature of radio-wave injury
to the brain, if not fatal, may
be temporary. In his congress
sional testimony, he said:
IF they escape death they
attain a complete recovery in
the course of time"
Long Recovery
But recovery is long and hard,
on the basis of experience
shared by the 10 monkeys that
survived the experiments, DR..
Bailey testified, He said:
"All of these who survived
first showed clinical signs Of
varying degrees Of brain dam
age. One that I saw resembled
the symptomatic picture of
Parkinson's disease in humans.
(Parkinson's disease is COM
monty known as palsy. 1t man
ifests itself as an uncontroll-
ohlo Slo lyiYan ,,e,,oIl.- x,.a.A