Major General Albert Stubblebine III

BY: GΔRRΞTT @libertybirb on X.

Mar 20, 2025

In my previous article, ‘Metallic Voices and Space Kids,’ we explored the origins of the US government’s interest in paranormal and psychic phenomena. These subjects present a long and winding path, and only patches of de-classified material are available to examine, often leaving the best sleuths chasing their tails when they try to peek behind the curtain. Luckily, as time passes and more material piles up, we can begin to paint a more accurate picture of the clandestine world of remote viewers, psychotronic technology, and UFOs.

The initial remote viewing program in the United States began at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in 1971, gaining steam after scientists Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ started exploring parapsychological arenas with CIA sponsorship. The program originally used names like SCANATE and GRILL FLAME, and remained extraordinarily classified for years, sometimes achieving the designation of Special Access Program (SAP). Project “CENTER LANE,” for example, eventually became a registered department of the Army Special Access Program. According to one declassified document from the CIA, “The US Army’s interest in psychoenergetics goes back to 1972, when the Surgeon General through the Medical Intelligence Information Agency (MIIA), together with DIA, published studies of Soviet Block work.” This document continues, “The US Army Intelligence and Security Command’s [INSCOM] involvement with psychoenergetics began in September 1977.” [1] As time passed, the program was eventually transferred to non-governmental hands at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). While public perception often suggests that the programs “didn’t work”, the director overseeing the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory of SAIC, Dr. Ed May, has said in interviews that 19 different government agencies were using remote viewers to assist them in their work. [2]

Major General Albert Stubblebine III was the head of the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) in the years 1981-1984. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), the Air Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster). He was also authorized to wear the General Staff Identification Badge and the Distinguished Service Medal. [3] According to Stubblebine in a February 2013 interview with Jeff Rense, “I can tell you that I was responsible, in my last assignment, I was responsible for ALL of the Army’s remote viewing. They were in my command. They were my responsibility.” [4]

Portrayed in Jon Ronson’s 2004 book, The Men Who Stare at Goats, as a delusional fool running into his office wall every day in an attempt to pass through it, Stubblebine’s public persona has remained a difficult subject to navigate with clarity. A tremendous amount of spin has been focused on him. Dr. Steven Greer, who has stated that beautiful aliens visit him in his dreams [5], has claimed erroneously that General Stubblebine offered him 2 billion dollars to join his cabal. Strangely, when Greer appeared on Alex Jones’ show Infowars, Greer told the 2 billion dollar story but omitted Stubblebine’s name. Jones, on the other hand, has stated on both Logan Paul and Joe Rogan’s podcasts that General Stubblebine is his trustworthy source for knowledge related to aliens / UFOs. When Greer told his baloney story on Infowars, the producers bizarrely inserted a picture of PSYOP specialist and Temple of Set founder, Lt. Col. Michael Aquino, who undoubtedly *looks* evil, but had nothing to do with the conversation. Was this deliberate obfuscation? Why did Dr. Greer avoid mentioning the Major General to Jones? Why did Jones avoid mentioning him to Greer? Why does Greer’s close friend and documentary co-star, Carol Rosin, give friendly interviews to Stubblebine’s wife, Rima Laibow? [6] Doesn’t she know about the cabal? What gives?

General Stubblebine later argued that his message to Ronson was “totally distorted”. [7] Even evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins mentions Stubblebine’s purported gullibility in his 2006 bestseller, The God Delusion. [8] After all, what is compelling the former Head of Army Intelligence to make such wild claims?

Answering that question has proven to be one of the deepest labyrinths I’ve ever encountered. General Stubblebine’s story includes remote viewing, UFOs, mind control, shattered trust, and immense patriotism.

We will begin our examination of this enigmatic general by better understanding his origin. As a young child of a US Army Colonel, there were a few years where Stubblebine’s father was stationed at West Point Military Academy to build a new Airport. West Point has produced some of the most qualified, intelligent, and heroic leaders the United States has ever seen. Astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (Class of 1951), Michael Collins (Class of 1952), and Alfred “Al” Worden (Class of 1955), are all West Point graduates. Our country’s greatest Generals — Ulysses S. Grant (Class of 1903), George Patton (Class of 1903), and Douglas MacArthur (Class of 1903) — have all been instructed at this institution. In a 2013 interview with General Stubblebine, Bert explains:

“I actually am an Army brat. So I grew up in the Army. My dad was a West Point graduate, Class of 1924. He was a career officer. He served his 30 years. And, my life started — actually started at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, which is where I was born. But six months later, I was in the Philippines, because dad was transferred to the Philippines. And so, “home” was just where you hung your hat. You didn’t get in love with a place because it never lasted more than four years, and most frequently was three or less. So, home was just simply where you hung your hat. At age five — actually age five, six and seven — Dad was stationed at West Point. He was in the quartermaster, but he was responsible for building the new airport that was going in that region. So he, for three years, was stationed back at West Point, and I was a kid. I was five, six, and seven years old. Well, one of the fascinating things about it, in those days, was that every officer at West Point who was stationed at West Point, a permanent officer who was stationed at West Point — was REQUIRED to be at the Saturday morning parade. There was a cadet parade every Saturday morning, and so, every family, with their lovely kids, went to the Saturday morning parade. Well, I — at age five, six, and seven — would stand out on the parade ground in front of the seats where all of the officers were sitting. I would stand there, essentially at attention, while the parade was taking place. And then, about age six or seven, I’m not quite sure when — I decided that that is EXACTLY what I was going to do with my life. And from that moment on, everything that I did between age six and the time that I entered the academy, was to make sure that I was prepared to pass all of the exams, both physical and mental, and blah, blah, blah. But pass *everything*, so that I could enter West Point and graduate as a young Second Lieutenant. And that’s EXACTLY what I did. Graduated in 1952, and had selected ‘Armor’ as my branch — I thought I was going to be another George Patton, Jr. running across the fields of Germany, because I thought World War III was inevitable.” [9]

General Stubblebine continued, “Back at West Point, I was a Professor of Chemistry at West Point for four years. And in my third year (I was only supposed to be there three), at the end of my third year, I got an assignment to KOREA as an INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. I said, “No, no, no, no. I’m an Armor Officer. I don’t want to go to Korea as an Intelligence Officer. I don’t mind going to Korea, but I want to go as an Armor Officer, not as an Intelligence Officer.” They said, “No. You’re going as an Intelligence Officer.” So what I did — I talked to my boss, the head of the Chemistry department, and I said, “I’d like to extend a year. Would that be ok with you?” And so, his answer was yes. So I extended my tour at West Point for a year. And one year later, so help me Hannah, I got the exact same assignment to Korea as an Intelligence Officer. And I couldn’t extend again. And so I went kicking and screaming to Korea as an Intelligence Officer — oh man I was angry.” [10]

When he arrived in Korea, Stubblebine said that he was initially assigned to counterintelligence work, and he did not know what he was doing. His boss, a full Colonel, directed Stubblebine to meet with the Commander of all US forces in Korea. Soon after meeting with the Commander, Stubblebine claimed that he was given the assignment to re-organize the Korean ‘Order of Battle’. This is Stubblebine’s explanation of how he became so well-versed and passionate about Military Intelligence:

“He said, “you are going to re-do the North Korean ‘Order of Battle’, ok?” I didn’t know what ‘Order of Battle’ meant. I saluted and said, “yes sir.” I walked back to my boss. I said, “I don’t understand what I’m doing.” He said, “shut up. Sign here.” I said, “Ok… what am I signing?” He said, “shut up.” I said, “Ok.” And he said, “come with me.” He took me to this Quonset hut that I had passed every day going to the mess hall. It was all black, and locked up. I walked in, and under lock and key, signed the papers that were necessary. He said, “Ok. Over there. Here’s the tool that you’re going to use to re-do the North Korean ‘Order of Battle’. I walked over, and I thought, “Oh my goodness gracious.” Because what I was looking at, were aerial photography of North Korea. I mean WAY BEHIND — you know, they had the DMZ, and all of the caves that were on our side. But from there, you could see the entrance to the caves in which they had bored a hole through the mountain so that they could have artillery and tanks sticking out of holes on the size of the DMZ facing us. But you could also see where all of the units were located, you could identify the company commands, you could identify the battalions right on back to the head guys. You could see EVERYTHING. I don’t know where my Korean tour went. I was so busy. I worked 24/7. I didn’t take any time off. I just work, work, work, worked to finish this project to create what the SINK wanted. And at the end of my tour, I had finished it, took it up, showed him what had been done. He thanked me profusely, and I came home. I was back, back in the states. And in retrospect, I was thinking, “Holy smokes. What am I gonna do in tanks and armor?” And the answer is, I would do nothing except maneuvers. Because by that time, I said, “World War III is not gonna happen in my lifetime. Or at least, in my tour time. And I’ll be bored stiff as a tanker just running around doing exercises.” Instead, intelligence — I’m doing a task that is absolutely required. It’s real. It’s not fake. It’s not for fun. It’s not for games. Everything that you do will be for real. So I transferred branches. I transferred from tanks to intelligence. And after that, I never played another game my entire career. Everything that I did was for a purpose. It was real. It was needed. It was essential, because it was the key to what all of the commanders with the forces were going to do. They needed to know the information so that they could make a decision as to where, and how, and what they needed to do in the field. So, again — I NEVER played another game once I had transferred, or once I had been in that job in Korea — I never played another game. Everything, EVERYTHING, was real. Everything was exciting. Everything had passion. Everything had purpose. And so you just enjoyed what you were doing, even though you were working your ass off.” [11]

When asked what creating an ‘Order of Battle’ means, Stubblebine explained,

“It has primarily to do with “Where is everybody located?” Where’s the Command Headquarters? Where are the sub-units? Are they tanks? Are they infantry? Are they artillery? Where is the artillery? Where is all of the communication line set up? How is it set? So that once you see the picture, you got a pretty damn good idea of EXACTLY what he CAN do, which is essential. See, not what he MIGHT do, but what is he ABLE to do? Because now you know his capacity, so that you know what YOU need. In a counteraction, you need the kind of force that will either overcome it if you attack, or overcome any attack on his side. Very critical information for a commanding officer who is responsible for the planning that is needed.” [12]

Col. John Alexander (Left) and Stubblebine (Right)

The Major General’s impressive West Point pedigree must be considered in any overall assessment of Stubblebine’s life. A child who began his journey saluting military parades grew into a man who embarked on a military career envisioning himself as an Armor Officer — the next Patton. Bert eventually found himself deeply embedded in collecting intelligence and creating clever strategies for future conflicts.

According to Ed Dames’ book, Tell Me What You See, Stubblebine was especially skilled in navigating concerns surrounding ‘Human Use’. "Stubblebine solved the problem by doing an end run around the bean counters, explaining our participation at Monroe as an important professional development course. We weren't there just for the institute's weird out-of-body program, which he knew the stuffy government accountants would never agree to. We were there instead for Rapid Acquisitional Personal Training — RAPT for short. Some of us referred to it as being "rapted." The RV Unit was special and needed special training, Stubblebine argued, so cough up the money, fellas. The fact was, Stubblebine used us and RAPT to disguise his true objective of getting as many warm INSCOM bodies as he could through the doors at Monroe. It was there that he would lay the groundwork to prepare his men for future conflict in what his top aide Colonel John Alexander tagged "the New Mental Battlefield." And he would use our unit's hard-won Human Use certifications to make it all happen. Human Use meant you were a lab rat who could be experimented on, but only with your permission. This wasn't the case in the 1950s and 1960s when servicemen were exposed to LSD and other powerful mind-control drugs without their knowledge. After the acid scandal, Human Use certification required volumes of informed consent paperwork before anyone had the right to touch you, These detailed forms and medical evaluations could take months to be approved, but not for Major General Albert Stubblebine III. By hooking up with our unit, he bypassed the entire bureaucratic minefield, clearing the way for his people to become psychic test dummies just like the rest of us." [13]

Whatever is occurring in the human mind during a process like remote viewing is not exactly clear. Are some humans able to tap into a sort of supermind with tremendous knowledge? Can this process go wrong? Apparently it can. According to Jim Schnabel’s Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America’s Psychic Spies, a young Lieutenant’s hemi-sync session at the Monroe Institute in 1984 went wrong and directly contributed to Stubblebine’s military retirement. "Then one day in 1984, a young INSCOM lieutenant, Doug Pemberton, decided to go down to Monroe for the Gateway course. Pemberton, the son of a general, was the kind who would do two hundred push-ups before breakfast, and then would practice martial arts. In any case, he went down to the Monroe Institute on the INSCOM bus, and was assigned a Hemi-Sync cubicle. He began listening to the tapes, and sitting in on group discussion sessions. A day or so into the course, there was the perception that he was harassing one of the female trainers. The disturbance seemed to pass, but things still didn't seem quite right with Pemberton. At one point, around the third day of the course, Pemberton and the other students were in their cubicles, drifting along on those mellifluously synthesized waves of Hemi-Sync sound. Fifteen or twenty minutes into the tape, a Monroe staffer noticed Pemberton in one of the allways near his room. Doug Pemberton had been riding those Hemi-Sync waves all right, but had gone a bit too far with them. He was naked and incoherent. He was taken away to a psychiatric ward at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It was revealed later that Lieutenant Pemberton (who soon recovered) had a history of psychiatric treatment that he had kept out of his Army records and had never admitted in the Monroe screening questionnaire. Had this been known, it was said, Pemberton would never have been allowed into the Gateway course in the first place. But it was too late. The toothpaste was forever out of the tube. After William Odom, the ACSI, began to use the incident against Stubblebine at high levels, the INSCOM commander "fell on his sword," in a colleague's words, and resigned. He would later become an executive at the BDM Corporation, a defense contractor in suburban Virginia." [14]

In researching General Stubblebine, I discovered a fascinating anecdote from an April 1995 article featured in the US Naval Institute’s Magazine, NAVAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS. This edition features an entry from Brigadier General William A. Tidwell, Army of the United States (Retired) and bolsters General Stubblebine’s apparent prowess as a strategic commander. Tidwell retired in 1969 as chairman of the CIA committee on imagery requirements and exploitation, overseer of the U-2 spy plane program. [15] He also authored books on the civil war and researched President Lincoln extensively.

In the 1995 article, Tidwell recalls, “As an Army Reserve officer, I served in Vietnam as Chief of Reconnaissance and Photo Intelligence in J-2. Military Assistance Command Vietnam in 1964 and 1965. Later, I held a mobilization assignment as a Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the U.S. Army. In that assignment I worked with an officer, Albert N. Stubblebine III, who later served as Director of Intelligence Systems in the Battlefield Systems Integration Office in the Army Material Command, Head of the Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, and Commanding General of the Intelligence and Security Command.”

Tidwell continues, “General Stubblebine and his staff conceived intelligence preparation of the battlefield as a way of focusing intelligence resources in support of combat. It was seen as a way of making the peacetime efforts of the intelligence community pay off in the event of war. Likely battle areas were to be analyzed in the light of the combat doctrine of the most likely enemy. Therefore, a commander and his staff would have a picture of the enemy’s probable moves. This picture then could be compared with the picture emerging from current intelligence in the theater of operations to help determine what the enemy was doing actually. It was set up as an aid to analysis, a stimulus to thinking. It was intended to help commanders make smarter and faster decisions — not to be a square to be checked off before anybody could act.” [16]

The glowing endorsement of Tidwell is not isolated. Remote viewers such as Lyn Buchanan and Joe McMoneagle speak rather fondly about Stubblebine when giving interviews. Buchanan claimed that Stubblebine was particularly fascinated with his ability to potentially disturb computer systems. [17]

One of the most intriguing de-classified documents regarding General Stubblebine is a letter from Stubblebine to the CIA’s Deputy Director. In the letter, Bert thanks the Deputy Director for their contribution towards Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a methodology examining how language and neurological processes shape behavior, utilizing techniques to reprogram thought patterns for enhanced communication, self-improvement, and influence. [18] Col. John Alexander, a close associate of General Stubblebine, also has an impressive background of researching NLP, leading paranoid conspiracy theorists to accuse the duo of “Mind Control”. While hurling these accusations may be easy, the evidence suggests these men were actually involved in protecting us from these technologies and better understanding their effects.

When Governor Jesse Ventura’s TruTV show investigated aspects of mind control, the public got an opportunity to hear General Stubblebine, albeit briefly, describe the origins of a program that was presented to him to “explode” the heart of a goat using only a soldier’s mind.

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GOV. VENTURA: “In what you did in the Army, did you “play” with the minds of soldiers? Did any of that type of behavior go on?”

GEN. STUBBLEBINE: “Let me just give you a thought. Most people wear blinders. Ok? They wander through life looking through a tunnel.”

GOV. VENTURA: “Tunnel vision.”

GEN. STUBBLEBINE: “Tunnel vision. What I did, was to try to take the tunnel, and take the blinders off. “

GOV. VENTURA (Narrating): “Woah. This guy is definitely out there. But he was the head of Army Intelligence, and it proves that all this talk about “mind control” and “psychic experiments” is more than just a conspiracy theory. The military really did play with people’s minds.”

GEN. STUBBLEBINE: “I know. It sounds strange. Strange as heck, isn’t it?”

GOV. VENTURA: “Yeah its a strange — Is this the preliminary steps to this “super soldier” we hear about?”

GEN. STUBBLEBINE: “Oh boy… When I developed the — what I called the “High Performance Task Force” and tried to find all of these technologies, a very interesting thing happened. I was in my office one day, and some people wanted to see me. Well, what they brought to me was the philosophy, or the thought-process, of how they could use… the mind… Ok? Very carefully directed… Ok? And very carefully focused… to explode the heart of a goat. I said, “What? Bring that one back again?””

GOV. VENTURA: “Wait, wait, timeout a second. What they said to you was by using the mind, and thinking whatever it is required to do, you could what, then look at a goat and explode the heart inside him?”

GEN. STUBBLEBINE: “Well, woah woah. Look at the goat — with the intentionality of exploding the heart. I had to believe in what I could do, ok? I had to focus it at the heart. And I had to focus it on exploding the heart. Ok? Now, I have seen evidence that it’s possible. Ok?”

GOV. VENTURA: “And what evidence would lead you to believe that it’s possible?”

GEN. STUBBLEBINE: “Well, they’ve shown me some examples.”

GOV. VENTURA: “But you’re not gonna tell me?”

GEN. STUBBLEBINE: “No.” [19]

General Stubblebine speaking to Governor Ventura

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In my research of General Stubblebine, the phrase “take the blinders off” appeared frequently. According to Stubblebine, your beliefs and subconscious are areas that can influence what your mind can achieve. These areas also affect the possibilities of what our minds are capable of accepting. Simply put, if you truly believe you are incapable of remote viewing, you will likely be unsuccessful. Conversely, if you believe your mind has the potential to successfully remote view, apparently it is more likely you will yield better results. Could a sort of placebo be at work? Whatever mechanism is behind it, it is difficult to argue that remote viewing is ineffective after examining the collective history of parapsychological programs and the tremendous amount of money and secrecy surrounding them.

The first media appearance Albert Stubblebine ever made was in a 1992 episode of the popular TV show, Sightings. In the episode, Stubblebine and his wife Rima Laibow, provided commentary on a situation with a Russian pilot who had to eject from his plane after a UFO zoomed past him, costing the pilot government a large sum of money and embarrassing news attention. [20]

Examining this Sightings episode in 2025 is fascinating, mostly due to the fact that we know that General Stubblebine was a recipient of multiple unique awards throughout his career. A few of these awards involve electronic warfare capabilities, such as the one from the Association of Old Crows. The Crows website states, "The Association of Old Crows is an organization for individuals who have common interests in Electronic Warfare (EW), Electromagnetic Spectrum Management Operations, Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA), Information Operations (IO), and other information related capabilities. The Association of Old Crows provides a means of connecting members and organizations nationally and internationally across government, defense, industry, and academia to promote the exchange of ideas and information, and provides a platform to recognize advances and contributions in these fields." Stubblebine is listed on the Crows’ website as being a recipient of their Electronic Warfare award. [21]

Is it possible that our Major General was on TV covering up a precious technology by spinning UFO stories? A potential breakthrough in Air Defense and Electronic Warfare? While it can be entertaining to speculate, there’s still plenty of other intriguing stories to mention involving Bert.

Another important story worth sharing is the provocative testimony General Stubblebine has offered regarding Mars. According to Bert, his remote viewers have examined the red planet in the past and found structures on its surface. In 1992, Stubblebine stated, "Let me talk to you about where you might take this kind of a tool and do something with it, and again I am not sure I want to be on tape for this. We have looked at Mars, we have looked at UFOs, we spent some time looking at Mars, tomorrow I believe that you are going to hear a presentation on the Mars phenomena, and if I am correct, that you will be told that there are structures on the surface of Mars. I will tell you for the record that there are structures underneath the surface of Mars that cannot be seen by the Voyager cameras that went by in 1976, which is what you are going to hear tomorrow; I will also tell you that there are machines on the surface of Mars and there are machines under the surface of Mars that you can look at, you can find out in detail, you can see what they are, where they are, who they are and a lot of detail about them." [22]

For a moment, let’s set aside the claims Stubblebine has made about exploding goat hearts, UFOs, Mars, NLP, and Electronic Warfare. It is worth mentioning in this article that as a retired Major General, Albert Stubblebine is one of the highest-ranking military officials to ever challenge the official narrative of the September 11, 2001 attacks. According to Stubblebine, "I have had a lot of experience looking at photographs," Stubblebine says. "I don't know exactly what hit it [the Pentagon], but I do know from the photographs I have analyzed, it was not an airplane. For one thing, if you look at the hole that was made in the Pentagon, the nose penetrated far enough so that there should have been wing marks on the side [of the building]. One person counteracted my theory and said, 'Oh, you've got it all wrong, the airplane came across, one wing hit the ground and broke off? Which is possible, but if I understand airplanes correctly, most of them have two wings. So there should have been a mark for the second one." [23] General Stubblebine has stated that he believed that the events of September 11 were allowed to take place because somebody missed the intelligence that was collected. According to Stubblebine, you cannot afford to miss anything regarding Intelligence. Considering General Stubblebine’s illustrious Intelligence resume, Stubblebine’s interviews explaining his views on September 11 are a bit difficult to watch. The General appeared genuinely alarmed and disturbed by the Government he served at a ‘Hall of Fame’ level. Bert seemed particularly careful about the words he used in these interviews.

Although it has been overlooked by many researchers, in Luis Elizondo’s 2024 book, IMMINENT: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs, Major General Stubblebine is mentioned one time, defending the remote viewing program from a critical lawmaker, "General Spoon Bender" — once tangled with a lawmaker, saying, "Why do you care how my collectors gather intelligence, as long as it is accurate?" [24]

In a February 2025 exchange between Elizondo and I on the app X, I asked Elizondo if he had ever met Albert Stubblebine. Elizondo’s response: “You mean old “spoon-bender”? An absolute legend.” [25] By including him in his book, Stubblebine is now the second individual Elizondo has publicly associated with that questioned the official narrative of September 11. Blink-182 musician and ‘To The Stars’ Founder, Tom DeLonge, has also questioned the official narrative, stating in a 2006 interview, “When you kind of piece apart the way the buildings exploded, it seemed to echo the way big buildings are demolitioned. We can describe that 2 weeks before 9/11, there was teams of people that were entering the World Trade Center, doing things that were unknown to most, shutting off the security systems and whatnot. We do know that the buildings were made to withstand incendiary temperatures thousands of degrees more than what was happening when it all went down. We do know that the buildings came down in a fashion extremely similar to a controlled demolition of a building. There’s no possible way that it could have happened the way they describe, and we’re talking about 60-70% of the American people are actually starting to think that there’s a different story. Why are we, as Americans, sitting back and letting this happen to us? I think that this is a huge challenge for Americans to not let them be defined this way, and to actually stand up and do something that can not only better our own life, but better the world.” [26]

Considering Elizondo conducted research in a classified Pentagon Program to study UFOs, Elizondo’s description of General Stubblebine as an “absolute legend” is enough to make one pause and think about the implications of what that means coming from a Pentagon employee who just testified in front of Congress regarding government transparency. Readers should also consider that as of March 2025, there is still no publicly available video that clearly shows a plane hitting the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, besides one single, blurry, 5-frame clip that was released by the Department of Defense in 2006 after a Freedom of Information Act request, as anyone reading can confirm for themselves. Why? Are we allowed to ask?

Battle For the Mind author and MKUltra psychiatrist William Sargant was particularly interested in what’s known as the “Conversion Process”. The process, according to Sargant, characterizes the sudden and dramatic shift in an individual’s beliefs, behaviors, or emotional states, often triggered by extreme stress, fear, or emotional exhaustion. Sargant argued that this shift occurs when the brain, overwhelmed by intense stimuli, reaches a breaking point — leading to a state of “transmarginal inhibition,” a concept borrowed from Ivan Pavlov’s work on conditioned reflexes.

Sargant explains, “It was the Leningrad flood that gave him the clue as to how the brain might also be wiped almost clean, at least temporarily, of all the conditioned behaviour patterns recently implanted in it. Just before his death, Pavlov told an American physiologist that the observations made on this occasion had also convinced him that every dog had its 'breaking point' — provided that the appropriate stress was found and properly applied to its brain and nervous system. Pavlov had implanted a whole set of various conditioned behaviour patterns in a group of dogs — before these were one day accidentally trapped by flood water, which flowed in under the laboratory door and rose gradually until they were swimming around in terror with heads at the tops of their cages. At the last moment a laboratory attendant rushed in, pulled them down through the water, and out of their cage doors to safety. This terrifying experience made some of the dogs switch from a state of acute excitement to one of severe transmarginal protective inhibition, as described earlier in this chapter. On re-testing them afterwards, it was found that the recently implanted conditioned reflexes had also now all disappeared. However, other dogs which had faced the same ordeal merely by registering increased excitement were not similarly affected and the implanted behaviour patterns had persisted." [27]

As it pertains to General Stubblebine, we can only speculate what motivated his behavior later in life. Serving as the Vice President for “Intelligence Systems” at BDM soon after his military retirement, it’s likely that much of Stubblebine’s spectacular claims were meant to protect a new technology. His idea of “taking the blinders off” may have had a much deeper, elusive meaning, if he truly was preparing to protect the United States from the next major war. It is possible, perhaps probable, this “future war” will starkly contrast the wars of the past, which were fought with swords, guns, and bombs. It will likely be analogous to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World novel. The future war will target the enemy’s psychological capacity to fight. Propaganda in previous wars was engineered by savvy loyalists, and was often clever but crude. But now imagine a new, better propaganda, enhanced with an ever-learning AI system, constantly improving, fighting a war against other AI systems to control men’s minds. As technology rapidly improves, propagandistic tools may eventually be developed enough to completely control a person’s nervous system, subconscious mind, or moral compass.

Former CIA Director Allen Dulles warned of this new era of warfare, in a speech he delivered in April of 1953 titled ‘BRAIN WARFARE’. In the speech delivered by Dulles at Princeton University, Dulles proclaimed, "In the past few years we have become accustomed to hearing much about the battle for men's minds — the war of ideologies — and indeed our government has been driven by the International tension we call the "cold war" to take positive stops to recognize psychological warfare and to play an active role in it. I wonder, however, whether we clearly perceive the full magnitude of the problem, whether we realize how sinister the battle for men's minds has become in Soviet hands. We might call it, in its new form, "brain warfare". The target of this warfare is the minds of men both on a collective and on an individual basis. Its aim is to condition the mind so that it no longer reacts on a free will or rational basis but responds to impulses implanted from outside. If we are to counter this kind of warfare we must understand the techniques the Soviet is adopting to control men’s minds." [28]

Major General Albert Stubblebine III was inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in 1990. He passed away on his birthday, February 6th, 2017. He was 87.

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References:

[1] Briefing — Project CENTER LANE; Link: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R002100180002-8.pdf

[2] Ed May Interview — Link: