Can research into anomalous topics like extrasensory perception (ESP), life after death, UFOs and similar unconventional subjects be used as part of official or unofficial information operations to help resolve military and other conflicts around the world?
And can interwoven media, technology and communications platforms successfully distribute valuable information of this kind?
Information operations, persuasion operations and psychological operations are a few of the methods that can be used to educate and influence people.
Though often associated with covert manipulation, these kinds of efforts can also be overt, straightforward and even uplifting.
Research into and information about unusual and interesting phenomena may very well be robust assets in achieving successful outcomes in military conflicts, clashes between cultures, terrorism and the many other problems facing the human race today.
For example, we know that ESP is a field that has triggered the interest of scientists, military intelligence specialists and average people in recent years. The technique called "remote viewing," developed with the help of U.S. intelligence services, has also received wide attention from people around the world interested in this valuable God-given human ability. Human consciousness research and "anomalous cognition" can be valuable tools in resolving conventional challenges.
Life after death, the alleged existence of an afterlife in some other dimension, claims about contact with people who have passed on and beliefs about the reality of angels are also subjects of interest across national and cultural boundaries.
UFOs are likewise a topic of intense interest for millions of people in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and around the world. UFOs and close encounters have been reported in many regions of our planet.
Education and information about these kinds of topics can help people perceive a bigger view, a deeper thoughtfulness and a more constructive attitude.
DEPLOYING UNCONVENTIONAL INFORMATION OPS
Outcomes from deploying information operations that provide understanding of unconventional phenomena can include several desirable and overlapping developments:
- Recognition of certain factors that unify human beings and enhance cooperation toward shared goals
- Identification of alternative perspectives and resources relevant to problem-solving and conflict resolution
- Recognition of creative methods for motivating human beings toward positive results of many kinds including spiritual development, material prosperity and social harmony
Specific platforms for information operations on unconventional topics can include documentary and feature films, TV programs, the internet, non-fiction and fiction books, scientific and investigative reports, mainstream feature articles and other communications methods.
Where language is a barrier, translations can be implemented in a timely way to provide these information resources across cultures.
Many kinds of film and video media can be leveraged successfully for this kind of education operation because of the wide distribution of satellite TV, internet services and e-mail around the world.
Print media platforms such as articles and books can also be fairly easily distributed in hard-copy form as well as on the internet.
A CASE STUDY
As an example, I will cite my own two novels, MISSION INTO LIGHT, first published in early 2001, and the sequel LIGHT'S HAND, published in late 2001.
Both novels deal with unconventional topics in the context of intelligence-gathering and research. The books follow the adventures and discoveries of a top-secret intelligence team of ten women and men.
These members of the "Joint Reconnaissance Study Group," based in San Diego, conduct research on mysterious topics that have captured the interest of millions of people worldwide.
In a way, readers also join the research team in the exploration of strange and unknown phenomena, and of themselves.
The novels, published as trade paperback books, are posted in their entirety on the internet on the publisher's Web site with convenient features, available for anyone anywhere on Earth to read, appearing online exactly as in the printed book. However, they are currently published only in English.
An online five-screen "home page" for the novels (and the recently-developed movie screenplay combining them into one movie) is on the internet using resources of a U.S. military special operations-related Web site.
The home page includes overviews of the two books, the mission statement of the "JRSG" intelligence team, brief descriptions of key parts of the books with copy-and-paste URLs to the those sections of the online novels and other information that provides quick and easy understanding of the subject matter.
This is an example of providing easy access and useful application of information operations about unconventional topics, including human consciousness, understanding and behavior.
Applicable to people of many cultures, backgrounds and ages, the story in these novels follows the members of the JRSG team as they conduct investigations into current and future human development, deep-memory DNA theories, ESP, near-death experiences, U.S. Navy dolphin projects, past and future Earth geological disasters, UFOs, crop circles, and ancient Native American culture and legends.
The researchers try to put together pieces of a strange cosmic puzzle. They conduct urgent operations to understand emerging intelligence affecting the human race and planet Earth.
The characters in the novels follow paths of discovery and knowledge to find new understanding of the human species and a hoped-for breakthrough that will change the world for the better.
In looking at the mixture of this subject matter and these interwoven media platforms as examples, it is easy to see that information operations can be useful in achieving successful outcomes in a wide range of problems and challenges that face us today, and that we will face in the future.
Leveraging resources and assets to provide similar operations can further assist current efforts, missions and objectives.
