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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Anomalous And Subacute Field Effects On Human Biological Tissues

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document was prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency in March 2010 under its Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It reviews reported injuries to people exposed at close range to anomalous aerospace vehicles and attributes them mainly to electromagnetic radiation field effects, including burns and neurological effects. The document argues that clinical diagnoses could help infer the characteristics of such systems. Its appendices list historical cases and classify reported physiological effects using ICD codes and Vallee ratings.

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cases ... Cash-Landrum 1987). These cases and all other clinical data in this report are
HIPAA - protected.vii
One of the outcomes from exposure to, say, ionizing radiation due to any of the above
phenomena is damage to cellular DNA [16]. This hazard is one of the daunting
challenges to be met and overcome even when it comes to consideration of such
human-oriented activities as spaceflight for extended periods of time [17]. Fortunately,
the understanding of DNA structure and mechanisms has progressed to the point that
techniques for characterizing DNA are being routinely applied in such civilian
applications as crime scene investigations and paternity testing [18].
Chapter Three: How Damage Occurs
The term radiofrequency when applied to the electromagnetic spectrum covers the
frequency range 100 kHz-300 GHz; the term microwave is applied to the frequency
range 300 MHz-300 GHz. The range 300 MHz-3 GHz (wavelengths 1 m-10 cm) is
termed ultrahigh frequency and includes cellular telephones, television broadcasting,
and microwave ovens (2-45 GHz). The range 3 GHz-30 GHz (wavelengths 10 cm-I cm)
is termed super high frequency and includes radar, satellite, and other microwave
communication systems.
The effects on humans of ultrahigh frequency and superhigh frequency are primarily
those of heating. The rate at which the energy of radiofrequency radiation is absorbed
in body tissues is described as the specific absorption rate (SAR) expressed in watts per
kilogram (W/kg) and depends on the frequency (Hz) and the power density expressed
in watts per square meter (W/m 2), which can be described as the power crossing unit
area normal to the direction of wave propagation.
An area that is unique, and murky, is that of 60 Hz electric field induced by High Power
(HP) generators presenting whole-body irradiation of 1,000 V/m and 5,000 V/m.
Healing and rapidly dividing tissues were seen to have growth retarded, and anaplasia
and disorganization in connective tissue fibroblasts and otherwise normal cells in the
higher, but not the lower fields [19]. The study, part of a large effort by the DDE has
been largely ignored: the data for the lower field effects that have created a large bone
and tissue - healing industry.
The deposition of radiofrequency energy in body tissues varies with absorption
characteristics, which depend to a considerable extent on water content. Tissues such
as blood, skin, muscle, brain, and peripheral nerves will absorb much more energy than
fat and bone. The result is that much of the incident radiofrequency energy tends to
pass through the surface fatty tissue where it is deposited in the deeper tissues such as
muscle and brain.
The figure below shows that based on the absorption characteristics of the human body
radiofrequency can be subdivided into four regions. The frequency involved in the
exposure of the antenna engineers introduced in the preface of this paper (785 MHz) is
vii HIPAA = Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, passed in 1996 provides absolute privacy protection
for written, electronic, and verbal medical information obtained by health professionals and systems. Additional
examples of HIPAA and several hundred cases now being coded for clinical medical diagnoses in a parallel study by
the author is underway and described in Appendix C.
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