The goat chewed some cardboard.
So, what about the goat?
, a Vietnam vet who spent his leave in the late '70s studying the New Age movement. He returned to write the , a real document that proposed soldiers should carry baby lambs into battle to give the enemy "an automatic hug" and use "sparkly eyes" to promote peace. 2. Can You Actually Kill a Goat by Staring? The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) The Men Who Stare At Goats
Cassady described the "Incident at the Livestock Pen" on a Tuesday afternoon in July. A lieutenant colonel from the Inspector General’s office had arrived to witness the demonstration. The unit’s star psychic, a man named Bill who’d once levitated a teaspoon for eleven seconds, was supposed to stop a goat’s heart from 50 feet. The goat chewed some cardboard
No figure looms larger over this story than Major General Albert Stubblebine III. In 1981, Stubblebine was a man at the peak of his career. As the commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), he presided over 17,000 soldiers, 16 military bases, and a budget in the hundreds of millions. He returned to write the , a real
For a more analytical take, these perspectives explore the intersection of military strategy and "New Age" pseudoscience: A Philosopher Stares at "Stares at Goats": An article from Science Magazine
: To create soldiers who could walk through walls, become invisible, and—most famously—kill living creatures just by staring at them.