High-ranking officials, including Major General Albert Stubblebine III (then-head of Army Intelligence), became obsessed with the potential of the human mind. This led to experiments in:
At Fort Bragg, soldiers allegedly attempted to stop the hearts of de-bleated goats simply by staring at them. Jon Ronson’s Investigative Journey The Men Who Stare At Goats
Journalist Jon Ronson brought these stories to the mainstream in his book, The Men Who Stare at Goats . Ronson’s investigation connects these "peaceful" New Age origins to the much darker tactics used in modern warfare, such as the use of repetitive music (like the Barney the Dinosaur theme) as a form of psychological torture in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. The Men Who Stare At Goats
Attempting to "see" distant locations through psychic projection. The Men Who Stare At Goats