Michael Beck was serving as a U.S. counterintelligence official when he first encountered what’s been described as a “microwave weapon” used to cook a person’s brain cells while they’re still living.
Now retired, Beck told investigative journalist Catherine Herridge he was in the field when he stumbled upon an operation being conducted by agents from a “hostile nation” who targeted him with a directed energy weapon, or DEW. Today, he has all the hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease, but the U.S. agencies involved “did everything they could” to refuse recognition of his injuries.
Asked by Herridge if he thinks the federal government is covering up the use of DEWs on American service members and contractors, Beck was unequivocal.
“Yes,” he replied without hesitation.
Dr. James Giordano, Director of the Center for Disruptive Technologies and Future Warfare at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, described how DEWs are radically changing the nature of combat. While they don’t always kill, they are designed to leave victims with lifelong, debilitating illnesses that prevent them from future service.
The first significant instance of DEW use against U.S. personnel came in 2016 when nearly two dozen soldiers were mysteriously injured while stationed at the U.S.