Show Notes

• Camp Hero sits at the edge of Long Island, dominated by a rusted radar tower.
  
  
• Officially a decommissioned military base turned state park.
  
  
• Over decades, rumors circulated: government experiments, missing children, even time travel.
  
  
• Tonight: focus on what history confirms. Part Two will explore the more speculative and paranormal aspects.
  
  

• Montauk’s cliffs offered a natural vantage point for coastal defense.
  
  
• 1942: Camp Hero commissioned as a coastal defense station with 16-inch gun batteries, observation towers, and camouflaged bunkers.
  
  
• Mission: protect New York Harbor from German U-boats and potential East Coast assaults.
  
  
• After WWII, guns were dismantled, but the base adapted for Cold War needs.
  
  
• Radar technology became central: SAGE system installed to detect Soviet bombers.
  
  
• Camp Hero officially closed in 1981, transferred to NY State in 1992, some buildings sealed, radar tower preserved as a historic landmark.
  
  

• Brookhaven National Laboratory, an hour west of Montauk, was a hub for nuclear and particle physics research—its proximity fueled speculation.
  
  
• Preston Nichols reported that obsolete SAGE radar frequencies were used in experiments aimed at influencing human consciousness.
  
  
• “Microwave Oven” experiments allegedly influenced soldiers’ moods remotely.
  
  
• Montauk Chair developed (~1974) for psychic amplification, interfacing with computers and radar.
  
  
• Some whispers suggest project funding may have included remnants of Nazi gold.
  
  
• The radar became more than an early-warning tool: a potential instrument for mind influence.
  
  

• Born Long Island, 1946; degrees in Parapsychology, Psychology, Electrical Engineering.
  
  
• Worked at Brookhaven and AIL; involvement with Montauk began in 1968.
  
  
• Reviewed Philadelphia Experiment (Project Rainbow) final report.
  
  
• Worked on interfacing human consciousness with computers and the Montauk Chair.
  
  
• Trained Montauk Boys as “PSI Warriors,” some lost in early time-vortex experiments.
  
  
• Focuses on operational and experimental aspects; factual foundation for Montauk’s activities.
  
  

• Born 1927; prodigy in electronics and science. Recruited by the Navy during WWII.
  
  
• Worked for military contractors; learned of experimental programs involving PSI ops and extraterrestrial research.
  
  
• Joined Montauk Project, commuting from California via alleged time tunnel.
  
  
• 1970s: Program Director for psychics on Montauk Chair; involved in Montauk Boys program.
  
  
• Claims to have participated in time travel experiments (Mars, ancient Earth, year 6037 AD).
  
  
• Went public in 1989 with Montauk and Philadelphia Experiment testimony.
  
  
• Raised claims about missing children numbers; factual context shows millions reported missing annually in the U.S.
  
  

• Officially, Camp Hero was cleaned up, decommissioned, and turned into a state park.
  
  
• Army Corps of Engineers removed underground storage, dismantled transformers, and sealed bunkers.
  
  
• 1945 training with diluted chemical agents described as “practice kits,” no weapons found.
  
  
• Investigations in the 1990s–2000s reported no hazardous waste; by 2019, the site was declared safe.
  
  
• Radar tower preserved as a historic landmark; tunnels sealed, restricted areas fenced off.
  
  
• Despite official records, Nichols and Bielek insist extraordinary experiments took place behind closed doors.
  
  
• Historical precedent exists: MKUltra and Project Paperclip show the U.S. government has conducted secret programs beyond ethical boundaries.
  
  

• Beyond Nichols and Bielek:
  
  
  • Duncan Cameron: Prime test subject, endured Montauk Chair psychic experiments.
    
    
  • Stewart Swerdlow: Claims to have been a Montauk Boy trained under Bielek; tied more to speculative elements.
    
    
  • Brookhaven personnel and AIL engineers: Provided scientific support and oversight; identities mostly confidential.
    
    
  • Peter Moon (Vincent Barbarick): Secondary source; compiled interviews and timelines to document the project.
    
    

• MKUltra (1953–1964): CIA mind control program experimenting with LSD, hypnosis, psychological torture, and behavioral modification, often on unwitting civilians.
  
  
• Exposed in 1975 during Rockefeller Commission & Church Committee hearings.
  
  
• Demonstrates government willingness to cross ethical lines for experimentation.
  
  
• Project Paperclip: Post-WWII recruitment of German/Austrian scientists, including Nazi-affiliated engineers, to advance U.S. missile and space programs.
  
  
• Shows the U.S. leveraged morally compromised expertise for strategic advantage—plausible precedent for Montauk’s use of fringe science and secretive experimentation.
  
  

• 1944: American troop train carrying $10B in Nazi gold destroyed in French tunnel; some speculate it resurfaced to fund covert projects.
  
  
• Long Island’s Franklin National Bank scandal involved Michele Sindona, Mafia, Vatican ties, and the P2 Masonic Lodge; possible laundered funds for Montauk.
  
  
• Neo-Nazi links alleged; rumors of abducted children sent to 6037 A.D., trained for mysterious purposes.
  
  
• Wilhelm Reich’s “orgone energy” theories studied alongside Nazi mind-control methods (e.g., Josef Mengele), fusing Cold War science with occult ideology.
  
  
• Suggests Montauk may have attempted to push human potential beyond known limits.
  
  

• Even after closure, locals report humming machinery, vanished pets, and electric tension in the air.
  
  
• Preston Nichols described rows of children trained in psychic combat, some sent through experimental time portals; survivors often returned altered or amnesiac.
  
  
• Physical traces of Montauk systematically erased: sealed tunnels, welded doors, and deep ventilation shafts.
  
  
• Whispers persist: Montauk may have been not just observing humanity but attempting to control time itself.
  
  
• Part Two will dive into psychic experiments, time travel, and Montauk’s more sensational claims.
  
  

• Montauk – MON-tawk
  
  
• Al Bielek – AL BEE-lek
  
  
• Stewart Swerdlow – STEW-urt SWERD-low
  
  
• Vincent Barbarick – VIN-sunt BAR-buh-rick
  
  
• Michele Sindona – mee-KEL SIN-do-nuh
  
  
• Wilhelm Reich – VIL-helm RYKE
  
  
• Josef Mengele – YO-sef MEN-guh-lee
  
  
• Wernher von Braun – VERN-er fon BROWN
  
  

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