◆ SpookStack

Approved For Release 2003/09/¢f -@tA-RDP96-00788R001300020001-6 ST~CS-01-169-72 July 1972 PART VI LIGHT AND COLOR AS A MEANS OF ALTERING HUMAN BEHAVIOR SECTION I - PSYCHO-OPTICS PART A - Background 1. (S/NFD) According to Dodge (218), there have been persistent reports of unusual flashing or bright lights emanating from Soviet naval vessels and long range aircraft (BEAR, BADGER, BISON). Such activities have coincided with US and NATO surveillance operations conducted from interceptor aircraft and naval vessels. In some cases, surveillance personnel have been temporarily blinded and disoriepted by various intensities and colors of continuous or intermittently flashing lights during nocturnal missions. 2. (S/NFD) Dodge further relates that in 1968, a night watch officer aboard the HMS Valiant was temporarily blinded by what appeared to be a bright blue light situated slightly below the mast of a KOTLIN destroyer. When his night vision recovered, _ he reported perceiving red lights which appeared to be situated above and behind the blue light. Both sources of light appeared to be portable. In 1970, an aircraft was tracked by a spotlight trained from a Soviet naval vessel. Several pinpoint bursts of amber and ambexr-green light were noted aft of the spotlight and shined in concert with it. 77 NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300020001-6 SG1