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In depicting the field of considerations so far beyond the pale as to be termed "Fortean", there are few symbols as evocative as the metal hat. Whether it's someone wearing a colander, a bucket, or a tin foil lined derby, this evidently almost archetypal image of the lengths someone will go to "to keep their brain from being manipulated by UFO rays" at once imparts the seriousness that Forteans apply to these type of subjects, as well as, in disrespectful films, allowing comic relief subject matter.
It can be asked, then, if anyone does know of anyone who seriously and systematically utilized some kind of metal headgear, for the expressed purpose of "keeping them from becoming a mind slave". It might also be instructive to know what effects, if any, it had, either subjective or objective.
In terms of "traditional" science, it should be mentioned, there is the temptation to include, in this subject, the apparent initiative of the American military, to design ever more enveloping metal headgear. Originally, helmets for U.S. soldiers resembled those used by the British army. During World War II, the U.S. developed its own distinctive look. There is at least a slight disturbing aspect, though, to the fact that modern U.S. Army helmets, in fact, resemble Nazi soldier helmets! But, in fact, could preventing "mind control rays" be an unspoken purpose of modern American military headgear?
Along the same lines, in a world as supposedly filled with electromagnetic rays as ours is, it is questionable how soon it will be before an "expert" declares that solid - and expensive - metal helmets actually do protect certain people from harmful effects! And takes the complete credit for having discovered that fact!
Julian Penrod
In depicting the field of considerations so far beyond the pale as to be termed "Fortean", there are few symbols as evocative as the metal hat. Whether it's someone wearing a colander, a bucket, or a tin foil lined derby, this evidently almost archetypal image of the lengths someone will go to "to keep their brain from being manipulated by UFO rays" at once imparts the seriousness that Forteans apply to these type of subjects, as well as, in disrespectful films, allowing comic relief subject matter.
It can be asked, then, if anyone does know of anyone who seriously and systematically utilized some kind of metal headgear, for the expressed purpose of "keeping them from becoming a mind slave". It might also be instructive to know what effects, if any, it had, either subjective or objective.
In terms of "traditional" science, it should be mentioned, there is the temptation to include, in this subject, the apparent initiative of the American military, to design ever more enveloping metal headgear. Originally, helmets for U.S. soldiers resembled those used by the British army. During World War II, the U.S. developed its own distinctive look. There is at least a slight disturbing aspect, though, to the fact that modern U.S. Army helmets, in fact, resemble Nazi soldier helmets! But, in fact, could preventing "mind control rays" be an unspoken purpose of modern American military headgear?
Along the same lines, in a world as supposedly filled with electromagnetic rays as ours is, it is questionable how soon it will be before an "expert" declares that solid - and expensive - metal helmets actually do protect certain people from harmful effects! And takes the complete credit for having discovered that fact!
Julian Penrod
