In the world of conspiracies, it is very easy to come across obvious fraud. The Philadelphia Experiment is an example of how one man's story can capture the minds of crowds of home-grown researchers and inquisitive people (although it is clearly a hoax). Another example is the extremely popular chemtrails theory, which has not even a trace of credibility. But there are exceptions to the rule.
Technology means power and a lot of money. You don't need to know history in detail to know what a huge role technology has played in the recent history of humanity and how often it has been a decisive element. The military has shown and continues to be particularly interested in technology. This interest was most intense during the Cold War, when crazy projects bordering on science fiction were launched.
Montauk Project
It is not known exactly when the new scope of testing for Camp Hero and Montauk Air Force Station was announced. These two facilities were for some time a testing ground for completely exotic ideas and technologies. Two elements became (according to reports) the main theme: psychological warfare and time travel.
The main source of information and the spark that lit the powder keg labeled Montauk was Preston Nichols. He discovered partially erased memories from working on various projects in his memory. The psychological warfare mentioned earlier focused primarily on the use of magnetic fields to manipulate the mind. Initial efforts to obtain funding for research, addressed to Congress, were unsuccessful. Only longer and completely secret negotiations with the Department of Defense made it possible to obtain funds for scientific escapades into the unknown.
The uniformed men only cared about one thing. They wanted to obtain weapons that would induce psychotic behavior in the enemy. When it turned out that this goal was achievable, additional financial resources were sought. They were supposed to come from German gold found near the border of Switzerland and France. The soldiers involved in its discovery and transport were murdered to silence the matter.
Experiments were often carried out on the local population. Montauk residents have hundreds of stories related to the base's operations. One of them is participation in the subliminal transfer of commands using radio waves. The experiment involved getting people to call a specific telephone number - the telephone exchange recorded over 6,000 attempts to call a single number in Montauk. Another story often told is the sudden disappearance of homeless people and the high rate of missing children. These people were supposed to be kidnapped and used in experiments.
The main element of the project was the radar at the Montauk base. It was launched as part of the Phoenix program and is currently the main argument for supporting the conspiracy theory. SAGE operates in the frequency range from 400 MHz to 425 MHz, which gives access to a narrow band of 410-420 MHz, allegedly used to influence the human mind.