Gay bomb history
The idea has since gone down as one of the weirdest and most bizarre proposals for weapons of war.
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Two words seem to define the history of gay people in the US military: service and secrecy. Bomb factory explosion in Tennessee leaves multiple people dead and 19 missing. At the time, the awards were presented for ideas that 'cannot, or should not, be reproduced'.
" Gay bomb " is an informal term referring to a proposed non-lethal psychochemical weapon that was speculated by the United States Air Force in the s. Back in the s, the United States Air Force came up with the bizarre concept of creating a 'gay bomb' to make enemy soldiers sexually attracted to one another.
Residents 15 miles away from the military munitions plant felt their entire homes shake. The awards were created in by Marc Abrahams, editor and co-founder of the Annals of Improbable Research. The planreportedly created by the Wright Laboratory inwas part of a weapons development project that, unsurprisingly, ended up being scrapped.
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Apparently, there were other odd ideas, such as bad breath bombs, flatulence bombs and those designed to attract certain insects. Sunshine Project obtained the documents as a result of submitting a freedom of information request FOI.
The idea was described as 'ludicrous', with Aaron Belkin, director of the University of California's Michael Palm Centre explaining: "The idea that you could submit someone to some aerosol spray and change their sexual behaviour is ludicrous. Choose your content: 2 hours ago.
However, in a document obtained by anti-biological weapons organization, the Sunshine Project, details about the bomb seemed to indicate that the proposal was being investigated at the time. A bomb that would drop a mixture of chemicals on the enemy and literally make them fall in love with one another to distract them from their wartime duties seems like such an impossible, far-fetched, ludicrous.
The concept of a “gay bomb” sounds like something out of a bad science fiction movie.
The Gay Bomb Yes
With humour and vibrancy, it shows what gay recruits in the armed forces have endured. Dr Eric Berg DC claims the signs can be easily missed. However, scientists behind the idea actually received the IG Nobel Prize back in The satirical award celebrates unusual achievements and work that 'first makes you laugh, then makes you think'.
The idea was to create a weapon that would make the units of enemy soldiers 'break down' due to the fact they were all insanely attracted to each other. The concept involved dispersing sex pheromones to induce mutual sexual attraction among enemy soldiers, with the intention of causing confusion and disrupting military cohesion.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon apparently didn't deny the idea, explaining: "The department of defence is committed to identifying, researching and developing non-lethal weapons that will support our men and women in uniform.