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LY BD © oF VEN? Kushida, using these patterns, pre- » icted specific date, strength and location of focus of 36 major earth- quakes measuring a magnitude of 5 or stronger. The average margin of error in the dates predicted was 1.97 days. Kushida now claims he can specify the focus of most earthquakes within a radius of 50 kilometres. The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, a major quasi- governmental think tank, indepen- ently examined the correlation between earthquakes and Kushida's predictions and concluded the results were not random. According to Kushida's hypothesis, before an earthquake electric charges accumulate on the Earth's surface due to the generation of numerous micro- cracks in magma. The charge and discharge process of a capacitor formed with the Earth's surface and the ionosphere changes the density of electric plasma in the ionosphere, and the phenomenon is observed by the FM receiver. (Source: The Japan Times, 19 September 2000, www.japantimes.co.jp/. For further information, access www.yatsugatake- eorc.org/ or fax Yatsugatake South Base Observatory at +81 [0]551 38 4254.) N% drug and explosives scan- ners, so sensitive that they can tell if you even touched a danger- ous object days ago, may soon be coming to airports. The walk- through scanners are faster, more accurate and less invasive then any technology currently out there. The trouble is that the machines touted for the job are too sensitive. The new detectors on trial offer atomic, single molecular or part- per-trillion level detection of explo- sives and drug-related chemical compounds—which raises the spec- tre of false-positive results. It is well known that over 90 per cent of US banknotes in circulation have minute traces of cocaine on them. US Customs spokesman Bill Anthony told a story about a machine he once tried out that scans money for traces of drugs, but it delivered instead a lesson on how many hands your dollar bills prob- ably pass through in a week. "We took some of our commissioner's money—we got it out of a cash machine— and it showed traces of drugs. I put my money through. And mine all showed up with drugs," he said. A similar test conducted in the UK found similar results. (Sources: ABCNews.com, 26 September 2000; Intelligence, 26 June 2000) CAN FM RADIOWAVES PREDICT EARTHQUAKES? [ 1993, after roughly examining the cor- relation between abnormal electric waves and earthquakes, astronomer Yoshio Kushida was convinced that some fluctuating patterns in the VHF band appear several days before an earthquake. Having analysed radio echoes from a number of FM stations across the country, Kushida believes he has found five basic wave patterns that appear several days before a major earthquake. From January 1997 to September 1999, AIRCRAFT CRASHES BLAMED ON MILITARY JET PULSES lectromagnetic pulses from military craft may have been responsible for several civilian airline disasters in the past four years. If the theory is proved correct, it suggests navy ships and air force planes pose a lethal threat to passenger flights. Crash investigators have been startled by similarities between several tragedies. In particular, they have uncovered common features in two crashes: Swissair 111, on 2 September 1998, and TWA 800, on 17 July 1996. Both planes took off from the same air- port, New York's JFK, on a Wednesday, at the same time, 8.19 pm. Both followed the same route over Long Island. Both report- ed trouble in the same region of airspace, and both suffered catastrophic electrical malfunctions. And on both occasions, the planes were flying at a time when exten- sive military exercises, involving sub- marines and US Navy P3 fighter planes, were being conducted. (Source: The Observer, London, 10 September 2000, www.observer.co.uk/) 6 = NEXUS HYPERSENSITIVE SECURITY Sone Le DECEMBER 2000 — JANUARY 2001