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Patrick Flanagan (b. 1944) is an American inventor who holds doctorates in medicine and physics[citation needed].

According to a 2005 profile, as a child Flanagan was plagued by a recurring dream in which he was an adult, flying a small aeroplane which suffered engine failure. This forced him to land on a small island, where a UFO landed and disgorged a party of "beautiful blond beings." They used a silver helmet to measure his intelligence and told him that if his intelligence did not match their expectations, he and the rest of the human race would be destroyed.

In 1958, at the age of 14, while living in Bellaire, Texas, Flanagan invented the neurophone, an electronic device that transmits sound through the body’s nervous system directly to the brain. It was patented in the United States in 1968 (Patent #3,393,279). The invention earned him a profile in Life magazine, which called him a "unique, mature and inquisitive scientist."

Flanagan has worked with government weapons projects. As a youth he developed and sold a guided missile detector to the U.S. military. He has worked with the Pentagon, NASA, Tufts University, the Office of Naval Research, and the Aberdeen Proving Grounds for the Department of Unconventional Weapons and Warfare.

During the 1970s, Flanagan aroused controversy by becoming a leading proponent of "pyramid power," widely regarded by mainstream science as a "New Age" pseudoscience or fad. Flanagan wrote two books about the topic, Pyramid Power: The Millennium Science (1973) and Beyond pyramid power (1975). He was reported to have had 15 gold needles embedded in his body at a cost of $1,000 in the belief that this would make him immortal. [1]

He was named 1997 Scientist of the Year by the International Association for New Science, a now-defunct body that promoted work in the field of unconventional science.

Flanagan has continued to develop and sell the neurophone as an aid to "speed learning", as well as promoting a nutritional supplement called Microhydrin. It is a compound of silica, potassium carbonate and magnesium sulfate. These minerals are said to be found naturally in "Hunza water" in the area inhabited by the Hunza people of northern Pakistan, who are renowned for their longevity. [2] The supplement is claimed to provide the body with "negative hydrogen ions" that help boost energy and improve nutrient absorption and hydration. Most scientists, however, say there is little scientific evidence for such claims. [3]

References

  1. ^ "You Can Read This Article", Washington Post, November 30, 1977
  2. ^ "Water of life on sale in Ireland", Daily Mirror, October 29, 2001
  3. ^ "Sweeping claims for antioxidant", Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2004