Book Review: Operation Blue Light

Supposedly a true story, this follows the life of author and psychic Chabot from childhood to his eventual interrogation by members of the CIA and FBI. Chabot grew up in Union City, Indiana uncertain whether it was an accident suffered as a seven year old that might have triggered his psychic abilities or if it was something he was born with. His parents, while not abusive were largely uninterested in Chabot leaving him on his own to deal with the tests of being different. An incident as a teenager graphically illustrated how even close friends react poorly to discovering Chabot really could see things through other people’s eyes.

As Chabot went through college and a series of jobs, he became increasingly alienated from family and friends until he reached a breaking point. Hearing voices and experiencing snippets of other people’s lives, Chabot drove away from his home and job seeking to avoid government agents. After a standoff in the hotel parking lot, Chabot was escorted to a juvenile holding facility where he was extensively grilled by the CIA and FBI regarding a phone call made to China among other things. The first portion of this book is the best as it follows Chabot through his developmental years. By the end, the story deteriorates into a rambling, disjointed telling that will leave readers wondering how much is truth and how much is a figment of his imagination. The recounting of remote viewing and secret government testing on unsuspecting civilians comes off as delusional instead of real life.

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PaulNov 30th, 2008 - 23:24:15

You are no doubt right about the likelihood that the last part of the book is delusional. While the CIA and military really did have a remote viewing program, it was not their modus operandi to dragoon immature teenagers into participating. Since the time the existence of the government RV program was officially revealed in 1995, there have been any number of people coming out of the woodwork claiming to have been part of it or some other preceding or concurrent program. All those claims that could be checked out have proved to be false.

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