Arrested the seller of "magic" explosives detectors
UK police arrested the developer of ADE 651 explosives detectors Jim McCormick (Jim McCormick) on suspicion of deceiving customers, reports BBC News. Police became interested in the activities of McCormick, who sells his devices for several tens of thousands of dollars, after a series of publications that proved the uselessness of ADE 651.
The detector of explosives, gunpowder, gun metal, drugs, ivory and bills, as they say on the manufacturer's website, works according to the principle of "electrostatic ion attraction", does not need a power source and any setting. The device looks like a metal stick on a hinge and generally resembles a device for biolocation or dowsing. It should be noted that the effectiveness of dowsing is not scientifically confirmed. McCormick himself did not hide the fact that his development and the method of finding water using a sprig of a vine have something in common.
The developers of ADE 651 claim that their device is capable of detecting the claimed substances from a height of up to 5 kilometers. ADE 651 costs about 60 thousand dollars and is used in the military and law enforcement agencies of 20 countries, including Iraq, Lebanon and Thailand. It is known that the Iraqi government has spent on equipping roadblocks with an ADE detector of 651.85 million dollars. None of the countries of the Western world did not take ADE 651 into service.
In November 2009, The New York Times journalists became interested in unusual features and a high price of the device. In the course of the investigation, they were able to pass two Kalashnikov assault rifles through nine checkpoints, despite repeated surveys using ADE 651. “There is no magic wand that can detect explosives. If there was - we would use it, ”- then expressed his opinion about the detector McCormick, Major General of the US Army Richard Rowe (Richard Rowe).
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Later, data from an American newspaper study were confirmed by BBC journalists. In particular, they found out that special cards for ADE 651, on which information about the object of the search was allegedly recorded, contain only a magnetic tag used to protect against shoplifting.
Canadian illusionist and fighter against pseudoscientific fraud James Randi announced a reward of $ 1 million for any reliable evidence of the effectiveness of ADE 651. No appeals have been made for rewards.
In connection with these studies, the British government imposed a ban on the export of ADE 651, and McCormick was arrested on Friday, January 22. Later, the engineer was released on bail. What punishment threatens the developer ADE 651, not reported.
The detector of explosives, gunpowder, gun metal, drugs, ivory and bills, as they say on the manufacturer's website, works according to the principle of "electrostatic ion attraction", does not need a power source and any setting. The device looks like a metal stick on a hinge and generally resembles a device for biolocation or dowsing. It should be noted that the effectiveness of dowsing is not scientifically confirmed. McCormick himself did not hide the fact that his development and the method of finding water using a sprig of a vine have something in common.
The developers of ADE 651 claim that their device is capable of detecting the claimed substances from a height of up to 5 kilometers. ADE 651 costs about 60 thousand dollars and is used in the military and law enforcement agencies of 20 countries, including Iraq, Lebanon and Thailand. It is known that the Iraqi government has spent on equipping roadblocks with an ADE detector of 651.85 million dollars. None of the countries of the Western world did not take ADE 651 into service.
In November 2009, The New York Times journalists became interested in unusual features and a high price of the device. In the course of the investigation, they were able to pass two Kalashnikov assault rifles through nine checkpoints, despite repeated surveys using ADE 651. “There is no magic wand that can detect explosives. If there was - we would use it, ”- then expressed his opinion about the detector McCormick, Major General of the US Army Richard Rowe (Richard Rowe).
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Later, data from an American newspaper study were confirmed by BBC journalists. In particular, they found out that special cards for ADE 651, on which information about the object of the search was allegedly recorded, contain only a magnetic tag used to protect against shoplifting.
Canadian illusionist and fighter against pseudoscientific fraud James Randi announced a reward of $ 1 million for any reliable evidence of the effectiveness of ADE 651. No appeals have been made for rewards.
In connection with these studies, the British government imposed a ban on the export of ADE 651, and McCormick was arrested on Friday, January 22. Later, the engineer was released on bail. What punishment threatens the developer ADE 651, not reported.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/81711/
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