As far as I know, it is. The lightbulb going off was due to something
of Fred Sparber's or Frank Znidarsik's (sp?) that I read a few years
ago on vortex, and since then I've been looking but haven't been able
to find anything quite like it. A month or so ago I talked to Hal
Puthoff about it and he also thought it was novel, so maybe it is.
Thanks for the comment. Here is what I had to say on the subject.
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/zpt/chapter5.html
Frank Znidarsic

