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aliases:
- Herbert Pollack
- Dr. Herbert Pollack
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
summary: Herbert Pollack was a medical consultant for the State Department.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
- Soviet
---

Herbert Pollack was a medical consultant for the [State Department](/organizations/state-department/). He advocated on behalf of the victims of the [Moscow Signal](/events/moscow-signal/) in a Senate subcommittee investigation. The Moscow Signal was a microwave beam aimed at the [U.S. Embassy in Moscow](/places/us-embassy-in-moscow/) by the [Soviet Union](/places/soviet-union/), which was believed to have caused adverse health effects in embassy personnel[^1].

Pollack stated that every lawsuit filed by U.S. embassy employees against the government for exposure to the Moscow Signal was eventually withdrawn, "without a penny being paid." This occurred despite concerns raised by some scientists, like [Robert O. Becker](/people/robert-o-becker/) and [Allan H. Frey](/people/allan-h-frey/), about the potential lethality of the microwave signals[^1].

[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.