John B. Alexander

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Also know as

Colonel John Alexander, Col. John Alexander, John B. Alexander, Ph.D., Col. John Alexander Ph.D., John Alexander, Col. John B. Alexander, Dr. John B. Alexander

Biography

John B. Alexander is a retired United States Army colonel. An infantry officer for much of his career, he is best known as a leading advocate for the development of non-lethal weapons and of military applications of the paranormal. He has written and lectured on UFOs. He characterizes his career as having "evolved from hard-core mercenary to thanatologist". Alexander figures prominently in journalist Jon Ronson's book 'The Men Who Stare At Goats', which was adapted into a Hollywood film starring George Clooney (2009).