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John B. Alexander

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Also Known 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).