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TASTE
1. This effect is usually described as the taste one can experience when placing a low voltage (e.g. dry battery) electrode on the tongue. It is often described as ‘metallic’ and ‘tingling’. The effect is created, for example if dissimilar metals are placed on the tongue, creating a battery, with an extremely low (µA) current flow. However, the presence of ‘taste’ in the vicinity of UAPs occurs without touch.
2. The taste is immediate but the decay much longer. It is reported that this effect can occur by pulsing and by alternating currents up to ~1000Hz. The affect is attributed to the breakdown of the chemicals in saliva. Since the human body is conductive, it is believed that bursts of EM energy could cause the ‘taste’ effect. Estimates are that a current of >100µA (DC or AC) is required. Less than 1% of a 300+ sample of humans could ‘taste’ the presence of microwave energy. This may well be modified by the presence/absence of metallic teeth fillings.
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