From the book The Field by Lynne McTaggart

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on Page 29:

"... All their patents were accepted with the explanation that the ultimate source of energy 'appears to be the zero-point radiation of the vacuum continuum'.; Hal and Ken's discoveries were given an unexpected boost when the Pentagon, which rates new technologies in order of importance to the nation, listed condensed-charge technology, as zero-point energy research was then termed, as number 3 on the National Critical List, only after stealth bombers and optical computing. A year later, condensed charge technology would move into the number two slot. The Interagency Technological Assessment group was convinced that Hal was onto something important to the national interest and that aerospace could develop further only if energy could be extracted from the vacuum ..."