Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) is a United States Marine Corps organization responsible for exploring, developing, and testing experimental methods, equipment, and tactics to enhance the combat effectiveness of Marine units. Established in the mid-1990s, MCWL conducts advanced warfighting experiments to evaluate new technologies and doctrinal concepts.
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Hunter Warrior Experiment
MCWL's most UAP-significant undertaking was the Hunter Warrior Advanced Warfighting Experiment, conducted from approximately March 2-14, 1997, at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms in Southern California. At the time, Hunter Warrior was the largest experiment conducted by the newly renamed laboratory. The experiment explored dispersed battlefield tactics, C4I digital communications networks, and enhanced fire support targeting through three phases of operations involving experimental special-purpose marine air-ground task forces.
During this experiment, Rodrik Castle of VMA-513 Flying Nightmares witnessed a triangular craft and clandestine armed operators, an incident central to UAP Gerb's theories about UFO legacy program operations conducted alongside acknowledged military exercises.