He was very dubious, but my impression was that his doubts were not about the possibilities, but the likelihood that they had been developed and tested.
I retain an open mind.
Where did SecDef Cohen make those remarks about scalar weapons ?
DefSec Cohen was quoted in a newspaper article about scalar inferometer beam weapons back somewhere in the 90s. It's listed on the cheniere.org website somewhere, I remember seeing it. It's also used in weather control. It causes "carpenter's square"(L shaped)clouds. Sounds implausible until you actually LOOK at publically shown satellite photos, and THEY THEY ARE, big as life.
So maybe Tom Bearden isn't as crazy as some think he is. He may in fact be way ahead of the curve. I've seen, right in front of my nose, one version of the MEG/vacuum energy concept pulling EM power right out of the ZPE. It WORKS!