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SG1J
. , Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20310
The enclosed file is for your information. Copies will be sent
to J. Verona and SG1J
To be clear about why we have not included more specific
information regarding "Exhibits A-Q" it is that the material, by
itself or with other documentation, may have significant commercial
and military value. Additionally, it will serve our agenda and we
are not obliged to release materials to anyone at this time.
As other files close, we will send out similar information
concerning that specific file.
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TESLA.?NIKQLA (Dr.)
Research, Experiments, and Devices
U.S. Air Force Involvement
"Exhibits A-Q"
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ABSTUCTS OB D?.:IKOI:A TESLA.'S WEITI='
mm=n As =IBITS
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1. 193, an omination was made of the
On January 26 and 27, ? ,.l ter his decease, had
technical papers of Dr. Nt larp.house in Newyork City. This ex-
been stored in the Nranbstooe of determining if any ideas of
amiaatioa was made for the pu"1~ I 'be
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significant value in the preaePtr aipating in thise?ytamination were
found among his possessions.
Mr John C. Newington, New Yo.L- O;Vice of the Alien Property Custodian;
1?Sr. . Charles J. Eedetmieni, WWashi:..gton OYfico of the Alien Property
. John G. Tra.1~, office of SCiontifioSeaearcsh
Custodian; Dr MasDachu-
velopment. Massachusetts Iustitr a of Tschnolcgy, C3 Dide,
:efts; Willis George, Office of :naval Intelligence, Third :iaval Die-
trict; Edward Palmer, Chief Yooz?_a, 'USER;, John J. Corbett, Chief Too-
=' USaI.
2. The following o F's ahers. uhiris are regardo& as t7Pical of ili:cala
to 1 X32, amore remoaed
Tes1a's writings and thoughts in the period 1925 9
for the Fu-"poae of record and are listed bolo'. in the random order in
?jnich they were found, together -..ith a brief individual abstract.
Exhibit A
"Pooeibilities of =1octrostatic Generstars" - an undated
written about 193+ discussing the pcasibili-
article probab_y D-C power, of the Van .o
ties, as a 80=06 of him-voltP.ge
Graaff type of electrostatic belt generator. The article
tic principles amnloyad in thin
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states correctly the electros
suitable
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undoubted
device end points out th:~t llca15 tio ions, though of
for eor..mercial high-power aPp
elesa tower, erected in 1902 on
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scientific value. Tesla
Lou Island, is stated in this memorandum to have been charged
to 30 million volts.
"Eesotivo forces of C?_*c.erine nrd D*nttmito" - an undated
memorandum involving some calcnlationaof the explosive power
of certain compounds and ~hcu deviating to a dicLasaioa of the
possibility of tr=smitti-;; power by Mechanical vibrations
along the earth's crust.
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e memoranQUm protaO rr'~ttan acau~ lid
the a and p tt~.th
filr roposing new theories of capillarity ani
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surfaccee tension.. . Thie carrespgnaencecindica. that :.s had
been VUI-mitted to various indt
"r l to AmtorR re 'the eenerattcn of hi h ntlt sand. t..e
his doc=e
;.aw tic;les -
acceleration char ~ed Soviet engineers and
Vember 8, 19jj, auEwe5 oueations raised. by 16, 191.5? Prom
scientists regarding -esla's proposal of ist3y
deduced that the proposal conO rs_ad the go=-
this answer, it is by electrostatic ,years. Those means
17 supported on an
station of high voltages res 0
consisted of a high-VOitwse terminal P onveys
insulating column and. charged by a gaseous charge convey ground and terminal. T :e ideas captained
medium passing similar to the belt-conveyor
in thin memorandum are fail-17
theds proposer by Van de Gx-aa'f and.
electrostatic generate- _
do not appear to offer anj r..n+asual features.
Art of rroduei - Tetras tria3.
uArt of Telezeoa'rnCmi?cs OF in the form of a letter
c, ;
Motions at Distance" - his document, tur
house zlea.tic M~u~