Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 2 March 1992 SG1J D.I.A., 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-QII 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. Respectf Mr. n rd Pearlstein J rr<-~nar/d-' 'Pe~ar~istei/nj~t Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 -S .1 4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 TESL&. NIKOLA (Dr.) Research, Experiments, and Devices U.S. Air Force Involvement nExhibits A-Q" Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 r-i 0 V m kD H V 1-d' N I + 0 V fn r- CO M N ri cq 0 0 r4 ON to N to 0 -cr H ri ri H 0 0 0 0 0 r-I 0 0 ri H .:r V N 0 PL4 0? LO 0 t, 00 OD H Nr r- co to to (Ommmmm 41 1--e le, 11~ 11~ 1,11 .r.1 oo ko Ln r~, Ln IQ N CN H 0 0 1 1 1 0 H cv. CN N I .rj i r-i Lo i-,-i i i cn G r- o na H ,t i c-4 Ln :t i I ri 0 1 0 ri r4 1 1 0 A a 0 1 H 0 0 I 44 0 (D H 4-1 -H Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Release 2000108/08: CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001.4 1,1SOIA. TZSLVS IMITI=GS TL=-=, As =IBITS M Aj= r-MPVq1T CMTODIM . 0-rain4m tion VMS Made Of the on January 26 and 27, 1943. an technical papers of Dr. Nikola Tcsla which. after his decease, had ' tan Warmhouse in New York City. This ex been stored In the HaMMAt amination was made for the purpose of determining if an7 ideas Of significant value in the present Unitad States 'vmr effort e=ld be fou 'Umin. tion were _nd among his possessions. Participating in this 9. a Mr. John 0. Newington, Now yo.-L- Office of the Alien ProDF3rt7 Custodian; Mr. Charles J. Redettiomi, 11ashimgton Office of the AliGIx PTOPsTt7 Custodiam; Dr. John G. nlru--p, Office of Scientific Research an& De- velopmant. Massachusetts 1natiVa:V-e of Technology, Caxfor-idge, Massachu- zetts-, Villia George, Office of Uav--l intelligence, Third Y4aval Die- trict; Edward Palmer, Chief Yeoman, 'USER;, John LT. Corbett, Chief Too- US:M. -ad as t7pical a IT 1- 11ho following ra-pers, whir:ii aro regard i-ola Tosla's writirga and thoughts in -.be period 1925 to 1942, were removecl for the purpose of rocor& and, avc liated. bolow in t'he random orior in -which they were founcl, together h a brief indi7idual abstract. Exhibit A "Possibilities of 71-octrostatic Gener,-Atorcn _ an undated article probably vrittan about 1934 discussing tHe possibili- ties, as a sw=ce of hiZh-voltege D-C power, of the V= tie Graaff type of electrostatic belt generator. The article states correctly the elOctrostatic principles employad in this device and points out that =ch generators are not suitable for co=ercial bigh-power applications, though of unUubte& scientific value. Teela's wireless tower, erected in 1902 on Long Is3and, is stated in "his memorandum to have been charge& to 30 million volts. Exhibit B OR*aotive ?orces of C-1~,csrine ancl Dn=ita" - an =&-ate(I memor&ud= involving somo caiculations of the explosive power of certain compounds and '.-hcu daviatitg to a dictuasnion of the possibility of transmittirz power b7 mechanical vibrations along the earth's crust. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001.4 7' ~~-v Approv*3For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-R! 2. DP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Exhibit C OCOBS of Do_^ P.13-finina. and Pktri-ting V W -I b. a 41_~p-age memoranlium rrotao!Y written alc3u- 1030 with -3 the above subject and pro-posing now theories of caPillarit7 a--- surface tension. This correspondence indicated that this haE been suIomitted to varicuo industrial co=_nnies- UB.Emlz to Amtore re Ithe eeneration of hi:~h voltage and t-s acceleration oil charaed -zarticles7l - IThic document, dated 4io- vember 9, 19=5, answers questions raised by Soviet engineers and scientists regarding 'TesLals proposal of 1hy 16, 1935. Pro= , this answer, it is deducecl that the proposal concerned the gon- eration of high voltages by electrostatic means. These means consisted of a high-voltaCe terminal presurebly a-upporteci on an %, gaseous ehr_rge conveying insulating column and ebarged 'by a P _U, medium passing bGt'Ween g-rcuu& and terminal. :,"ae ideas contained in thiv memoranclum are f,,Urly similar to the belt-conveyor electrostatic generator nxthods prorposef! 'by Van de Graaff and do not appear to offer any -=asual fealtures. DALrt of Tsle~eocL-inr_mics,__or Art of Pro(iucing, Terrestrial Motions at DistanceJ - -!his document, in the form of a letter date& June 12, 1040, to the 1,,Iestinghouse Zleatric ?_ Mannufcaturi-, Compar-y, proposes a method -Lor the tran_!!mission of lar,-e amo=tz of power over vast distancer. by means of mechanical -.iluz~,,tioils of the earth'a crust. Th-_ source of power '41s a mecimnical or electromechanical device loolted to come rocIV protifberance and imparting powe'r- at a resonance frequency' of the eartht o crust. The proposed acheme appeAzs to be complettely vir~ionazrr and un- uror!mble Iles tinghouss's reply indicates their polite rejection of this idea. Exhibit r, MITew Art of Projectlr~z Concentrated Non-Dizpersive Enera. thrcurh Naturnl Madia" - T"his undated document by Tesla describes = electrostatic me o--' rV)ducing very h4lgh voltjaes and ca- :-?abla of -.ax7 great power. This generator is use6L to accelerate charged particles, presuru.01y electrons. Such a beam of high- enarG7 elactrone pasaing -Ik:hrough air ii the ','concentrated non- 6.15mersivelt m3ang by vihic'n aneror is transmitted tbmou,-,h natural madla. An a oampozent o:C this kipParatus there is descrited. an open-ended vacm= tube ~~,ithin utich the electrons are firat ac- celerated. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001.4 Approved For Release 2000/08108: CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Exhibit 7 (cont.) The proposed scheme bearo core re '0 Pr38ent means for Producing h8h-6m0-rXr cathodo 7a78 'by tho cooperative use of a high-.Voltage electzcstatic generator -Z , d an eve-CUated alOOTTOn acceleration tubn. 1mO It is ','a' Uz-holmver, that such devices, %,hile Of cinti fic and medical interact, are incapable Of the t--anGz!=icn of larj;a amo=t, Of power in A nOn-dispersed beams over . 30-Z distances. Tecla's asclocu:res In this memorandum would not enable the construction of uvrkable combinations of generator ani tube even of limits& power, thou# the general elamento of clich a combination are GuccinctlT d,-,- scribed. E3:hibit G A circular by Carol Mird, date& September 10, 1,039, en- titled "Tremendous New Power Soon to Be Tinleaahod". This do- scribes in popul= style 9ome biographical information concern- Ing Hil-ola Teals, and come ideas for the transmission of power on %4iich he is state& to be working. It appears that tho method of transmission is lz7 the mechanical reso=zce method outlined in Exhibit 7. rtluj7a. 3!,-h I b 11 4. H "his exhibit consictr. of a sorivs of latters to re-arosen- tativos of the Britizh Go,7crnment dated August 23, 1936; Octo- ber 26, 1937; Dec=bcr i9-37; and April 5, 19--13. 11; includes a rep17 dated. jan,=rY T. 1939, from the Mritimh Govorr--ent. These letters; offer to tho Bzitiah Government, for s, f3a, the disclosure of a means for accelerating t o high anorgies minute particles. 5-~idh beamo w=ld constitute a death ray cvMble of the protection of'Great Britain from air attack. The method proposed is cosentia-11y the-+ deacribad in Erhi- bit F above. Following the initial letter dated Aueust 29, 1936, the subsequent letters attempt to clear ikp,tbo O=isuuder- stand.ingso of the British reprt-sentatives and to ox?e&i'.e their accoptanco of the Tezlr- ;roporal. The British reply dated Janu- ar7 7 is a polito er_p.-escion of disinterest in the proposal. 2ihl'oit I An undated memarand-1 written aftdr Teald's 79th birthday dascribir,- several diccoveriec which he Believed he had made. The first related to a dynamic theory of gravity which Is do- ' scribed as not yet completid. The second stated as a phqsical truth the belief that "thore is no enerU in =atter other than that received fzr-m the en-tronzent". This second statcment, -which is discussed at lengthtn this and other writings of Tasla+ indicates hia disbelief in 'he emiztence of aTomic or =clear Approved For Release 2000/08/08: CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 App A roved IDil-i Release 2000/08108 : CIA-RDP9 -00789ROO2900420001-4 E=hfbit J "A Metho& of Prod-acizz Pnverful Radiation-32 - an undat3d r ting cieecribinZ "a new process of .BmorandLum in Tasial a hane-a..ri, gezeratizg powerftl ray-a or radiationsO. The memoran-ium ro7iows the vorks of Le"" d =d Crookes, describes Tcsla'a doer on --ha production of high troltcngas, ancl finzllzr in -the last rara h gives the only description c--F the invention contained7in the mor.orandum. This descrip't-lina in as folloifs: II:Briofl;r stated, r7 new simplified procoss of gr-nerating pouer=Ial rays consists in creating tlr-rough the zaIJUu= of 'a high-speed jet of zuJ4.able fluid a- vacuoua apace around a terminal off a cir=it and ,V%lyin.- the same with of the reqmira(i tension and -W-01---rO. X Exhi"bit X A lotter to procpoct-Ave licensees on talegecdv=-zdcz dated December 27, 1941. This iz a eirzle-rwage letter with the ty;~e- written signature of Dr. IrTij:ola Tosla, in which he addresses himself to the prospectiTo -Licensees of telegeodynamJC3, States that over a half --illion dollars ims spent on this development with funds contributeO. by tI-Ae 'Yorgans, Crawfcrcq., J. J. Astor, A. ,ani-ationz, and states 'his and :Fish, as i-mll as commercial or.,- to 'no a now art with llunbelicvable wonilers can to achievedt'. 12~-.ibit L Tesla's "New System c-f Plaid Fropulsicp.3. This in at. date& memorandnm of about 20 t7pawritton pages (lescribing a nys- tam of fluid propul-sion in, ,-nizh the conversion from hydraulic to rotary mechanical pvvrir is achiovea by passing t'-,e fluid be- tween :aat circular disk3, shaft-mounted and enclosed in a cas- ing, This memorandum written zaCzout 1925 describes in generall torms a kind of hydraulic turbine which seems practical. 1111hare is copioua evidonce amon-. the other of Teela's "papers. that thin idea was generally disclosed to appropriate individuals and that it received favorablo comment and -possibly some use. Some of these comments are contain3d on the last page of the e=hibit. Exhibit M I'The ?ower-of the -ratnrel' - a memorand= apTarentl',7 writt-un by Tesla and probably in rcs-ponse to a.request from some po-L-la science group for an opinion as to the source of f-ature' power, This memorandu-m revieve the gradual evolution of power sources* It- discusses in some detail the pocalbilit7 cf atomic power and states as his opinion atc=ic poi-.er is not feasible. The ,.v is apparently coz±aaed to aome exteat discussion of atom-ic energ V Approved For Release 2000108/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Ap oved For Release pr 5. .(cont.) wvdibthj9pct1aonfetwir-7 ener&7' The article *=tzsr discusses the na, .6 4.4dosir "ghtning, and ~mzter 'oower as a sou=ce of commercial energy. mia Lst sent*enae of tiis nemor , states: "With =V virciess 3ystem, it is 0_actjc27Dl0 to tT=s_ mit electrical ener.1-7 at a distance of tj;_elve thousand milcs with a lose not exceeding 5 per cent. I can conceive of no ad'7a=es uhich would be =ore lesirable at this time and more beneficial to the t'mrther Progress -of mankind.ff This r= um mono Constiteues an interesting generalized discussion of the various sources of power. It in qualitalk-0i'vely correct for the most part except probably in that portion -Which deals -dith atomic power. Exhibit r4 "The Transmicsicn ot' Electric Energy Without Wires'? - an article by S. Tesla in the X11-octr-ic World, Ma-rch 5, 1904, pages 1*9-4'31. A general, so-ma-.4hat biographical article on Tesla's early work with some spaculation on the possibility of long- distance wireless transmicsion of large amounts of energy. Exhib i t 0 nUorld article by 11. Tesla in Tcle.-.rar-h and Tel".' pages 92-7, 457 and kSO. An article Vnich wo r:--- o n th emroduction and transmicsion of diat-ionn, describes Tesla's efforts oi -:~nera7" - an one APe, October 16, -tr aces the e--x!7 electromagnetic ra to increass the amount of power -which can be tranz~ttad without i-Ares and concludes witha proposed "World System" for the udrele::s transmi2sion. of both powe'e'End com=U--icatiozz , No vozkable disclom=o of a means for accotmli'shing this ir, includr&. and uuch ganarall- ties as sugg-est the apprcsch uhich Tosla had in mind do not see= capable of accon-plichin.- the desired result. uInterview with Dr. N,ikola TG, sla" by Alaen P. Arragmac for Popular Science Montl-ly, May 24, 1929. An 11-page Memor=- du-- writtan in popular conversational style describing an in- terview with Dr. Tasla and r*aaorting hio ~jresent wor1.- Thi.3 report includes statemento on a now airplane, on rocket ship:3, on tha wireless transmicoicn of power. - ut a world aystem plan for the transmission of rpeech and television. on tho imprac- ticabilit7 of 'harnessing atomic energy, on radio activit7j, and on the acceleration of chnrged particles, such as cathode rays, by high voltages. Approved For Release 20o0/08108: CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Releasa 2000108108 : CIA-RDP96-00789.!~202900420001-4 6. Exhibit 0, 3. An examirstion o4' several 4+,-m-. a,' te4entiflc a- an' yparatas anone, the Tesia. offorta at th Manhatt reavase and. In a dopouit boX at the GovmrnorClinton Hotel showe6 thoso to be .3tandard elect=ica! meas-azri~- instr=enta in co=on use 3everal decades ago. An agreement dated April 20, 1935, between Nikola -Tegl. an(' A' a AmtOrg Trading Cornaration, In which TL-8la agreed to S1;PPlY Plans, specifications method and ai-pparatus f ancl cc:7Plete information on a or proaucing high voltages 11P to fifty million volts, for Producing very small particif3s in a tube OPen to air, for increasiag .3 the c3harge of the pa.-ticles to the 4.1 full voltage of thg high Potential terMinal, and for Pro- J. Jee"'Xg the "PartiC18S to d-43tances 60 a I=nd.-Lcd miles or more. The ZP8ed of the -articles was SPecif."Led as not loss 1:z than 350 =ilee m-er seco--d- - a receipt of $2:;,()00 fee for this disclOsurO was acim-Owle1- %0 gad in this agrearnent, ,.~4 ch was siG--ed by Zizlola Teela an; by A. Bartanian of 'he Amto=g Traa- - i referred" to in t 0 in; Car oration. The matho r M 3 agroement 463 apparently that described in E=hibitl 2, abovo. r6.,60 is prDbable that Exhibit 1), above, ic an off ort by Tesin to clear. iro the questions raised by Soviet enIzine0=8 P-ftar the subject W d-4s- closuare haa toen made. The= ic no avid-anco tilat the i:x.-en- tions md information =O:Farrocl to in thl a agroament are other than those de3cribed in a nit--ber of Tealal a pa-perv ani pub- li~thed articles. It ch=ld therefor~i be exractedand it is 4 sulatantiated by E:fnibit D, tLal. this ai-,,~~,.losaro snbseqaontly pro-red u=worlzable. JOMN G., -Lm-TT, Technic al -1; de, Division 14, 141M. C Mass. Innt. of Tech., Ca=bridge, 114ass., Jan=7 30, !943- Approved For Release 2000108108: CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Retyped for clarity KOV V URRM NR168 WD From ATS.C Wrightfld Ohio 212115Z To CG AAF Wash DC 21 Aug 1945 GRNC TSPMP2A-8-1259 reference telephone conversation this date between major Falconer CMA HQ CMA ATSC and Mr Weinland CHA HQ CMA ATSC PD Request CG CMA ATSC be furnished confirmation of VOCG for the TD of Pvt Bloyce D Fitzgerald CMA 36916980 from 4000TH AAFBU CMA Wright Field CMA Dayton CMA Ohio to Wash DC for a period of seven paren 7 paren days f or the purpose of securing property clearance on enemy impounded property PD Singed PERS and BASE S[]RV Div im Certified True Copy \s\ signed Major A.C. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Retyped for clarity Office of the Alien Property Custodian Mr. Loyd L. Shaulis, Secretary Room 603 National Press Building Washington 25, D.C. Attention Mr. Donald Sham: Dear Sir: Confirming the conversation of Pvt. Bloyce D. Fitzgerald of the Air Technical Service Command with you on 28 August 1945, will you please foward photostatic copies of the material from the estate of Dr. Nikola Tesla as follows: Exhibits A J B K D L E M F N G 0 H P I Q It is understood that included in the above exhibits is a letter from Dr. Nikola Tesla to J.P. Morgan, Esq., dated 29 November 1934 and a document entitled "Process of Degassif ying, Ref ining, and Purifying Metals." The exhibits of Dr. Nikola Tesla's material will be used in connection with projects for national defense by-this department.- All of the material will be returned to your office within a reasonable length of time. It will be greatly appreciated if you will send the requested material to the Air Technical Service Command, Equipment Laboratory, Control Equipment Branch, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, to the .. - - _: - - attention of Lt. Robert E. Houle, Research and Evaluation Unit. Very Truly Yours, \s\ Signed, Maj. AC For: T.B. Holliday Col., Air Corps Chief, Equipment Laboratory Propulsion and Accessories subdivision Engineering Division Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Retyped for clarity September 11, 1945 Col. T.B. Holliday Chief, EL-PAS\ED Air Technical service command Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio Dear Col. Holliday: Reference is made to your letter of September 5, 1945, requesting certain photostated materials in'possession of this off ice from the estate of Dr. Nikola Tesla. Pursuant to your request the materials listed on the attached have been forwarded by registered mail to the Air Technical Service Command, Equipment Laboratory, Control Equipment Branch, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, in care of Lt. Robert H. Houle. These data are made available to the Army Air forces by this office on the understanding that they are to be used by you in certain experiments that are being made for national defense purposes. When the documents have served your purpose, please return them to this office. Sincerely Yours, \s\ Loyd B. Shaulis Secretary Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Retyped for clarity TSEPL-3N2\R[]M\HLE 19 October 1945 TSEPG (TSEPL-3N2) Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Court House Building New York, New York SG1 I Gentlemen: It is requested that in the interest of National Defense, access be given to the effects of Dr. Nikola Tesla held in Manhattan Warehouse at 57th Street, New York City, New York. We are desirous of obtaining pertinent information concerning projects under consideration by the Control Equipment Branch of the Equipment Laboratory, Engineering Division, Air Technical Service Command. It is understood that Dr. Tesla was well versed in the particular field of investigation under study by the Army Air Forces, and it is belived that data from his estate may assist us further. Respectfully Yours, L.C. Craigie Brigadier General, U.S.A. Chief, Engineering Division Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Retyped for clarity October 24, 1947 Commanding officer Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio Dear Sir: The records of this office show that on or about September 11, 1945, we forwarded by registered mail certian photostated materials in possession of this office from the estate of Dr. Nicola Tesla to Air Technical Service Command, Equipment Laboratory, Control Equipment Branch, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. This material was forwarded at the request of Colonel T.B. Holliday as containted in his letter of September 5, 1945., Our records do not reveal that this material has been returned. If this material has served the purpose of the Air Technical Service Command, we would appreciate your returning it to this office. In order to facilitate the identification of the material concerned, there is enclosed a schedule describing the documents which were forwarded by this office. Sincerely Yours, David L. Bazalen Assistant Attorney General Director, Office of Alien Property Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Retyped for clarity Headquarters Air Material Command TSELP-5 TSELP-5, JOF-ER 25 November 1947 Subject: Photostated materials from the Estate of Dr. Nicola Tesla. To: Department of Justice Office of Alien Property Washington 25, D.C. Attn: DS;JMCD;LM 1. With reference to your letter of 24,October 1947 to the Commanding Officer, Air Technical Service command, inquiring as to the disposition of reports from the Estate of Dr. Nicola Tesla, the following information is submitted. 2. These reports are Subdivision, Engineering,Division, being evaluated with the may prove to be of value that the evaluation will time your office will be of these papers. now in the possession of the Electronic Air Material Command, and are view toward extracting any information which to the Government Service. It is expected be completed by 1 January 1948. At that contacted with respect to final disposition 3. Your cooperation is appreciated in extending the use of this material, and every effort will be made to expedite the evaluation. For the Commanding General: M. Duffy Colonel, USAF Chief, Electronic Plans Section Electronic Subdivision Engineering Division Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4 Exhibits A-Q Status: LOCATE FILE CLOSED 12 FEBRUARY 1992 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2900420001-4