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1907—Tesla noted in a letter to The New York Times that elec- trical waves could be used for destructive ends. "As to projecting wave energy to any particular region of the globe...this can be done by my devices," he wrote. Further, he claimed that "the spot at which the desired effect is to be produced can be calculated very closely, assuming the accepted terrestrial measurements to be correct."® 1908—Tesla repeated the idea of destruction by electrical waves to the newspaper on 21st April. His letter to the editor stat- ed, "When I spoke of future warfare I meant that it should be con- ducted by direct application of electrical waves without the use of aerial engines or other implements of destruction." He added, "This is not a dream. Even now, wireless power plants could be constructed by which any region of the globe might be rendered uninhabitable without subjecting the population of other parts to serious danger or inconvenience.'” In the period from 1900 to 1910, Tesla's creative thrust was to establish his plan for wireless transmission of energy. Undercut by Marconi, beset by financial problems, and spurned by the sci- entific establishment, Tesla was in a desperate situation by mid- decade. The strain became too great by 1906-1907 and, according to Tesla biographers, he suffered an emotional collapse.'*" In order to make a final effort to have his grand scheme recog- nised, he may have tried one high-power test of his transmitter to show off its destructive potential. This would have been in 1908. astronauts. However, historical facts point to the possibility that this event was caused by a test-firing of Tesla's energy weapon. In 1907 and 1908, Tesla wrote about the destructive effects of his energy transmitter. His Wardenclyffe facility was much larger than the Colorado Springs device that destroyed the power sta- tion's generator. Then, in 1915, he stated bluntly: “It is perfectly practical to transmit electrical energy without wires and produce destructive effects at a distance. I have already constructed a wireless transmitter which makes this possible... But when unavoidable [it] may be used to destroy property and life. The art is already so far developed that the great destructive effects can be produced at any point on the globe, defined before- hand with great accuracy." He seems to confess to such a test having taken place before 1915, and, though the evidence is circumstantial, Tesla had the motive and the means to cause the Tunguska event. His transmit- ter could generate energy levels and frequencies capable of réleas- ing the destructive force of 10 megatons or more of TNT. And the overlooked genius was desperate. E/M FINGERPRINTS OF THE TUNGUSKA EVENT The nature of the Tunguska event is also consistent with what would happen during the sudden release of wireless power. No fiery object was reported in the skies at that time by professional or amateur astronomers, as would be expected when a 200,000,000-pound object enters the atmosphere at tens of thou- sands of miles an hour. Also, the first reporter (from the town of Tomsk) to reach the area judged the stories about a body falling from the sky to be the result of the imagination of an impression- able people. He noted that considerable noise had come from the explosion, but no stones had fallen. The absence of an impact crater can be explained by there hav- ing been no material body to impact. An explosion caused by broadcast power would not leave a crater. THE TUNGUSKA EVENT sands of miles an hour. Also, the first reporter (from the town of The Tunguska event took place on the morning of 30th June Tomsk) to reach the area judged the stories about a body falling 1908. An explosion, estimated to be equivalent to 10 to 15 mega- _ from the sky to be the result of the imagination of an impression- tons of TNT, flattened 500,000 acres of pine forest near the Stony able people. He noted that considerable noise had come from the Tunguska River in central Siberia. Whole herds of reindeer were _ explosion, but no stones had fallen. destroyed. Several nomadic villages were reported to have van- - The absence of an impact crater can be explained by there hav- ished. The explosion was heard over a radius of 620 miles. When _ ing been no material body to impact. An explosion caused by an expedition was made to the area in 1927 to find evidence of the broadcast power would not leave a crater. meteorite presumed to have caused the blast, no impact crater was found. When the ground was drilled for pieces of nickel, iron or stone (the main constituents of mete- orites), nothing was found down to a depth of 118 feet. Several explanations have been given for the Tunguska event. The officially accepted version is that a 100,000-ton fragment of Encke's Comet, composed mainly of dust and ice, entered the atrnosphere at 62,000 mph, heated up and exploded over the Earth's sur- face creating a fireball and shock- wave but no crater. Alternative explanations of the disaster include a renegade mini black hole or an alien spaceship crashing into the Earth with the resulting release of energy. Associating Tesla with the Tunguska event comes close to putting the inventor's power transmission idea in the same speculative category as ancient h transmitter at Wardenclyffe, erected for purposes of "world telegraphy" in 1901. NEXUS ¢ 41 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1995