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In contrast to the ice-comet collision theory, reports of upper The report that most closely ties these strange cosmic happen- atmosphere and magnetic disturbances coming from other parts of ings with Tesla's power transmission scheme is that while the sky the world at the time of and just after the Tunguska event point to was aglow with this eerie light it was possible to see clearly ships massive changes in the Earth's electrical condition. Baxter and at sea for miles in the middle of the night.“ Tesla specifically Atkins cite in their study of the explosion, The Fire Came By, that claimed this as one of the effects he could-achieve with his high- The Times of London editorialised about "slight, power transmitter. Of particular impor- but plainly marked, disturbances of...magnets" | tance is that none of his claims for light- which the writer, not knowing then of the explo- | ing the ocean appeared before 1908. sion, associated with solar prominences ° The report that most A typical statement about the light In Berlin, The New York Times of 3rd July closely ties these strange induced by his transmitter is this from reported unusual colours in the evening skies, * * . the New York American of 7th thought to be the northern lights: "Remarkable cosmic happenings with December 1914: fights were hed an the northern Tesla's power tithe Tighiing of the ocean.-is only - eavens...bright diffused white and yellow illu- fo . . of the less important results to be mination continuing through the night until it : transmission scheme Is achieved by the use of this invention [the disappears at dawn. ; Massive glowing sil | that while the sky was ee ; have placed ae of = very clouds" covere iberia and northern | * * . letails of a plant which might bé erecte Europe. A scientist in Holland told of an | aglow with this eerie lig shit at the prdeis and which or be amply amdulating ome pati actos he north. west a it was possible to see — fe phnrinate the ne ike orizon. It seemed to him not to be a cloud, but | so that such a disaster as that of the the "sky itself seemed to undulate". A woman | clearly ships at sea for Titanic would not be repeated. The light do midnight of Tot July the sky glowed so | Mules an thie middle: OF tne ere adequate the purpose." brightly it was possible to read large print inside night. When Tesla used his high-power trans- her house. : mitter as a directed-energy weapon, he A meteorologial observer in England recount- © . drastically altered the normal electrical ed on the nights of 30th June and 1st July: “A strong orange yel- condition of the Earth. By making the electrical charge of the low light became visible in the north and north-east...causing an _ planet vibrate in tune with his transmitter, he was able to build up undue prolongation of twilight lasting to daybreak on Ist July... electric fields that affected compasses and caused the upper There was a complete absence of scintillation or flickering, andno _ atmosphere to behave like the gas-filled lamps in his laboratory. tendency for the formation of streamers, or a luminous arch, char- He had turned the entire globe into a simple electrical component acteristic of auroral phenomena..." that he could control. 42 © NEXUS AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1995