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EARTHQUAKE GENERATOR? In July 1952 my father received a four- page handwritten epistle from the Ohio man. To my knowledge, it was the last let- ter the writer sent on the subject. He dis- cussed information his intelligence had received on flying saucers, modestly admitting his sources were better than the CIA or the FBI which he claimed had investigated him several times. He inti- mated that a Pasadena scientist had recent- when he dropped out of sight. EARTHQUAKE GENERATOR? you continue to operate your generator in I've thought about the bizarre events In July 1952 my father received a four- that district. 1 am wondering if you were connected with the generator, and feel itis | page handwritten epistle from the Ohio not directly responsible for the recent possible that the "large corporation" first man. To my knowledge, it was the last let- _ earthquake near Los Angeles? tried to stop the activities through Dr ter the writer sent on the subject. He dis- Then he promised that he and his associ- Hochstetter. When this failed, they cussed information his intelligence had ates would keep the possibility of his approached my father personally and received on flying saucers, modestly involvement in the earthquake to them- bought him off. admitting his sources were better than the _ selves. It's interesting to note that one of the CIA or the FBI which he claimed had Letters such as these, plus occasional doctor's charges was that he was paid __ investigated him several times. He inti- phone calls when the callers would not US$25,000 to exploit his work. Isn't itodd mated that a Pasadena scientist had recent- _ identify themselves, and a threat from an that this is the same figure ; admitted Communist which was actually paid, but to stop his turned over to the FBI, caused activities, and was quoted my father concern much of the before he was approached { time. If a large organisation with the offer? | would take over the generator My father admitted that he and its research, all he wanted and the family lived in con- out of it was enough money to stant fear, as we were being take care of himself and his fami- contacted every so often by ly in the future years. crackpots who had delved into the records, discovered his creation and had gone to the trouble of searching him A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE One of the most encouraging out. Some of them, he sus- offers came in September of pected, were representatives |: : 1956. My father received word of subversive groups and/or aE ee ty that officials of the Mexican foreign powers. Author Mark M. Hendershot with present Hendershot Generator, | Government wanted to meet with This latter charge seems a him and discuss the possibility of little exaggerated, but was supported by a _ ly been kidnapped because he was working _ using his generator for the rural develop- series of letters he received from a fellow _ on an attempt to adapt the generator to air- ment program in Mexico. Mexican in Ohio in 1952. He had traced my father craft. Government officials flew to Los Angeles by going back to his home town in Then he went into a long and rambling and drove out to our house, where our Pennsylvania and talking to my uncle—_ dissertation on how he got interested in _ family doctor, who spoke Spanish, acted as about the generator. what he called the “ether vortex phenome- __ interpreter. Arrangements were made for > The first letter explained that the fellow _na” and the generator. the family to go to Mexico City, and for from Ohio was a part of a group of scien- He explained that the magnetic field in my father to work with Mexican techni- tists who were privately financing their the Earth and volcanic action are related, _ cians on the generator. own research on the same phenomena my _ according to his studies. He had spent We all flew to Mexico City and were father discovered in 1928. two-and-a-half years in Japan working housed in an apartment near the home of He emphasised they would not allow with Japanese volcanic scientists on the the Director of Electricity. My father backing by any organisation or govern- _ subject. supervised the Mexicans in building a ment since an invention such as the He mentioned one study he had made, model. He had been working with them Hendershot Generator should be for “all and pointed out that the shift of the strata for several weeks, becoming more and the peoples and should not be controlled causing the volcano was due to a rotation more tense as time passed. He confessed by national governments, but should be _ of the electromagnetic field of the volcano to my mother that he was frightened given gratis to the World Government at high speeds. because he understood no Spanish, and his when it is ready to assume World He urged my father to write a complete _ fellow workers talked constantly in little Responsibility." He was critical of my paper on his findings and publish them _ groups by themselves, often glancing over father for allowing the military to look at it (preferably send them to the Earthquake at him. He couldn't understand a word in 1928. Research Institute in Tokyo). they were saying, and it worried him con- That letter was written in Apri! 1952, Referring to a particularly bad earth- _ siderably. and in June a postcard came with the fol- | quake which had just occurred in the Los One morning in February 1957, the lab- lowing terse message: Angeles vicinity a few months before, the oratory called and asked where my father Will shortly make public via radio and writer warned my father not to operate his | was. My. mother told them he had left for newspaper, connection your generator generator in the area near the San Andreas __ work in the morning, and if he wasn't there with ‘Flying Saucer Propulsion’. Request (seismic) Fault which runs through the _ she had no idea where he might be. She Security Clearance from Security Chief area. He said: became increasingly concerned as the day your group within 48 hours. Have suc- You may not believe it, but you can _ passed and there was no word from him. ceeded in duplication of your Generator. cause earthquake activity to increase if That night he didn't come home, and we ly been kidnapped because he was working on an attempt to adapt the generator to air- craft. Then he went into a long and rambling dissertation on how he got interested in what he called the “ether vortex phenome- na” and the generator. He explained that the magnetic field in the Earth and volcanic action are related, according to his studies. He had spent two-and-a-half years in Japan working with Japanese volcanic scientists on the subject. He mentioned one study he had made, and pointed out that the shift of the strata causing the volcano was due to a rotation of the electromagnetic field of the volcano at high speeds. He urged my father to write a complete paper on his findings and publish them (preferably send them to the Earthquake Research Institute in Tokyo). Referring to a particularly bad earth- quake which had just occurred in the Los Angeles vicinity a few months before, the writer warned my father not to operate his generator in the area near the San Andreas (seismic) Fault which runs through the area. He said: You may not believe it, but you can cause earthquake activity to increase if NEXUS ¢ 55 DECEMBER 1995 ’- JANUARY 1996