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TESLA, NIKOLA fDr.t

Research, Experiments, and Devices

U.S. Air Force Involvement

"Exhibits A-Q"

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„ examination was made of the

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1. _ 4 27 19I+3,
On January 2 b ana «ftor his decease, naa
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technical papers of Hr. City. Thin ex- Sk

teen otored in the ^
a
ooe oi^^“_,
aetermining if any ideas of
aaination was made for
significant value in the
th
present Uni^d^ta

foSd among his possessions.

United States \mx effort could he
exaffiination vere
AUen Property Custodian;
^ ^
Hr. John C. Sewington.Hev the Alien Property
Hedetniemi, JWashi-gw Offlco of
Mr. Charles J. Sol<mtiflo Hssearch and Be-
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Custodian; Br. John Maseacnu-
1 - 0*
rn
schnolcgy, Cambridge,
Job- -
teUi£ats0 Ihlrd Eaval E10-
Telopaant,

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T“-

T
USlifU

of xJikola
d.
2. „Mrll „ r0 regarded as typical
Che following Papers. “ ve7ioi 1925 to 19^2, were removed
T^ou^ts i in
•Eeela’s writings and tolo ,, ia the random order
c0
> for the purpose of r ° *
he Jin
together
^°?
trief individual abstract
which they were found,
c •
3 -Alhit A
Generators” — an undated
e rart-roetatic
~
*** spooelh i litles of -.
r Tll
. ponsihili-
j^nninninc *R°

*»• a'
of
ft
tiss, aa b source eoaerator. ®he article
of el tro in this
'
Graaff
.«.«•
type
B0rr*6tl7
®?
•!1 T % tatlc r inciples employed
“i “S*‘LS.t=B. «• -»
^^^SUT
S? STrcff
g££J£^;J^V.
b^b^^
»«*»*» f '^” 4

to 30 million
volts.

Tlxhihlt 3
~ 1

_ and Dynamite” - an undated

BBaaotive
.
.

U
—
of Ol vcerlwe
forces 01 -77 onB 0 f the explosive power v4 !
'
;i
^fev y>.
memorandum involving ®°^° ,.^ deviating to a discussion of
tho
of certain
co^ds
ana .hen dov:
power , vibrations £
possibility of transmitt... „
the earth’s crust.
along

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es& ?urjf^mg
}
" I
Pafininff.
.

of Eo-Snssj.f"ir£j
-
io~n dealing vlta~
•*
nemoranuur pro^aoxy “
theories of capillarity
a 41-page
«*> above ^/^"^dsnce indicated that this
industrial commies.
hee^ethBitted to various

Bnhibit_E
end *v a
M|fir f ^rWHltP-ge
nggpl? to Amtorg re — ,+v a
- . ja _ This document,
oared uo- _

esLj’ the gon-

Icientists regarding t *bSt°the
that proposal concerned
is deauced These means
tSs answer, it
oration of high
consicted of a
voltages
high-voxtae
by
1
ex ' -
preSU3Ea Dl7
caseous charge
'
supported
conveying
^
on an

column and crnrgeu The ideas contained

insulating
medium passing
between ^ouna £
tQ tho oelt-conveyor
memorandum Graarf
in this proposed by Van de
electrostatic
do not appear
to offer a ^
rjmsua l features.

Brhibit E . .
Te rrestrial
.
Art of educing
°Art of TeleP ,<ar> dvnarorcs ,_
-

rr +he —
form of a letter
istance ! Manufacturing
Motions at D 4stirghouse Electric & amounts
dated June 12. IS^T *J. transmission of large
a vicratiohD
“aparT. proposes diot C8
of power over vast
"f^V^ans
®
Jl
of aechahical
power is a mechanical
or
?J o of and
crust. JEh- protuberance,
of the earth's uolte o BCffie
device crus-.
-
electromechanical
parting power at a resonance
app8 * "
f the earth' o

polite rejec icu

^
The proposed scheme e icpiy ly indicates their
vorlible. Vestinghouse'
of this idoa.

Tiyrhibit I

- - ea-
-h-rengh Matural Media_ * . ,, verjr high voltages and
fffSSt^tSdTS^d
t.
ox a«»lerato
era r is usod to ^f-^
* ^
“his of rsry pceat
povsr.
SKCh a hoar, of high-
.

'charged particles, P ‘®!^hrousii

sc air is the
"concentrated
passing v natural
energy elostrono
n
traQBOit tcd through
an ^
dispersive" maans by Sparatus there is desernbad
^^
aadi*- AS a
can^onent «T i£J
electrons are first ac-
within wn
open-ended vacuum tube
celerated.

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gahibit 7 (coat.)

for producing ral ioc present neons

f“

electron acceleration
tuba. It is fv?”
0114 ore.cuated “
such devices, villa OV?’ iov'*T *r .«»t
of scisntif’c and i j? «

Incapable of tie tranealcoicn edlcal iatsrect,

of i»r-, are
non-dioperned beans over lor- 8 f 50ver la
distances T*, ?
in this memorandum
wuld not%nable tko’r Teola B disclosures
coabinations of generator ° f W9rkab;Le
and tube even
the general elements powr, though
of nich i conM™
lC£l a cont
scribed. ination are ouccinctly
do-

EsAlMt &

A circular by Carol Eird p a + a A c

titled “Tremendous ep ier *>. 1938, an-
scribes in popular
style some >,?«
£
So£ *° |?® ^?Unleashed*. Ibis de-
ing ITiioia Tesla and ia * ornatlon concem-
some ideal ffTth^tr
on viich io is stated
to bo
^transmission of pover
nethod of transaission
outUned in Exhibit ?,
is
above.
V ^
I t aEPears
lcal rM
.
that tho
cethod »®w
Exhibit H

This exhibit consists

of a sor'-s 0 f *
tativos oi the British r ?? r °s«i-
Government Sited ** *!“£!!
ber 26, 1537. Boccmber urn? 2
15. J? ?* 1936 * Octo-
a reply dated January _ •*» _- 93 ®» It includes
7, io~g* 0
These letters offer to 3ritiaa &ovorausnt.
tha^B-itinh* r„
disclosure of a means for a “ 38 » the
..
particles. Such beano
f£ 0 .energies ninut©
vculd. constitute"
-££,*.££/** r C6MN °
,q
protection of front Srltnin of

4 * '
bit r'abovo. Pollowio^ ‘io *]*?* **** doacrl D3 c ia Zrai-
Stteo^«^"*f —**Wt
1
1936. tt. a.
CSS 5 £ SSt£S~ = *&£££:
Szhiblt I

An undated memorandum writ*** _*«. » « •

describing several discoveries 18811118 79 th

birthday
She first related to a
ocribed ae not yet couplet
'
S°
»d
v-hir-v^^x.'
“• he had nadeT
7 °f gravity ivhich is do-
Th« f ° ad
truth the belief that statod as a Physical
''th«rs‘i a „!
**?*. r ? ceiTOd from the environment' Catter ° ther than
•Aicn is discussed at This secona statement,
len*thir tin..’
indicates his disbelief °^° r wltiaS*
oaorgy.
ifthe JSt—
8nCe of atomic or
*i.la.
nuclear

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Exhibit J
undated
n& Method of Producing Powerful Badlationo!. - an
describing “a new procese of
nemo randan”Ln Tesla's handwriting 3
2ho memorandum reviews
generating powerful rays or radiations’ .
describes Scsla'o worm on -e
the ^orks of lenard and Crookes,
finally in the last paragTapa
nro fine t ion of high voltages, and
invention contained in the
gives the only description of the
follows: Br-efly stated,
memorandum. This description is as
power: ol rays cons.sts
my new simplified process of generating
high-speed Jet of suitable
in creating through the medium of a
of a ciraiit and sup-
fluid a-vacuou 3 space around a terminal
required tension and volume.".
plying the same with currents of the

Exhibit Z
telegeodynamics dated
to procpoctive licensees on
A latter
letter with the type-
December 27, 1941*. Shin is a single-page
in which he addresses
written signature of Dr. Sikcla
telegeodynamics states
himself to the prospective licensees of
spent on this development
that over a half million dollars was
Crawfcr^, J. J. Astor,
with funds contributed by the Morgans,
organizations, and states *hia
and Fish, as well as commercial
to be a new art with which
“unbelievable wonaers can be acn_eved .

Exhibit L
This is an un-
Tesla’s "Hew System of Fluid Propulsion"
.

typewritten pages describing a sys-

dated memorandum of about 20 hydraulic
the conversion iron
tem of fluid propulsion in which
achiovea by passing t-e puid be-
to rotary mechanical power is
and enclosed in a cas-
tween flat circular disks, shaft-mounted
. ing.
describes in general
This memorandum written about 1925
vhichoeemspractical. Thsre
terms a kind of hydraulic turbine
the other oi Tesla s pap : r3 tLa- this
is copious evidence among
appropriate individuals and
idea was generally disclosed to
comment and possibly some use Some
that ft received favorable
on the last page oi the e_hioit.
of these comments are contained

Exhibit M ;4;.

apparently writ tun

“The Power of the Future’- - a memorandum
1

w Tesla 'and probably in ra^nse to

the
a .request
source
from some popular
of future power.
science group for an opinion as to sources.
evolution of power
This memorandum reviews tho gradual power and
possibility cf atomic
It discusses in some detail the
power is not feasible. The
states as his opinion that atonic
energy is apparently confused to some ex. eat
diccuseion of atomic

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subject of vSd^tides,
of commercial energy.
19 th T dio ^sses the
lightning ana VRl“ er
Thesis
^
P° wsr as a source
states: of thio "^wadai
"with =y
oit electrical energy
5Xl S?
at a distant trans -
vlth a •Loss not exceeding thoUaa2ldJ°Eils9
5 per ft conceiv « °* 20eaV
advances xdiich would be
beneficial to the
/desirable Mr 5 ?-
E^e
V
f^he^rogresf^f nd
constitutes an interesting" 53:10 ^^r^udun
sources of power.
\
g«neral* -ad 1111312118:31011 «
the various «
It i 3
Part except probably
power.
in t££ nom™
TC11C‘* deals with
8t
atomic

Exhibit II

*
.
r ,1
...

M -?
^9-^31. A general, oorowhat
M||1||
L- w h °T 1a ctl
7
|

"bior'a-Tvf^S 311:1010
'“rr 1
°

5, 1904, pages
r * T '

early wort with sons 0,1 S"** 1 *

distance rfreless
sp^Sa^nn 11 ?’ ° f loES-
transnicsioi of ljge
J-a-rgo amounts ^omf
of energy.
Exhibit 0

of Snergyf - m
1927, pages 457 and ^5 o ~A
^rh on the production and
diations, describes
power t&ich can be
iffr
transmission o?
Tesla* e effort- <
1
7 rlH thS
f eloct romagnetic
’
0cto Der lS »

CreaSa ths amount of

ra-
ITT ^
transmitted without ?r ®
with a proposed n World 3 and c °*cludes
System ^or thn ‘^ 11

of loth power" ghd

cosruricatloj. ^ »o
a means for accomplishing
13 '11
•-SbleVS”' ®
this i s included tn/ 03Ur ° of
tiea as suggest the d ouchJ
aupro-ch which ^«fn - . ? 8«»raU-
ooen capable of 10 »*

Exhibit ?

“Interview with Dr. Nikola

or ^gPQlar Science Monthly Tesla” bv jn * OT P a
^
,
•

iw 2 4 iqS ArCagB£C
f ,

written in popular
terview with Dr. Eeaia
conversational ?+,
-.f*
11-pa
* 8 F±blss
’?
* e BSEoran- *,
^ '

“
and rouort<ng M-'pm
report includes Present work. This
statements on" a ne^J?™i
on the wireless aae * ° n rccket ship3
transmission "of novm* f
for the transmission world system plan
of speech and telavi3ion f
ticability of harw.MiL « tho inprac-
on the acceleration ° n radio activ it7»
of c^r~-d and
by high voltages. & ~ d Particlaa as cathode rays. *

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Sshiblt 0.

An agreement dated Anril 20, 1930 w™.. «*•»„., ,

If* f torS irtoding Coloration,

supply plans, specifications and totoich Is.at^Md'to
conpl-te lnforSttoTon
,
metaod and a
apparatus for producing high
idllion volts, for producing voltages m
* ft -nJt,

open to air, for increasing the

ver^nall p^tXles
charge crfS.
L
!
toe full college of too high
“
notonSS IfV
*“
-ns n^ 0 paI oles t0 itotaMes of a
tamfcto'nlles or £-0
*P <l «d »1 too partlolee vas specified
as not 1 m«
350 =llo s per second. Eh. receipt ‘of $2^00? fee -or
this disclosure vas acknowledged
in this agre^aant xm*rh
signed V Hltola Tesla and =y A. Bartania^f
InSfl“L
"tto
-HA, Corporation*
^
^
'Uho method rs^err^d tn
apparently that described in Ezhib<t 3 11 * is
? abova^^T^ -
that Exhibit D, above, is £
^estiono raised by Soviet engineers
^Iri ^ to
Pr° Ca bl3
,°
after the subje^Iis

UerLffnl^-re^dleln^n
than those described in a number
of Tesla' ^pa^ro
limned articles. It should therefore
be exnected. inH ^4*
3Ch2bit 3 ’ **** thi3 dic2losiir
prover^urLbL! eubseraontly
-=

3.
A21 examination of
several of ^
the Tesla efforts at the
Manhattan ferehou^e‘S5 ft ?"*?“
Governor Clinton Hotel showed
those to be
instruments in common uae several
atandSd electvi^l f
°firij:i
!aeas'*
£
thl

decades ago.

flrLG
T
JOSH G. THUMP,
Technical Aide,
Division 14, UDUC.
Mass. Inst, of Tech.,
Cambridge, Mass.,
January 30, 19^3,

JGT/G

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KOV V URRM NR168 WD

From ATSC Wright fid Ohio 212115Z 21 Aug 1945

To CG AAF Wash DC

GRNC
TSPMP2A-8-1259 reference telephone conversation this date between
major Falconer CMA HQ CMA ATSC and Mr Weinland CMA HQ CMA ATSC PD
Request CG CMA ATSC be furnished confirmation of VO CG 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 for the purpose of securing property clearance on enemy
impounded property PD
Singed PERS and BASE S[ ]RV Div
JM
Certified True Copy
\s\ signed
Major A.C.

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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 O
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 Degassifying, Refining, 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

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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 office
from the estate of Dr. Nikola Tesla. Pursuant to '

your request the

materiais iisted on the attached have been forwarded by
ai registered
he Alr Technical Service Command, Equipment Laboratory,
S i ^ .

BranCh/ Wright Field Dayton, Ohio, in care of Lt.

Robert H^oulS >

These data are made available to the Army Air forces

office on the understanding that they are to be used by this
by vou in
certain experiments that are being made for national
.

defense
documents have served your purpose, please return
them^o^hi^officS

Sincerely Yours,

\s\
Loyd B. Shaulis
Secretary

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TSEPL— 3N2\R[ ]M\HLE

19 October 1945
TSEPG (TSEPL-3N2

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Court House Building
New York, New York

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

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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

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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 now in the possession of the Electronic

Subdivision, Engineering Division, Air Material Command, and are
being evaluated with the view toward extracting any information which
may prove to be of value to the Government Service. It is expected
that the evaluation will be completed by 1 January 1948. At that
time your office will be contacted with respect to final disposition
of these papers.

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

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