Teslascope
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A Teslascope is a radio transceiver
that was alleged to have been invented by Nikola Tesla
for the purpose of communicating with life
on other planets. Even though Tesla talked about interplanetary communications on many occasions, it has never been confirmed that he built this particular device.
It is sometimes associated with the 'paranormal
' Hyperdimensional Oscillator.
. This was supposedly told to him by "Venusians" who he said had visited him at his home in Lac Beauport, Quebec, Canada. Matthews also claimed that he built a model of a Teslascope in 1947 after Tesla’s death and operated it successfully, although it is hard to verify this claim since Matthews left unclear documentation of his work. Asked about the whereabouts of the Teslascope back in 1974, Matthews said a crew from the Royal Academy of Denmark came to take possession of the Teslascope.
, used in the role of a "resonant receiver", could communicate with other planets. In 1896, Tesla told interviewers:
In 1899 while investigating atmospheric electricity using a Tesla coil receiver in his Colorado Springs lab Tesla observed repetitive signals, substantially different from the signals noted from storms and Earth noise, that he interpreted as being of extraterrestrial origin. He later recalled the signals appeared in groups of one, two, three, and four clicks together. Tesla thought the signals were coming from Mars
. Analysis of Tesla's research has ranged from suggestions that Tesla detected nothing (he simply was misunderstanding the new technology he was working with) to claims that Tesla may have been observing naturally occurring Jovian
plasma torus
signals.
In 1901 Tesla said the following about his 1899 Colorado experiment:
In Time
magazine’s July 20, 1931 issue celebrating Tesla's 75th birthday Tesla stated:
Transceiver
A transceiver is a device comprising both a transmitter and a receiver which are combined and share common circuitry or a single housing. When no circuitry is common between transmit and receive functions, the device is a transmitter-receiver. The term originated in the early 1920s...
that was alleged to have been invented by Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...
for the purpose of communicating with life
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
on other planets. Even though Tesla talked about interplanetary communications on many occasions, it has never been confirmed that he built this particular device.
It is sometimes associated with the 'paranormal
Paranormal
Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...
' Hyperdimensional Oscillator.
Claims
The claim that Tesla created a device called a “Teslascope” grew out of Arthur H. Matthews' 1970 book, "The Wall of Light: Nikola Tesla and the Venusian space ship, the X-12" (OCLC 2094500). Matthews, who had apprenticed under Tesla at the turn of 20th the century and worked for him until Tesla's death in 1943, wrote that Tesla had designed it in order to communicate with extraterrestrial beings. Matthews made other more extravagant claims, such as Tesla having been born on VenusVenus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
. This was supposedly told to him by "Venusians" who he said had visited him at his home in Lac Beauport, Quebec, Canada. Matthews also claimed that he built a model of a Teslascope in 1947 after Tesla’s death and operated it successfully, although it is hard to verify this claim since Matthews left unclear documentation of his work. Asked about the whereabouts of the Teslascope back in 1974, Matthews said a crew from the Royal Academy of Denmark came to take possession of the Teslascope.
Talking with the planets
Tesla had mentioned many times during his career that he thought his inventions such as his Tesla coilTesla coil
A Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is used to produce high voltage, low current, high frequency alternating current electricity. Tesla coils produce higher current than the other source of high voltage discharges, electrostatic machines...
, used in the role of a "resonant receiver", could communicate with other planets. In 1896, Tesla told interviewers:
In 1899 while investigating atmospheric electricity using a Tesla coil receiver in his Colorado Springs lab Tesla observed repetitive signals, substantially different from the signals noted from storms and Earth noise, that he interpreted as being of extraterrestrial origin. He later recalled the signals appeared in groups of one, two, three, and four clicks together. Tesla thought the signals were coming from Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Analysis of Tesla's research has ranged from suggestions that Tesla detected nothing (he simply was misunderstanding the new technology he was working with) to claims that Tesla may have been observing naturally occurring Jovian
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
plasma torus
Jupiter's magnetosphere
The magnetosphere of Jupiter is the cavity created in the solar wind by the planet's magnetic field. Extending up to seven million kilometers in the Sun's direction and almost to the orbit of Saturn in the opposite direction, Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest and most powerful of any planetary...
signals.
In 1901 Tesla said the following about his 1899 Colorado experiment:
In Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine’s July 20, 1931 issue celebrating Tesla's 75th birthday Tesla stated: