Nikola Tesla

The Files

• The Invention of "Death Rays" — Later and most famous figure associated with death-ray rumors, inheriting an older pattern of electrical sensationalism.
• The D-Day Weather Control — Inventor whose name was attached in later rumor to supposed Allied atmospheric-control technology.
• Free-Energy Suppression — Wardenclyffe and wireless power, the head of the canon
• The Empire State Building as a Tesla Tower — Inventor whose wireless-power ambitions provide the intellectual foundation for the theory.
• The Death Ray at Oak Ridge — Inventor whose teleforce claims provided the conceptual template for the alleged ray weapon.
• Spirit Radio (Tesla) — Inventor who reported receiving unusual rhythmic signals during his Colorado Springs experiments.
• The Telegraph to Mars — Most famous public figure associated with signaling Mars and interplanetary radio speculation.
• The Death Ray of 1934 — Inventor who publicly described the Teleforce concept in 1934 and rejected the simplified “death ray” label.

Connected Figures & Organizations

• Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1 shared
• Guglielmo Marconi · 1 shared
• J. P. Morgan · 1 shared
• Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force · 1 shared
• Bell Telephone Laboratories · 1 shared
• Sensational press culture · 1 shared
• Stanley Meyer · 1 shared
• Thomas Henry Moray · 1 shared
• John J. Raskob · 1 shared
• Manhattan Engineer District · 1 shared
• Tennessee Valley Authority · 1 shared
• Percival Lowell · 1 shared

Timeline

1. 1880The Invention of "Death Rays"
2. 1899Spirit Radio (Tesla)
3. 1901Free-Energy Suppression
4. 1902The Telegraph to Mars
5. 1931The Empire State Building as a Tesla Tower
6. 1934The Death Ray of 1934
7. 1943The Death Ray at Oak Ridge
8. 1944The D-Day Weather Control