March 5, 1995: Nikola Tesla - J.W. McGinnis
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Season 1995Ep. 40
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Episode description
J.W. McGinnis, president of the International Tesla Society, joins Art Bell for a wide-ranging exploration of Nikola Tesla, the Serbian inventor whose contributions to modern civilization remain vastly underappreciated.
McGinnis traces Tesla's journey from a childhood inventor at age five to the creator of alternating current power transmission, radio technology, and the Tesla coil found in every automobile, computer, and spacecraft. He describes Tesla's dramatic 1900 demonstration in Colorado Springs, where 250 light bulbs were illuminated 26 miles away through wireless electricity transmitted via the Earth's silica-rich crust acting as a superconductor. McGinnis reveals that critical Tesla papers were seized by the FBI upon his death in 1943 and remain classified, fueling speculation about suppressed energy technologies. The conversation ventures into scalar waves, resonant frequency cancer treatment, Project HAARP and its roots in Tesla's ionospheric experiments, and the mystery of the 1908 Tunguska explosion possibly linked to Tesla's magnifying transmitter. McGinnis also recounts Tesla's falling out with Edison over an unpaid $50,000 promise.
This broadcast offers a compelling introduction to an inventor whose vision of free wireless energy for humanity continues to challenge the boundaries of accepted science.
McGinnis traces Tesla's journey from a childhood inventor at age five to the creator of alternating current power transmission, radio technology, and the Tesla coil found in every automobile, computer, and spacecraft. He describes Tesla's dramatic 1900 demonstration in Colorado Springs, where 250 light bulbs were illuminated 26 miles away through wireless electricity transmitted via the Earth's silica-rich crust acting as a superconductor. McGinnis reveals that critical Tesla papers were seized by the FBI upon his death in 1943 and remain classified, fueling speculation about suppressed energy technologies. The conversation ventures into scalar waves, resonant frequency cancer treatment, Project HAARP and its roots in Tesla's ionospheric experiments, and the mystery of the 1908 Tunguska explosion possibly linked to Tesla's magnifying transmitter. McGinnis also recounts Tesla's falling out with Edison over an unpaid $50,000 promise.
This broadcast offers a compelling introduction to an inventor whose vision of free wireless energy for humanity continues to challenge the boundaries of accepted science.
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