1 00:00:00,910 --> 00:00:02,326 Tonight, in the Tesla files 2 00:00:02,992 --> 00:00:07,117 If there was anywhere in the building that Tesla could take as a laboratory, it would be here 3 00:00:07,499 --> 00:00:08,544 The papers are there 4 00:00:08,780 --> 00:00:13,578 We know Tesla has been spied on and we know he loves the bathroom 5 00:00:13,653 --> 00:00:16,693 Is it possible to use the bathroom to carry messages? 6 00:00:16,818 --> 00:00:18,426 More than possible this is possible 7 00:00:20,474 --> 00:00:24,069 (Tesla) was doing some experiments where he ended up 8 00:00:24,094 --> 00:00:29,882 Using the entire Earth's magnetic field to send broadcasts to the stars 9 00:00:34,466 --> 00:00:39,103 Shortly before his death (in a hotel room in New York 10 00:00:39,130 --> 00:00:44,519 (Scientist and inventor (Nikola Tesla) claimed to have eighty chests 11 00:00:44,544 --> 00:00:46,459 Full of his life's works 12 00:00:47,084 --> 00:00:50,541 Everything from detailed plans to wireless electricity 13 00:00:51,707 --> 00:00:57,245 To weapons that can destroy entire cities 14 00:00:58,957 --> 00:01:02,134 But after his death, only 60 pieces were found 15 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:05,746 From Tesla's 80 boxes 16 00:01:05,771 --> 00:01:08,556 For decades, people have wondered what happened 17 00:01:08,587 --> 00:01:12,710 For lost files in Tesla boxes 18 00:01:14,196 --> 00:01:20,934 Could it contain secrets? Secrets that could change the world forever? 19 00:01:30,518 --> 00:01:32,850 New York City 20 00:01:33,641 --> 00:01:36,157 Over the past few weeks, an astrophysicist has been involved 21 00:01:36,182 --> 00:01:41,279 Dr. (Travis Taylor) and investigative journalist (Jason Stapleton 22 00:01:41,345 --> 00:01:46,842 In a global quest to find nearly 20 boxes full of scientific files 23 00:01:46,881 --> 00:01:52,943 Lost Nikola Tesla and top secret inventions 24 00:01:53,172 --> 00:01:59,127 It is research that has taken them to more than a dozen cities and across both hemispheres 25 00:01:59,252 --> 00:02:02,287 We've done a lot of things to get to this point 26 00:02:02,312 --> 00:02:06,143 We taught ourselves, you know, we did (experiments, we went to (Wardencliffe) 27 00:02:06,201 --> 00:02:08,920 We went to Colorado, we went to Serbia 28 00:02:09,746 --> 00:02:15,868 Today, the duo returned to New York City in hopes of pursuing a potential breakthrough 29 00:02:16,078 --> 00:02:17,827 If proven useful 30 00:02:17,992 --> 00:02:23,988 It could change everything that is currently known about Nikola Tesla and his later years 31 00:02:24,796 --> 00:02:29,227 I'm excited to go back and actually find the specific things we're looking for 32 00:02:29,252 --> 00:02:32,708 You know, all of these things that we did, we know more about them now 33 00:02:32,803 --> 00:02:35,760 When we look, things will get our attention more this time 34 00:02:35,898 --> 00:02:36,943 Yes 35 00:02:37,148 --> 00:02:40,348 Travis and Jason are back at the New Yorker Hotel 36 00:02:40,396 --> 00:02:43,852 The place Tesla lived in the last decade of his life is here 37 00:02:44,911 --> 00:02:50,824 Tesla kept 80 boxes filled with everything scientific invention 38 00:02:51,287 --> 00:02:56,701 To thousands of pages full of graphics, designs and plans 39 00:02:58,003 --> 00:03:01,161 But on the night he died in 1943 40 00:03:01,251 --> 00:03:04,124 Someone walked into Tesla's rooms 41 00:03:04,587 --> 00:03:05,878 He opened his safe 42 00:03:05,957 --> 00:03:09,705 He removed an unknown number of important documents 43 00:03:10,079 --> 00:03:13,895 US government agents also walked into Tesla's rooms 44 00:03:13,994 --> 00:03:17,159 And despite being a naturalized citizen 45 00:03:17,284 --> 00:03:22,073 However, they took advantage of his immigration status to seize his property 46 00:03:22,198 --> 00:03:30,068 And her detention for nine years, before being returned to the Al-Alam family in Serbia in 1952 47 00:03:32,371 --> 00:03:33,927 Hello friends - Hey, how are you guys? - 48 00:03:33,999 --> 00:03:38,164 Travis and Jason meet at the hotel with their friend and partner 49 00:03:38,189 --> 00:03:43,372 (Tesla biographer Mark Seaver) and hotel historian Joe Kenny 50 00:03:43,436 --> 00:03:44,518 what is all of this? 51 00:03:44,935 --> 00:03:49,496 Well, we have copies of the original blueprints from 1928 52 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,520 This is how it looked when they built it 53 00:03:51,850 --> 00:03:56,826 Last week, Travis and Jason got a big deal from Mark Seaver 54 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,427 I thought you might have some ideas 55 00:03:58,469 --> 00:04:04,404 Contains a blueprint of a Tesla wireless electric tower in Wardencliffe 56 00:04:04,466 --> 00:04:08,475 And the newly discovered plans for a New Yorker hotel. 57 00:04:08,505 --> 00:04:13,002 This hotel could have been built (to be a wardencliffe 58 00:04:13,127 --> 00:04:14,435 That's an amazing idea 59 00:04:14,460 --> 00:04:18,170 Wait, though, the man couldn't finance a 600-foot tower 60 00:04:18,291 --> 00:04:20,006 How did he finance a hotel? 61 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,155 He didn't build this hotel! It gives me goosebumps! 62 00:04:24,321 --> 00:04:27,070 You have an amazing theory, Travis 63 00:04:27,095 --> 00:04:29,052 The more you think more and more 64 00:04:29,077 --> 00:04:32,075 On the idea that the New Yorker could have been Tesla's test 65 00:04:32,393 --> 00:04:34,308 The more excited you become about it 66 00:04:34,333 --> 00:04:36,207 I gotta go take a look at least 67 00:04:37,515 --> 00:04:41,970 Which was originally commissioned as part of the transatlantic radiocommunication system 68 00:04:42,194 --> 00:04:47,785 Nikola Tesla decided to transform the gigantic Hardenscliffe Tower 69 00:04:47,833 --> 00:04:52,289 Into a tower that generates and distributes wireless electricity 70 00:04:52,314 --> 00:04:55,395 To a network of tunnels deep in the earth 71 00:04:56,370 --> 00:05:01,534 But when his main investor, JP Morgan, discovered Tesla's plan, 72 00:05:01,559 --> 00:05:04,016 He withdrew from the project 73 00:05:04,282 --> 00:05:08,946 Leaving Tesla humiliated in front of the public and on the verge of bankruptcy 74 00:05:09,064 --> 00:05:12,068 However, given the frightening similarities in the design 75 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:15,542 Between Wardencliffe and the New Yorker Hotel 76 00:05:15,567 --> 00:05:19,066 Could it be that Tesla got a second chance 77 00:05:19,223 --> 00:05:22,263 In his most ambitious invention? 78 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:23,999 This 41st floor 79 00:05:24,246 --> 00:05:26,037 The floor I was interested in. - Yeah. 80 00:05:26,162 --> 00:05:27,510 Well, Travis had a theory that 81 00:05:27,536 --> 00:05:29,217 If Tesla had a lab, it would be on this floor 82 00:05:29,243 --> 00:05:33,116 If you had to guess then where do you think the lab might be? 83 00:05:33,241 --> 00:05:35,198 Well, I'll say it's in a corner 84 00:05:35,423 --> 00:05:37,272 You mean either here or there? 85 00:05:37,297 --> 00:05:39,546 Operators, restrooms 86 00:05:39,571 --> 00:05:42,652 Well, that was for big keyboards operators 87 00:05:42,777 --> 00:05:45,000 The one we had here was that was the largest keyboard in the world at the time 88 00:05:45,226 --> 00:05:48,183 So, there was a communications keyboard here? 89 00:05:48,208 --> 00:05:50,165 Yes - Could it be that - 90 00:05:50,190 --> 00:05:52,222 Tune in on Tesla's phone? 91 00:05:52,247 --> 00:05:54,912 Any operator can be linked to any phone in the house 92 00:05:54,937 --> 00:05:57,186 The observation was to be very easy 93 00:05:59,018 --> 00:06:04,427 Whatever Tesla did at the New Yorker if he was talking on those phone lines 94 00:06:04,452 --> 00:06:07,617 Anyone could know what he was talking about 95 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:09,237 It is possible that there were Nazi spies 96 00:06:09,263 --> 00:06:12,986 Russian spies, British spies might have been there 97 00:06:13,011 --> 00:06:15,134 There were definitely Americans who were listening 98 00:06:15,407 --> 00:06:17,447 Even if they were there to help protect it 99 00:06:17,733 --> 00:06:20,731 Is there a space above this place where Tesla might have worked? 100 00:06:20,810 --> 00:06:23,642 Yes, there is, on the 42nd floor 101 00:06:23,751 --> 00:06:25,417 These areas here go all the way 102 00:06:25,982 --> 00:06:28,189 This area will be unnoticed and wide open 103 00:06:28,684 --> 00:06:30,849 More discreet, if you will 104 00:06:31,472 --> 00:06:32,516 unbelievable 105 00:06:32,541 --> 00:06:34,723 I remember when we've been here before, we saw 106 00:06:34,748 --> 00:06:38,231 The generator is down in one of the basements. - That's right. 107 00:06:38,256 --> 00:06:43,380 So, could you get all the power from the generator, to the roof of the building? 108 00:06:43,405 --> 00:06:44,449 It is true 109 00:06:45,159 --> 00:06:47,508 And I said that the chimney was of solid steel 110 00:06:47,533 --> 00:06:51,299 It was extending from the top, a large metal cylinder extending from the top 111 00:06:51,324 --> 00:06:53,781 Well it's located on the bedrock going down 112 00:06:53,863 --> 00:06:57,586 All the way to the bedrock - the base will be 65 feet below level. 113 00:06:57,611 --> 00:07:00,109 This brings us close to 600 feet 114 00:07:00,234 --> 00:07:01,278 close enough 115 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,510 It is amazing 116 00:07:03,619 --> 00:07:09,963 (The entire building was what Tesla wanted (Wardencliffe) to be 117 00:07:11,171 --> 00:07:16,251 The New Yorker was originally designed to be 411 feet above the ground 118 00:07:16,276 --> 00:07:23,189 It was mysteriously redesigned during construction to a height of 600 feet 119 00:07:23,260 --> 00:07:28,507 And it's exactly the same height as the proposed Tesla tower at Wardencliffe. 120 00:07:28,818 --> 00:07:35,231 Like Wardencliffe, the New Yorker stood high above a maze of subterranean tunnels 121 00:07:35,373 --> 00:07:39,454 Which extended deep into the solid granite fundamentals 122 00:07:40,412 --> 00:07:43,452 Tunnels, like the one in Wardencliffe 123 00:07:43,577 --> 00:07:48,616 They can be used to channel Earth's energy from deep within the Earth 124 00:07:49,906 --> 00:07:55,045 Whether (Tesla) was involved in designing the hotel to make it have these features 125 00:07:55,070 --> 00:07:59,615 Or he has just realized that the hotel has these special features, it doesn't matter 126 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,763 The main point is that it has the features that can be suitable 127 00:08:03,904 --> 00:08:07,152 To conduct a Wardencliffe-type experiment 128 00:08:07,980 --> 00:08:12,769 Well, run, the cylinder achieves 65 feet underground 129 00:08:14,113 --> 00:08:15,904 Have you seen this guys? 130 00:08:17,033 --> 00:08:20,448 It's an analogy of a proposed addition to the New Yorker 131 00:08:20,473 --> 00:08:23,071 They added two towers on top 132 00:08:23,096 --> 00:08:26,070 It seems when we're talking about potential radio broadcasts 133 00:08:26,095 --> 00:08:30,467 It's like we're talking about a potentially classified Wardencliffe, right? 134 00:08:31,258 --> 00:08:38,588 Two towers on top of the New Yorker Hotel? Did the team find damning evidence? 135 00:08:39,004 --> 00:08:46,042 The ultimate proof that Tesla intended to use the hotel to fulfill his ambitious dream 136 00:08:46,336 --> 00:08:50,667 To generate and transmit electricity for free 137 00:08:50,692 --> 00:08:55,689 To New York City first, then to the whole world 138 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,904 It would be nice now to be able to take those blueprints 139 00:08:59,034 --> 00:09:00,550 And we go according to the scheme 140 00:09:00,575 --> 00:09:04,361 And we see what it actually looked like while Tesla was there 141 00:09:04,502 --> 00:09:10,707 And we know if this building could be used as a huge (Wardincliffe) tower 142 00:09:11,627 --> 00:09:16,458 Was The New Yorker Really Nikola Tesla's Secret Attempt? 143 00:09:16,483 --> 00:09:23,271 To continue his bolder experiment in front of his harshest critics? 144 00:09:24,145 --> 00:09:28,768 The critics dismissed him as nothing more than a penniless old man 145 00:09:28,893 --> 00:09:32,849 Failed invention but, if that was the case 146 00:09:33,074 --> 00:09:36,364 Who funded this amazing scheme? 147 00:09:36,489 --> 00:09:39,862 Could it have been a wealthy donor? 148 00:09:40,103 --> 00:09:42,810 Forces within the (US) government? 149 00:09:42,976 --> 00:09:46,016 Or someone else? 150 00:09:48,206 --> 00:09:50,496 New York City - Let's take a walk. 151 00:09:50,521 --> 00:09:52,799 This is the 21st floor 152 00:09:58,359 --> 00:10:00,525 Look at this, unreasonable 153 00:10:01,483 --> 00:10:06,080 This is the original wiring room for the telephone system that has been in us since 1929 154 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:10,411 This is floor 33 and this is here for 3327 155 00:10:10,436 --> 00:10:11,720 That's the Tesla room 156 00:10:11,977 --> 00:10:16,662 Tesla room So, in fact, you can take advantage of the Tesla line and nobody will know 157 00:10:16,687 --> 00:10:19,394 The way the phone system is set up 158 00:10:19,473 --> 00:10:21,928 It was very easy to put a jumper cord in there 159 00:10:21,988 --> 00:10:24,794 And put it in any other room in the hotel 160 00:10:24,819 --> 00:10:26,735 So, you can sit in your hotel room 161 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,508 And listen to every phone conversation (Tesla 162 00:10:31,668 --> 00:10:36,207 In the weeks before Nikola Tesla was found dead in his hotel room. 163 00:10:36,811 --> 00:10:40,647 There were many unverified reports that were clients of 164 00:10:40,811 --> 00:10:43,459 From both the FBI and the Office of Strategic Services 165 00:10:43,751 --> 00:10:46,582 That was a precursor to the CIA today 166 00:10:46,707 --> 00:10:51,371 They took rooms near Tesla on the 33rd floor 167 00:10:52,777 --> 00:10:56,127 Within hours a team of clients gathered 168 00:10:56,152 --> 00:11:03,565 What he later reported as 30 boxes filled with valuable (Tesla) science papers 169 00:11:04,739 --> 00:11:06,713 These are the papers examined later 170 00:11:06,738 --> 00:11:10,902 It was determined to be worthless by the world appointed by the government 171 00:11:10,927 --> 00:11:12,718 (John J. Trump) 172 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:19,780 But, given the fact that at the time of the death of the Serbian-born scientist, 1943 year 173 00:11:19,805 --> 00:11:23,719 The United States was deeply involved in World War II 174 00:11:24,228 --> 00:11:28,142 Could the agents be watching it? 175 00:11:28,267 --> 00:11:32,765 Even going as far as monitoring his phone conversations 176 00:11:33,130 --> 00:11:35,212 So that no enemy agent can 177 00:11:35,237 --> 00:11:40,276 Possession of Tesla's most important scientific papers 178 00:11:41,052 --> 00:11:44,229 Was it the evaluation of John C. Trump 179 00:11:44,254 --> 00:11:50,292 Is Tesla papers part of a deliberate disinformation campaign? 180 00:11:52,604 --> 00:11:55,560 I think if there was anywhere in the building Tesla could have had a lab 181 00:11:55,585 --> 00:11:57,885 Or a working area in it, he might be right here 182 00:11:58,459 --> 00:12:00,125 Oh really? Why, why do you say this? - 183 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:02,748 Well there it is, if you look at the maps there is no real name here 184 00:12:02,973 --> 00:12:06,679 Other than the wireless transmission room there is much more space than you need 185 00:12:06,704 --> 00:12:08,829 Well, okay, let's check it out! 186 00:12:10,119 --> 00:12:11,535 Here we go - Here we go. 187 00:12:15,405 --> 00:12:16,530 !Oh my God 188 00:12:16,715 --> 00:12:19,464 There are probably more than 1,000 square feet here 189 00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:21,321 The transmitters are pretty small even back then 190 00:12:21,446 --> 00:12:25,319 Why would I need such a large space and the question becomes 191 00:12:25,527 --> 00:12:31,131 Why would they build a room this big to house a small piece of equipment like this? 192 00:12:31,156 --> 00:12:36,362 They could have built the room specifically for Tesla's lab 193 00:12:37,013 --> 00:12:39,220 Take a look here and see if you see anything interesting 194 00:12:39,769 --> 00:12:41,726 Look at this 195 00:12:42,936 --> 00:12:44,685 Of all places in the building 196 00:12:44,716 --> 00:12:47,053 This is the most likely place for his lab 197 00:12:47,090 --> 00:12:50,463 It is completely isolated and there is no traffic through it 198 00:12:51,306 --> 00:12:52,722 There are papers here 199 00:12:53,711 --> 00:12:57,709 These are original plans from the building's construction history since 1928 200 00:12:58,625 --> 00:13:04,789 Original plans? Could you help prove Travis's theory? 201 00:13:04,914 --> 00:13:09,744 That the New Yorker was built like a bigger, stronger version 202 00:13:09,969 --> 00:13:12,842 From Tesla Tower in Wardencliffe? 203 00:13:12,964 --> 00:13:14,008 !look at this 204 00:13:14,064 --> 00:13:17,104 What a fool, they're just getting wet here 205 00:13:17,292 --> 00:13:20,355 I start thinking to myself why these papers have not been taken care of? 206 00:13:20,380 --> 00:13:22,629 And that brings me back to the boxes 207 00:13:22,654 --> 00:13:26,193 And to the idea that Tesla things could be anywhere 208 00:13:26,318 --> 00:13:28,273 These are all the plans for this building 209 00:13:28,334 --> 00:13:30,541 1929 we have all records 210 00:13:30,566 --> 00:13:32,148 Yes, but look, look at this 211 00:13:32,273 --> 00:13:35,563 As if, all this stuff is full this, this is all history 212 00:13:35,688 --> 00:13:41,117 Have you seen these tubes? Are these tubes original from building construction? 213 00:13:41,227 --> 00:13:42,476 Yes, it's the ventilation duct 214 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,199 It's the grille ducts facing downward? 215 00:13:44,225 --> 00:13:46,115 Almost - you mean for ground connections? - 216 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,996 Yeah, that's what I wonder about. There are all kinds of places in this building 217 00:13:50,021 --> 00:13:54,519 Where there are good pieces you can get for ground connections 218 00:13:57,251 --> 00:13:58,833 In Colorado Springs 219 00:13:58,958 --> 00:14:03,414 Nikola Tesla planted 12-foot-long copper rods into the ground 220 00:14:03,539 --> 00:14:06,996 Then, using his patented transmitter 221 00:14:07,121 --> 00:14:09,994 Known as (Tesla Cowell) 222 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,117 Produce up to 12 million volts 223 00:14:13,242 --> 00:14:17,365 And he sent it through the air and across the surrounding land 224 00:14:17,948 --> 00:14:20,738 Earth has proven itself to be a conductor 225 00:14:20,863 --> 00:14:27,151 Which (Tesla) claimed to be able to spread electricity over a distance of about 26 miles 226 00:14:28,428 --> 00:14:34,656 In Wardencliffe, Tesla tried to perfect this idea by building a transmission tower 227 00:14:34,772 --> 00:14:40,827 Which is 187 feet above ground and with a large metal bar 228 00:14:40,852 --> 00:14:44,600 It reached 300 feet underground 229 00:14:46,901 --> 00:14:48,816 It was extending from the metal rod 230 00:14:48,841 --> 00:14:52,284 An additional network of metal bars and tunnels 231 00:14:52,309 --> 00:14:56,056 That extended outwards by up to 100 feet 232 00:14:57,118 --> 00:15:00,158 You could design a similar but much larger system 233 00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:04,005 For future use at the New Yorker? 234 00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:08,823 Oh man, look at the view 235 00:15:09,292 --> 00:15:12,332 Watch your step (here we are on the New Yorker rooftop 236 00:15:13,042 --> 00:15:15,291 This is unrealistic - That's amazing, man. 237 00:15:17,140 --> 00:15:18,764 See the big flagpole there? 238 00:15:18,789 --> 00:15:22,578 They are huge and 40 to 50 feet in the air 239 00:15:22,703 --> 00:15:28,617 Obviously, that can be used as a transmission tower on top of a large (Tesla) coil 240 00:15:28,742 --> 00:15:32,073 On some level, I think your idea that this is (Wardencliffe) is crazy 241 00:15:32,198 --> 00:15:34,821 On another level, I think she's cool 242 00:15:35,546 --> 00:15:38,961 Well, there were people sending wireless connections from here 243 00:15:38,986 --> 00:15:40,235 From standard systems 244 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,817 This is the communication chain for the entire building 245 00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:45,680 All communications, radio and telephone lines 246 00:15:45,732 --> 00:15:49,480 As in understanding technology as it was (Tesla), it makes sense 247 00:15:49,730 --> 00:15:53,478 He's going to use this high point in New York City 248 00:15:53,578 --> 00:15:55,336 To broadcast wireless communications 249 00:15:55,382 --> 00:15:57,340 Well, this will be his stadium 250 00:15:57,559 --> 00:16:01,015 Tesla couldn't have been sitting in this hotel 251 00:16:01,140 --> 00:16:02,598 Without using all of these things 252 00:16:02,723 --> 00:16:05,971 No, this was the perfect radio tower at the time 253 00:16:06,096 --> 00:16:09,469 And he had all the power he needed in the world, from that old great birthplace 254 00:16:09,718 --> 00:16:13,300 Well, you know Tesla has been kicked out of a number of hotels for the bathroom 255 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:16,970 He had a bathroom here and no doubt he had come here 256 00:16:17,090 --> 00:16:21,562 And he released the pigeons, and maybe even the pigeon serpent. I mean, could he have had that? 257 00:16:21,587 --> 00:16:23,578 There is so much leeway for them there is no reason not to be here 258 00:16:23,603 --> 00:16:30,390 Well if that was easy to tune in to this telephone switch system 259 00:16:30,692 --> 00:16:32,566 We do not know who was watching him 260 00:16:32,864 --> 00:16:36,356 Perhaps the way to communicate with people was to use the bathroom 261 00:16:37,945 --> 00:16:42,900 the toilet? As a means of covert communication? 262 00:16:43,025 --> 00:16:44,982 While staying at the New Yorker 263 00:16:45,107 --> 00:16:49,563 (Nikola Tesla) was known to keep a number of pigeons in his room 264 00:16:49,913 --> 00:16:53,411 And every day, he could be watched feeding dozens of them 265 00:16:53,436 --> 00:16:56,518 From his favorite bench in nearby Bryant Park 266 00:16:57,519 --> 00:17:02,266 Tesla even had a special attachment to a bathroom 267 00:17:02,306 --> 00:17:05,971 He ended up taking a souvenir photo of her 268 00:17:06,096 --> 00:17:09,552 So that he can carry it with him at all times 269 00:17:10,090 --> 00:17:15,837 Could it be that Tesla's seemingly excessive interest in these unique birds 270 00:17:16,017 --> 00:17:18,140 Was it a strategic interest? 271 00:17:18,214 --> 00:17:21,056 The military used them for years to send secret messages? 272 00:17:21,081 --> 00:17:24,663 Yes, sending messages back and forth was one of the things they had 273 00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:27,142 I remember there was an article from 1935 274 00:17:27,167 --> 00:17:33,539 About a carrier pigeon that flew to the 40th floor (and was hit, so they gave it to Tesla 275 00:17:33,972 --> 00:17:39,552 On February 6, 1935, The New York Times ran a story 276 00:17:39,647 --> 00:17:45,269 About a rebellious pigeon I arrived in a room near the ceiling of the New Yorker hotel 277 00:17:46,631 --> 00:17:53,253 The pigeons looked confused, and had a tape on her leg showing a digital symbol 278 00:17:53,434 --> 00:17:58,056 Indicating that it has likely been trained to transmit messages 279 00:17:58,899 --> 00:18:03,772 However, when the hotel manager tried to inspect the pigeon and decode it 280 00:18:04,133 --> 00:18:10,046 (Tesla) insisted he would take care of the bird himself and quickly take it to his room 281 00:18:10,608 --> 00:18:16,980 Was this just another example of strange behavior known to the world? 282 00:18:17,531 --> 00:18:23,819 Or that (Nikola Tesla) was using a homing pigeon to send and receive secret messages 283 00:18:23,883 --> 00:18:30,296 In sight of the government agents tasked with tracking his every move? 284 00:18:35,361 --> 00:18:38,693 One day after their visit (to the New Yorker 285 00:18:39,026 --> 00:18:43,898 Jason and Travis meet to discuss critical next steps for the team 286 00:18:44,023 --> 00:18:47,188 I have to say, The New Yorker 287 00:18:47,313 --> 00:18:52,293 If it wasn't intentionally built (to be a Wardencliffe-type experiment 288 00:18:52,646 --> 00:18:56,741 Tesla knew it could be used for a Wardencliffe experiment 289 00:18:56,766 --> 00:19:01,614 I think both of us feel like they are instead of being chased by the government 290 00:19:01,805 --> 00:19:03,238 It is secretly monitored by the government 291 00:19:03,263 --> 00:19:05,660 This is very likely a scenario that he works in with them 292 00:19:05,761 --> 00:19:07,276 Certainly - the way other greatest minds have been - 293 00:19:07,302 --> 00:19:09,285 At the time you work out? - Sure. 294 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:14,606 And by 1943, when states were in both hemispheres 295 00:19:14,631 --> 00:19:18,462 Plunged into World War II in the twentieth century 296 00:19:18,712 --> 00:19:21,825 They were the powers of the Allies and the Axis 297 00:19:21,877 --> 00:19:28,623 Race to see which side can develop lethal weapons so that they are guaranteed victory 298 00:19:29,914 --> 00:19:36,952 For (the United States), the Manhattan Project was "going to produce the world's first atomic bomb." 299 00:19:41,549 --> 00:19:49,087 The Germans, in turn, gathered their greatest scientific minds to develop a series of Wardencliffe 300 00:19:49,112 --> 00:19:51,236 Or miracle weapons 301 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,501 Is it any surprise that Nikola Tesla 302 00:19:54,611 --> 00:19:59,942 He will find himself on a list of scholars who consider an opportunity insignificant 303 00:20:00,105 --> 00:20:02,562 For the war effort of the coalition forces? 304 00:20:03,181 --> 00:20:04,321 Hey friends! Hey, Mark. 305 00:20:04,346 --> 00:20:05,819 How are you, Mark? - How are you, my friend? - 306 00:20:05,844 --> 00:20:07,093 Please sit down, please be seated 307 00:20:08,135 --> 00:20:09,634 You will not believe this 308 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:10,883 This is Vannevar Bush 309 00:20:11,008 --> 00:20:12,052 Vannevar Bush. 310 00:20:12,174 --> 00:20:14,814 Wrote an article titled "Guided Missiles and Their Technologies" 311 00:20:14,839 --> 00:20:17,648 Mention (Tesla) in it and that will amaze you 312 00:20:18,587 --> 00:20:21,877 It trains pigeons to go inside guided missiles 313 00:20:22,335 --> 00:20:24,417 It's an innovative idea, it really is 314 00:20:24,542 --> 00:20:29,581 But what's interesting is that (Tesla) has turned it into bathroom, bathroom use 315 00:20:30,664 --> 00:20:35,261 As an engineer, inventor, and science director 316 00:20:35,286 --> 00:20:40,991 Vannevar Bush was one of the most powerful civilian figures in World War II 317 00:20:41,783 --> 00:20:46,297 Often referred to as "the man who will win or lose the war" 318 00:20:46,322 --> 00:20:50,195 Headed the Office of Scientific Research and Development 319 00:20:50,319 --> 00:20:55,858 Who coordinated the activities of about 6000 prominent American scientists 320 00:20:56,399 --> 00:21:02,105 In 1940, Bosch employed the famous behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner 321 00:21:02,604 --> 00:21:05,020 "To head" the bathroom project 322 00:21:05,145 --> 00:21:10,611 It's a top-secret government research project that would train homing pigeons 323 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,553 To act as default pilots for guided missiles 324 00:21:14,931 --> 00:21:20,719 Could it be that Nikola Tesla was also a secret participant in this program? 325 00:21:21,902 --> 00:21:25,525 This bold idea seems more likely 326 00:21:25,597 --> 00:21:28,673 When one thinks that the person is supervised in the end 327 00:21:28,792 --> 00:21:33,708 On John J. Trump's evaluation of Nikola Tesla's scientific papers 328 00:21:33,818 --> 00:21:37,191 It was none other than (Vannevar Bush 329 00:21:38,976 --> 00:21:43,431 The other document I found (was signed by (James Conant 330 00:21:43,456 --> 00:21:46,674 James Conant was the president of Harvard University 331 00:21:46,699 --> 00:21:49,489 And he was writing to the President of the United States (Roosevelt) 332 00:21:49,786 --> 00:21:50,911 What is its time frame? 333 00:21:51,036 --> 00:21:53,926 It's from 1941 so) it's before Tesla's death 334 00:21:53,951 --> 00:21:54,995 OK 335 00:21:55,217 --> 00:21:58,381 He wants to create an office for research and development 336 00:21:58,406 --> 00:22:02,487 And he says, "I want to hand over the responsibility" (to Dr. Vannevar Bush 337 00:22:02,612 --> 00:22:08,645 He appointed him a manager, now he's creating a chart 338 00:22:08,705 --> 00:22:11,370 Now look what Bush will be responsible for. 339 00:22:11,624 --> 00:22:15,955 National Academy of Sciences (Aeronautics, which becomes NASA 340 00:22:15,980 --> 00:22:21,035 And National Defense Research He also holds the post of Minister of War 341 00:22:21,060 --> 00:22:25,100 And the Secretary of the Navy has direct contact with the President 342 00:22:25,516 --> 00:22:30,672 He will be directly responsible for other agencies involved in defense research 343 00:22:30,697 --> 00:22:35,121 So that's the key there is the thing that's really interesting to me 344 00:22:35,146 --> 00:22:39,958 He is going to oversee what will become the Air Force Research Labs 345 00:22:39,983 --> 00:22:41,753 (In (Wright Patterson 346 00:22:41,778 --> 00:22:46,442 And there are all kinds of conspiracy theories and those (things about Wright Patterson 347 00:22:47,704 --> 00:22:52,510 Wright Patterson Air Force Base is located outside of Dayton, Ohio 348 00:22:52,535 --> 00:22:57,490 It is one of the largest (and most secretive) military installations in the United States 349 00:22:58,490 --> 00:23:03,029 After World War II the Wright Bat, as it came to be called. 350 00:23:03,154 --> 00:23:07,529 Became the Air Force Investigation Center 351 00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:10,428 Including the Blue Book project 352 00:23:11,321 --> 00:23:15,943 It's interesting that we have something here (man, bush 353 00:23:16,021 --> 00:23:21,731 Responsible for knowing what Tesla files contain, right? 354 00:23:21,852 --> 00:23:26,574 He is now, in this timeframe, responsible for all the research that takes place 355 00:23:26,599 --> 00:23:28,931 And guess what? In 1945 356 00:23:29,056 --> 00:23:30,642 What is Wright Field asking? 357 00:23:30,763 --> 00:23:32,970 All documents related to Tesla 358 00:23:33,886 --> 00:23:36,968 And so Vannevar Bush knows about it 359 00:23:37,093 --> 00:23:39,217 Hence, it looks like a puppet engine here 360 00:23:39,550 --> 00:23:40,758 is not it? - Yes - 361 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:43,938 According to a number of recently disclosed government documents 362 00:23:43,964 --> 00:23:47,795 Which has not been proven to be highly confidential 363 00:23:47,959 --> 00:23:52,789 In 1947, shortly after a UFO crashed in the desert 364 00:23:52,814 --> 00:23:54,916 (Near Roswell, New Mexico 365 00:23:55,226 --> 00:23:58,932 President Harry S Truman assembled a team 366 00:23:58,957 --> 00:24:02,914 Among the elite of the country's top strategic and military scholars 367 00:24:03,820 --> 00:24:05,860 It was called the Majestic 12 368 00:24:06,084 --> 00:24:10,916 The group was tasked with investigating various reports of outside activities 369 00:24:10,941 --> 00:24:12,315 And if that is true 370 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,230 Whether or not it had repercussions on national security 371 00:24:17,271 --> 00:24:21,518 Members of the group included Secretary of Defense (James Forrestal). 372 00:24:21,851 --> 00:24:24,725 And Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Roscoe Hillknotter) 373 00:24:24,850 --> 00:24:28,681 (Not surprisingly, Vannevar Bush 374 00:24:29,972 --> 00:24:34,236 When we started looking at Tesla I had no idea in my mind 375 00:24:34,261 --> 00:24:37,926 We'll get to UFOs and 12 Majestic 376 00:24:38,051 --> 00:24:41,224 And those investigations into conspiracy theories 377 00:24:41,299 --> 00:24:43,090 But, if you think about it 378 00:24:43,215 --> 00:24:45,880 Vannevar Bush was the one (who asked Trump 379 00:24:46,005 --> 00:24:48,836 To acquire Tesla's property and then investigate it 380 00:24:49,045 --> 00:24:50,585 And see if there is anything there 381 00:24:50,710 --> 00:24:52,584 If he is that guy then a few years later 382 00:24:52,709 --> 00:24:57,165 He became responsible for all research for all other government agencies 383 00:24:57,290 --> 00:25:01,829 He will seize all these technical data under his umbrella 384 00:25:03,578 --> 00:25:08,908 Was Nikola Tesla a clandestine US government employee? 385 00:25:09,343 --> 00:25:10,624 And if so 386 00:25:10,782 --> 00:25:16,862 Was the public perception of him as a bankrupt, stranger, thoughtful coverage? 387 00:25:17,404 --> 00:25:21,033 Or is his relationship with men (such as (Vannevar Bush 388 00:25:21,089 --> 00:25:28,793 More sophisticated and more secret than anyone at the time could imagine? 389 00:25:32,978 --> 00:25:35,560 She's over there across the street? -Yes, she must be there. 390 00:25:35,976 --> 00:25:40,486 Eager to test their theory that Nikola Tesla's (intense interest in bathrooms) 391 00:25:40,557 --> 00:25:43,305 It may be more professional than it is personal 392 00:25:43,639 --> 00:25:47,320 Travis and Jason came to Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn. 393 00:25:47,345 --> 00:25:50,110 Gentlemen - (Hey, William? I'm Jason Stapleton - 394 00:25:50,135 --> 00:25:51,275 Nice to meet you. - Travis Taylor. 395 00:25:51,301 --> 00:25:53,107 Nice to meet you, why don't you go upstairs to see? 396 00:25:53,133 --> 00:25:54,507 Well, cool 397 00:25:55,715 --> 00:25:59,255 William Macleod is a professional real estate agent. 398 00:25:59,521 --> 00:26:02,978 It became widely known (throughout New York City 399 00:26:03,003 --> 00:26:05,834 As an independent expert in the bathroom 400 00:26:05,959 --> 00:26:11,165 Offer to help Travis and Jason to learn more about these unique birds 401 00:26:11,331 --> 00:26:19,660 And perhaps provide a vision about that man who is considered by many to be a scientific genius 402 00:26:22,367 --> 00:26:27,129 We've been investigating deeply for the last few (years of) Nikola Tesla's life 403 00:26:27,239 --> 00:26:30,404 History shows that he was a demented old man 404 00:26:30,612 --> 00:26:32,694 And he was only playing pigeon feeding in the garden 405 00:26:32,819 --> 00:26:35,401 And we developed a different story about that 406 00:26:35,526 --> 00:26:37,275 We know Tesla 407 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,732 Chances are, Tesla was being spied on while at The New Yorker 408 00:26:40,857 --> 00:26:42,830 More than a possibility, very likely 409 00:26:42,939 --> 00:26:45,138 Well if he is and he's worried about it 410 00:26:45,163 --> 00:26:50,576 So how does it move messages back and forth? And we know from history that he loves pigeons 411 00:26:50,601 --> 00:26:52,425 Spend some time in the garden and keep a bathroom 412 00:26:52,450 --> 00:26:56,573 So, we thought, would it be possible to use the bathroom to carry messages? 413 00:26:56,598 --> 00:26:59,943 Yes, it is not only possible, more than likely but likely 414 00:27:00,304 --> 00:27:02,136 The moment they reach maturity 415 00:27:02,261 --> 00:27:05,343 Especially if they mate the pigeons will mate for life 416 00:27:05,468 --> 00:27:07,925 So they will always fly home for their partners 417 00:27:08,050 --> 00:27:09,632 How do they decide what is "home"? 418 00:27:09,924 --> 00:27:12,547 The home is really the serf, the place where they grew up 419 00:27:12,672 --> 00:27:14,312 The place where they live the place where the food is 420 00:27:14,338 --> 00:27:17,211 It is their safe place, and that of their partners 421 00:27:17,336 --> 00:27:22,833 If I go to a new location, how long will it take me to build some carrier pigeons 422 00:27:23,051 --> 00:27:26,757 So that they consider this place their home and always return to this place? 423 00:27:26,789 --> 00:27:31,928 You will start with the little ones and basically you will keep the little ones in the hive while they grow up 424 00:27:31,953 --> 00:27:33,994 From the time they hatch to the time they fly 425 00:27:34,118 --> 00:27:35,326 There are only about four weeks 426 00:27:36,692 --> 00:27:39,399 Someone like Tesla with a lot of focus 427 00:27:39,607 --> 00:27:41,814 Perhaps in about a week he could start training a bird 428 00:27:42,064 --> 00:27:45,979 To go from the hotel room to the garden and then back to the hotel room 429 00:27:46,353 --> 00:27:48,644 (We always think Tesla used the technology 430 00:27:48,769 --> 00:27:51,142 A kind of advanced technology for communication 431 00:27:51,309 --> 00:27:54,543 But in this case it might have made a lot of sense for him 432 00:27:54,599 --> 00:27:59,279 To use ancient technology that was not practically detectable 433 00:27:59,304 --> 00:28:01,845 For anyone trying to find out what he was doing 434 00:28:02,844 --> 00:28:05,676 Homing pigeons were fortified more than 300 years ago 435 00:28:05,801 --> 00:28:11,714 He is highly regarded for his remarkable ability to find his way back home 436 00:28:11,881 --> 00:28:15,379 Even at distances of up to 1,000 miles 437 00:28:15,837 --> 00:28:21,292 It is this unique navigation feature that makes the bird a useful tool 438 00:28:21,417 --> 00:28:24,499 To send and receive messages 439 00:28:24,847 --> 00:28:30,219 (Genghis Khan) used the pigeons as a communication device across his vast empire 440 00:28:31,255 --> 00:28:35,960 Nearly half a million birds were used in World War I and II 441 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,409 To carry messages across enemy lines 442 00:28:40,041 --> 00:28:44,955 Even today, the bathroom continues to be used for military purposes 443 00:28:45,216 --> 00:28:52,045 In 2010, the Chinese army trained 10,000 birds as a backup message system 444 00:28:52,220 --> 00:28:57,217 In the event that their modern communication systems are broken 445 00:28:57,647 --> 00:28:58,855 Can we go in? - Yeah come on. - 446 00:28:59,104 --> 00:29:00,645 I'd like to see some birds 447 00:29:00,770 --> 00:29:02,519 Who's here? - Well, good. 448 00:29:04,518 --> 00:29:08,516 Okay guys, if you want to go in, get to know the birds 449 00:29:09,807 --> 00:29:11,597 It is bigger than I imagined 450 00:29:12,180 --> 00:29:16,928 Can you take one and go (to our friend Mark) in the New Yorker? 451 00:29:17,053 --> 00:29:19,759 Then release her and we'll stay here and see if the bird comes back? 452 00:29:20,051 --> 00:29:22,466 Yes, sure - That'd be cool. 453 00:29:22,876 --> 00:29:23,921 OK 454 00:29:27,417 --> 00:29:34,080 This is a really cool experiment to show how Tesla secretly delivers messages. 455 00:29:34,243 --> 00:29:37,575 It is possible that he found these pigeons in the garden 456 00:29:37,891 --> 00:29:41,347 So, he could have taken these baths that know where her home is 457 00:29:41,372 --> 00:29:45,762 To his lab, put letters on her feet and then released her 458 00:29:45,787 --> 00:29:48,868 To fly to their homes where there is whoever keeps them 459 00:29:49,986 --> 00:29:53,281 To help Travis and Jason test their theory 460 00:29:54,466 --> 00:29:58,999 William Macleod brought one of his doves to the New Yorker Hotel 461 00:30:00,029 --> 00:30:01,403 You must be William. - Yes, I am. 462 00:30:01,486 --> 00:30:03,894 I'm Mark Seaver. - Nice to meet you. 463 00:30:03,919 --> 00:30:06,751 That's great, okay, let's go 464 00:30:07,375 --> 00:30:12,455 Mark and William will try to send a message from the New Yorker's rooftop 465 00:30:12,580 --> 00:30:15,870 In Manhattan to Travis and Jason 466 00:30:15,941 --> 00:30:19,855 Seven miles in the heart of Brooklyn 467 00:30:20,299 --> 00:30:21,606 How can you be so quiet, my friend? 468 00:30:21,631 --> 00:30:22,964 How long is this supposed to take? 469 00:30:22,989 --> 00:30:25,238 Yeah, isn't it? - Do you think this will work? - 470 00:30:25,698 --> 00:30:29,529 I don't know, what will stop the falcon or anything from jumping and eating this thing? 471 00:30:29,554 --> 00:30:33,510 Watch, dude, we got the only stupid pigeon in this entire barn 472 00:30:33,552 --> 00:30:35,842 It's flying to New Jersey 473 00:30:38,075 --> 00:30:40,282 Well take this 474 00:30:41,939 --> 00:30:43,646 Yes that's good 475 00:30:43,671 --> 00:30:47,294 Okay, we'll let him go (he's flying to Brooklyn 476 00:30:47,629 --> 00:30:48,673 Then the message will reach them 477 00:30:49,047 --> 00:30:51,213 ! And 1,2,3 478 00:30:53,982 --> 00:30:55,606 Here it is - Yeah. 479 00:30:58,446 --> 00:30:59,490 (Brooklyn, New York) 480 00:30:59,895 --> 00:31:02,514 Travis and Jason are waiting to see if the bird returns 481 00:31:02,610 --> 00:31:08,273 Which was launched from the (New Yorker) Hotel to the barn about seven miles away 482 00:31:09,531 --> 00:31:11,238 Here he is (Mark) Wait 483 00:31:11,867 --> 00:31:12,912 !(Mark) 484 00:31:12,937 --> 00:31:15,619 Hey, Jason, we just released the pigeons 485 00:31:15,744 --> 00:31:18,409 He says she'll be there in 9 or 10 minutes 486 00:31:18,434 --> 00:31:19,479 Well, we'll wait 487 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:20,977 Ok, bye 488 00:31:22,266 --> 00:31:23,723 Well it was just released then 489 00:31:23,848 --> 00:31:26,097 Where is the New Yorker located from here? 490 00:31:26,347 --> 00:31:27,391 That direction 491 00:31:37,910 --> 00:31:40,117 Hey, look at that is that it? 492 00:31:40,172 --> 00:31:41,216 Is this the? - there he is - 493 00:31:43,754 --> 00:31:46,667 Hey, this is it. Look there is something taped on his leg 494 00:31:46,832 --> 00:31:49,917 It worked? - Well. 495 00:31:50,289 --> 00:31:53,662 Want to read the message? - OK - 496 00:31:54,206 --> 00:31:55,929 Well we had to play rock, paper, scissors or something 497 00:31:55,955 --> 00:31:58,377 Well, I really lost. - What? - 498 00:32:00,343 --> 00:32:01,842 Where did you go, bird? 499 00:32:02,451 --> 00:32:07,733 I can see the bird now that it is, in fact, aware that I am coming to it 500 00:32:07,823 --> 00:32:09,406 I caught you, I caught you 501 00:32:10,046 --> 00:32:13,086 Did I catch you? what does he say? 502 00:32:13,662 --> 00:32:16,835 Another successful Tesla test (Mark Seaver) 503 00:32:16,860 --> 00:32:20,192 When you combine the parallels between Wardencliffe and The New Yorker 504 00:32:20,316 --> 00:32:24,931 Hence the things that we discover now are related above the pigeon 505 00:32:24,956 --> 00:32:29,453 I am absolutely convinced, it couldn't be this man sitting 506 00:32:29,478 --> 00:32:32,188 He did nothing for the last fifteen years of his life 507 00:32:32,213 --> 00:32:36,336 He was involved in something that I don't know 508 00:32:37,786 --> 00:32:41,617 (Nikola Tesla) was a secretive to the point of paranoia 509 00:32:41,642 --> 00:32:46,306 And he lived in fear that his life would be stolen from him 510 00:32:47,375 --> 00:32:51,997 But if he (Tesla) as the evidence indicates, he knows he was being watched 511 00:32:52,022 --> 00:32:54,687 By both the FBI and the Office of Strategic Services 512 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,953 He might have been working well with them in the war effort 513 00:32:59,078 --> 00:33:03,284 So why does he need homing pigeons to send and receive messages? 514 00:33:04,467 --> 00:33:09,672 (To get answers, Jason and (Travis) arranged to meet someone at the hotel 515 00:33:09,697 --> 00:33:14,986 Who promised to share (potentially important) information on Nikola Tesla 516 00:33:15,196 --> 00:33:19,818 And his top secret relationship with (Vannevar Bush.) 517 00:33:21,177 --> 00:33:22,926 Hey! You must be Bob. 518 00:33:23,565 --> 00:33:26,913 During a career that included anti-ballistic missile defense 519 00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:32,118 Radar and the International Space Station based retired space engineer 520 00:33:32,143 --> 00:33:35,658 Dr. Robert Wood investigates UFOs 521 00:33:35,683 --> 00:33:39,281 And related phenomena for more than 30 years 522 00:33:39,306 --> 00:33:44,045 You might be able to shed some light for us on this (Vannevar Bush) 523 00:33:44,116 --> 00:33:45,823 The Majestic Group 12 524 00:33:45,848 --> 00:33:49,471 Well, I guess it's the actual "first release for anything" MG12 525 00:33:49,550 --> 00:33:55,172 It was official in 1984 when the so-called "Eisenhower" indicative document was announced 526 00:33:55,522 --> 00:33:58,145 Which carries web site pages (on it by (Truman 527 00:33:58,170 --> 00:34:00,960 Which identified the 12 people "who were in" MG12 528 00:34:02,659 --> 00:34:03,992 In 1984 529 00:34:04,367 --> 00:34:07,532 An unidentified package arrived at a house in Burbank 530 00:34:07,865 --> 00:34:12,321 Affiliated to movie producer and lover of strange creatures, Jaime Chandera 531 00:34:12,779 --> 00:34:15,486 Inside there was an eight-page note 532 00:34:15,611 --> 00:34:18,775 Aiming to inform President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower 533 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:22,149 On the secret activities (of the Truman administration 534 00:34:22,565 --> 00:34:25,480 The memo summarized the government's many investigations 535 00:34:25,772 --> 00:34:30,143 In reports about the recently destroyed space models 536 00:34:30,269 --> 00:34:33,476 Including those in Roswell, New Mexico 537 00:34:33,809 --> 00:34:38,681 It also revealed the existence of Majestic 12 "members" 538 00:34:39,722 --> 00:34:44,178 (Tesla) in 1899 was doing some experiments 539 00:34:44,345 --> 00:34:48,509 Where he ended up using the entire magnetic field of the Earth 540 00:34:48,634 --> 00:34:51,466 To send your broadcast to the stars 541 00:34:53,423 --> 00:34:57,823 Hence, there was likely to be something in his notes 542 00:34:59,170 --> 00:35:02,668 It may interest or concern some of these people 543 00:35:02,959 --> 00:35:04,958 I think that's an excellent idea 544 00:35:06,249 --> 00:35:08,972 While staying in Colorado Springs 545 00:35:08,997 --> 00:35:14,827 Nikola Tesla has been running a series of experiments to try to track down thunderstorms 546 00:35:16,452 --> 00:35:21,241 One night, he starts receiving a number of strange transmissions 547 00:35:21,365 --> 00:35:25,113 Which, according to one account detailed in several of his letters 548 00:35:25,447 --> 00:35:30,652 Tesla concluded that it originated somewhere in outer space 549 00:35:31,666 --> 00:35:32,916 This is what I think happened 550 00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:35,514 In 1947 551 00:35:35,539 --> 00:35:40,287 There were many fears of strange creatures in the public domain, right? 552 00:35:40,581 --> 00:35:41,625 It was mentioned in the news 553 00:35:41,708 --> 00:35:43,998 People were claiming to see flying saucers, okay 554 00:35:44,588 --> 00:35:47,565 Someone like Vannevar Bush 555 00:35:47,759 --> 00:35:52,090 Maybe they went and said "We at least" are studying whether this is a phenomenon 556 00:35:52,215 --> 00:35:56,171 Real or not, it causes public panic. We must look into it 557 00:35:56,296 --> 00:36:01,710 By the way, there might be something associated with it (because I remember reading in the Tesla documentation 558 00:36:01,835 --> 00:36:05,624 (Tesla) has claimed to have contacted the aliens or something 559 00:36:05,749 --> 00:36:13,745 I think that (Vannevar Bush) was the man in charge of all the technology then 560 00:36:13,770 --> 00:36:18,184 He was the perfect logical man to make sure he knew 561 00:36:19,482 --> 00:36:24,396 Was it Tesla's belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life? 562 00:36:24,551 --> 00:36:30,589 One of the reasons Vanyevar Bush was so determined to watch him? 563 00:36:30,777 --> 00:36:34,650 And if so, was Tesla working with Vannevar Bush 564 00:36:34,775 --> 00:36:40,188 In a super-secret ability more than anyone could have imagined? 565 00:36:50,414 --> 00:36:51,497 How are you doing? - Fine- 566 00:36:51,674 --> 00:36:56,022 The day after they met with a retired flight engineer 567 00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:57,837 Dr. Robert Wood 568 00:36:57,962 --> 00:37:04,542 Travis and Jason meet their partner, Mark Seaver, at the team's headquarters in Washington. 569 00:37:05,042 --> 00:37:08,956 Well, we've had an interesting talk that you want to tell about? 570 00:37:09,081 --> 00:37:14,607 Have we had an interesting talk? If there is such an organization, such as MG12 571 00:37:14,869 --> 00:37:20,741 Located in this timeframe (they wanted to see all things (Tesla 572 00:37:20,866 --> 00:37:22,823 Let's start with what we know 573 00:37:23,531 --> 00:37:26,738 Vannevar Bush was the head of the Manhattan Project 574 00:37:26,863 --> 00:37:28,570 This is an absolute truth - of course. 575 00:37:28,695 --> 00:37:33,376 We now know that Vannevar Bush was involved in a top secret business 576 00:37:33,401 --> 00:37:34,750 I think that's the point 577 00:37:34,775 --> 00:37:39,450 He was a player, he was a player (and when we talk about (John Trump 578 00:37:39,615 --> 00:37:43,412 He was a player directly related to (Bush 579 00:37:43,562 --> 00:37:46,144 And so, you have a link there (that's related to Tesla 580 00:37:46,269 --> 00:37:51,890 People who were interested in things (that Tesla was developing 581 00:37:52,115 --> 00:37:55,613 They got to his stuff, and they took it 582 00:37:55,638 --> 00:37:59,966 I have to tell you, I'm more convinced now than ever 583 00:38:00,094 --> 00:38:04,383 That all that was happening at The New Yorker was more than just him staying there 584 00:38:05,938 --> 00:38:07,896 There are tunnels under the place 585 00:38:07,921 --> 00:38:11,105 A purpose built building has tunnels just like the ones there are 586 00:38:11,130 --> 00:38:13,795 Down (Wardencliffe), right? - Unbelievable - 587 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:19,209 It has a large tower, and the hotel has its laboratory located at the top of it 588 00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:21,556 He had generators at the bottom of this thing 589 00:38:21,582 --> 00:38:25,122 That supplied three times the energy! 590 00:38:26,889 --> 00:38:31,053 How do we know the New Yorker was not a Wardencliffe? 591 00:38:31,446 --> 00:38:34,525 How crazy it would be if we were, all this time 592 00:38:34,550 --> 00:38:39,172 We thought he had lost his funding to (Wardencliffe) and the entire project was closed 593 00:38:39,197 --> 00:38:45,069 He was defeated and beaten, and they were building him a Wardencliffe (at a cost of $ 100 million) 594 00:38:45,194 --> 00:38:46,693 In downtown New York 595 00:38:46,818 --> 00:38:50,233 I think the most important thing we've shown to history, Mark 596 00:38:50,527 --> 00:38:53,067 Is that the last 10 or 15 years (of Tesla's life 597 00:38:53,147 --> 00:38:56,895 This old man out in the garden was not feeding the pigeons 598 00:38:57,137 --> 00:39:00,194 He was doing an important job - I agree. 599 00:39:00,219 --> 00:39:01,901 There is one more thing I want to share with you 600 00:39:01,926 --> 00:39:03,092 This is unbelievable 601 00:39:03,217 --> 00:39:06,174 Here is a document from the offshore property office 602 00:39:06,590 --> 00:39:11,504 For the purpose of inquiring about the treasury, her record was found in the warehouse 603 00:39:11,629 --> 00:39:15,127 It indicates that it was purchased by Tesla in 1929 604 00:39:15,252 --> 00:39:19,808 That wasn't among the possessions stored in a Manhattan warehouse 605 00:39:19,935 --> 00:39:23,475 In other words, another safe is missing 606 00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:29,511 Males also have 122 boxes and barrels 607 00:39:29,551 --> 00:39:32,299 This definitely indicates that boxes are missing 608 00:39:32,493 --> 00:39:35,866 More lost funds? Safe? 609 00:39:35,991 --> 00:39:41,196 And it's all filled with Tesla's science writings and plans for new inventions? 610 00:39:41,962 --> 00:39:44,561 (Mark) drops another bomb on us and tells us 611 00:39:44,586 --> 00:39:48,055 There are likely to be 122 boxes 612 00:39:48,093 --> 00:39:53,465 This intensifies my desire to go out and find these things 613 00:39:53,523 --> 00:39:56,662 There is no indication of the documents, valuable ideas and things 614 00:39:56,687 --> 00:39:59,144 That Tesla had all these boxes and bags 615 00:39:59,269 --> 00:40:01,435 What was he keeping in a safe? 616 00:40:01,726 --> 00:40:04,297 I said when we started with this matter that if we did it right 617 00:40:04,392 --> 00:40:08,889 And if we are successful, we may be able to change the world with information 618 00:40:09,114 --> 00:40:10,571 But we're not there yet 619 00:40:10,596 --> 00:40:12,611 We can talk about all of these things that you just talked about 620 00:40:12,637 --> 00:40:14,094 And the achievements made 621 00:40:14,219 --> 00:40:18,717 And realizing that we have at least 122 boxes we can't find 622 00:40:18,842 --> 00:40:20,108 We still don't know where they are 623 00:40:20,133 --> 00:40:23,731 I don't want to end this just because I want to find it 624 00:40:23,756 --> 00:40:25,588 This pisses me off 625 00:40:25,705 --> 00:40:28,387 It's annoying, so annoying, it's pissing me off right now, it's bothering me 626 00:40:28,420 --> 00:40:31,435 Well I have to keep going, I have to know 627 00:40:31,460 --> 00:40:34,416 I'm so excited we got to find out 628 00:40:39,997 --> 00:40:46,243 Did Nikola Tesla really die as a lonely old man? 629 00:40:46,602 --> 00:40:54,764 A mad scientist who lived his final days largely forgotten in a world he wanted to change? 630 00:40:55,596 --> 00:41:03,925 Or, he was really the inventor as (Albert "Einstein) said he was" the smartest man in the world. " 631 00:41:04,941 --> 00:41:12,479 A genius had secretly performed his experiments while in hiding in sight 632 00:41:13,879 --> 00:41:17,086 And on the questions of Mark (Travis) and (Jason) 633 00:41:17,111 --> 00:41:21,025 The answers to these questions were still waiting to be found 634 00:41:21,157 --> 00:41:23,822 In addition to more than 60 boxes 635 00:41:23,995 --> 00:41:30,158 Packed with what they think is Tesla's most innovative and creative business 636 00:41:30,856 --> 00:41:39,184 A legacy of dreams and inventions that someone or group desperately wants 637 00:41:39,588 --> 00:41:43,253 So much so, that he held her away for decades 638 00:41:43,711 --> 00:41:51,290 Once discovered, it will change the world forever