Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 90

J. Edgar Hoo Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D.C. TRUE COPY Dear Mr. Hoover, In the year 1943 the F. B. I. confiscated all of the papers and maybe some of the machines of physicist, Nikola Tesla. These papers were his experiments and ideas at the time of his death. According to the books I've read, these papers were confiscated on the grounds of the enemy getting ahold of his ideas and apply them to war machines. FORMATION TIEDS, 1969 DEREIN IS DATENCLASSIFIED late I have studied all of the material on this man and have found him to be more intelligent than the great "Brain" of his time, Thomas Edison. Why without Nikola Tesla there would be Westinghouse Company as we know today. This is the man who harnessed Niagara Falls, and was the one and only man who could see the possibilities of Alternating Current when men like Edison said "it would never work. " What I am wondering is, maybe these papers could be reclassified from whatever "Top Secret" classification they now have and be made available for study by the people who understand and can gain knowledge from them. I would be willing to pay for reproductions of his experiments if nothing else. He still has a great many ideas that have never been tried. 1/20 It disturbs me to think that everyone has forgotten about the ideas of this man when he was so advanced for his time. I can say with assurance that no man alive can say that he knows all of Tesla's ideas. And studying other men's ideas is the way to advance in science faster. 100-2237-12 w I hope something can be done to get these papers released. Thank You, /s/ /00-2237 90