Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011) • Hacker News Board

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by rando444 » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:03 PM UTC

The title is misleading.

The FBI 'released' these documents to the public over a year ago.

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by peterwwillis » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:03 PM UTC

sschueller wrote: post #8

Why does the FBI have all these files on Nikola Tesla?

Read the second page.

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by lettergram » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:03 PM UTC

Most of this doesn't appear to be confiscated documents, but rather just letters sent to the FBI and a few scanned (covers of) books.

The 3rd part of the release is somewhat interesting as it's about flying saucers (from a news letter). It has the statement(s):

> This letter will not reach you in time to sight a flying saucer over New York on the night of June 10, from 10pm to 1am

It then goes on to discuss "space people".

Honestly, I'm wondering what exactly they released, as this was just a letter sent to Nikola Tesla... So it's not all that interesting, besides getting insight(s) into some tabloids of the time. Nothing really all that juicy, unless I'm missing something.

Part 1: https://vault.fbi.gov/nikola-tesla/Nikola%20Tesla%20Part%200...

Part 2: https://vault.fbi.gov/nikola tesla/Nikola%20Tesla%20Part%2002%20of%2003/view

Part 3: https://vault.fbi.gov/nikola-tesla/Nikola%20Tesla%20Part%200...

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by mici » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:04 PM UTC

subie wrote: post #4

Distraction from the upcoming JFK dump. half /s

These documents were released a year ago, and were declassified in 1980.

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by huntermeyer » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:05 PM UTC

hari_seldon_ wrote: post #3

Nikola* Sorry for being picky about it, but I always think that we should respect people enough to spell their names correctly!

Thanks. Fixed it. I'm glad you're always thinking about respecting others.

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by ForRealsies » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:06 PM UTC

CharlesDodgson wrote: post #7

pdog wrote: post #5

Interestingly, "John G. Trump" (on pages 178-185) is President Trump's uncle. He examined Tesla's papers and reported his findings to the FBI.

I smell a conspiracy theory!

Do you even John Titor?

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by yosito » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:07 PM UTC

qxzw wrote: post #6

Another Croatian - Serbian conflict regarding his ancestry in 5,4,3 ... Kidding aside, what would people like him achieve if they had resources of today, computers and internet...

They'd probably have a really good Instagram story.

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by CharlesDodgson » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:08 PM UTC

ForRealsies wrote: post #16

CharlesDodgson wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I smell a conspiracy theory!

Do you even John Titor?

confused.biz

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by mikejb » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:11 PM UTC

salqadri wrote: post #9

Check out this great 3 minute video to know who this man was and the conflict he got into with Thomas Edison: https://youtu.be/iEJNJ0rFSe8

I cannot speak for the entire video, I only looked up the elephant story, but that seems to be told inaccurately. I might agree with the general sentiment (Edison is a jerk), but wouldn't quote any of the anecdotes told as fact.

Re: Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

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Post by moviuro » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:12 PM UTC

CharlesDodgson wrote: post #18

ForRealsies wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you even John Titor?

confused.biz

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