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From: James Easton <pulsar@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 21:13:43 -0500
Fwd Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 03:06:26 -0500
Subject: P-1947: Tesla, Marconi and Todd: First Contact? 

The following is taken from the imminent second issue of my
newsletter.

In light of some recent list discussions, I thought the extract
might be of interest:

The 'National Institute for Discovery Science' (NIDS) has some
interesting material on their web site.

The introduction explains:

"Our attention was directed toward the existence of this paper
by one of our colleagues in the scientific community. After
further inquiry, it was found that this paper is archived at the
Linda Hall Library (an independent research library of science
and technology, 800-662-1545) in Kansas City, Missouri. The
paper is archived on microfiche and, after further
investigation, we found that no original hard copy is obtainable
from either the Linda Hall Library or IBM's archives. We then
ordered a photocopy of the paper be made from microfiche and
sent to NIDS".

"More commentary is forthcoming!".


The paper is entitled, 'AN HISTORIC REPORT ON LIFE IN SPACE:
TESLA, MARCONI, TODD', by C. D. Jackson and R. E. Hohmann of
'International Business Machines Corp', Kingston, New York

The IBM scientists presented their paper at the American Rocket
Society's 17th annual meeting held in Los Angeles during
November 1962.

Summarising the subject matter, they wrote:

"During the years 1899-1924 three experimental scientists,
Nikola Tesla, Guglielmo Marconi, and David Todd (working
independently of each other) observed laboratory data and
related phenomena which suggested the possibility that they were
monitoring interplanetary communications. During the same period
(1899-1924) the Russian theorist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky deduced
a model of an intelligence existing independently of terrestrial
influence.

Tesla, Marconi, and Todd did not know that they were working
with identical data, nor did they know that these data
corroborated, in a quantitative manner, the theoretical model
built by Tsiolkovsky".


Had Tesla and Marconi's experiments inadvertently detected
signals from another civilisation? What was the source of the
enigmatic, periodic, ordered transmissions that led Tesla to
believe, "I am absolutely certain that they are not caused by
anything terrestrial" and reportedly led Marconi to similarly
conclude the pulses originated, "at some point in outer space".

Scanned copies of the original paper can now be seen on the NIDS
site at:

http://www.accessnv.com/nids/Jackson_Hohmann_SETI.shtml


Some related material also on-line is, 'Communicating with Mars:
The Experiments of Tesla & Hodowanec', by Robert A. Nelson, at:

http://www.borderlands.com/journal/marscom.htm


Is this paper relatively unknown?


James
E-mail: pulsar@compuserve.com