The Discovery of Telluria
The existence of Telluria was first detected on Earth by Nikola Tesla while conducting experiments in wireless telegraphy at his laboratory on the corner of Foote Ave. and Kiowa St. in Colorado Springs. On July 13, 1899, Tesla observed unusual signals from his receivers, which he interpreted as intelligent messages from an extra-terrestrial source. Later experiments convinced him the source of the mysterious signals was an unknown planet hidden by the sun.
He had indeed detected radio transmissions originating on Telluria, a planet similar in size and mass to our own, and co-orbital with Earth, but exactly 180° away at all times. With only the mysterious signals as evidence though, and lacking further proof, Tesla chose to keep his discovery a secret for the time being. Plans were soon underway for a large-scale wireless telegraphy system that might be able to establish contact with the newly discovered planet.
In 1900, with $150,000 in funding from John Jacob Astor, J. P. Morgan and others (over $3,000,000 today), Tesla closed up shop in Colorado Springs and moved his operations to a two hundred acre site in Shoreham, Long Island formerly owned by Stark Industries. Construction began on the Wardenclyffe Wireless Research Facility in 1901. Ostensibly an effort to establish trans-Atlantic wireless telegraphy, the Wardenclyffe Facility actually achieved two-way interplanetary telecommunication with Telluria and developed the first space vehicle ever launched from Earth.
By 1903, Tesla's labs had established regular reception of telegraphic radio transmissions from Telluria which were clear enough to identify individual words. Linguistic studies of the alien transmissions soon began in anticipation of future communication. The following year, the Wardenclyffe Facility began directing daily transmissions of identified alien words at the hidden planet.
On October 4, 1905 the first direct interplanetary communication was made when in response to the transmission of a word believed to mean "greetings," an immediate reply of "greetings friends" was received on the same wavelength. Tesla's engineers promptly set to work on plans for an interplanetary vehicle. However, static interference from the Sun prevented any further communications between the two worlds.
In 1908, Tesla implemented his plan to make direct contact with Earth’s twin, by launching a space vehicle which he called the Dove.1 The Dove carried three scientists - Torsten Atwood, Edward "Ted" Rose and Clifford Sudworth - whom Tesla dubbed "Ethernauts." Instead of attempting to navigate past the sun to the other planet, Tesla’s plan used electromagnetic forces to suspend the Dove in space as the Earth moved away in its usual orbit. The three men in the capsule simply waited for six months until the other planet was within range, reversed the electromagnetic forces and gently landed on the new planet. The return voyage was similarly accomplished.
He had indeed detected radio transmissions originating on Telluria, a planet similar in size and mass to our own, and co-orbital with Earth, but exactly 180° away at all times. With only the mysterious signals as evidence though, and lacking further proof, Tesla chose to keep his discovery a secret for the time being. Plans were soon underway for a large-scale wireless telegraphy system that might be able to establish contact with the newly discovered planet.
In 1900, with $150,000 in funding from John Jacob Astor, J. P. Morgan and others (over $3,000,000 today), Tesla closed up shop in Colorado Springs and moved his operations to a two hundred acre site in Shoreham, Long Island formerly owned by Stark Industries. Construction began on the Wardenclyffe Wireless Research Facility in 1901. Ostensibly an effort to establish trans-Atlantic wireless telegraphy, the Wardenclyffe Facility actually achieved two-way interplanetary telecommunication with Telluria and developed the first space vehicle ever launched from Earth.
By 1903, Tesla's labs had established regular reception of telegraphic radio transmissions from Telluria which were clear enough to identify individual words. Linguistic studies of the alien transmissions soon began in anticipation of future communication. The following year, the Wardenclyffe Facility began directing daily transmissions of identified alien words at the hidden planet.
On October 4, 1905 the first direct interplanetary communication was made when in response to the transmission of a word believed to mean "greetings," an immediate reply of "greetings friends" was received on the same wavelength. Tesla's engineers promptly set to work on plans for an interplanetary vehicle. However, static interference from the Sun prevented any further communications between the two worlds.
In 1908, Tesla implemented his plan to make direct contact with Earth’s twin, by launching a space vehicle which he called the Dove.1 The Dove carried three scientists - Torsten Atwood, Edward "Ted" Rose and Clifford Sudworth - whom Tesla dubbed "Ethernauts." Instead of attempting to navigate past the sun to the other planet, Tesla’s plan used electromagnetic forces to suspend the Dove in space as the Earth moved away in its usual orbit. The three men in the capsule simply waited for six months until the other planet was within range, reversed the electromagnetic forces and gently landed on the new planet. The return voyage was similarly accomplished.
A second fight to Telluria was planned for 1910, but Tesla's bankruptcy and a period of declining health, which his biographer has characterized as a nervous breakdown, put an end to any further contact between the two worlds. Tesla's claim to have discovered and visited a hidden planet populated by intelligent beings were dismissed as the rants of a man temporarily detached from reality. As a result, even today very few on Earth are aware of Telluria's existence.
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1 Reminiscent of the dove released from Noah's ark in Genesis.
1 Reminiscent of the dove released from Noah's ark in Genesis.
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Nikola Tesla
Discovered Telluria July 13, 1899
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