The Colorado Springs Experiments and the Lightning Tapes

 

The Colorado Springs Experiments and the Lightning Tapes

Date: 1899–1900

Story:
Tesla relocated to Colorado Springs to conduct high-voltage experiments away from city interference.
There, he built the most powerful Tesla coil ever constructed, producing man-made lightning over 100 feet long.
Locals reported bizarre phenomena: blue sparks jumping from water taps, horses shocked by the ground, and lights glowing without wires.
Tesla claimed he had made contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, picking up signals from space.
He wrote to the Red Cross, predicting alien contact “within the next century.”
His notebooks reveal diagrams for interplanetary communication devices and energy beams that could circle the globe.
One day, Tesla accidentally blew the town’s power generator. The electric company was furious.
Despite the chaos, he believed he had unlocked the key to wireless planetary energy.
Many of these notes vanished after his death, leading to FBI interest and rumors of hidden technologies.

Key Characters:

• Nikola Tesla

• Colorado Springs townspeople

• Telegraph operators

• Government observers

Reference:

• Tesla’s Colorado Springs Notes (1899–1900)

• FBI declassified archives

• Scientific American, 1900