I heard but cannot find it in the Encyclopedia or anywhere else for
that matter that Nichola Tesla had his papers/inventions confiscated
by the Federal Government out of fear it would place our country in
grave danger should any of this get into the wrong hands.  Do you know
if that is true and where I can further research this myself.

Hello cherokee~

Nikola (Nicola) Tesla was, indeed, a fascinating and brilliant man,
and it?s easy to see why any government would want to confiscate his
work. As you probably know, much of it held the possibility of new and
very powerful weaponry.

The United States Government did, in fact, classified at least some of
Tesla?s notes and papers. You?ll find this claim in many books and
websites, including:

?The Man Who Invented The Twentieth Century? by Robert Lomas,
http://www.blackstarreview.com/rev-0052.html

?Nicola Tesla? by David Icke,
http://www.davidicke.net/emagazine/vol23/health/tesla-23.html

?Dr. Nicola Tesla,? http://www.rocknroll.force9.co.uk/science/tesla.htm


However, the most reliable online source I?ve found to confirm this is PBS.

When PBS aired a program about Tesla, their website has this to say
(emphasis mine):

?One of the more controversial topics involving Nikola Tesla is what
became of many of his technical and scientific papers after he died in
1943. Just before his death at the height of World War II, he claimed
that he had perfected his so-called ?death beam.? So it was natural
that the FBI and other U.S. Government agencies would be interested in
any scientific ideas involving weaponry. Some were concerned that
Tesla's papers might fall into the hands of the Axis powers or the
Soviets.

The morning after the inventor's death, his nephew Sava Kosanovic´
hurried to his uncle's room at the Hotel New Yorker. He was an
up-and-coming Yugoslav official with suspected connections to the
communist party in his country. By the time he arrived, Tesla's body
had already been removed, and Kosanovic´ suspected that someone had
already gone through his uncle's effects. Technical papers were
missing as well as a black notebook he knew Tesla kept?a notebook with
several hundred pages, some of which were marked ?Government.?

P. E. Foxworth, assistant director of the New York FBI office, was
called in to investigate. According to Foxworth, the government was
?vitally interested?? in preserving Tesla's papers. *****Two days
after Tesla's death, representatives of the Office of Alien Property
went to his room at the New Yorker Hotel and seized all his
possessions??***** (?The Missing Papers,? Nicola Tesla, PBS,
http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_mispapers.html )

PBS also verifies the oft-heard rumor that that after WWII, copies of
some of Tesla?s papers were, indeed, sent to Patterson Air Force Base
(Dayton, OH), so that some of his projects could be tested.

In 1952, some of Tesla?s papers and possessions were released to Sava
Kosanovic´, who gave them to a museum in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Perhaps
someday, when modern scientists better understand Tesla?s brilliant
mind, all the papers will be released.

Regards, 
Kriswrite
 
 



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My theory (for what it's worth) is that Tesla lost his marbles.

After the discovery of X-Rays, he reportedly doused his brain with the same.

Decidedly not a good idea.