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The Seized Papers

FILE DATE 1943
CROSS-REFS 03
STATUS NEVER CLOSED
SUMMARY
The FBI's own file confirms the trunks were taken. The declassified inventory feels short.
FULL DOSSIER
Confirmed by the FBI's own released file: after Tesla died (January 1943), the Office of Alien Property seized his effects, and MIT professor John G. Trump examined them, reporting nothing of significant value. Two trunks reportedly went missing in the chain of custody; the file shows the government tracking rumors of the 'death ray' papers for years. Links Tesla, Teleforce, and the directed-energy programs that later pursued the same physics.
SOURCES ON RECORD
01FBI Vault: Tesla file (released 2016)
02Trump evaluation memo (Jan 1943)
CROSS-REFERENCED FILES
NIKOLA TESLATELEFORCETHE FORBIDDEN CATALOG
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