An article by Nikola Tesla entitled “Talking with the Planets” is published in Collier’s Weekly in which he stated that “at the present stage of progress, there would be no insurmountable obstacle in constructing a machine capable of conveying a message to Mars, nor would there be any great difficulty in recording signals transmitted to us by the inhabitants of that planet, if they be skilled electricians”.
Tesla described “mysterious effects” he claimed to have observed and commented that “the feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another”.
The relevant article (Nikola Tesla, “Talking with the Planets” in Collier's Weekly, 9 February 1901, Volume 24 (1901), pages 4-5) is available on various websites, including the following:
http://earlyradiohistory.us/1901talk.htm
http://www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/1901-02-09.htm
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For discussion of Tesla’s claims see the following:
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Allen, Tom in his “The Quest: A Report on Extraterrestrial life " (1965) at pages 41-43, 47, 48 (in Chapter 3) of the Chilton hardback edition. |
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Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 236 (in an entry entitled “Tesla, Nikola”) of the Virgin hardback edition. |
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Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 303-304 (in an entry entitled “Tesla, Nikola”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Bishop, Greg in his “Project BETA : The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 93 (in Chapter 13) of the Paraview Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Crowe, Michael J in his “The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750-1900” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 398-399, 400 (in Chapter 8) of the 1999 Dover softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 84 (in the entry entitled “communication, with the Moon and planets”), 420 (in the entry entitled “Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)”. The relevant entry is available online at: |
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Davidson, Keay in his “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 123 (in Chapter 5) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Davis, Erik in his “TechGnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 90 (in Chapter 2) of the Serpents Tail softcover edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 201 (in Chapter 7) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 401-402, 411, 412 (in Chapter 8) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
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Drake, Frank and Dava Sobel in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 172-173 (in Chapter 8) of the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Drake, W Raymond in his “Gods and Spacemen Throughout History” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in Chapter 1) of the Sphere paperback edition. |
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Drake, W Raymond in his “Messengers From the Stars” (1964) (Formerly “Gods or Spacemen?”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 80 (in Chapter 5) of the Sphere paperback edition. |
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Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Serious Business” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 74-75 (in Chapter 6) of the Bantam paperback edition, at pages 80-81 of the Mayflower-Dell paperback edition. |
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Edwards, Frank in his “Strangest of All” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 164 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Signals from Space”) of the Ace paperback edition. |
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Greenfield, Irving A in his “The UFO Report” (1967) at pages 59-60 (in Chapter 6) of the Lancer paperback edition. |
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Hamilton, William F in his “Alien Magic: UFO Crashes, Abductions, Underground Bases” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 26 (in Chapter 2) of the Global Communications softcover edition. |
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Hennessey, Roger in his “Worlds Without End : The Historic Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 96, 98 (in Chapter 10) of the Tempus hardback edition. |
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Holroyd, Stuart in his “Alien Intelligence” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 149-150 (in Chapter 6) of the David & Charles hardback edition. |
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Horowitz, Paul in an interview in David W Swift’s “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 407 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Paul Horowitz”) of the Arizona hardback edition. |
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Keel, John A in his “Our Haunted Planet” (1971) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 178, 179 (in Chapter 14) of the Fawcett paperback edition. |
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Keel, John A in his “The Cosmic Question” (1975) (formerly “The Eighth Tower”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 177 (in Chapter 20) of the Panther paperback edition. |
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Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Aliens from Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 60 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition, page 75 of the Panther paperback edition. |
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Koerner, David & LeVay, Simon in their “Here Be Dragons” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 161 (in Chapter 7) of the Oxford softcover edition. |
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Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 15 (in Chapter 1) of the Routledge softcover edition. |
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Lemonick, Michael in his “Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 39 (in Chapter 1) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Simon & Schuster softcover edition). |
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McConnell, Brian in his “Beyond Contact : A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 75 (in Chapter 6) of the O’Reilly hardback edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 84-85 (in Chapter 2) of the ibooks softcover edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66-67 (in Chapter 2) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 85-86 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The Unexplained: Great Mysteries of the 20th Century” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 42 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1920-1929”) of the Index hardback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Messages from the Stars” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 112 (in Chapter 7) of the Fontana paperback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 123 (in Chapter 7) of the Wildwood House softcover edition, at page 131 of the revised 1977 Penguin softcover edition entitled “Signs of Life”. |
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Roulet, Alfred in his “The Search for Intelligent Life in Outer Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 98, 99 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “A Challenge to Science”) of the Berkley paperback edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Architects of the Underworld” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 225 (in Chapter 7) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 13 (in the Introduction) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Salter, Daniel M in his “Life With a Cosmos Clearance” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 101 (in Chapter 7) of the Light Technology softcover edition. |
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Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 150 (in Chapter 7) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition. |
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Sullivan, Walter in his “We Are Not Alone” (1964) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 178-180 (in Chapter 13) of the Signet paperback revised editions. |
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Swift, David W in his “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 6 (in the Introduction) of the Arizona hardback edition. |
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White, John in Michael Mannion’s in his “Project Mindshift” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 11 (in the Foreword ) of the Evans hardback edition. |
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