Inventor Hides Secret of “Death Ray” (Feb, 1940)
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Issue: Feb, 1940
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Whew! It’s a good thing he took this secret to his grave, otherwise he could have given it to the terrorists and none of our rabbits would be safe!
Inventor Hides Secret of “Death Ray”
Pigeons on the wing instantly killed by death rays from a machine four miles away—that is the feat reputedly accomplished by a deadly apparatus developed by Dr. Antonio Longoria, of Cleveland, Ohio, who recently announced that he had deliberately destroyed the lethal machine for the good of humanity. The Cleveland inventor declared that he had stumbled on the deadly rays while experimenting in the treatment of cancer with high-frequency radiations. The action of the fatal rays, he declared, is painless and they work by changing the blood into a useless substance, much as light transforms silver salts in photographic processes. Before a group of scientists, it is reported, he once demonstrated that the radiations would kill rats, mice, and rabbits, even when the animals were incased in a thick-walled metal chamber. The rays, Dr. Longoria believes, could kill human beings just as easily.
Maybe he passed it on to his descendants.
Imagine if killing sparrows from a distance was Eva Longoria’s special power…
Comment by Blurgle — June 7, 2007 @ 7:41 am
Could there be any truth to these claims? Sounds like a pretty wicked death–similar to the Andromeda Strain. Hmm, “Andromeda beam” has a nice ring to it…
TIME has an old article about him here: http://www.time.com/time/magaz.....64,00.html
Sounds more a Hurtubise than a Longoria…
Comment by Kryten007 — June 7, 2007 @ 9:10 am
Thanks Kryten007!
Recently History Channel (I think) discussed WWII Death Ray research.
The Japanese were experimenting with microwaves, but without the magnatron couldn’t generate enough power.
It was implied they tested it on humans. Chinese probably.
It was also impled that it would require magawatts to be a usable weapon.
Is it me, or does the device in the photograph look like an ophthalmascope?
Comment by jayessell — June 7, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
Looking at his patents http://www.google.com/patents?q=Antonio%20Longoria I see a patent for a violet wand.
Maybe the death ray was like a higher powered CyberKnife.
Comment by Marked — June 8, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
It looks well made.. although it reminds me of front kingpins off an old Morris. I don’t know what it is, but i’m not frightened. And nor is my rabbit.
Comment by Oliver — March 30, 2008 @ 5:41 pm
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I if made it then someone has it.
Comment by CD — July 10, 2009 @ 11:01 pm
Just keep telling yourself that.
Comment by Firebrand38 — July 11, 2009 @ 9:34 am