<p>Excerpt from the editorial in&#8239;The Journal of New Historical Perspectives, Vol. 3, #4, 2011: </p><p>On the night of July 15, 1903, Nikola Tesla powered up his 190-foot tower in Wardenclyffe on Long Island's north shore.&#8239;The bolts of energy radiating from the apical dome were visible as far away as New Haven, Connecticut.&#8239;This was the first and last time anyone would witness such a display.&#8239;Three years later, broke and unable to secure further funding, Tesla abandoned the Wardenclyffe tower and his dream of worldwide wireless power.&#8239;He returned to Manhattan where he promptly suffered a nervous breakdown.&#8239; </p><p>So say the history books.&#8239; &#8239; </p><p>But new evidence has surfaced that a shadowy fraternal order stepped in and provided generous funding after J. P. Morgan reneged.&#8239;Witnesses state that testing of the tower continued but only on foggy days when the discharges would not be noticed.&#8239;The final test took place on April 18, 1906.&#8239;Around dawn, in heavy fog, the tower was charged to maximum capacity; across the Atlantic, in&#8239;Abereiddy,&#8239;Wales, two copper prongs attached to a 50-watt lightbulb were thrust into the ground.&#8239;The bulb lit.&#8239; Tesla had proved that worldwide wireless power was possible. </p><p>Why then, at the moment of his greatest vindication, did Nikola Tesla abandon his project?&#8239;What could possibly have transpired at Wardenclyffe that day to so rattle him that he wou