California: Van Tassel reveals alien contact and time-travel formula on TV
In a 1964 television interview with journalist Jack Webster, California contactee George Van Tassel publicly discussed alleged encounters with extraterrestrial beings. He claimed to have received advanced scientific knowledge including a mathematical formula for time travel and insights into anti-gravity propulsion systems supposedly demonstrated by alien visitors.
Background
The interview represents a significant media document from the early modern UFO era, capturing George Van Tassel's claims at the height of his public activity. During the broadcast, Van Tassel described purported physical contacts with alien intelligences who allegedly imparted scientific knowledge to him. Specifically, he referenced a mathematical formula for time travel that he claimed was taught to him during a visit to a spacecraft, and discussed the relationship between this equation and Earth's magnetic field. The conversation also addressed anti-gravity technology, which Van Tassel asserted was demonstrated by these extraterrestrial visitors. This broadcast serves as primary source material documenting the contactee movement of the 1950s and 1960s, reflecting the era's cultural fascination with space exploration and emerging New Age spirituality. Van Tassel would later become known for constructing the Integratron, a dome-shaped rejuvenation device in the California desert that remained partially completed at his death in 1978.