Chronovisor
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The Chronovisor was supposedly a machine for viewing past and future events. Its existence was alleged by François Brune, author of several books on paranormal phenomena and religion. In his book The Vatican’s New Mystery he claimed that the device had been built by the Italian priest and scientist Father Pellegrino Maria Ernetti (1925-1994). While Father Ernetti was a real person, the existence (much less the functionality) of the chronovisor has never been confirmed.
The "chronovisor" was portrayed as a large cabinet with a normal cathode ray tube for "viewing" the received events and a series of buttons, levers, and other controls for selecting the time and the location to be viewed. According to its inventor, it worked by receiving, decoding and reproducing the electromagnetic radiation left behind from past events. It is unknown, however, what scientific principles could serve as a basis for such a function.
The alleged existence of the chronovisor has fueled a whole series of conspiracy theories, such as that the device was seized and is actually used by the Vatican or by those that secretly control the world.
External links
- Article about the Vatican hiding the Chronovisor (http://www.newpara.com/Vatican_Time.htm)
- Skeptical Inquirer article from findarticles.com (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_3_27/ai_100755219)