CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room - 2026-10-04

Queries: Google CIA memo "Vorona" scalar waves reading room; Google "Summary Statement on Scalar Waves" cia.gov; reading-room site search URL (redirected to homepage, so used the document URL directly).

Found [web] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00792r000500240001-6 (PDF CIA-RDP96-00792R000500240001-6.pdf, 127.55 KB, not downloaded) - Document type CREST, collection STARGATE, memo dated 22 December 1987, original classification C, 3 pages, approved for release 2001/03/07. From DT-ACO to DT (Dr. Vorona). Subject "Scalar Waves"; Ref "Verbal Request for Summary Statement on Scalar Waves". (Read from the page's OCR text, which is noisy.) - Content (paraphrase of OCR): scalar waves are unconventional waves not necessarily contradicting Maxwell's equations, possibly an extension; potential applications include penetrating sea water for submarine communication (ASW, anti-submarine warfare); an IEEE-sponsored conference dedicated to Tesla discussed them. The writer says a solution exists for E = 0, B = 0 with A = grad S and phi = -dS/dt, where S satisfies a wave equation - "Mathematically S is a 'potential' with a wave equation" - and the Poynting vector is zero, so the energy source is unclear; he raises drawing energy from the vacuum; names Lt Col Tom Bearden as a chief proponent ("Fer-de-Lance" briefing on "Soviet Scalar Weapons"); concludes "their existence is not proven". - How it bears on the claims: the memo's S is the same object as Minderle's superpotential chi (A = grad chi, phi = d chi/dt, sign conventions aside). It shows the "pure-potential wave with E = B = 0" idea, and its "where does the energy come from" problem, were under discussion inside the US intelligence community in 1987. It is the analyst's own understanding, not a test result. The inventor lists this memo on his Resources page.