THE POWER OF LIGHT
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. WOULD PARALYSE ARMIES. AND PROTECT CITIES. (Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 1.45 p.m.) Paris, October 3. Military experts were experimenting with a death ray and accidentally turned it on some villagers who were participating in folk dances, with the astonishing result that the dancers stopped, rigidly maintaining their dancing attitudes. The ray was immediately switched off and the dancers immediately recovered without any apparent harm. The ray consists of light of tremendous candle power. The inventor, M. de Christmas, explained that the human eye withstands a limited degree of light, whereas a concentrated beam of high power causes temporary paralysis.
He claims that troops coming over the top in future wars could be paralysed by the death ray and then mown down with machine guns. M. de Christmas added that during the Great War lights were extinguished to protect cities from air attacks, but in future wars cities would be protected by a curtain of light which airmen could not face. Riots could be stopped instantly.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4605, 4 October 1934, Page 5
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