Sometimes the most important advances in technology come from the most unexpected sources,

but usually those unexpected sources turn out to be wrong.

When the Integra Tron was built in the California desert by a man who said he learned the

blueprints from space aliens, was it a case of the former or the latter?

The Integra Tron is coming up today on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

The Secrets of the Integra Tron.

Rising from the desert in Landers, California is one of the world's truly unique structures.

It is a brilliant white two-story dome, 17 meters across and 12 meters high, and said to

be the most technologically advanced machine ever conceived.

It is called the Integra Tron, and it's the product of years of labor by one George

Van Tassel, one of the most interesting men you will ever hear about.

This is in part because his plans for the Integra Tron came to him from alien visitors,

who imparted him wisdom that, if you believe him, will change the world and change the human

race.

To see and hear George Van Tassel, you'll find that he's probably one of the more sober

and normal-seeming characters from the annals of UFOlogy, well groomed, well dressed,

well spoken, articulate and projecting an air of intelligence and education.

This little wonder that he amassed quite a crowd of admirers and supporters over his career.

But there was another side to Van Tassel, too, the side he's best known for, and that

was a man who moved his family out of their house and into the desert to live literally

under a rock, where he channeled Venetians and described his visits aboard alien spacecraft.

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