T. Henry Moray

Thomas Henry Moray (August 28, 1892 - May 18, 1974) was an American inventor who worked on methods of extracting radiant energy from the environment, including development of what he called the Moray Radiant Energy Device (or Moray valve). Moray's theories were based on a discovery he said he had made while on a Mormon mission to Sweden as a youth.

Rural Electrification Administration (1939-1941)
Moray's efforts drew the interest of the United States Rural Electrification Administration in 1939, who employed him as a power consultant (at $25 a day ) for two years, in addition to providing him with laboratory equipment. In a report on Moray, he was described by R.E.A. engineer Franklin P. Wood as "unfathomable" and "an unmitigated ass, crackpot, nitwit, religious fanatic, essentially honest, and unable to originate or perpetuate a hoax or fraud. In some inexplicable way, he has, I believe, stumbled on something that he himself cannot understand, but which, if it is all he thinks, will more profoundly affect the human race than anything else discovered in history. He is stubborn beyond reason and believes that it is a revelation from heaven and that in the Lord's own time, which may be any time now, the Lord will tell him how to bring it out. Meanwhile, in Frazier's picturesque language, the Lord has told him to do as he damn pleases."[R]

The financing of Moray and similar fringe inventors drew ridicule during government hearings into the R.E.A. in 1944, particularly from Rep. Charles Halleck, a Republican Congressman from Indiana (2nd District) and NRCC chairman. At these hearings, Moray's work was compared to that of "Count" Juan J. Tomadelli, who had recently been convicted of mail fraud in relation to his claimed invention of an incandescent light bulb that was powered by energy drawn from the atmosphere.

For his part, Moray accused Felix J. Frazer, his R.E.A. liaison, of smashing his radiant energy device with either a hammer or an axe in an apparent bid to force Moray to cooperate with the government.

Research Institute, Inc.

 * Research Institute, Inc: Laboratories and Clinics from Coast to Coast; Intermountain Laboratory at Salt Lake City, Utah (1945)

Cosray Electronic Therapy

 * Theory of Application and Treatment with Cosray Electronic Therapy
 * A Preliminary Report of Tests Using the Moray Therapeutic Machine

Arizona Republican Series (1976)

 * 1)  &mdash; re: T. Henry Moray's radiant energy device, claims of suppression by Rural Electrification agents.
 * 1)  &mdash; re: T. Henry Moray's radiant energy device, claims of suppression by Rural Electrification agents.
 * 1)  &mdash; re: T. Henry Moray's radiant energy device, claims of suppression by Rural Electrification agents.
 * 1)  &mdash; re: T. Henry Moray's radiant energy device, claims of suppression by Rural Electrification agents.

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 * "This project had its inception prior to Mr. Slattery's administration, but was continued with his approval after he became Administrator. Mr. Thomas Henry Moray, of Salt Lake City, Utah, claimed that he had developed and unsuccessfully demonstrated on numerous occasions a device whereby it was possible to utilize the vast store of energy of the universe without a prime mover. In the fall of 1938, Mr. John M. Carmody, former Rural Electrification Administration Administrator, was persuaded through constituents of Congressman H. Jerry Voorhis, of California, and Rural Electrification Administration employees, to investigate this claim, and he gave his approval for the Rural Electrification Administration to make inquiry 'long enough to get a clear view.” Mr. Moray was placed on the Rural Electrification Administration pay roll on February 17, 1939, as a power consultant at $ 25 a day, and remained on the pay roll until February 28, 1941. In addition, the Rural Electrification Administration purchased expensive electrical equipment for Mr. Moray's laboratory, which was financed otherwise from private sources. At the suggestion of Mr. Franklin P. Wood, Rural Electrification Administration engineer, Mr. Felix J. Frazer, who at that time was an investigator for the Works Progress Administration, and who reputedly was an advocate of technocracy, was employed to observe Mr. Moray's work. Mr. Frazer has an unusual background in many fields of endeavor, including music, economics, lecturing, technological research, and real estate and other promotional work. Mr. Wood, also a believer in technocracy, reported to Mr. Carmody that Mr. Moray's device would siphon electricity or radiant energy out of the atmosphere so that light could be produced in ordinary bulbs, various apparatus could be heated, and airplane motors or anything else could be operated solely with its power; in short, that mythical 'perpetual motion” was insignificant beside this discovery. Mr. Wood stated that this was a challenge to aid in 'changing the present stupid system of individual profit production to one which will usher in a new era * * *.” Mr. Wood was sent to Salt Lake City to observe Mr. Moray's experiments, and in August 1939 he submitted a report to Mr. Craig which stated, among other things:  'Moray is unfathomable. He is an unmitigated ass, crackpot, nitwit, religious fanatic, essentially honest, unable to originate or perpetuate a hoax or fraud. In some inexplicable way he has, I believe stumbled onto something that he him self cannot understand, but which, if it is all he thinks it is, will more profoundly affect the human race than any discovery in previous history. stubborn beyond reason and believes that it is a revelation from heaven and that in the Lord's own time, which may be any time now, the Lord will tell him how to bring it out. Meanwhile, in Frazier's picturesque language, the Lord has told him to do as he damn pleases * * *.”  For the next 2 years Mr. Frazier spent considerable time in assisting, begging, cajoling, and threatening Mr. Moray to develop the radiant energy device, all to no avail.  In 1940 Senator Elbert D. Thomas, of Utah, wrote to Mr. Slattery asking whether the Government was sponsoring Mr. Moray's experiments, and stating that he had reports that Mr. Moray was selling stock and using the Government's sponsorship as a selling point. Mr. Craig replied that he was answering the Senator's letter at Mr. Slattery's request; that the Rural Electrification Admin istration was interested in Mr. Moray's experiments; and that he knew nothing about Mr. Moray or his men selling any stock. At that time the Rural Electrification Administration files contained information indicating that representatives of Mr. Moray were selling stock.  Prof. Orin Tugman, head of the department of physics of the University of Utah, wrote Mr. Craig in May 1940 stating that he had known Mr. Moray for about 12 years during which time Moray had secured financial support from a number of men in Utah, none of whom had ever received any return from their investments; that for many years it had been reported that Moray's agents had sold stock or rights in his venture; that one of these agents had said that he was instructed to stay away from physicists and engineers; and that it was now reported that a new stock - selling plan was under way, and it was claimed that the United States Government had endorsed Mr. Moray's experiment. Mr. Tugman stated further that for 12 years he had made requests for a demonstration, but the apparatus was not in repair, some extra part was coming from abroad, or some other excuse was given; that alleged demonstrations which had been made were made to men not fitted to be critical; that it was his opinion that a very clever hoax was being employed on the public; that if Mr. Moray had advanced the claim that he could supply energy without a power plant, such a claim would call for the opinions of the greatest physicists and engineers whom the Nation could secure; and that if it was true that one man from the Rural Electrification Administration had inspected and endorsed Mr. Moray's project, then the Rural Electrification Administration had opened itself to serious adverse criticism. Mr. Tugman concluded by mentioning that he had received unsatisfactory replies to two previous inquiries.  Mr. Slattery stated (exhibit 9) that Mr. Craig had told him that Mr. Moray was a genius and had described his unusual experiment, which he understood would change the whole industrial world. Mr. Slattery stated also that he would not invest any of his personal funds in such an experiment, but that in view of the great possibilities he felt justified in continuing Mr. Moray's employment."