10 Pics About John Titor, A 1990’s 'Time Traveler'

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10 Pics About John Titor, A 1990’s 'Time Traveler'

He carried a grave warning for our future.

Published 1 month ago in Wow

John Titor was the chosen pseudonym of a man who claimed to be a time traveler from the year 2036.

He first appeared in 1998 with two faxes sent to Art Bell, host of the classic paranormal radio show Coast to Coast AM. He made many claims and predictions, and showed pictures and diagrams that supposedly proved that he really was a member of the American military from the future.

Though many are sure to be dubious, can we really debunk any of his claims until the year 2036 rolls around? There’s only a little more than a decade to go before we’re really, truly sure. Take a look at some pictures and diagrams he shared with the world to warn us.

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Military Insignia
John Titor claimed that in 2036, he was stationed in an Army base in Tampa following a nuclear war with Russia and civil war within America. He claimed he was a member of a military unit known as the 177th Temporal Recon Unit, which was centered around traveling back in time to retrieve important items. This was his supposed insignia.

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Titor’s Machine
This is a supposed photo of the interior of Titor’s time machine. He wrote that his machine was “a stationary mass, temporal displacement unit manufactured by General Electric” and that it was powered by “two top-spin dual-positive singularities that produce a standard offset Tipler sinusoid.” My head is spinning just reading that.

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Titor’s Mission
Titor’s mission, given to him by the 177th Temporal Recon Unit, was to travel to Minnesota in the year 1975 and retrieve the then-new IBM 5100, an early portable computer. He said it was needed to debug legacy code issues in 2036, and that he had been chosen for the mission because his grandfather had been on the team that developed the IBM 5100. He was making a stop in the year 2000 to collect family photos.

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Time Machine Schematic
This was the supposed schematic for Titor’s time machine. While many of the other images and schematics he shared were created using basic computer software, this schematic was hand-drawn. It is by far the most detailed page of the manual that he shared.

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Titor’s Manual
This is the manual that John Titor shared. He claimed it was a user’s manual for his time machine. It was full of photos, diagrams, and technobabble that had many people scratching their heads when they read it.

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The mechanics of time travel
If that picture and description of Titor’s time machine confused you at all, just check out this super straightforward and understandable diagram. You won’t have any trouble at all figuring out how exactly a human being is able to travel 36 years into the past.

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A Time Traveler’s Tale
A now out-of-print book written about John Titor in 2003 that discussed and analyzed his claims and predictions, which included a second US civil war in 2008, a brief but intense nuclear world war in 2015, and the threat of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease spread through beef products.

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Caught on Camera
This genuine photo from 1941 supposedly shows John Titor sporting a pair of anachronistic sunglasses and enjoying a bit of sightseeing after traveling back in time. Though the picture is real and unedited, the idea that this is a picture of John Titor has been debunked.

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Another pic of the time machine
John Titor’s time machine was supposedly installed in the back of a 1966 Chevy Corvette convertible. I guess 'Back to the Future' got one thing right: time machines are usually part of cool cars.