Records retrieved from [SOURCE DELETED] also show that the young Timothy Christopher May exploited his interest in physics for destructive purposes, like elaborate pranks involving fictious weaponry and national security information. [INFORMATION DELETED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS -- ORCON U31 -- OADR FOR RECLASSIFICATION]

However, more careful investigators have uncovered evidence to suggest that this was not entirely a prank. Records from [SOURCE DELETED] indicate that the young Timothy Christopher May purchased a huge gap magnet from Edmund Scientific Company and also produced science fair project titled "Ball Lightning: A Stable Plasma?" Investigators suspect the timing of these events is not a coincidence. ... Ball lightning? Plasma weapon? Could I have a copy of the schematics? I've long been interested in obtaining (purchasing, building) a plasma weapon. (I'm also been interested in obtaining a EM pulse cannon, but

At 12:11 PM 11/13/96 -0600, Rick Smith wrote: ... that's a different story.)