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What is the Chronovisor?

G. Melanson
G. Melanson

According to French priest and paranormal author, François Brune, the Chronovisor was a device owned by the Vatican which allowed people to view events in the past or future. Brune’s 2002 book, “The Vatican’s New Mystery” alleges that the Chronovisor was built in the 1950s by Italian scientist and priest, Father Pellegrino Maria Ernetti (1925-1994), along with twelve world-renowned scientists. Among the scientists named by Father Ernetti, were Nobel Laureate and physicist Enrico Fermi, and rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.

The Chronovisor has been described as a large cabinet with antennae made from alloys of unknown metals, a connected cathode ray tube, and a control panel of buttons and levers. According to “The Vatican’s New Mystery”, Father Ernetti claimed that the Chronovisor could be programmed to view and record specific times, locations, and even people in the past or future. Father Ernetti further claimed that the Chronovisor functioned by processing electromagnetic radiation residue from past events.

The Chronovisor depended on a cathode ray tube to display images on the screen.
The Chronovisor depended on a cathode ray tube to display images on the screen.

Father Ernetti purported to have personally seen a number of important historical events with the Chronovisor, the most notable being the crucifixion of Christ. In 1972, the May issue of Italian weekly news magazine, “La Domenica del Corriere” (Courier's Sunday), published a photo depicting the crucifixion and claimed that it had been taken with the Chronovisor. Father Ernetti denied this, citing the photo’s clarity and proximity as uncharacteristic of the Chronovisor’s photographic capabilities. The photo later revealed to be strikingly similar to a reverse-image of a wood carving by sculptor, Cullot Valera.

According to some conspiracy theories, a device that allowed users to see events in time was once controlled by the Vatican.
According to some conspiracy theories, a device that allowed users to see events in time was once controlled by the Vatican.

In addition to the crucifixion and a speech given by Napoleon Bonaparte, Father Ernetti also claimed to have seen a 169 BC production of the tragedy, “Thyestes”, which has been considered a lost work in modern times as only a few fragments of the text remain intact. Father Ernetti claimed to have reconstructed the entire text, which was later translated to English by Princeton University professor, Dr. Katherine Owen Eldred. Eldred noted in her analysis that she believed Ernetti had written the play himself rather than transcribing an original performance.

Father Pellegrino Maria Ernetti was alleged to have seen the crucifixion of Christ with the Chronovisor.
Father Pellegrino Maria Ernetti was alleged to have seen the crucifixion of Christ with the Chronovisor.

In a 2003 interview, François Brune relayed that a few months prior to Father Ernetti’s death in 1994, Ernetti told him that he had just partaken in a meeting at the Vatican with the last remaining scientists who worked on the Chronovisor. According to Father Ernetti via Brune, the Chronovisor had been dismantled by that time. On his death bed, Father Ernetti reportedly recanted his claims of the Chronovisor; however, Brune theorized that Ernetti was coerced into making a false confession.

Discussion Comments

anon1005179

There is no machine. Jesus is the real deal. I speak to him every day and God and they do listen. They prove it every morning with every breath I take. Praise the Lord and his son Jesus for all eternity.

anon1004066

From another article, one about the secret contents of the Vatican archives, it is apparent that either the Vatican enjoys playing practical jokes on people raised on Dan Brown books, or certain individuals visiting said archives decided to make a buck off of fantastical stories of mysterious artifacts. Either way it's a hoax. The Vatican archives supposedly contain evidence that Jesus was not crucified, and Jesus' actual wooden cross as well; elongated skulls of aliens thoroughly debunked years ago; and this Chronovisor which has been dismantled for no apparent reason other than to keep investigators from concluding that it was a hoax.

anon994454

I saw that image of Jesus Christ, but where are the thorns on the head, if it was taken during the time of the crucifixion.

anon198285

I heard and read about this machine years ago, but beyond the fact this could be true or false, in the text above there is an apparent contradiction when it says the device could be programmed to view even people in the past or future, and then says it works by processing electromagnetic radiation residue from past events.

So if it works processing radiation residue from the past, how can then, view events from the future? For this happen it has to be with residues from the future too, right?

I can accept (and really believed that has existed, like many other devices that people are absolutely ignorant about) a machine to view the past, but future is a totally different matter and far more complex.

anon193702

Not to sound judgemental or anything, but the church is or was against science. If you look at The Illuminati, that is science vs religion. The Catholic Church vs scientists, ergo The Vatican vs scientistd. This doesn't make any sense.

anon73351

Why would the church dismantle this device? Are there any facts to prove this truly existed?

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    • The Chronovisor depended on a cathode ray tube to display images on the screen.
      By: fotomatrix
      The Chronovisor depended on a cathode ray tube to display images on the screen.
    • According to some conspiracy theories, a device that allowed users to see events in time was once controlled by the Vatican.
      By: SergiyN
      According to some conspiracy theories, a device that allowed users to see events in time was once controlled by the Vatican.
    • Father Pellegrino Maria Ernetti was alleged to have seen the crucifixion of Christ with the Chronovisor.
      By: wajan
      Father Pellegrino Maria Ernetti was alleged to have seen the crucifixion of Christ with the Chronovisor.