Integratron

Service Provider in Landers, California

George Van Tassel, the creator of the Integratron, was a legendary figure, an aeronautical engineer who worked for Lockheed, Douglas Aircraft and as a test pilot for Howard Hughes at Hughes Aviation. He was also one of the leaders in the UFO movement who held annual “Spacecraft Conventions” at Giant Rock for 25 years. Van Tassel said UFO contact and channelings and ideas from scientists such as Nikola Tesla led to the unique architecture of the Integratron. He spent 18 years constructing the building.

Van Tassel learned of Giant Rock from Frank Critzer, a prospector and desert dweller, who had excavated under the massive boulder to construct a dwelling of several small rooms protected from the fierce sun. Critzer had been killed in an explosion of the dynamite he kept stored in his rooms, the circumstances of which are still a mystery. The gutted rooms became storage for the Van Tassel family, but they slept outside the Rock and during the day tended the airport and their small cafe.

George leaves an exemplary career in aviation and moves to Giant Rock with his wife, Eva, and their 3 daughters. They lease 4 square miles at Giant Rock from the Bureau of Land Management, open Giant Rock Interplanetary Airport and a restaurant, the Come On Inn, famous for Eva’s hamburgers and spiced apple pie.

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2477 Belfield Boulevard
Landers, California
USA 92285
(760) 364-3126

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