Imagine the future – a strange new weapon is detonated high over a large city.  There is no explosion, no visible destruction, but everything electronic within the range of this weapon will go out … permanently.  Every electronic gadget in every home and office – disabled.  No computers, no T.V., no life support systems in hospitals,  no water supply, no heat, no lights – truly, a return to the dark ages.  Imagine a full range of new weapons; one can take out the electricity in your city, another can destroy you.  If you haven’t heard about these weapons, it’s no surprise. Their development has been secretive and they sound more like science fiction than reality. When did this reality really begin and how far advanced is it now? This revealing documentary opens the window on this -until now- secretive science.

On a calm Sunday morning in 1978, residents of Bell Island, Newfoundland hear an odd, high-pitched hum, immediately followed by a sudden and terrifying blast resounding for hundreds of miles. Witnesses observe a “straight shaft of light” descending from the sky, and a barrage of violent electrical phenomenon. Outbuildings are destroyed, livestock electrocuted, televisions explode and power lines vaporize. Observed from space, the light emissions from the “boom” are more powerful than those of the Hiroshima blast.