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Home The Sound Bath Book a Public Sound Bath Book a Private Sound Bath Purchase a Gift Certificate FAQs About History Media and Press Download the Sound Bath Merchandise Visitor Info What To Do in the High Desert Directions Hours Events About: The History of the Integratron The Integratron is the fusion of Art, Science and Magic The Integratron, circa 1954, is located in Landers, California, 20 miles north of Joshua Tree National Park. Its creator, George Van Tassel (1910-1978), claimed that the structure is based on the design of Moses’ Tabernacle, the writings of Nikola Tesla and telepathic directions from extraterrestrials. This one-of-a-kind 38-foot high, 55-foot diameter, all wood dome was designed to be an electrostatic generator for the purpose of rejuvenation and time travel. The location of the Integratron is an essential part of its functioning. It was built on an intersection of powerful geomagnetic forces that, when focused by the unique geometry of the building, concentrate and amplify the earth’s magnetic field. Magnetometers read a significant spike in the earth’s magnetic field in the center of the Integratron. The Integratron is privately owned by three sisters who have been part of the restoration and maintenance of the structure and property for more than 30 years. Their focus is to restore and preserve the structure while sharing its amazing acoustical properties with the world via the Integratron Sound Bath. This unique structure was listed in 2019 on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. More Information Historical Timeline Learn more about George Van Tassel George's Writings Contact Us Integratron 2477 Belfield Blvd. Landers, CA 92285 Mailing Address P.O. Box 3461 Landers, CA 92285 Phone 760-364-3126 Email integratron@gmail.com Follow Us Facebook Instagram Menu Home The Sound Bath Book a Public Sound Bath Book a Private Sound Bath Purchase a Gift Certificate FAQs About History Media and Press Download the Sound Bath Merchandise Visitor Info What To Do in the High Desert Directions Hours Events Weather Landers, CA June 29, 2026, 9:57 pm Clear sky 74°F © 2026 Powered by Open-Meteo Forecast June 30, 2026 Day Clear sky 87°F Forecast July 1, 2026 Day Clear sky 87°F Sign Up © Copyright 2026 Integratron™ All Rights Reserved. Privacy | Accessibility George Van Tassel 1910-1978 Author, inventor and controversial UFO advocate. Some agreed, some disagreed with his philosophy. None found him boring. George Van Tassel, 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 23 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 a 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 Van Tassel began conducting weekly meditation sessions in 1953 in the rooms underneath Giant Rock which, he claimed, led to UFO contacts and finally to an actual encounter with extra-terrestrials when according to George, in August of that year, a saucer landed from the planet Venus, woke Van Tassel up and invited him onto the ship. There the aliens gave him a formula for a proprietary frequency for rejuvenating living cell tissues. In 1957 he began building a structure they called “The Integratron” to perform the rejuvenation. George described his creation this way, “The Integratron is a machine, a high-voltage electrostatic generator that would supply a broad range of frequencies to recharge the cell structure.” His annual Spacecraft Conventions were attended by tens of thousands across two decades, featuring speakers that included high profile UFO contactees and pioneers in the fields of antigravity and primary energy research. Van Tassel led weekly meditations in the rooms under the rock from the 1950’s to the 1970’s, which he claimed led to UFO contacts. The family-hosted UFO conventions at Giant Rock raised money for the Integratron project. In 1959, 11,000 people attended the spacecraft convention, and Van Tassel continued to work on the Integratron while writing a number of books on time travel and rejuvenation. Van Tassel died suddenly in 1978, after which the buildings at Giant Rock were vacated and gradually vandalized until the Bureau of Land Management found it necessary to bulldoze the remains. Read George Van Tassel's "Brief History of Giant Rock" X Historical Resources National Register of Historic Places Nomination The Integratron’s Landmark Nomination was approved in April of 2018 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Prepared and written by Daniel Paul, noted architectural historian, this document covers George Van Tassel’s role in UFOlogy and the design and build of the Integratron through its history. The Proceedings of the College of Universal Wisdom 1953-1979 George Van Tassel published and distributed these newsletters from 1953 until his death in 1978. His widow published one more newsletter in 1979. The College of Universal Wisdom was dissolved shortly after George’s death. 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California’s Gold with Huell Howser: Giant Rock Huell explores Giant Rock and the Integratron. Bizarre Foods: Vegas Road Trip Andrew Zimmern visits the Integratron The Extraordinary Equation of George Van Tassel (1964) Rare UFO research classic. X