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Cloaking Device
A force field that renders an object invisible to human eyes as well as other sensor devices. (Read the full article)
| "You need to update your listing. For a start, the cloaking device first appears in the Star Trek episode "Balance Of Terror" by Paul Schneider. "The Enterprise Incident" was written by Dorothy Fontana." (Patrick Degan 7/12/2004 6:00:09 AM ) |
| "Invisibility cloaks long precede ANYTHING on Star Trek. " ( 10/24/2004 5:04:33 PM ) |
| "You've added "Balance of Terror" as the first mention of the cloaking device, but they did not try to steal it in that episode. The theft is in "Enterprise Incident."" (stanford9 10/13/2005 6:09:17 AM ) |
| "What about the "Dissolvo-Ray" in the old 1939 Buck Rogers serial that rendered Buck's ship invisible to Killer Kane's Patrol?" ( 5/2/2010 9:39:03 AM ) |
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