Fascinating story but I'm afraid the photos let it down badly. The equipment photos aren't convincing in the slightest and look like something somebody knocked up to look like a piece of military hardware using today's components and surplus kit. Eg. the striped tape, the "laser" warning labels etc:

Compare:


with:


There was also a comment on one of the pages about the cutaway being a laser power supply which I'm sure would be found out given time - it just needs somebody who has the same piece of equipment to recognise it, or at least somebody who can recognise a laser power supply when they see it!

Gareth