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Posted: Sat Jun 15 18:00:12 1985
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From: Richard K. Jennings
Conventional Science does not completely preclude antigravitic devices.
Some of the following references into the field are to literature
published by researchers, both theoretical and applied, who admit
to its possibility.
*** Some References on Antigravity ***
1. Allais, Maurice FC (Director of Research, Centre National de
la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Nationale Superieur des Mines,
Paris) "Should the Laws of Gravitation be Reconsidered?",
Aero/Space Engineering, Sept 1959 p46-52, Oct 1959 p51-55, Nov
1959 p55. This describes in some detail some experiments done by
the author which seem to indicate that gravity oscillates with a
period of 24 hours, 50 minutes with a magnitude of 10e-6g. He
then takes this result and, with other referenced anomalies,
attempts to make the case that a new theory of gravity should be
developed. His experimental results are either forged or are
very interesting. Since he seems unaware of relativistic
considerations, his analysis is interesting but benign.
2. Cleaver, AV FRAeS Fellow (Assistant Cheif Engineer, Aero
Engine Division, Rolls Royce Ltd) "Electro-Gravitics: What it is
or might be", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol
16, No2, Apr-Jun 1957 p84-94. This is the response of a crusty
old Brit to a radical new concept from the "Americans" which just
might be possible but is much more apt to be much ado about
nothing. This article does catalog some of the American
participants.
3. Ebershaw, Bernard C. (Mailorder Publisher) Antigravity
Propulsion Devices, R&D Associates Inc (PO Box S73, Concord NC
28025), 1980. Consists of a brief enumeration of some of the
ideas behind antigravity devices, a bibliography, and copies of
some of the better known antigravity patents.
4. Forward, Robert L. (Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu CA)
"Guidelines to Antigravity", American Journal of Physics, Vol 31,
Mar 1963 p166-70. This author is quite prolific, and has written
articles on gravity for both the technical and lay journals
(OMNI) on this topic. His views are founded upon applied
theoretical physics, and he is quite conservative with his
claims. This particular article is primarily concerned with the
mechanisms to mechnaically generate non-Newtonian gravitational
fields.
5. Gerartin, Lucien A. (Head, Nuclear Physics Section, Compagnie
Francaise Thomson-Houston, Le Raincy, France) "Electro-Gravitic
Propulsion", Interavia, Vol XI, No 12, 1956 p992. This article
explains the benefits of body forces as opposed to point forces,
sketches ideas and phenomena which seem to indicate that
antigravity devices are possible, and quotes an exuberant VP of
the Martin Company claiming that building an Atomic Bomb is no
more difficult than building an antigravity device.
6. Giles, Cedric. "Elevators and Levitators", Journal of the
American Rocket Society, No 68, Dec 1946, p34-9. This is
interesting mainly because of the date, and the perspective it
puts upon the various types of propulsive techniques which it
enumerates. Some have been realized, while others (for the
moment) have been passed by.
7. Gutman (Goteborg Sweden) "Albert Einstein and Gravity
Research", Interavia, Vol XI, No 5, 1956, p375. Based upon
Einstein's letters, an argument is made that electro-magnetic
fields may be expressed, as in Maxwell's Equations, by six (6)
functions of space and time *and* require a gravity field.
Conversely, a gravity field requires 10 equations of space and
time, and may exist alone. A connection between gravity and
electromagnetic phenomena is suggested, with gravity a
geometrical phenomena and electromagnetics a physical phenomena.
8. Intel (An anonymous American journalist) "Towards Flight
Without Stress or Strain... or Weight", Interavia, Vol XI, No 5,
1956, p373-4. This is pure hype, but does identify some of the
investigators, and some of the advantages an antigravity device
might have.
9. Kooy, JMJ (Netherlands) "Gravitation and Spaceflight", Acta
Astronautica, Vol 4, p229-30, Pergammon Press, 1977, Great
Britian. A short, interesting speculation on the nature of
gravity, and how it might be exploited to power spacecraft.
10. Saxl, Erwin J (Pin Hill, Harvard MA) "An Electrically
Charged Torque Pendulum", Nature, Vol 203, No 4941, JUly 11,
1964, p136-8. A former student of Einstein, this author uses
some unexpected phenomena, which he observed while performing
extensive tests to characterize the behavior of a charged torque
pendulum, to suggest that Einstein might have been right in
suggesting that there are interactions between electricity,
inertial mass, and gravitation.
Ofcourse, this information does not reflect the views of my employer
in any way shape or form.
Richard K Jennings, CAPT, USAF
AFSCF/XRP AV: 799-6427
SAFS, CA 94088-3430 ARPA: jennings@aerospace