Who is Eugeny Podkletnov? A Russian scientist that claims to have invented an anti-gravity machine. What makes him different from anyone who has made these claims, is the fact that he is a respected scientist both in Russia and in the U.S.

Eugeny Podkletnov is a Russian Scientist who believes physics has got it wrong, specifically the law of gravity. He is using a rotating super conducting high temperature ceramic disk that is spinning inside of a electromagnetic field. He claims that objects suspended above this disk lose up to two percent of their weight. When word of his experiments leaked out the scientific community treated them like a joke.

We will use the term 'antigravity' but supposedly the device produces a shielding from a planets gravity.

Good fortune seems to have smiled on Podkletnov, as several, billion dollar companies and government agencies have decided to try and build an antigravity machine based on Eugeny Podkletnov work.

Boeing Aircraft, the largest manufacturer of planes in the world, stated that it is working on a propulsion system based on Podkletnov's machine that would revolutionize propulsion systems. The project is named 'GRASP’ — Gravity Research for Advanced Space Propulsion. Propulsion is not the only application of this work. A beam weapon of tremendous force (about 1000 Gs) could vaporize any object, even those moving at high speeds such as missiles.

NASA has spent $600,000 to try and duplicate the Podkletnov results. They feel that it is a small price to pay, if they can develop an antigravity engine for their craft. Most rocket fuel is consumed getting a craft into orbit. An antigravity device would be invaluable for launches and might even work part time or full time, traveling between planets.

"In my experiments the key element is creating a super high density of electrons or Cooper pairs that move in strong magnetic field. Actually, anti gravitation is caused by the polarization of vacuum or polarization of sub-atomic particles that constitute the vacuum. There exist several methods of causing this polarization:

- High speed rotation (80 thousand rpm) of metal crystal lattice.
- Rotation of magnetic fields that coincide in phase with electric field.
- High voltage static electric field (the lifter).
- Resonance frequencies using ELF waves & De Aquino config.
- Topological effect, using grids with special geometry.
- Acoustical vibration at resonance frequencies.

Better analysis of various approaches might allow better understanding of the mechanisms of practical gravity modification. "I used superconductors because they are good model materials and have unique electric properties. I think the next step should be in combining different techniques and can be based on the knowledge that we already have." [Quote from Eugene Podkletnov]

What is the effect of the machine?

Electrical discharges from a super conducting ceramic electrode are accompanied by the emission of radiation.
The radiation exerts a short repulsive force on small movable objects along the propagation axis.
The impulse is proportional to the mass of the objects and independent of their composition. It therefore resembles a gravitational impulse.

Boeing and NASA are not the only ones working toward an antigravity machine using Podkletnov's work, England (BAE Systems, a military/industrial complex and Clive Woods, Sheffield University) and Japan (Takashi Nakamura, Toshiba Electronics) are also working on their own projects. Great interest has also been reported from Canada (Toronto University) and France (The national research institute CNRS).

Popular Mechanics Magazine has reported that a group of researchers at NASA's Marshall Manned Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, has nearly completed building a device that could make it possible to reduce gravitational attractions in its immediate vicinity.

There have been other experiments that have met with some success:

If Podkletnov's work has any validity, then it seems like only a matter of time before we have levitation vehicles and fearsome new beam weapons but with this may come the means to travel to the stars.

The following are two PDF files containing references to Podkletnov's work. They are from NASA. If you don't have a PDF reader, you can download one for free HERE.

Exploration Of Anomalous Gravity Effects By magnetized High-Tc Superconducting Oxides

Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Workshop Preliminary Results