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 Empirical Analysis of Electrogravitics and Electrokinetics
and its Potential for Space Travel

Thomas F. Valone *
Integrity Research Institute, Beltsville MD 20705
www.IntegrityResearchInstitute.org
e-mail: [email protected]

An analysis of the 90-year old science of electrogravitics (a.k.a. “gravitics” or

“electrogravity”) necessarily includes an analysis of electrokinetics. Electrogravitics is most
commonly associated with the 1928 British patent #300,311 of T. Townsend Brown (his first
one), the 1952 Special Inquiry File #24-185 of the Office of Naval Research into the “Electro-
Gravity Device of Townsend Brown” and two widely circulated 1956 Aviation Studies Ltd.
reports on “Electrogravitics Systems” and “The Gravitics Situation.” By definition,
electrogravitics historically has had a purported relationship to gravity or the object’s mass,
as well as the applied voltage. The Gravitics Situation report defined electrogravitics as “The
application of modulating influences on electrostatic propulsion system.” It also was tested
recently by the Honda Corporation, which published experimental results and proposed
theory of a correlation between electricity and gravity. Electrokinetics, on the other hand, is
more commonly associated with many later patents of T. Townsend Brown as well as Agnew
Bahnson, starting with the 1960 US patent #2,949,550 entitled, “Electrokinetic Apparatus.”
Electrokinetics, which often involves a capacitor and dielectric, has virtually no relationship
that can be connected with mass or gravity. The Army Research Lab has recently issued a
report on electrokinetics, analyzing the force on an asymmetric capacitor, while NASA has
received three patents on the same design topic. To successfully describe and predict the
reported motion toward the positive terminal of the capacitor, it is desirable to use the
classical electrokinetic field and force equations for the specific geometry involved. This
initial review and analysis also suggests directions for further confirming experiments and
an empirically-based formulation of a working hypothesis for electrokinetics.

I. Nomenclature
J = electric current density
I = electric current
EK = electrokinetic force vector
B = magnetic flux density
E = electric field
ρ = charge density

II. Introduction to Electrogravitics versus Electrokinetics

F OURTEEN years ago the first edited volume on the subject, Electrogravitics Systems Volume I: A New
Propulsion Methodology or just “Volume I”, introduced the subject by reprinting the Aviation Studies reports
from 1956 as well as an in-depth analysis of the B-2 bomber by Paul LaViolette. 1 The second volume,
Electrogravitics II: Validating Reports on a New Propulsion Methodology or “Volume II” expands the historical
perspective of the first volume and brings it up to date. For example, Volume II contains further information on the
Army Research Lab and Honda Corporation experiments, as well as the electrokinetic equation discovery presented
in this paper. A short review of the history of electrogravitics has recently been published by Professor Theodore
Loder. 2

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President, Integrity Research Institute, 5020 Sunnyside Avenue, Suite 209, Beltsville MD 20705, AIAA Member.
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 A working definition, based on the T. Townsend Brown’s first patent #300,311 and The Gravitics Situation
report is “electricity used to create a force that depends upon an object’s mass, similar to gravity.” This is the
answer that perhaps should still be used to identify true electrogravitics, which also involves the object’s mass in the
force, often with a dielectric. This is also what the “Biefeld-Brown effect” of describes. However, we have seen T.
Townsend Brown and his patents evolve over time which Tom Bahder emphasizes. Later on, Brown refers to
“electrokinetics” (that partly overlaps the field of electrogravitics), that requires asymmetric capacitors to amplify
the force. Therefore, Bahder’s article discusses the lightweight effects of “lifters” and the ion mobility theory found
to explain them. Note: electrogravitics (EG) and electrokinetics (EK) are related but different phenomona.
To put things in perspective, the article “How I Control Gravitation,” published in 1929 by Brown, 3 presents an
electrogravitics-validating discovery about very heavy metal objects (44 lbs. each) separated by an insulator, charged
up to high voltages. T.T. Brown also expresses an experimental formula in words which tell us what he found was
directly contributing to the unidirectional force (UDF) which he discovered, moving the system of masses toward
the positive charge. He describes the equation for his electrogravitic force to be F ≈ Vm1m2/r2. However,
electrokinetics and electrogravitics also seem to be governed by another equation (Eq.1) when higher order pulsed
voltages are utilized .

A. Zinsser Effect versus the Biefeld-Brown Effect

To expand and support the empirical evidence for electrokinetics, there is another invention which has comparable
experiments that also involve electrogravity, called “gravitational anisotropy” by Rudolf G. Zinsser from Germany.
Zinsser presented his experimental results at the Gravity Field Conference in Hanover in 1980, and also at the First
International Symposium of Non-Conventional Energy Technology in Toronto in 1981. 4 For years afterwards, all of
the scientists who knew of Zinsser’s work, including myself, regarded his invention as a unique phenomenon, not
able to be classified with any other discovery. However, upon comparing Zinsser to Brown’s 1929 article on
gravitation referred to above, there are striking similarities.
Zinsser’s discovery is detailed in The Zinsser Effect book by this author. 5 To summarize his life’s work, Zinsser
discovered that if he connected his patented pulse generator to two conductive metal plates immersed in water, he
could induce a sustained force that lasted even after the pulse generator was turned off. The pulses lasted for only a
few nanoseconds each. 6 Zinsser called this input “a kinetobaric driving impulse.” Furthermore, he points out in the
Specifications and Enumerations section, that the high dielectric constant of water (about 80) is desirable and that a
solid dielectric is possible. Dr. Peschka calculated that Zinsser’s invention produced 6 Ns/Ws or 6 N/W. 7 This figure
is twenty times the force per energy input of the Inertial Impulse Engine of Roy Thornson, (report available from
IRI) which has been estimated to produce 0.32 N/W. 8 By comparison, it is important to realize that any production
of force today is less efficient, as seen by the fact that a DC-9 jet engine produces about 20 times less: only 0.016
N/W or 3 lb/hp (fossil-fuel-powered land and air vehicles are even worse.)
Let’s now compare the Zinsser Effect with the Biefeld-Brown Effect, looking at the details. Brown reports in his
1929 article that there are effects on plants and animals, as well as effects from the sun, moon and even slightly from
some of the planetary positions. Zinsser also reports beneficial effects on plants and humans, including what he
called “bacteriostasis and cytostasis.” 9 Brown also refers to the “endogravitic” and “exogravitic” times that were
representative of the charging and discharging times. Once the gravitator was charged, depending upon “its gravitic
capacity” any further electrical input had no effect. This is the same phenomenon that Zinsser witnessed and both
agree that the pulsed voltage generation was the main part of the electrogravitic effect. 10 Both Zinsser and Brown
worked with dielectrics and capacitor plate transducers to produce the electrogravitic force. Both refer to a high
dielectric constant material in between their capacitor plates as the preferred type to best insulate the charge.
However, Zinsser never experimented with different dielectrics nor higher voltage to increase his force production.
This was always a source of frustration for him but he wanted to keep working with water as his dielectric.

B. Electrically Charged Torque Pendulum of Erwin Saxl

Brown particularly worked with a torque (torsion) pendulum arrangement to measure the force production. He
also refers the planetary effects being most pronounced when aligned with the gravitator instead of perpendicular to
it. He compares these results to Saxl and Allen, who worked with an electrically charged torque pendulum. 11 Dr.
Erwin Saxl used high voltage in the range of +/- 5000 volts on his very massive torque pendulum. 12 The changes in
period of oscillation measurements with solar or lunar eclipses, showed great sensitivity to the shielding effects of
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gravity during an alignment of astronomical bodies, helping to corroborate Brown’s observation in his 1929 article.
The pendulum Saxl used was over 100 kilograms in mass. 13 Most interesting were the “unexpected phenomena”
which Saxl reported in his 1964 Nature article (see ref. 10). The positively charged pendulum had the longest period
of oscillation compared to the negatively charged or grounded pendulum. Dirunal and seasonal variations were
found in the effect of voltage on the pendulum, with the most pronounced occurring during a solar or lunar eclipse.
In my opinion, this demonstrates the basic principles of electrogravitics: high voltage and mass together will cause
unbalanced forces to occur. In this case, the electrogravitic interaction was measurable by oscillating the mass of a
charged torque pendulum (producing current) whose period is normally proportional to its mass.

C. Electrogravitic Woodward-Nordtvedt Effect

Figure 1. Force Output Vs. Capacitor Voltage Input of a Woodward Force Transducer (Mahood, 2000) and
the Net Motion Direction of Cases A and B (Woodward, 2000). Reported data graph of the Woodward-Nordtvedt
effect. Note that the reported force is Newtons (×10-5 ) which equals dynes)

Referring to mass, it is sometimes not clear whether gravitational mass or inertial mass is being affected. The
possibility of altering the equivalence principle (which equates the two), has been pursued diligently by Dr. James
Woodward 14 (patent cover sheets in Volume II). His prediction, based on Sciama’s formulation of Mach’s Principle
in the framework of general relativity, is that “in the presence of energy flow, the inertial mass of an object may
undergo sizable variations, changing as the 2nd time derivative of the energy.” 15 Woodward, however, indicates that
it is the “active gravitational mass” which is being affected but the equivalence principle causes both “passive”
inertial and gravitational masses to fluctuate. 16 With barium titanate dielectric between disk capacitors. a 3 kV signal
was applied in the experiments of Woodward and Cramer resulting in symmetrical mass fluctuations on the order of
centigrams. 17 Cramer actually uses the phrase “Woodward effect” in his AIAA paper, though it is well-known that
Nordtvedt was the first to predict noticeable mass shifts in accelerated objects. 18
The interesting observation which can be made, in light of previous sections, is that Woodward’s experimental
apparatus resembles a combination of Saxl’s torsion pendulum and Brown’s electrogravitic dielectric capacitors.
The differences arise in the precise timing of the pulsed power generation and with input voltage. Recently, 0.01 μF
capacitors (Model KD 1653) are being used, in the 50 kHz range (lower than Zinsser’s 100 kHz) with the voltage
still below 3 kV. Significantly, the thrust or unidirectional force (UDF) is exponential, depending on the square of
the applied voltage. 19 However, the micronewton level of force that is produced is actually the same order of
magnitude which Zinsser produced, who reported his results in dynes (1 dyne = 10-5 Newtons). 20 Zinsser had
activators with masses between 200 g and 500 g and force production of “100 dynes to over one pound." 21 Recently,
Woodward has been referring to his transducers as “flux capacitors” (like the movie, Back to the Future). 22

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 III. Jefimenko’s Electrokinetics Explains Electrogravitics

Known for his extensive work with atmospheric electricity, electrostatic motors and electrets, Dr. Oleg Jefimenko
deserves significant credit for presenting a valuable theory of the electrokinetic field, as he calls it. 23 A W.V.
University professor and physics purist at heart, he describes this field as the dragging force that electrons exert on
neighboring electric charges, which is what he says Faraday noted in 1831, when experimenting with parallel wires:
a momentary current in the same direction when the current is turned on and then a reverse current in the adjacent
wire when the current is turned off.
He identifies the electrokinetic field by the vector Ek where

1 1 ⎡ ∂J ⎤
Ek = −
4πε o c 2 ∫ r ⎢⎣ ∂t ⎥⎦ dν ′ (1)

It is one of three terms for the electric field in terms of current and charge density. Equations like F = qE also apply
for calculating force. The significance of Ek, as seen in Eq. 1, is that the electrokinetic field simply the third term of
a classical solution for the electric field in Maxwell’s equations:

1 ⎧ρ 1 ∂ρ ⎫ (2)
E=
4πε o ∫ ⎨⎩ r 2
+ ⎬ r dν ′ + E k
rc ∂t ⎭
This three-term equation is a causal equation, according to Jefimenko, because it links the electric field E back the
electric charge and its motion (current) which induces it. (He also proves that E cannot be a causal consequence of a
time-variable magnetic field ∂B/∂t but instead occurs simultaneously.)
This is the essence of electromagnetic induction, as Maxwell intended,
which is measured by, not caused by, a changing magnetic field. The
third electric field term, designated as the electrokinetic field, is directed
along the current direction or parallel to it. It also exists only as long as
the current is changing in time. Lenz’ Law is also built into the minus
sign. Parallel conductors will produce the strongest induced current.
The significance of Eq. 3 is that the magnetic vector potential is seen
to be created by the time integral which amounts to an electrokinetic
impulse “produced by this current at that point when the current is
switched on” according to Jefimenko. 24 Of course, a time-varying
sinusoidal current will also qualify for production of an electrokinetic
field and the vector potential. An important consequence of Eq. 1 is that
the faster the rates of change of current, the larger will be the
electrokinetic force. Therefore, high voltage pulsed inputs are favored.
However, its significance is much more general. “This field can exist
anywhere in space and can manifest itself as a pure force by its action on
free electric charges.” All that is required for a measurable force from a
single conductor is that the change in current density (time derivative)
happens very fast (the c2 in the denominator is also equal to 1/μoεo
unless the medium has non-vacuum permeability or permittivity). Figure 2. Sample capacitor probe
The electrogravitics experiments of Brown and Zinsser involve a used by Zinsser. Note the quarter λ/4
dielectric medium for greater efficacy and charge density. The wavelength electrodes that indicate an
electrokinetic force on the electric charges (electrons) of the dielectric, electrically resonant circuit design.
according to Eq. (1), is in the opposite direction of the increasing
positive current (taking into account the minus sign). For parallel plate
capacitors, Jefimenko explains that the strongest induced field is
produced between the plates and so another equation evolves.

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 IV. Electrokinetic Force Predicts Propulsion Direction

Can Jefimenko’s electrokinetic force empirically and qualitatively predict the correct direction of the
electrogravitic force seen in the Zinsser, Brown, Woodward as well as the yet-to-be-discussed Campbell, Serrano,
and Norton AFB craft demonstrations? The following four sections offer empirical evidence for a “prediction” of a
force production direction.

1) Starting with Zinsser’s probe diagram (Fig. 2) from Prof. Peschka’s article, it is purposely put on its end in
order to compare it with an equivalent parallel plate capacitor (the plates are x distance apart) from Jefimenko’s
book: 25 Professor Jefimenko performs a calculation of the electrokinetic force in the space between two current-
carrying capacitor plates powered by an alternating current. He designates X for the space between the plates where
W is the width of each plate and the height is not labeled. His example matches the Zinsser force transducer quite
closely.
We note that the current is presumed to be the same in each plate but in opposite directions because it is
alternating. Using E = - ∂A/∂t, Jefimenko calculates the electrokinetic field, for the AC parallel plate capacitor with
current going in opposite directions, as

∂I x (3)
E k = − μo j
∂t w

where j is the unit vector for the y-axis direction . It is clearly seen that the y-axis points upward in Fig. 3 and so
with the minus sign of Eq. 3, the electrokinetic force for the AC parallel plate capacitor will point downward. Since
Zinsser had his torsion balance on display in Toronto in 1981, I was privileged to verify the direction of the force
that is created with his quarter-wave plates oriented as they are in Fig. 2. The torsion balance is built so that the
capacitor probe can only be deflected downward from the horizontal. The electrokinetic force is in the same
direction.

2) Looking at Brown’s electrogravitic force direction from Fig. 3 in his 1929 article “How I Control Gravitation,”
we see that the positive lead is on
the right side of the picture. Also,
the arrow below points to the
right with the caption, “Direction
of movement of entire system
toward positive.” Examining the
electrokinetic force of Eq. 1 in
this article, we note that the
increasing positive current comes
in by convention in the positive
lead and points to the left.
Therefore, considering the minus
sign, the direction of the
Fig. 3 electrokinetic force will be to the
right. Checking with Fig. 4 of the
1929 Brown article, the same Fig. 4
confirmation of induced
electrokinetic force direction. 26 Thus, with Zinsser’s and Brown’s gravitators, the
electrokinetic theory provides a useful explanation and it is accurate for
prediction of the resulting force direction.
It is also worthwhile noting that T.T. Brown also indicates in that article,

“when the direct current with high voltage (75 – 300 kilovolts) is applied, the gravitator swings up the arc … but
it does not remain there. The pendulum then gradually returns to the vertical or starting position, even while the
potential is maintained…Less than five seconds is required for the test pendulum to reach the maximum
amplitude of the swing, but from thirty to eighty seconds are required for it to return to zero.”

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This phenomenon is remarkably the same type of response that Zinsser
recorded with his experimental probes. Jefimenko’s theory helps explain the
rapid response, since the change of current happens in the beginning. However,
the slow discharge in both experiments (which Zinsser called a “storage
effect”) needs more consideration. Considering the electrokinetic force of Eq. 3
and the +/- derivative, we know that the slow draining of a charged capacitor,
most clearly seen in Fig. 1 of Brown’s 1929 article, will produce a decreasing
current out of the + terminal (to the right) and in Eq. 3, this means the
derivative is negative. Therefore, the slow draining of current will produce a
weakening electrokinetic force but in the same direction as before! The force
will thus sustain itself to the right during discharge.

3) It is reasonable at this stage to also suggest that the electrokinetic theory

will also predict the direction of Woodward’s UDF but instantaneous analysis
needs to be made to compare current direction into the commercial disk
capacitors and the electrokinetic force on the dielectric charges. In every
electrogravitics or electrokinetics case, it can be argued, the “neighboring Figure 5. Woodward’s
charges” to a capacitor plate will necessarily be those in the dielectric material, #6,098,924 patented impulse
which are polarized. The bound electron-lattice interaction will drag the lattice engine, also called a “flux
capacitor.” The PZT provides
material with them, under the influence of the electrokinetic force. If the
nanometer-sized movements that
combination of physical electron acceleration (which also can be regarded as are timed to an AC signal input.
current flow) and the AC signal current flow can be resolved, it may be A torsion balance has been used
concluded that an instantaneous electrokinetic force, depending on dI/dt,
contributes to the Woodward-Nordtvedt effect.

4) The Campbell and Serrano capacitor modules seen in their patented

drawings in Figs. 6 and 7, as well
as the Electrogravitic Craft
Demonstration unit (Norton AFB,
1988), 27 can also be analyzed with
the electrokinetic force, in the same
way that the Brown gravitator force
was explained in paragraph (2)
above. The current flows in one
direction through the capacitor-
dielectric and the force is produced
in the opposite direction. The
Norton AFB electrogravitic craft
just has bigger plates with radial
sections but the current flow still Figure 6. Capacitor module from
occurs at the center, across the Campbell’s NASA patent #6,317,310
plates. The Serrano patent diagram which creates a thrust force. Disk 14
is also very similar in construction is copper; Struts 16 are dielectrics;
and operation. Campbell’s NASA Cylinder 15 is a dielectric; Cylinder 12
patents include #6,317,310, is an axial capacitor plate; Support post
#6,411,493, and #6,775,123. 11 is also dielectric.

Figure 7. Capacitor
propulsion device.
alternating metal and
dielectric layers from
Serrano’s PCT patent WO
00/58623 with upward
thrust direction indicated
and + and – polarity
designated on the side.

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 V. Electrokinetic Theory Observations

For parallel plate capacitor impulse probes, like Zinsser, Serrano, Campbell, the Norton AFB craft and both of
Brown’s models, the electrokinetic field of Eq. 3 provides a working model that seems to predict the nature and
direction of the force during charging and discharging phases. More detailed information is needed for each
example in order to actually calculate the theoretical electrokinetic force and compare it with experiment. We note
that Eq. 3 also does not suffer the handicap of Eq. 1 since no c2 term occurs in the denominator. Therefore, it can be
concluded that AC fields operating on parallel plate capacitors should create significantly larger electrogravitic
forces than other geometries with the same dI/dt. However, the current I is usually designated as Iosin(ωt) and its
derivative is a sinusoid as well. Therefore, a detailed analysis is needed for each specific circuit and signal to
determine the outcome.
Eq. 3 also seems to suggest a possible enhancement of the force if a permeable dielectric (magnetizable) is used.
Then, the value for μ of the material would normally be substituted for μo. 28
A further observation of both Eq. 1 and Eq. 3 is that very fast changes in
current, such as a current surge or spark discharge has to produce the most
dynamic electrokinetic force, since dI/dt will be very large. 29 The declining
current surge, or the negatively sloped dI/dt however, should create an opposing
force until the current reverses direction. Creative waveshaping seems to be the
answer to this obvious dilemma. Fortunately, a few similar inventions use pulse
power electric current generators to create propulsion. The Taylor patent
Figure 8. A possible #5,197,279 “Electromagnetic Energy Propulsion Engine” uses huge currents to
electrokinetic force current produce magnetic field repulsion. The Schlicher patent #5,142,861 “Nonlinear
waveform. Schlicher propulsion Electromagnetic Propulsion System and Method” predicts hundreds of pounds of
patent #5,142,861 thrust with tens of kiloamperes input. The Schlicher antenna current input is a
rectified current surge produced with an SCR-triggered DC power source (see
Fig. 8). The resulting waveform has a very steep leading edge but a slowly
declining trailing edge, which should also be desirable for the electrokinetic force effect. 30 Furthermore, if this
waveform is continued into the negative current direction below the horizontal axis, all of that region reinforces the
electrokinetic force, with no opposite forces. Therefore, a complete sinusoidal wave, with Schlicher-style steep rise-
times is recommended for a signal that contributes to a unidirectional force during 75% of its cycle.
Another observation that should be mentioned is that this electrokinetic force theory does not include the mass
contribution to the electrogravitic force which Saxl, Woodward, and Brown’s 1929 gravitator emphasize. A
contributor to Electrogravitics II, Takaaki Musha offers a derived equation for electrogravitics that does include a
mass term but not a derivative term. His model is based on the charge displacement or “deformation” of the atom
under the influence of a capacitor’s 18 kV high voltage field and his experimental results are encouraging. He also
includes a reference to Ning Li and her gravitoelectric theory. 31
A final concern, which may arise from the very nature of the electrokinetic force description, is the difficulty of
conceptualizing or simply accepting the possibility of an unbalanced force creation pushing against space. This
author has wrestled with this problem in other arenas for years. Three examples include (1) the homopolar generator
which creates back torque that ironically, pushes against space to implement the Lorentz force to slow down the
current-generating spinning disk. 32 Secondly (2), there is the intriguing spatial angular momentum discovery by
Graham and Lahoz. 33 They have shown, reminiscent of Feynman’s “disk paradox,” that the vacuum is the seat of
Newton’s third law. A torsion balance is their chosen apparatus as well to demonstrate the pure reaction force with
induction fields. Their reference to Einstein and Laub’s papers cites the time derivative of the Poynting vector S = E
× H integrated over all space to preserve Newton’s third law. Graham and Lahoz predict that magnetic flywheels
with electrets will circulate energy to push against space. Lastly, for (3), the Taylor and Schlicher inventions push
against space with an unbalanced force that is electromagnetic in origin.
A further confirmation of an electromagnetic explanation for the electrokinetic force empirically can be found in
the semiconductor integrated circuit industry. Bothra’s US patent #6,191,481 describes an electromigration
impeding metallization lines and oxide slots that purposely cause “back-flow” (col. 6, line 25-30). The back-flow of
electrons literally causes a force that not only stops electromigration, but if large enough, may perhaps be argued to
cause a transfer of momentum to the lattice. This is a direction for high amperage pulsed current experiments to
consider for a theoretical foundation for the propulsive force production.
At the Utah chapter meeting of the National Space Society in 2006, a military contractor also described his work
with asymmetric capacitors which were summarized as “I levitated a hockey puck” with pulsed currents.

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 VI. Eye Witness Testimony of Advanced Electrogravitics

Sincere gratitude is given to Mark McCandlish, who has suffered personal trauma for publicizing this work, offers
us one of the most conclusive rendition of a covert, flat-bottomed saucer hovercraft seen by dozens of invited eye-
witnesses, including a Congressman, at Norton Air Force Base in 1988. When I spoke to Dr. Hal Puthoff about
Mark’s story, shortly after the famous Disclosure Event 34 at the National Press Club in 2001, he explained to me
that he had already performed due diligence on it and checked on each individual to verify the details of the story.
Hal explains,

“All I was able to determine by my due diligence was: (1) to independently interview the source of the
story and verify that, indeed he did tell the story to the individual who had passed it on to me, and (2)
to independently interview yet another individual who had heard a similar story from a separate source.
BUT, I was never able to verify that the story itself was true, only that there were two individuals who
said it was true. I then corrected you with my statement (exact quote): ‘... the story remains in my
'gray basket' only as 'possibly' true.’”

Since Dr. Puthoff used to work for the CIA for ten years as a director of Project Stargate, this was quite an
endorsement, even if only cautiously optimistic. In analyzing the Electrogravitic Craft Demonstration unit (Norton
AFB 1988) diagrammed in Fig. 9, it can be compared to Campbell’s and Serrano’s patented design. A lot can be
learned from studying the intricacies of this advanced design, including the use of a distributor cap style of pulse
discharge and multiple symmetric, radial plates with dielectrics in between. (See reference 27 for Mark’s details.) It
also remains in my ‘gray basket’ as possibly true.

Figure 9. Electrogravitic Craft Demonstration Unit (Norton AFB, 1988) - courtesy of Mark McCandlish

Today, we still use World War II technology on land and in space. My sincere hope is that the validating science
contained in Electrogravitics II will accelerate the civilian adaptation of this propulsion technology.

1
Valone, Thomas, Electrogravitics Systems Volume I: Reports on a New Propulsion Methodology, 6th edition, Integrity Research
Institute, Maryland, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9641070-0-7. http://www.integrityresearchinstitute.org/electrogravitics.html
2
Loder, T., “Outside the Box Space Propulsion and Energy Technology for the 21st Century” AIAA-2002-1131
3
Valone, Thomas, Electrogravitics II: Validating Reports on a New Propulsion Methodology, 3rd edition, 2008, p. 71. URL at
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=electrogravitics+

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Zinsser, R.G. “Mechanical Energy from Anisotropic Gravitational Fields” First Int’l Symp. on Non-Conventional Energy Tech.
(FISONCET), Toronto, 1981. Proceedings available from PACE, 100 Bronson Ave #1001, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6G8
5
Valone, Thomas The Zinsser Effect: Cumulative Electrogravity Invention of Rudolf G. Zinsser, Integrity Research Institute,
2005, 130 pages, ISBN 0-9641070-2-3
6
Cravens, D.L. “Electric Propulsion/Antigravity” Electric Spacecraft Journal, Issue 13, 1994, p. 30
http://www.electricspacecraft.com/journal.htm
7
Peschka, W., “Kinetobaric Effect as Possible Basis for a New Propulsion Principle,” Raumfahrt-Forschung, Feb, 1974.
Translated version appears in Infinite Energy, Issue 22, 1998, p. 52 http://www.infinite-energy.com and in The Zinsser Effect
book.
8
Valone, Thomas, “Inertial Propulsion: Concept and Experiment, Part 1” Proc. of Inter. Energy Conver. Eng. Conf., 1993,
Available as IRI Report #608.
9
See “Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Health Effects” IRI Report #418 and Bioelectromagnetic Healing: A Rationale for Its Use
ISBN 978-0-9641070-5-2 book by this author, which explain the beneficial therapy which PEMFs produce on biological cells.
10
Mark McCandlish’s Testimony (p. 131 of Electrogravitics II) shows that the Air Force took note in that the electrogravitic
demonstration craft shown at Norton AFB in 1988 had a rotating distributor for electrically pulsing sections of multiply-layered
dielectric and metal plate pie-shaped sections with high voltage discharges.
11
See Saxl patent #3,357,253 “Device and Method for Measuring Gravitational and Other Forces” which uses +/- 5000 volts.
12
Saxl, E.J., “An Electrically Charged Torque Pendulum” Nature, July 11, 1964, p. 136
13
Saxl & Allen, “Observations with a Massive Electrified Torsion Pendulum: Gravity Measurements During Eclipse,” IRI
Report #702.(Note: 2.2 lb = 1 kg)
14
Graph of Fig. 1 from online report, Woodward and Mahood, “Mach’s Principle, Mass Fluctuations, and Rapid Spacetime
Transport,” California State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA 92634
15
Cramer et al., “Tests of Mach’s Principle with a Mechanical Oscillator” AIAA-2001-3908 email:
[email protected]
16
Woodward, James F. “A New Experimental Approach to Mach’s Principle and Relativistic Gravitation, Found. of Phys.
Letters, V. 3, No. 5, 1990, p. 497
17
Compare Fig. 1 graph to Brown’s ONR graph on P.117 of Volume I
18
Nordtvedt, K. Inter. Journal of Theoretical Physics, V. 27, 1988, p. 1395
19
Mahood, Thomas “Propellantless Propulsion: Recent Experimental Results Exploiting Transient Mass Modification” Proc. of
STAIF, 1999, CP458, p. 1014 (Also see Mahood Master’s Thesis www.serve.com/mahood/thesis.pdf )
20
For comparison, 1 Newton = 0.225 pounds
21
Zinsser, FISONCET, Toronto, 1981, p. 298
22
Woodward, James “Flux Capacitors and the Origin of Inertia” Foundations of Physics, V. 34, 2004, p. 1475. Also see
“Tweaking Flux Capacitors” Proc. of STAIF, 2005
23
Jefimenko, Oleg Causality, Electromagnetic Induction and Gravitation, Electret Scientific Co., POB 4132, Star City, WV
26504, p. 29
24
Jefimenko, p. 31
25
Jefimenko, p. 47
26
Brown’s second patent #2,949,550 (see Patent Section: two electrokinetic saucers on a maypole) has movement toward the
positive charge, so the same electrokinetic theory explained above works for both.
27
McCandlish, Mark, “Testimony of Mr. Mark McCandlish, December 2000,” Electrogravitics II, Integrity Research Institute,
2005, p. 131
28
Einstein and Laub, Annalen der Physik, V. 26, 1908, p.533 and p. 541 – two articles on the subject of a moving capacitor with
a “dielectric body of considerable permeability.” Specific equations are derived predicting the resulting EM fields. Translated
articles are reprinted in The Homopolar Handbook by this author (p. 122-136). Also see Clark’s dielectric homopolar generator
patent #6,051,905.
29
Commentary to Eq. 2 states an electrokinetic impulse is produced when the “current is switched on,” which implies a very
steep leading edge of the current slope.
30
See the Taylor and Schlicher patents in the Patent Section. – Ed note
31
Ning Li was the Chair of the 2003 Gravitational Wave Conference. The CD Proceedings of the papers is available from
http://www.IntegrityResearchInstitute.org
32
Valone, Thomas, The Homopolar Handbook: A Definitive Guide to Faraday Disk and N-Machine Technologies, Integrity
Research Institute, Third Edition, 2001. ISBN 0-9641070-1-5 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-
alias%3Daps&field-keywords=homopolar+handbook
33
Graham and Lahoz, “Observation of Static Electromagnetic Angular Momentum in vacuo” Nature, V. 285, May 15, 1980, p.
129
34
See the authoritative book by Dr. Steven Greer, Disclosure: Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secretes
in Modern History, Crossing Point, 2001. It provides the testimony of each witness who participated in the event, plus many
more.

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