Boyd Bushman magnetic beam patent
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| Date | 17 April 1997 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Propulsion & physics (topic) |
| People | Boyd Bushman |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 127 |
| Year | 1997 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1997 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 7 |
On 17 April 1997 Boyd Bushman, a senior scientist at Lockheed Martin, filed a U.S. patent application for an "apparatus and method for amplifying a magnetic beam". Patent 5,929,732 was granted on 27 July 1999 and assigned to Lockheed Martin.[1][2]
Bushman
Bushman's engineering career spanned more than forty years and included work at Hughes Aircraft, General Dynamics, Texas Instruments and Lockheed Martin, and he was named on a number of patents.[3][4]
The patent
The patent describes two pairs of opposing magnets arranged in a plane with like poles facing the centre. A further magnet directed along the path between them is said to produce a single concentrated beam at right angles to the plane. The patent claims that a magnet with a normal reach of a few inches could project a beam five to seven feet, and that the beam could levitate objects, demagnetise materials, stop electronics and separate iron from other materials. Its abstract calls the beam "a magnetic monopole"; true magnetic monopoles have never been shown to exist, and the patent offers no independent test data. Suggested uses included motors, levitating trains, better inductors and detecting motion. The patent lapsed in 2007 because maintenance fees were not paid.[1]
UFO connection
The testimony notes that the patent's description resembles devices some UAP "experiencers" say craft occupants possess. The patent itself makes no such claims.[1][2]
The 2014 video
Bushman became widely known after his death on 7 August 2014, when a video recorded shortly before was posted online in October that year. In it he spoke about Area 51, aliens working with the U.S. government and anti-gravity, and held up a photograph of a supposed alien. Researchers quickly pointed out that the figure closely resembled a commercially sold Halloween alien doll, and The Black Vault rated the story a hoax. It also noted that Bushman had once been the subject of an FBI inquiry over foreign contacts, which it suggested might have been a motive for the story, although that could not be confirmed. His patents, by contrast, are genuine engineering documents.[3][4]
People and topics
- Lockheed Martin — The aerospace company whose Skunk Works built the U-2, SR-71 and F-117.
- Boyd Bushman — Lockheed Martin engineer who gave a disputed deathbed interview about aliens.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Area 51 — The secret Nevada test site where spy planes and stealth aircraft were developed.
On the Timeline
- Jonathan Weygandt's Peru crash claim (March 1997) — Marine Jonathan Weygandt says he guarded a crashed craft in a cliffside.
- The Day After Roswell (June 1997) — Philip Corso claims he helped seed recovered UAP technology into U.S. industry.
See every 1997 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- US Patent 5,929,732, "Apparatus and method for amplifying a magnetic beam", Google Patents · patents.google.com · archived copy
- Patents by inventor Boyd B. Bushman, Justia · patents.justia.com · archived copy
- "Boyd Bushman's last interview", The Black Vault case file · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- "Claims of a deathbed confession about UFOs propel a video with more questions than answers", Raw Story (Oct 2014) · rawstory.com · archived copy
- Bushman patent document — UFO Scans · ufoscans.com · archived copy
- patents.justia.com · patents.justia.com · archived copy
- youtu.be · youtu.be · archived copy
Further reading
- Skunk Works — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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