Death of Amy Eskridge
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| Person | Amy Catherine Eskridge (19 September 1987 – 11 June 2022) |
|---|---|
| Place | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Age | 34 |
| Roles | Co-founder, chairwoman and president, The Institute for Exotic Science; CEO, HoloChron |
| Reported cause | Self-inflicted gunshot wound (no public police or medical examiner report) |
| Claims | Franc Milburn alleged murder by a private aerospace company (2022) |
| 2026 | Cited in a White House review of deaths and disappearances of scientists |
| Date | 15 June 2022 |
| Topics | Military encounters (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic) |
| People | Amy Eskridge |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 207 |
| Year | 2022 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2022 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 9 |
Amy Eskridge (1987–2022) was a scientist from Huntsville, Alabama, who co-founded the Institute for Exotic Science, which promoted research into anti-gravity and unconventional physics.[1][4] She died in Huntsville on 11 June 2022, aged 34. Her death was reported as a self-inflicted gunshot wound, though neither police nor medical examiners released a public report.[2][9] Her death has been the subject of speculation in UFO circles. In 2026 it was among the cases cited as the White House reviewed a series of deaths and disappearances of scientists. No evidence connects her death to her work.[1][2][9]
Life and work
Eskridge was born on 19 September 1987 in Huntsville to Kathy and Richard Eskridge. She grew up in what her obituary called "The Rocket City".[1][4] She graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) with a double major in chemistry and biology. In 2018 she was enrolled in UAH's materials science doctoral program.[1][4] Her work ranged widely:[1]
- testing microelectromechanical sensors, piezoelectric microcantilevers and gyroscopes
- research on non-viral drug delivery and gene therapy
- running software consulting businesses and start-ups
She was chairwoman and president of the Institute for Exotic Science, a public benefit corporation she co-founded. She was also CEO of HoloChron, a father–daughter company working on gravity modification. Her father, Richard Eskridge, a retired NASA engineer, was its chief technology officer.[1][7][9] In the Anomaly Archives' collection she also appears as Amy Pettigrew, a chronic-pain patient advocate and founder of a data company, who wrote in 2017 about living with a disability.[1]
The 2018 anti-gravity talk
On 6 December 2018 Eskridge and her father gave a talk on behalf of HoloChron, "A Historical Perspective on Anti-Gravity Technology", at the Huntsville–Madison County main public library. The slides are hosted by the local group HAL5.[1][7] Her slides described the Institute as specializing in "quantum computing, gravity modification, metamaterial science and communications". They listed a small team, including her father as professor emeritus.[7] The talk surveyed several topics:[1][7]
- Physics. The standard physics of gravity, noting that anti-gravity is "impossible" under general relativity without negative mass.
- History. Past claims such as Thomas Townsend Brown's "electrogravitics", Tesla's "space drive", the Searl generator, the Dean drive and Eric Laithwaite's gyroscopes, several marked "unsubstantiated".
- Programs. Reported government and contractor programs, and alleged black-project triangular craft such as the "TR3B".
Harassment claims
In a 2020 interview with the YouTuber Jeremy Rys, Eskridge said: "We discovered antigravity, and our lives went to [expletive] and people started sabotaging us." She spoke of harassment and threats and said: "I have to publish because it's only going to get worse until I publish."[9] She said that "if you stick your neck out in private, they will bury you". She also suggested that researchers on unconventional technologies who reported breakthroughs tended to "disappear" from public work.[9] In 2020 she said she was planning to present foundational anti-gravity work but needed NASA's approval.[1][5][8] A commentator noted that little more research came from the Institute after a September 2020 cease-and-desist letter posted online.[1] Video titles collected by the Anomaly Archives refer to an alleged attack during a 2020 visit to Havana, which Mark Sokol, who appeared with her in a 2020 interview, said they suspected China of.[1]
Her death
Eskridge died on Saturday 11 June 2022.[1][4] Her family's obituary did not give a cause. It said a friend, Sam Reid of Geometric Energy Corporation, would name a satellite and a moon-bound payload after her.[1][4] Later reporting described the following:[1][2][9]
- A Twitter account that had posted the cease-and-desist letter said she was "found dead from a gunshot wound" and called the death suspicious. It later said "suspicious has been downgraded to untimely and unexpected".
- Some acquaintances linked her death to chronic pain and to stopping her pain medication.
- Reporting in 2026, citing the Daily Mail, described the cause as a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, with no public police or medical examiner report.
Claims
In August 2022 Franc Milburn, a retired British intelligence officer, claimed in an online audio discussion that Eskridge had been targeted with directed-energy weapons and murdered by a "private aerospace company" in the U.S. He said this was because she was involved in the UAP conversation and working on advanced propulsion. He has offered no public evidence.[1][6] Milburn repeated his claims on Coast to Coast AM with George Knapp in August 2024.[1] In written testimony for a House Oversight hearing on 13 November 2024, the journalist Michael Shellenberger included information about her death.[1] Blogs and podcasts have also examined the case.[1][3]
Renewed attention in 2026
In 2026 her death resurfaced online as the eleventh in a list of scientists tied to military, nuclear and aerospace research who had died or disappeared in unusual circumstances.[2][9] The official response included:[9]
- President Donald Trump said "I hope it's random".
- The press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said the White House would review the cases with the FBI.
- Representative Eric Burlison called for an FBI investigation.
Her obituary was quoted in Newsweek's profiles of the scientists.[2] Fox News reported that there was no public evidence linking her death to the other cases. Claims of foul play "remain unverified and are not supported by official findings".[9]
People and topics
- Amy Eskridge — Co-founder of the Institute for Exotic Science in Huntsville.
- NASA — The U.S. civilian space agency, created in 1958.
- Anti-gravity — The idea of cancelling or controlling gravity for propulsion.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
On the Timeline
- Doty's five Area 51 projects claim (13 June 2022) — Richard Doty claims five UAP-related projects at Area 51.
- 1962 nuclear test UFO records reply (29 July 2022) — A FOIA reply suggests files exist on UFOs and a 1962 nuclear test but need expert review.
See every 2022 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "Amy Eskridge", Anomaly Archives · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- "Obituaries shed light on wave of dead, missing scientists as White House probes", Newsweek · newsweek.com · archived copy
- "The mysterious death of Amy Eskridge", The Political Saucer (Jun 2025) · politicalsaucer.substack.com · archived copy
- thearabtribune.com · thearabtribune.com · archived copy
- twitter.com · twitter.com · archived copy
- twitter.com · twitter.com · archived copy
- hal5.org · hal5.org · archived copy
- twitter.com · twitter.com · archived copy
- "Lawmaker asks for FBI involvement as White House probes scientists' deaths, disappearances", Fox News (2026) · foxnews.com
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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