Electrogravitics Systems report (1956)
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| Date | 25 February 1956 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Military encounters (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| People | Thomas Townsend Brown, Nick Cook |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 56 |
| Year | 1956 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1956 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 4 |
Electrogravitics Systems: An Examination of Electrostatic Motion, Dynamic Counterbary and Barycentric Control (report GRG-013/56) is a February 1956 report by the Gravity Research Group of Aviation Studies (International) Ltd, a London aviation consultancy, surveying claims that electrical fields could produce thrust or control gravity. A copy held in the technical library at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has made it a staple of books on secret propulsion research.[1][2]
The report
The report was prepared by the consultancy's "Special Weapons Study Unit" in Knightsbridge, London, and signed by the Gravity Research Group on 25 February 1956. It contains introductory notes, a discussion, conclusions, and appendices of extracts from the consultancy's Aviation Report newsletters and of patents on electrostatics in the United States, Britain and France. It said Aviation Studies had begun a drive about eighteen months earlier to persuade the aviation industry that the rewards of success were too great to overlook.[1]
Content
The report argued that all aircraft since the Wright brothers were essentially powered gliders, and that research into the nature of gravity might produce a fundamentally new way to fly. It described "electrogravitics" as a combination of electrostatic propulsion and "dynamic counterbary", setting up a local gravitational force independent of the Earth's, and traced the field's origins to Thomas Townsend Brown's experiments with charged discs. It also discussed theories, such as the Hlavatý concept, treating gravity as an electromagnetic force, and listed U.S. companies said to be interested, including Convair, Bell, Glenn L. Martin, Sperry and Lear.[1][3]
The Wright-Patterson copy
The surviving copy carries the stamp of the Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories technical library at Wright-Patterson, with a library catalogue number and the label "Property of USAF". It was found there in the 1980s, which is why it is often said to have been delivered to the base.[1][4]
Assessment
The report was a real consultancy publication, but it was not an official government study, and its technical claims were never validated; mainstream physicists attribute Brown's effects to ion wind. It is widely cited in books about secret propulsion research, including Nick Cook's The Hunt for Zero Point.[3][4]
People and topics
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — The Ohio air base that housed Project Blue Book and is linked to the Hangar 18 legend.
- Thomas Townsend Brown — Physicist and inventor who promoted "electrogravitics" and proposed Project Winterhaven.
- Electrogravitics — The claimed link between electricity and gravity promoted by Thomas Townsend Brown.
- Nick Cook — Jane's Defence Weekly aviation editor and author of The Hunt for Zero Point.
- The Hunt for Zero Point — Nick Cook's 2001 book on secret anti-gravity research.
On the Timeline
- Ruppelt's account of the Estimate of the Situation (February 1956) — Edward Ruppelt writes he once saw a top-secret 'Estimate of the Situation' on UAP.
- Varo edition of The Case for the UFO (April 1956) — Navy researchers receive an annotated copy of Morris Jessup's UFO book with strange handwritten notes.
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References
- "Electrogravitics Systems" (GRG-013/56), Thomas Townsend Brown family website · thomastownsendbrown.com · archived copy
- "Electrogravitics Systems", CUFON · cufon.org · archived copy
- Thomas Townsend Brown — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Electrogravitics Systems report", UFO Scans · ufoscans.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Hangar 18 (the legend and 1980 film) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- 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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