Eugene Podkletnov
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| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Podkletnov |
| On the Timeline | 6 events, 1997–2020 |
Eugene Podkletnov is a Russian materials engineer who worked at Tampere University of Technology in Finland in the early 1990s. In 1992 he published a paper claiming that objects above a rapidly spinning, magnetically levitated superconducting disc lost up to about 2% of their weight.
Reaction
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The claim attracted wide attention as possible "gravity shielding". NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center tried to reproduce the experiment, and Boeing's Phantom Works reportedly looked into it in 2002. None of these efforts confirmed the effect. A later claim by Podkletnov about an "impulse gravity generator" was also not reproduced.
Significance
Podkletnov's work is often cited in discussions of secret anti-gravity research, but mainstream physicists consider the effect unproven, possibly due to experimental error.
On the UAP Timeline
- Ning Li superconductor gravity test (1 August 1997) — NASA and university scientists publish gravity-related experiment results.
- James Cox antigravity classification (1998) (January 1998) — An antigravity newsletter proposes seven possible types of antigravity devices.
- Boeing and Podkletnov (BBC report, 2002) (29 July 2002) — BBC News reports Boeing researchers are looking at a Russian scientist's antigravity work.
- Project GRASP (29 July 2002) — Jane's reports Boeing's Project GRASP says gravity control would transform aerospace.
- Project Greenglow (December 2015) — A BAE engineer discloses Project Greenglow, a UK gravity-control research project.
- Podkletnov gold-layer claim (2020) (4 February 2020) — Russian engineer Eugene Podkletnov claims an effect resembling gravity modification.
References
- Eugene Podkletnov — 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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