Paul Czysz and the zero-point energy claim
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Contents 8
| Date | November 2000 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Propulsion & physics (topic), Bases & Area 51 (topic) |
| People | Paul Czysz |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 143 |
| Year | 2000 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2000 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 5 |
In testimony recorded for Steven Greer's Disclosure Project in November 2000, aerospace engineer Paul Czysz said that a friend of his had visited a "mathematical genius" in Ann Arbor, Michigan, who had worked out how to control zero-point energy — the energy of the quantum vacuum — and had a device running in his basement.[1]
Czysz
Czysz, then a professor of aeronautical engineering at Parks College in St. Louis, served at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base before spending about thirty years at McDonnell Douglas on hypersonic aircraft, flying from Mach 4 to Mach 12, much of it in classified or compartmented projects. He later wrote a "Space Access" report for the Pentagon-funded AAWSAP programme.[1][2]
His testimony
Czysz recalled a night at Wright-Patterson when 151 calls came in about objects flying along U.S. Route 40 and turning north at Columbus towards Detroit, tracked on radar at an estimated 20,000 mph. He described how compartmented projects work, and said large slow triangles seen over Palmdale differed from the fast ones reported over Belgium. He argued that such craft could be explained only through quantum physics and a coupling with "the energy that permeates space".[1]
The zero-point claim
Czysz said people had accidentally tapped zero-point energy many times, sometimes calling it cold fusion, but that apart from three people he knew of no one had been able to control it. The Ann Arbor man, he said, had a device running unconnected to any power source for a year, was terrified someone would kill him for the knowledge, and had not been seen for five years; he claimed that releasing bottled zero-point energy elsewhere could tear "the time domain of local space".[1]
Assessment
The Ann Arbor researcher was never named, and no such breakthrough has been demonstrated. Most physicists doubt that zero-point energy can be tapped for useful power.[1][3]
People and topics
- McDonnell Douglas — The aerospace company that ran several quiet studies of UFOs and propulsion.
- Zero-point energy — The lowest possible energy of a physical system, which some hope to tap for power.
- Paul Czysz — Hypersonics engineer at McDonnell Douglas and Saint Louis University.
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — The Ohio air base that housed Project Blue Book and is linked to the Hangar 18 legend.
- Disclosure Project — Steven Greer's campaign for UFO disclosure, best known for its May 2001 press conference.
On the Timeline
- Pentagon audit discovery story (2000) (9 May 2000) — Puthoff tells Vallée a story about a secret program uncovered in a Pentagon audit.
- Advanced Deep Space Transport group (2001) — A deep-space propulsion study group examines exotic propulsion.
See every 2000 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Disclosure Project Briefing Document (2001), Internet Archive (PDF) · archive.org · archived copy
- "AAWSAP DIRDs", The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- Zero-point energy — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Interview with Paul Czysz — Secret Projects forum · secretprojects.co.uk · archived copy
- archive.org · archive.org · 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
- Zero-point energy — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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