The Hunt for Zero Point
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| Type | Book, film or media |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Hunt for Zero Point |
| On the Timeline | 9 events, 1952–2002 |
The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology is a book by British aviation journalist Nick Cook, published in the United Kingdom in 2001 and in the United States in 2002. It argues that Nazi Germany worked on antigravity technology, that the United States secretly acquired it after the war, and that the results may explain some UFO sightings.[1][2]
Author
Cook was aviation editor of the respected defence magazine Jane's Defence Weekly in the 1990s, a background that gave the book unusual credibility among readers. He describes the book as the result of a ten-year investigation.[1][2]
Claims
According to Cook, the United States took Nazi antigravity research at the end of the Second World War, tested it in aircraft that may have caused postwar UFO reports, and may have used it in later aircraft such as the B-2 bomber. He presents a claim by Polish writer Igor Witkowski that the Nazis built a glowing, rotating device known as "the Bell" (Die Glocke), and argues that SS official Hans Kammler had the technology hidden and traded it to the United States in return for his freedom. The book also discusses zero-point energy and the work of physicist Harold Puthoff.[1][2][3]
Reception
The book was widely read and is credited with popularising the Die Glocke story in the English-speaking world. Reviewing it for Salon, Kurt Kleiner said that although its subject was reasonable to investigate, its evidence relied on enthusiasts and internet sources, misread documents, and treated missing evidence as proof of a cover-up. Skeptic Brian Dunning called it a tale of cranks and inventors.[1][2][4]
On the UAP Timeline
- Project Winterhaven (1952) — Physicist Thomas Townsend Brown proposes Project Winterhaven, a military study of electrogravitic propulsion.
- Herald Tribune "Conquest of Gravity" series (20 November 1955) — A newspaper reports on research into the 'secret of gravity' at top U.S. laboratories.
- Electrogravitics Systems report (1956) (25 February 1956) — A study of electrogravitics, the link between electricity and gravity, is delivered to Wright-Patterson.
- Rudolf Lusar and the Nazi disc claims (1958) — An Air Force intelligence group analyzes a German author's claims about Nazi flying discs.
- Northrop electroaerodynamics research (1968) (1968) — Northrop researchers publish work on reducing drag with electric fields.
- Hutchison Effect (1983) — An Army intelligence group studies the 'Hutchison Effect', claimed to produce antigravity.
- Nick Cook's Skunk Works chart (Late 1990s) — Author Nick Cook claims he glimpsed a chart of secret Skunk Works projects.
- AGARDograph 313 and gyroscopic drives (March 1990) — A NATO aerospace study discusses a gyroscopic device said to counteract gravity.
- Puthoff on black-budget physics (2002) (2002) — Puthoff tells author Nick Cook there is solid evidence of secret aerospace programs.
References
- Nick Cook (writer) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Kurt Kleiner, review of The Hunt for Zero Point, Salon (5 Aug 2002) · salon.com · archived copy
- "The Hunt for Zero Point" review, Ian Tregillis · iantregillis.com · archived copy
- Brian Dunning, Skeptoid episode on Die Glocke (#4293) · skeptoid.com · archived copy
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