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NEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCE COMMENTS ON GRAVITY DROP TESTS PERFORMED BY DONALD A. KELLY not only between DC current and 60 hertz AC, but with various other frequencies and various wave-forms of AC. The apparatus used is a rack with a mechanical release mechanism and two microswitches to activate a counter, as more closely described in Kelly’s own wanarte measuring the weight of the plates, using an analogue scale, noting the weight with and without connection to DC voltage. INUCCHAMIVAL ICICASS MIOVMAIDI alu LWwu microswitches to activate a counter, as The observed unequivocal lengthening of more closely described in Kelly’s own ‘travel time’ of the test plates suggests that reports. some interaction is occurring between a The results have shown a significant moving magnetic and/or electrical field and lengthening of measured drop times in the a ‘gravitational field’ or a 'space back- magnetic and/or energised state as com- ground’. pared to the inert/non-energised state of the The interaction is null as long as the test weights (plates). plates are stationary. The following is a summary of results A question now arises: is the.observed described by Kelly. Note that drop times _ effect a consequence of motion or is it con- are measured in digital counter units, not in ~nected with acceleration? analogue time. The counter units can be The importance of this question might converted to seconds using a conversion not be immediately obvious, so I shall try factor of .00463. to explain. We see from these results that a signifi- If we are dealing with a resistance to cant and consistent lengthening of drop acceleration, we are witnessing an increase time has been recorded in all magnetic of inertial mass of the test object, deter- and/or energiscd test plates as compared mined by an electric and/or magnetic phe- with the inert/unenergised controls. nomenon, but without a corresponding No weight difference in stationary increase in gravitational mass. This would plates. A check has been made to ascertain be a phenomenon that is present without whether between the energised and unener- regard to motion as such; it would not be giscd modes of the test plates, there would measurable unless the object is subjected to be an observable weight change. acceleration, regardless of whether the No such change of weight between unen- acceleration is induced by Earth gravity or ergised and energised modes was observed, by some other means. Tf, on the other hand, we are dealing with a resistance to motion, we have to ask our- selves: resistance to motion against what? A resistance to motion would infer resis- tance against ‘changing of place’ in relation to a (stationary) field or background. This could be a gravitational field or a back-’ ground of space (ether) thought of as a kind of stationary grid system, stationary with regard to planet Earth in this case. A third possibility would be to hypothe- sise that the motion of the energised or magnetised test plates in some way 135 | 17 +14.4% decreases the influence of gravity on the rop time | Difference Difference mergised (per cent) plates, actually leading to a change in weight (lightening) of the test plates only 139 55 + 65.5% while in motion. This seems more unlike- ly, because a lighter test plate would not show such a large difference in drop time compared to a heavier but equally sized 159 4) + 34.7% plate as that shown in the experiments. onald A. Kelly, an independent more closely described in Kelly’s own researcher and consultant to the reports. Space Energy Association in The results have shown a significant Clearwater, Florida, has been lengthening of measured drop times in the performing, from 1991 onward, an impres- magnetic and/or energised state as com- sive series of tests that measure the behav- _ pared to the inert/non-energised state of the iour of dropping weights in a magnetised or _ weights (plates). electrically energised state as opposed to The following is a summary of results their behaviour in a nonmagnetised (inert) described by Kelly. Note that drop times state, are measured in digital counter units, not in Various forms of magnetisation and elec- analogue time. The counter units can be trical energisation have been used: perma- converted to seconds using a conversion nent magnets arranged both horizontally factor of .00463. and vertically on test plates, electromag- We see from these results that a signifi- nets, noninductive "Hooper-type" wind- cant and consistent lengthening of drop ings, as well as a combination of perma- time has been recorded in all magnetic nent magnets with bifilar, noninductive and/or energiscd test plates as compared coils. The electric energisation was with the inert/unenergiscd controls. achieved by direct current (12 volt DC) as No weight difference in stationary well as alternating current (12 volt 60 hertz plates. A check has been made to ascertain AC). Kelly described his results in various whether between the energised and unener- reports (see References). gised modes of the test plates, there would Work on these experiments is currently be an observable weight change. continuing with a view to investigating dif- No such change of weight between unen- ferences of behaviour of dropping weights _ergised and energised modes was observed, Difference (per cent) Drop time | Difference energised Energising mode Drop time inert Permanent magnet flat mount Permanent magnet +45.2% vertical mount + 33.3% Electromagnets DC energised Noninductive winding 118 + 14.4% DC energised Perm. magnet core + 65.5% and noninductive winding DC energised Noninductive winding 118 AC energised Electromagnets AC + 78.6% energised Perm. magnet core 084 153 69 + 82.1% and noninductive winding AC energised 12 + 17.6% 068 080 28 159 + 34.7% 118 41 CONCLUSION 150 + 78.6% Whatever the force involved will eventu- ally tun out to be, Kelly has made a dis- covery that must stimulate us to rethink some of the basics of physics in order to explain what is the mechanism responsible for the ‘abnormal’ behaviour of magnetised and/or otherwise energised plates. 54 © NEXUS MOTION OR ACCELERATION? © 1994 by Josef Hasslberger, Rome, Italy. DECEMBER 1994 - JANUARY 1995