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== Timeline ==
== Important Known Events ==


===1948===
===1948===


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Babson Roger Babson] forms the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Research_Foundation Gravity Research Foundation (GRF)]
* Formation of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Research_Foundation Gravity Research Foundation] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Babson Roger Babson]


===1953===
===1953===
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===1955===
===1955===


* George S Trimble, the vice president for aviation and advanced propulsion systems at the Glenn L. Martin Company, forms the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Institute_for_Advanced_Studies Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)], supervised by Welcome Bender
* Formation of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Institute_for_Advanced_Studies Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)]
* July 9: Initial meeting between Bryce DeWitt and Agnew Bahnson in Raleigh, N.C
* September 7: Incorporation of The Institute for Field Physics at UNC Chapel Hill by Agnew Bahnson, directed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt Bryce DeWitt] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cécile_DeWitt-Morette Cécile DeWitt-Morette]  
* September 7: Agnew Bahnson incorporates The Institute of Field Physics (IOFP) at UNC Chapel Hill, to be directed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt Bryce DeWitt] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cécile_DeWitt-Morette Cécile DeWitt-Morette]


===1957===
===1957===
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Glashow Sheldon Glashow]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Glashow Sheldon Glashow]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter Higgs]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter Higgs]
=== [https://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org/year#1949 Notable winners of the Gravity Research Foundation essay contest] ===
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt Bryce Seligman DeWitt] (1st place, 1953)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Arnowitt Richard Arnowitt] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Deser Stanley Deser] (1st place, 1954)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler John Archibald Wheeler] (2nd place, 1957)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Schwinger Julian Schwinger] (2nd place, 1975)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson Freeman Dyson] (4th place, 1962)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose Roger Penrose] (2nd place, 1966; 2nd place, 1968; 1st place, 1975)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking Stephen Hawking] (2nd place, 1965; 3rd place, 1966; 2nd place, 1968; 5th place, 1969; 1st place, 1971; 3rd place, 1974)


== Relevant Institutions ==
== Relevant Institutions ==


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Research_Foundation Gravity Research Foundation (GRF)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Research_Foundation Gravity Research Foundation]
* Institute for Field Physics (IOFP) at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]
* Institute for Field Physics at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Institute_for_Advanced_Studies Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Institute_for_Advanced_Studies Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Company Glenn L. Martin Company]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Company Glenn L. Martin Company]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright Curtiss-Wright Corporation]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright Curtiss-Wright Corporation]


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=== Videos ===
== Videos ==


'''The Physics of UFOs: Eric Weinstein + Hal Puthoff (February 11, 2022)'''
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'''Avi Loeb + Eric Weinstein: NASA gets into UAPs, Galileo Project update, and Government Competence (June 17, 2022)'''
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'''Eric Weinstein Λ Mick West: UAPs, Evidence, Skepticism (July 7, 2022)'''
'''The Physics of UFOs: Eric Weinstein + Hal Puthoff'''
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'''Joe Rogan Experience #1945 (February 22, 2023)'''
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== References ==
==See Also==


* [https://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www/HSNS4803_03_Kaiser.pdf The Price of Gravity: Private Patronage and the Transformation of Gravitational Physics after World War II] by [https://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www/ David Kaiser] & [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Rickles Dean Rickles]
* [https://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www/HSNS4803_03_Kaiser.pdf The Price of Gravity: Private Patronage and the Transformation of Gravitational Physics after World War II] by [https://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www/ David Kaiser] & Dean Rickles
* [https://edition-open-sources.org/media/sources/5/Sources5.pdf The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference]
* [https://edition-open-sources.org/media/sources/5/Sources5.pdf The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference]
* [https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/154-2-Rickles.pdf Behind the scenes of the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference on the role of gravitation in physics] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Rickles Dean Rickles]
* [https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/154-2-Rickles.pdf Behind the scenes of the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference on the role of gravitation in physics] by Dean Rickles
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