The Secret History of Anti-Gravity and Quantum Gravity Research

Timeline

1948

• Formation of the Gravity Research Foundation by Roger Babson

1953

• Bryce Seligman DeWitt is the first well-respected physicist to win the Gravity Research Foundation essay contest

1955

• Formation of the Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)
• September 7: Incorporation of The Institute for Field Physics at UNC Chapel Hill by Agnew Bahnson, directed by Bryce DeWitt and Cécile DeWitt-Morette

1957

• January 18-23: Conference on the Role of Gravitation in Physics at UNC Chapel Hill

1973

• Mansfield Amendment terminates Department of Defense funding for anti-gravity research

Relevant People

• Roger Babson
• Agnew H. Bahnson
• Bryce Seligman DeWitt
• Cécile DeWitt-Morette
• Edward Witten
• Louis Witten
• Solomon Lefschetz
• Rudolf E. Kálmán
• Sheldon Glashow
• Peter Higgs

Relevant Institutions

• Gravity Research Foundation
• Institute for Field Physics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)
• Glenn L. Martin Company
• Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Videos

Eric Weinstein Λ Mick West: UAPs, Evidence, Skepticism

Avi Loeb + Eric Weinstein: NASA gets into UAPs, Galileo Project update, and Government Competence

The Physics of UFOs: Eric Weinstein + Hal Puthoff

Joe Rogan Experience #1945

See Also

• The Price of Gravity: Private Patronage and the Transformation of Gravitational Physics after World War II by David Kaiser & Dean Rickles
• The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference
• Behind the scenes of the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference on the role of gravitation in physics by Dean Rickles