Investigation Status: Ongoing – Last Updated 2/17/2020

This page will continue to be updated as additional DIRD reports are released. Keep checking back as this page morphs throughout the next couple weeks, months and maybe even years. Make sure you also check out the To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, Tom Delonge, and the Secret DoD UFO Research Program page for additional information and my investigation into the AATIP program as a whole.

Background

In July of 2018, Mr. George Knapp released a leaked version of the 38 reports created under The Aerospace Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). On this, were various, highly scientific and technical reports, by various authors, regarding fusion, advanced propulsion etc. The exact role they played in the AATIP program, is unclear.

On January 16, 2019, Mr. Nick Pope, formerly of the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) who ran the “UFO Desk” there, received a similar list of reports, but from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)’s Office of Corporate Communications. At the same time, multiple FOIA requesters, including myself, were sent via postal mail, responses to various requests of the same.

This was my release, sent to me by the DIA, dated January 16, 2019:

There is some confusion on why the lists are different, which to the date of writing this page, that has been unaddressed.

Over the years, I spent countless hours requesting and collecting various scientific reports and research programs. I have taken time to reference my own archive, along with various resources, to cross reference the list of 38 reports to see what is available publicly, what is related and what is of greater interest to get released, as there is nothing in the public domain.

Below, you will find that research. The original numbered list are the AATIP reports. Below that, you will find additional information about the report, author, university, company etc. where available.

Document Archive

1. Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, Dr. George Miley, University of Illinois

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

From Wikipedia: George H. Miley (born 1933) is a professor emeritus of physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Miley is a Guggenheim Fellow and Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He was Senior NATO Fellow from 1994 to 1995, received the Edward Teller Medal in 1995, the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Award in Fusion Technology in 2003 and the Radiation Science and Technology Award in 2004. He holds several patents.

Dr. George Miley owns NPL Associates. He, along with NPL Associates, have been awarded numerous contracts about advanced propulsion research. His NASA contracts can be seen here and additional contracts seen here. This links do not serve as a full list of awarded contracts to Dr. Miley.

2. Advanced Nuclear Propulsion for Manned Deep Space Missions, Dr. F. Winterberg, University of Nevada

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

From Wikipedia: Friedwardt Winterberg (born June 12, 1929) is a German-American theoretical physicist and research professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. With more than 260 publications and three books, he is known for his research in areas spanning general relativity, Planck scale physics, nuclear fusion, and plasmas. His work in nuclear rocket propulsion earned him the 1979 Hermann Oberth Gold Medal of the Wernher von Braun International Space Flight Foundation and in 1981 a citation by the Nevada Legislature. He is also an honorary member of the German Aerospace Society Lilienthal-Oberth. He is known for his proposal to put accurate atomic clocks on Earth-orbiting satellites in order to directly test General Relativity, his fusion activism, his first proposal to experimentally test Elsasser’s theory of the geodynamo, his defense of rocket scientist Arthur Rudolph, and his involvement in the Albert Einstein-David Hilbert priority dispute.

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Winterberg

Thermonuclear Micro-Bomb Rocket Propulsion [98 Pages, 4.7MB] – The report describes an advanced nuclear rocket propulsion system based on a chain of exploding thermonuclear micro-bombs ignited in front of a concave magnetic reflector open at one side. It is shown that for such a propulsion system to work with ideally high efficiency the following conditions have to be satisfied: the thermonuclear material for the micro-bombs has to be a stoichiometric mixture of He3 and D in solid or liquid form, and the ignition of the micro-bombs has to be accomplished by an intense relativistic electron beam.

3. Pulsed High-Power Microwave Technology, Dr. James Wells, JW Enterprises

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

4. Space Access, Dr. P. Czysz, HyperTech

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

Dr. Paul Czysz is a Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at Parks College in St. Louis. He spent 8 years in the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and another 30 years working for McDonnell Douglas in the field of exotic technologies. While at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, he was involved in tracking UFOs over Missouri, Ohio and Michigan. These UFOs were seen by many people: military, local police, and civilians, and were clocked at speeds around 20,000 MPH as they performed unusual silent maneuvers. Dr Czysz spent more than half his career at McDonnell-Douglas working on classified and compartmentalized projects, and testifies to the processes involved in maintaining secrecy on these projects. He warns against the human tendency to make every new technology into a weapon, pointing out that our weaponization of space does not address the threat of earth terrorists, and the idea of using these weapons against extraterrestrial targets would be suicidal.

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Czysz

SUPERSONIC HYDROGEN COMBUSTION STUDIES [48 Pages, 1.5MB] – The purpose of this test was to develop diagnostic techniques for the detection of hydrogen combustion in a hypersonic high temperature air stream. This was accomplished by ejecting hydrogen through sonic nozzles oriented normal to the airstream in the case of the flat plate model and at a 45-degree angle downstream in the case of the stepped flat plate model. The hydrogen gas was ejected into a high temperature airstream (T sub 0 4000 R) at Mach Number 4.14 to 4.24. The data is presented in three forms: (1) photographs; (2) graphical; and (3) oscillo graph traces.

5. Advanced Space Propulsion Based on Vacuum (Spacetime Metric) Engineering, Dr. Hal Puthoff, EarthTech International

Report Status: Released by George Knapp, KLAS-TV

Additional Information about the Author

According to To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science: “Dr. Harold E. Puthoff is the co-founder and Vice President of Science and Technology of TTS Academy. Since 1985, Dr. Puthoff has served as President and CEO of EarthTech International, Inc. (ETI), and Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin (IASA). He has published numerous papers on electron-beam devices, lasers and space propulsion and has patents issued in the laser, communications, and energy fields. Dr. Puthoff’s professional background spans more than five decades of research at General Electric, Sperry, the National Security Agency, Stanford University and SRI International. Dr. Puthoff regularly advises NASA , the Department of Defense and intelligence communities, corporations and foundations on leading-edge technologies and future technology trends. He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1967 and won a Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement in 2017 that recognizes individuals that have achieved greatness in their industry and have excelled in their field for at least 20 years. “

6. BioSensors and BioMEMS, Dr. Bruce Towe, University of Arizona

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to Arizona State University: “Professor Towe performs research in the area of neurostimulation, microelectronic implants, bioelectronics, and biomedical instrumentation. His research work has been supported by NASA, NIH, NSF, as well as by the American Heart Association, Arizona Disease Control Research Commission, Flinn Foundation, and the Whitaker Foundation. A recent interest has been in the transfer of ASU neursotimulation technology to small business. Classes he teaches include: BME-413 Biomedical Instrumentation (3) BME-423 Biomedical Instrumentation Lab (1) BME-522 Biosensors (3) BME-566 Medical Imaging (3). Professsor Towe participates in the neuroengineering emphasis within the school as well as in the Medical Imaging emphasis in teaching of the coursework.”

In 2002, Dr. Towe participated in a $100,000 grant to study AN ULTRASONIC NEURAL STIMULATOR. According to details about the contract: “A remarkable and unexpected interaction effect between high frequency ultrasound energy and bioelectrically excitable tissue will be employed to the development of a line of advanced microstimulators for medical neurogenic applications An excised nerve preparation as well as hippocampal tissue slices of the rat brain will be used as physiologic models for further study of the ultrasound interactions with natural and applied bioelectric currents. The limits of ultrasound effectiveness in this application, some preliminary evaluations of its safety, and exploration of different methods of applying the ultrasound to neural tissue will be conducted. Micro-sized ultrasound transducers will be fabricated using photographic techniques and submillimeter diameter lithium niobate crystals in an effort to characterize the ultimate limits of its miniaturization and potential for implantation. This work will serve to underpin a new approach to neuro-electric stimulation that uses ultrasound energy to substantially reduce the current levels required to stimulate nerves in the body and possibly open up new applications of neural stimulation.”

In 2009, Dr. Towe was involved in research for, “wireless ultrasound-powered biotelemetry for implants.”

7. Invisibility Cloaking, Dr. Ulf Leonhardt, University of Dr. Andrews

Report Status: Released by George Knapp, KLAS-TV

Additional Information about the Author

According to The Dover Math and Science Newsletter, “Ulf Leonhardt is a Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder for the Royal Society of London and currently the Chair in Theoretical Physics at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He is the co-author together with Thomas Philbin of Geometry and Light: The Science of Invisibility, published by Dover Publications in October 2010.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Leonhardt

In 2006, Dr. Leonhardt gave a presentation at NASA’s Fundamental Physics in Space Symposium held in Washington, D.C. Here is his PowerPoint presentation from that lecture.

8. Traversable Wormholes, Stargates and Negative Energy, Dr. Eric Davis, EarthTech International

Report Status: Leaked, But Verified “Real” by Dr. Davis

Additional Information about the Author

According to the LifeBoat Foundation website, “Dr. Eric W. Davis, FBIS received his Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Arizona in 1991. His fields of specialization include spacecraft exploration of the outer solar system, planetary sciences, relativity theory and cosmology, space mission engineering, and NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics. Eric is a research physicist at the Institute for Advanced Studies-Austin and EarthTech International, and is also the CEO of Warp Drive Metrics (now in Austin, TX). He contracts with and consults to the Air Force Research Laboratory/Propulsion Directorate-Propellants Branch and the Department of Defense. During 1996–2002 he was with the National Institute for Discovery Science in Las Vegas, NV where he served as the staff Aerospace/Astro-Physics researcher. He also participated in and consulted to the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program, and cofounded the Advanced Deep Space Transport Technology Assessment (Breakthrough Propulsion Physics) Group at NASA-JSC.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Davis

Advanced Propulsion Study, Air Force Research Laboratory, September 2004 by Dr. Eric W. Davis [103 Pages, 4MB]

9. High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Communications, Dr. Robert Baker, GravWave

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to Dr. Baker’s website, “Robert M L Baker, Jr. was born in Los Angeles on September 1, 1930. He has been married to his wife Bonnie since 1964 and has three grown children. Baker earned a bachelor’s degree in Physics at UCLA with highest honors (summa cum laude – first in his class), member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Manager of the UCLA Yearbook, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, earned a master’s degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Engineering at UCLA– the Ph.D. degree with a specialization in space navigation was, according to UCLA officials, the first of its kind to be granted in the United States. Dr. Baker was on the faculty of the Department of Astronomy at UCLA from 1959 to 1963 and the Department of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA from 1963 to 1971 as a Lecturer and Assistant Professor. During that time he was a Lecturer at the United States Air Force Academy. While on a two-year tour of active duty in the Air Force he worked on a variety of classified aerospace projects. In 1961 he became the Head of the Lockheed’s Astrodynamics Research Center in Bel Air, California and in 1964 joined Computer Sciences Corporation as the Associate Manager for Mathematical Analysis. In 1980 he was elected President of West Coast University, an accredited university for the adult learner (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology or ABET and Western Association of Schools and Colleges or WASC) now operating under the auspices of American Career College in Los Angeles. After retiring from West Coast University in 1997 as President and Professor of Engineering, Dr. Baker became the Senior Consultant for Transportation Sciences Corporation and GRAVWAVE© LLC. He won the UCLA Physics Prize, was recipient of the Dirk Brouwer Award for outstanding contributions in astrodynamics and orbital mechanics, was a recipient of the Outstanding Man of the Year Junior Chamber of Commerce award in 1965 presented to him by Ronald Reagan and the 2011 “Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in the Field of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves” Awarded during the joint Conference of the International Institute of Information and Systems (IIIS), International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Applications: ICTA 2011, the International Institute for Design Marketing in Science, Education and Technology (DeMset) and the 17th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis: ISAS 2011. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was national chairman of the Astrodynamics Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) from 1961 to 1964, was Editor of the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences from 1963 to 1975, was appointed by the U S Secretary of Education, William Bennett, to the National Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility of the Department of Education from 1987 to 1989, was appointed to the Academic Review Committee on Gravitational Research with the U. S. Army (Redstone Arsenal) from 2001 to 2003, Vice Chairperson of the first International HFGW Conference and Workshop at the MITRE Corporation in 2003, Honorary Chairman of the second International High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Workshop at Austin Texas in September 2007, Chairman of the third Workshop in Huntsville, Alabama in 2009, appointed Chairman of the HFGW Symposium at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in 2010 and Advisory Professor Chongqing University, China 2004 and 2008. Dr Baker is the inventor of the Li-Baker High-Frequency Gravitational Wave (HFGW) Detector the double-helix HFGW generator or transmitter. Since 2004 he accomplished research and development of an electrical muscle and cell treatment device, the Electrolift ®, which he patented with L. S. Moy, MD, to reverse the aging process of a person’s skin. He was the author of several textbooks and over one hundred company reports, symposium papers, and journal articles in the area of astrodynamics, unmanned sail-craft design, perfectly radiation-absorbent materials, skin treatment, celestial mechanics, and High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGWs) including An Introduction to Astrodynamics (1960) with Maud W. Makemson and Astrodynamics: Applications and Advanced Topics (1969). Dr. Baker has been Project Manager on three prototype development, fabrication, and test projects concerning unmanned sea-craft under contract to the U. S. Navy and Principal Investigator on several NASA and USAF projects while Director of Lockheed’s Astrodynamic Research Center. As President of West Coast University Dr. Baker coordinated the activities of six groups of scientists and engineers spread throughout Southern California. Dr. Baker has been interested in the dynamics of gravitational fields since the 1950’s and gravitational-wave research since the early 1960’s. He holds six patents and several pending patents in the United States, Europe, Canada and China in the areas of electronic non-invasive facelift devices, HFGW applications and gravitational-wave generation and detection in the laboratory.”

In 2010, Dr. Baker published a paper regarding, “Applications of High‐Frequency Gravitational Waves to the Global War on Terror“.

10. Role of Superconductors in Gravity Research, Dr. George Hathaway, Hathaway Consulting

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to his now defunct website, “George Hathaway, P.E. graduated from the Dep’t of Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1974 and is a Registered Professional Engineer. As founder and principal of HRI, he is responsible for scientific and engineering “hands-on” project management from concept to completion and is the chief designer with final oversight and accountability whilst managing and directing multiple projects simultaneously. He is a consultant on novel and exotic materials, energy production and propulsion concepts and is expert on experimental design, analysis, testing and technical drawing and report writing. George is also a machinist with considerable experience in all cutting, turning, milling, joining and fabrication operations and is an expert on scientific and engineering measurements and their misuse. He is also a reviewer for several scientific publications and author of the book “Mindbending: The Hutchison Files”.”

11. Antigravity for Aerospace Applications, Dr. Eric Davis, EarthTech International

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the LifeBoat Foundation website, “Dr. Eric W. Davis, FBIS received his Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Arizona in 1991. His fields of specialization include spacecraft exploration of the outer solar system, planetary sciences, relativity theory and cosmology, space mission engineering, and NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics. Eric is a research physicist at the Institute for Advanced Studies-Austin and EarthTech International, and is also the CEO of Warp Drive Metrics (now in Austin, TX). He contracts with and consults to the Air Force Research Laboratory/Propulsion Directorate-Propellants Branch and the Department of Defense. During 1996–2002 he was with the National Institute for Discovery Science in Las Vegas, NV where he served as the staff Aerospace/Astro-Physics researcher. He also participated in and consulted to the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program, and cofounded the Advanced Deep Space Transport Technology Assessment (Breakthrough Propulsion Physics) Group at NASA-JSC.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Davis

Advanced Propulsion Study, Air Force Research Laboratory, September 2004 by Dr. Eric W. Davis [103 Pages, 4MB]

12. Field Effects on Biological Tissues, Dr. Kit Green, Wayne State University

Alternate Title: Clinical Medical Acute & Subacute Field Effects on Human Dermal & Neurological Tissues

Report Status: Released by Tim McMillan, Popular Mechanics

Additional Information about the Author

According to the International Remote Viewing Association, “Christopher (Kit) Green, M.D., Ph.D. is an Assistant Dean (Asia Pacific) of the Wayne State School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. He holds clinical appointments as Professor in the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences of the Harper University Hospital, Detroit Medical Center. He is also Professor at the Institute of Biophysics / Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He maintains an active clinical private medical practice in forensic medicine and neuroimaging, neurogenomics, and neurotoxicology. Kit’s specialty includes the determination of morbidity and mortality of neurological and psychiatric disease due to unsuspected etiology. 20% of his medical practice is pro bono related to the forensic investigation and diagnosis of patients injured by anomalous events. His career began with the US Federal Government in 1969 as a Senior Division Analyst for neurosciences at the Central Intelligence Agency. In the mid-’70s he was the first analyst and program manager for Remote Viewing research. He became a Branch Chief, Deputy Division Director, and Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology. He joined General Motors Corporation in 1985 as head of Life, Materials and Environmental Sciences, and later became Executive Director of Technology Intelligence, and Chief Technology Officer for GM Asia Pacific Operations. Kit returned to the full-time practice of medicine and became a faculty member at the Wayne State School of Medicine in 2002. Since 1985 he continuously has also served on over a dozen Federal science boards and positions, including as Chair of the Board on Army Science and Technology, and as a founder of the National Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council (NRC) Standing Committee on Technology Insight-Gauge, Evaluate, and Review (TIGER). In this recent assignment he was Chair of the two-year, 19-member study on Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies of the Committee on Military and Intelligence Methodology for Emergent Neurophysiological and Cognitive/Neural Research in the Next Two Decades. He recently was Chair, of the Independent Science Panel for the Undersecretary of the Army for Operations Research and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Matters. He holds the National Intelligence Medal, and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. He was elected a Lifetime National Associate of the US National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences in January, 2012.”

13. Positron Aerospace Propulsion, Dr. Gerald Smith, Positronics Research

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to Elvie Internation Corporation’s Executive Bios, “Dr. Gerald A. Smith is responsible for the development of the proprietary technology and is AlertTech’s Chief Scientist. Dr. Smith received his B.A. in physics (magna cum laude) from Miami University (Ohio) in 1957. He received his M.S. (1958) and Ph.D. (1961) in physics at Yale University. He is a second-generation graduate student of Nobel Laureate Enrico Fermi, and spent his early post-doctoral years (1961-66) serving as Assistant Professor under Nobel Laureate Luis Alvarez at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1968 he created a high-energy physics research program at Michigan State University, where he was on the faculty until 1982. While on leave he served as Associate Laboratory Director for High Energy Physics at the Argonne National Laboratory (1978). In 1983 he became Director of the Laboratory for Elementary Particle Science and Physics Department Head at The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Smith was spokesperson for several major international collaborations working at Brookhaven National Laboratory, CERN, Fermilab and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He has over 300 journal-refereed publications, 200 invited papers and lectures, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Dr. Smith oversaw the development of two antiproton traps, the Mark I portable trap built for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the High Performance Antimatter Trap (HiPAT) for the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Dr. Smith became Professor Emeritus from Penn State in 2000. In 2001 Dr. Smith founded Positronics Research LLC (PRLLC), a small business that develops high technology solutions to national security and space systems.”

In 2006, Dr. Smith’s research was referenced in the NASA article, “New and Improved Antimatter Spaceship for Mars Missions“. His website now seems to be defunct.

14. Concepts for Extracting Energy from the Quantum Vacuum, Dr. Eric Davis, EarthTech International

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the LifeBoat Foundation website, “Dr. Eric W. Davis, FBIS received his Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Arizona in 1991. His fields of specialization include spacecraft exploration of the outer solar system, planetary sciences, relativity theory and cosmology, space mission engineering, and NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics. Eric is a research physicist at the Institute for Advanced Studies-Austin and EarthTech International, and is also the CEO of Warp Drive Metrics (now in Austin, TX). He contracts with and consults to the Air Force Research Laboratory/Propulsion Directorate-Propellants Branch and the Department of Defense. During 1996–2002 he was with the National Institute for Discovery Science in Las Vegas, NV where he served as the staff Aerospace/Astro-Physics researcher. He also participated in and consulted to the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program, and cofounded the Advanced Deep Space Transport Technology Assessment (Breakthrough Propulsion Physics) Group at NASA-JSC.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Davis

Advanced Propulsion Study, Air Force Research Laboratory, September 2004 by Dr. Eric W. Davis [103 Pages, 4MB]

15. An Introduction to the Statistical Drake Equation, Dr. Claudio Maccone, International Academy of Astronautics

Report Status: Currently Unreleased (Identical Report Below?)

Additional Information about the Author

According to Wikipedia, “Claudio Maccone (born 6 February 1948, Torino, Italy) is an Italian SETI astronomer, space scientist and mathematician. In 2002 he was awarded the “Giordano Bruno Award” by the SETI League, “for his efforts to establish a radio observatory on the far side of the Moon.” In 2010 he was appointed Technical Director for Scientific Space exploration by the International Academy of Astronautics. Since 2012, he has chaired the SETI Permanent Committee of the International Academy of Astronautics, succeeding Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute, who held that position from 2002 to 2012. Maccone’s two vice-chairs are his fellow Academicians Michael Garrett (astronomer), Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics and Leonid Gurvits (IJVE).”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Maccone

– The Statistical Drake Equation (Is this the same report?)

– Evo-SETI: A Mathematical Tool for Cladistics, Evolution, and SETI

– Energy of Extra-Terrestrial Civilizations according to Evo-SETI Theory

16. Maverick Inventor Versus Corporate Inventor, Dr. George Hathaway, Hathaway Consulting

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to his now defunct website, “George Hathaway, P.E. graduated from the Dep’t of Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1974 and is a Registered Professional Engineer. As founder and principal of HRI, he is responsible for scientific and engineering “hands-on” project management from concept to completion and is the chief designer with final oversight and accountability whilst managing and directing multiple projects simultaneously. He is a consultant on novel and exotic materials, energy production and propulsion concepts and is expert on experimental design, analysis, testing and technical drawing and report writing. George is also a machinist with considerable experience in all cutting, turning, milling, joining and fabrication operations and is an expert on scientific and engineering measurements and their misuse. He is also a reviewer for several scientific publications and author of the book “Mindbending: The Hutchison Files”.”

17. Biomaterials, Dr. Bruce Towe, University of Arizona

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to Arizona State University: “Professor Towe performs research in the area of neurostimulation, microelectronic implants, bioelectronics, and biomedical instrumentation. His research work has been supported by NASA, NIH, NSF, as well as by the American Heart Association, Arizona Disease Control Research Commission, Flinn Foundation, and the Whitaker Foundation. A recent interest has been in the transfer of ASU neursotimulation technology to small business. Classes he teaches include: BME-413 Biomedical Instrumentation (3) BME-423 Biomedical Instrumentation Lab (1) BME-522 Biosensors (3) BME-566 Medical Imaging (3). Professsor Towe participates in the neuroengineering emphasis within the school as well as in the Medical Imaging emphasis in teaching of the coursework.”

In 2002, Dr. Towe participated in a $100,000 grant to study AN ULTRASONIC NEURAL STIMULATOR. According to details about the contract: “A remarkable and unexpected interaction effect between high frequency ultrasound energy and bioelectrically excitable tissue will be employed to the development of a line of advanced microstimulators for medical neurogenic applications An excised nerve preparation as well as hippocampal tissue slices of the rat brain will be used as physiologic models for further study of the ultrasound interactions with natural and applied bioelectric currents. The limits of ultrasound effectiveness in this application, some preliminary evaluations of its safety, and exploration of different methods of applying the ultrasound to neural tissue will be conducted. Micro-sized ultrasound transducers will be fabricated using photographic techniques and submillimeter diameter lithium niobate crystals in an effort to characterize the ultimate limits of its miniaturization and potential for implantation. This work will serve to underpin a new approach to neuro-electric stimulation that uses ultrasound energy to substantially reduce the current levels required to stimulate nerves in the body and possibly open up new applications of neural stimulation.”

In 2009, Dr. Towe was involved in research for, “wireless ultrasound-powered biotelemetry for implants.”

18. Metamaterials for Aerospace Applications, Dr. G. Shvets, University of Texas — Austin

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to Cornell University’s website, “Gennady Shvets received his Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1995. Previously he has held research positions at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and was on the faculty of the Illinois Institute of Technology. His research interests include nanophotonics, optical and microwave metamaterials and their applications (including bio-sensing, optoelectronic devices, and vacuum electronics), and plasma physics. He is the author or coauthor of more than 180 papers in refereed journals, including Science, Nature Physics, Nature Materials, Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, and Nano Letters. Dr. Shvets was a Department of Energy Postdoctoral Fellow in 1995-96. According to the ISI Web of Science, his work was cited over 7,000 times, giving him an h-factor of 45. He was a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2000. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and Optical Society of America (OSA). Professor Shvets is one of the pioneers in the emerging field of plasmonic metamaterials, especially in the infrared part of the spectrum. He and his colleagues were the first to experimentally implementing the concept of the Infrared Perfect Lens based on polaritonic materials (SiC), and the first to experimentally investigate optical properties of the so-called hyperbolic metamaterials that enable the propagation of sub-diffraction light waves. His most recent work deals with the applications of metamaterials and plasmonics to infrared light generation and harvesting, concentrated solar energy and thermo-photovoltaic systems, biosensing and molecular fingerprinting of proteins and live cells using metamaterial arrays, optical imaging with sub-diffraction resolution using nanoparticle labels, photonic topological insulators, graphene-based metamaterials, and electron beam-driven metamaterials. He is particularly interested in the integration of metamaterials and metasurfaces with various applications-specific platforms such as microfluidics, and in developing metamaterials-inspired devices that utilize non-traditional active, nonlinear, and low-loss materials such as graphene, quantum dots, silicon, and silicon carbide. Prof. Shvets is also a leader in the fields of advanced accelerator science and theoretical laser-plasma interactions, with specific emphasis on laser-plasma accelerators. His signature accomplishments include the inventions of the parametric laser compression in plasmas, of the electron self-injection into evolving plasma “bubbles”, and of the synergistic laser-wakefield and direct-laser acceleration in the plasma bubble regime.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Shvets

Experimental demonstration of the microscopic origin of circular dichroism in two-dimensional metamaterials [8 Pages, 2MB] – Optical activity and circular dichroism are fascinating physical phenomena originating from the interaction of light with chiral molecules or other nano objects lacking mirror symmetries in three-dimensional (3D) space. While chiral optical properties are weak in most of naturally occurring materials, they can be engineered and significantly enhanced in synthetic optical media known as chiral metamaterials, where the spatial symmetry of their building blocks is broken on a nanoscale. Although originally discovered in 3D structures, circular dichroism can also emerge in a two-dimensional (2D) metasurface. The origin of the resulting circular dichroism is rather subtle, and is related to non-radiative (Ohmic) dissipation of the constituent metamolecules. Because such dissipation occurs on a nanoscale, this effect has never been experimentally probed and visualized. Using a suite of recently developed nanoscale-measurement tools, we establish that the circular dichroism in a nanostructured metasurface occurs due to handedness-dependent Ohmic heating.

19. Warp Drive, Dark Energy and the Manipulation of Extra Dimensions, Dr. R. Obousy, Obousy Consultants

Report Status: Released by George Knapp, KLAS-TV

Additional Information about the Author

According to Icarus Interstellar, “Dr. Richard K. Obousy (Ph.D (Physics) Baylor University 2008), is a Director for Icarus Interstellar, a non-profit research foundation dedicated to researching technologies that will enable breakthroughs in interstellar travel. He served as President of Icarus Interstellar for a two year term between 2011 and 2013. He is also a regular guest contributor for Discovery Space News. Dr. Obousy completed his Ph.D in theoretical physics in 2008, with a dissertation titled “Investigation into Compactified Dimensions: Casimir Energies and Phenomenological Aspects“, which was largely focused on understanding the nature of the vacuum of quantum field theory. Prior to studying for his Ph.D, Dr. Obousy worked for the UK Defense Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) as a radar physicist. He successfully organized an award-winning polarimetric radar experiment in Hawaii in 2001. He was recently a chapter contributor for the book “Going Interstellar”, edited by Jack McDevitt and Les Johnson (Deputy Manager for the Advanced Concepts Office at NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center).”

20. Technological Approaches to Controlling External Devices in the Absence of Limb-Operated Interfaces, Dr. R. Genik, Wayne State University

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, as published in the Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications, “Richard J. Genik, II, is director of the Emergent Technology Research Division and research assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University. Among his many areas of expertise are the use of magnetic resonance imaging and the use of fMRI to measure cognitive workload in naturalistic, multitasking environments. Dr. Genik has 131 peer-reviewed publications, including “Watching people think” and “Scientific methods that may predict behaviors,” which appeared in Bio technology Trends Relevant to Warfare Initiatives in 2005. He has a Ph.D. in physics from Michigan State University and a B.S. in applied physics from Wayne State University.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Genik

Dr. Genik wrote Chapter 16 of the following document:

Bio-Inspired Innovation and National Security [376 Pages, 3.4MB]

21. Materials for Advanced Aerospace Platforms, Dr. J. Williams, Ohio State University

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to Ohio State University’s website, “MSE Professor Jim Williams retired from Ohio State in the fall of 2010, concluding a prestigious career in which he focused on microstructure-property relations, materials processing, materials characterization, technology policy, and the management of technology intensive organizations. Williams, who holds a doctorate degree from the University of Washington, served as Dean of Ohio State’s College of Engineering from 2001 to 2004. Before joining Ohio State, Williams held research and leadership positions at Boeing and Rockwell as well as GE, where he was instrumental in introducing several new materials and processes into the jet engine business. Williams also served as the General Chair for the National Research Council Committee evaluating the National Technology initiative and its progress in overseeing the government’s role in developing nanotechnologies.”

22. Metallic Glasses, Dr. T. Hufnagel, John Hopkins University

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to John Hopkins University’s website, “Todd C. Hufnagel is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, with a secondary appointment in Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on structural materials, nanomaterials, X-ray scattering, 3D microstructures, and metals. He earned his bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University; and his master’s and doctorate in materials science and engineering at Stanford University. He came to Johns Hopkins in 1996.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Hufnagel

Structure and Dynamics of Shear Bands in Metallic Glasses and Nanophase Composites [15 Pages, 3.9MB]

23. Aerospace Applications of Programmable Matter, Dr. W. McCarthy, Programmable Matter Corporation

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the SIGMA Forums website, “Wil McCarthy — Engineer/Novelist/Journalist/Entrepreneur. Wil McCarthy is a former contributing editor for Wired magazine and the science columnist for the SciFi Channel, where his popular “Lab Notes” column has been running since 1999. A lifetime member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, he has been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, AnLab, Colorado Book, Theodore Sturgeon and Philip K. Dick awards, and contributed to projects that won a Webbie, a Game Developers ‘ Choice Award, and a General Excellence National Magazine Award. His short fiction has graced the pages of magazines like Analog, Asimov ‘ s, Wired, and SF Age, and his novels include the New York Times Notable Bloom, Amazon.com “Best of Y2K” The Collapsium (a national bestseller) and, most recently, To Crush the Moon. He has also written for TV, appeared on The History Channel and The Science Channel, and published nonfiction in half a dozen magazines, including GQ, Popular Mechanics and IEEE Spectrum. Previously a flight controller for Lockheed Martin Space Launch Systems and later an engineering manager for Omnitech Robotics and CTO of Galileo Shipyards (an aerospace research laboratory), McCarthy is currently the president of The Programmable Matter Corporation in Lakewood, CO. His nonfiction bestseller, Hacking Matter, describes the ongoing research by major corporations and university laboratories into quantum-dot based “programmable matter”, promising enormous changes in both technology and society.”

24. Metallic Spintronics, Dr. M. Tsoi, University of Texas

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the University of Minnesota’s website, “Maxim Tsoi is a Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin. A graduate of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia (B.S. 1993; M.S. 1995) and Konstanz University, Germany (Ph.D. 1998), Dr. Tsoi joined the UT faculty in 2003, after serving as a postdoctoral member of the technical staff at IBM Almaden Research Center, Michigan State University, and the Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laborotory of Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. His research interests include conduction electron/interface interactions, spin-polarized transport in mesoscopic structures, nanomagnetism and spintronics. Dr. Tsoi is a pioneer of experimental studies of Spin-Transfer Torque (STT). He was the first to demonstrate STT phenomenon in experiments with magnetic multilayers. His point-contact experiments with microwaves provided the first evidence of STT nano-oscillators . His experiments with exchange-biased spin valves gave the first evidence of STT in antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials and can be taken as the first step towards all-AFM spintronics. Dr. Tsoi is a recipient of the “Ragnar Holm Plaquette” awarded by the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden (2002) and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2006).”

25. Space-Communication Implications of Quantum Entanglement and Nonlocality, Dr. J. Cramer, University of Washington

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to Wikipedia, “John Gleason Cramer, Jr. (born October 24, 1934) is a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He has been an active participant with the STAR (Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC) Experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the particle accelerator at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.”

26. Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion I, Dr. V. Teofilo, Lockheed Martin

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the Cameron Group website, “Dr. Teofilo has 46 years of experience of research and design management of spacecraft and advanced energy technologies development. This includes 26 years’ experience at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. managing Spacecraft engineering design and development for Hubble Space Telescope and multiple Strategic Defense, USAF and NASA programs including the Mars Phoenix Lander. His experience also includes R&D at PNNL, Bechtel Research and Westinghouse on advanced nuclear fission and fusion reactors. He has also performed research and teaching at Princeton University, NYU and SUNY Maritime College.”

27. Cockpits in the Era of Breakthrough Flight, Dr. G. Millis, Tau Zero

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

It should be noted the DIRD report listing shows G. Millis. According to a site on NASA, I believe “G” is Dr. Millis’ middle name, and Marc would be his first.

According to the Tau Zero website, “Marc Millis lead NASA’s visionary “Breakthrough Propulsion Physics” project and created the milestone book, Frontiers of Propulsion Science, a compendium of scholarly research on propellantless space drives and faster-than-light flight. Earlier in his NASA career, Millis designed ion thrusters, electronic instrumentation for rockets, cryogenic propellant equipment, and even a cockpit display for free-fall aircraft flights. After 31 years with NASA, he retired in 2010 to devote full time to interstellar research and education via the Tau Zero Foundation. Marc envisioned Tau Zero as a place for thinking about the long-range future of space exploration. While others work on the next big thing, Tau Zero looks at emerging possibilities that could change our future. Instead of advocating a specific mission or vehicle, Tau Zero builds a foundation of reliable information from which future vehicles and missions can be created. This includes investigating ideas on the infrastructures for expanding human presence in space, launching interstellar probes, and all the way to the advancing the physics of faster-than-light flight.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Millis

NASA’s Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Documents

Additional reports of interest:

Millis, M. G. (1999) “NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program”, In Acta Astronautica, Vol. 44, Nos. 2-4, pp. 175-182.

Millis, M. G. (1997) “Challenge to Create the Space Drive”, In AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 13, N. 5, pp. 577-582.

Millis, M. G. (1996) “Design Factors for Applying Cryogen Storage and Delivery Technology to Solar Thermal Propulsion”, NASA TM?107379.

Millis, M. G. & Williamson, G. S. (1995) “Experimental Results of Hooper’s Gravity? Electromagnetic Coupling Concept”, NASA TM?106963 and AIAA?95?2601.

Millis, M. G. (1991) “Technology Readiness Assessment of Advanced Space Engine Integrated Controls and Health Monitoring”, NASA TM 105255.

Millis, M. G. (1990) “Speculating on Space Futures”, In Space Policy, Vol. 6, N. 4, p. 353?356.

Millis, M. G. (1987) “Acceleration Display System for Aircraft Zero?Gravity Research”, NASA TM 87358.

28. Cognitive Limits on Simultaneous Control of Multiple Unmanned Spacecraft, Dr. R. Genik, Wayne State University

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, as published in the Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications, “Richard J. Genik, II, is director of the Emergent Technology Research Division and research assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University. Among his many areas of expertise are the use of magnetic resonance imaging and the use of fMRI to measure cognitive workload in naturalistic, multitasking environments. Dr. Genik has 131 peer-reviewed publications, including “Watching people think” and “Scientific methods that may predict behaviors,” which appeared in Bio technology Trends Relevant to Warfare Initiatives in 2005. He has a Ph.D. in physics from Michigan State University and a B.S. in applied physics from Wayne State University.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Genik

Dr. Genik wrote Chapter 16 of the following document:

Bio-Inspired Innovation and National Security [376 Pages, 3.4MB]

29. Detection and High Resolution Tracking of Vehicles at Hypersonic Velocities, Dr. W. Culbreth, University of Nevada

Report Status: Released by George Knapp, KLAS-TV

Additional Information about the Author

According to the LC Energy Storage website, “Dr. William Culbreth, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has nearly 40 years of experience in the fields of Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Instrumentations and Sonar, Renewable Energy Storage Systems, and Systems Engineering Design and Fabrications. Professor Culbreth has been widely published, and has extensive experience with the national laboratories. Earlier in his career he worked for the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Culbreth

OPTIMIZATION OF CHEMICAL ETCHING PROCESS IN NIOBIUM CAVITIES [8 Pages, 8.9MB]

30. Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion II, Dr. W. Culbreth, University of Nevada

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the LC Energy Storage website, “Dr. William Culbreth, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has nearly 40 years of experience in the fields of Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Instrumentations and Sonar, Renewable Energy Storage Systems, and Systems Engineering Design and Fabrications. Professor Culbreth has been widely published, and has extensive experience with the national laboratories. Earlier in his career he worked for the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Culbreth

OPTIMIZATION OF CHEMICAL ETCHING PROCESS IN NIOBIUM CAVITIES [8 Pages, 8.9MB]

31. Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites, Dr. E. Davis, EarthTech International

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the LifeBoat Foundation website, “Dr. Eric W. Davis, FBIS received his Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Arizona in 1991. His fields of specialization include spacecraft exploration of the outer solar system, planetary sciences, relativity theory and cosmology, space mission engineering, and NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics. Eric is a research physicist at the Institute for Advanced Studies-Austin and EarthTech International, and is also the CEO of Warp Drive Metrics (now in Austin, TX). He contracts with and consults to the Air Force Research Laboratory/Propulsion Directorate-Propellants Branch and the Department of Defense. During 1996–2002 he was with the National Institute for Discovery Science in Las Vegas, NV where he served as the staff Aerospace/Astro-Physics researcher. He also participated in and consulted to the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program, and cofounded the Advanced Deep Space Transport Technology Assessment (Breakthrough Propulsion Physics) Group at NASA-JSC.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Davis

Advanced Propulsion Study, Air Force Research Laboratory, September 2004 by Dr. Eric W. Davis [103 Pages, 4MB]

32. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Air Breathing Propulsion and Power for Aerospace Applications, Dr. S. Macheret, Lockheed Martin

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to Purdue University, “Dr. Sergey Macheret has received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, respectively. Since moving to the US in 1991, he worked at the Ohio State University (1991-1994) and Princeton University (1994-2006). Since 2006, he has been with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company’s Advanced Development Programs (the Skunk Works), where he is the leader of a team engaged in a number of both government-sponsored and company-funded research and development projects on aerospace applications of weakly ionized plasmas. Dr. Macheret has made contributions to the theory of nonequlibrium physical and chemical processes in high-enthalpy flows, to highly efficient generation of nonequilibrium plasmas, and to aerospace applications of plasmas and magnetohydrodynamics. Dr. Macheret is an author or co-author of over 160 journal and conference papers, 10 patents, and 2 books. In the last decade, he gave dozens of invited presentations and lectures and chaired AIAA conferences and sessions.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Macheret

Weakly Ionized Plasmas and MHD for Enhanced Performance of Hypersonic Vehicles – Symposium on Energy Conversion Fundamentals Istanbul, Turkey, 21-25 June 2004 [37 Pages, 4.8MB] – Aerospace Applications of Weakly Ionized Plasmas: * Power generation using MHD * Use of power to control aerodynamics and propulsion: (1) Surface plasmas for separation and turbulent transition control (virtual shapes) (2) Virtual shapes created by off-body energy addition for drag reduction, steering, shock control, flow turning (3) Plasma-assisted combustion. * Power extraction from one region and its use in another region (MHD bypass) * Dual-use MHD devices (both power generation and flow control): (1) Forces created by magnetic and electric fields acting on charged particles (transferred to neutral gas by collisions) (2) Ionization level per se is not critical if plasmas are used as a means of delivering energy to the flow (3) Ionization is critical in MHD power generation and flow control, and in cold-plasma generation of radicals (4) At high T (reentry, scramjet combustor) — thermal ionization with alkali seed (5) At low T, artificial ionization is needed, and the ionization cost determines design and performance (6) Similar to ionization, cold plasma generation of chemically active species for combustion can have considerable energy cost (7) Both energy addition and extraction result in flow heating and losses of total pressure and (if in propulsion flowpath) thrust

Studies of Plasmas and MHD Interactions in Supersonic Flows [8 Pages, 2.1MB] – Work this past year has involved theoretical and experimental efforts directed towards exploiting the use of MHD and plasmas for boundary layer control, the development of a new concept for power extraction from high temperature surfaces, and the development of a new diagnostic for plasmas and high-speed flows. Two control strategies are being examined: the snow-plow arc and the dielectric barrier discharge. The snowplow arc uses a constricted surface discharge which is accelerated by a magnetic field and pushes the air with it. The dielectric barrier discharge uses an electric field gradient along the surface that couples to the flow. Theoretical work has focused on the optimization of both of these concepts for efficient control of boundary layers in high speed flow and on interactions with AFRL on model development and validation. The power extraction concept involves the development of a new pulse sustained thermionic flatpanel for extracting power from hot surfaces. The new diagnostic is Radar REMPI, which is based on scattering of microwave radiation from a small laser-induced ionization region in a flowing gas, combusting zone, or plasma. It has the potential for local temperature, velocity, species, and electron density measurements.

33. Quantum Computing and Utilizing Organic Molecules in Automation Technology, Dr. R. Genik, Wayne State University

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, as published in the Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications, “Richard J. Genik, II, is director of the Emergent Technology Research Division and research assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University. Among his many areas of expertise are the use of magnetic resonance imaging and the use of fMRI to measure cognitive workload in naturalistic, multitasking environments. Dr. Genik has 131 peer-reviewed publications, including “Watching people think” and “Scientific methods that may predict behaviors,” which appeared in Bio technology Trends Relevant to Warfare Initiatives in 2005. He has a Ph.D. in physics from Michigan State University and a B.S. in applied physics from Wayne State University.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Genik

Dr. Genik wrote Chapter 16 of the following document:

Bio-Inspired Innovation and National Security [376 Pages, 3.4MB]

34. Quantum Tomography of Negative Energy States in the Vacuum, Dr. E. Davis, EarthTech International

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

According to the LifeBoat Foundation website, “Dr. Eric W. Davis, FBIS received his Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Arizona in 1991. His fields of specialization include spacecraft exploration of the outer solar system, planetary sciences, relativity theory and cosmology, space mission engineering, and NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics. Eric is a research physicist at the Institute for Advanced Studies-Austin and EarthTech International, and is also the CEO of Warp Drive Metrics (now in Austin, TX). He contracts with and consults to the Air Force Research Laboratory/Propulsion Directorate-Propellants Branch and the Department of Defense. During 1996–2002 he was with the National Institute for Discovery Science in Las Vegas, NV where he served as the staff Aerospace/Astro-Physics researcher. He also participated in and consulted to the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program, and cofounded the Advanced Deep Space Transport Technology Assessment (Breakthrough Propulsion Physics) Group at NASA-JSC.”

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Davis

Advanced Propulsion Study, Air Force Research Laboratory, September 2004 by Dr. Eric W. Davis [103 Pages, 4MB]

35. Ultracapacitors as Energy and Power Storage Devices, Dr. J. Golightly, Lockheed Martin

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

An detailed biography for Dr. Golightly is not currently found. There are multiple references to Dr. Justin S. Golightly working on Lockheed. Here are some available reports.

36. Negative Mass Propulsion, Dr. F. Winterberg, University of Nevada

Report Status: Likely Found

This report was obtained by The Black Vault in early 2019. The report is found online, for purchase, on Research Gate. It was published in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 64(1):3-16. The time frame of this report coincides with the AAWSAP era and matches the title and author listing on the above list of reports generated under AAWSAP/AATIP. The author, Dr. F. Winterberg, was contacted multiple times, and there was no response. On the Research Gate site, there is no copyright statement, and on the report itself, there is no copyright statement. In addition, this report was directly cited by Dr. Hal Puthoff in his speech to the SSE/IRVA Conference, Las Vegas, 8 June 2018. That means, if he did commission it with AAWSAP/AATIP/DIA funds, the work should not be copyrighted since it is a work of the U.S. government, and is likely public domain. Therefore, I feel I did due diligence to research the paper’s origin and copyright status, and am going to cite fair use to publish it here. There is no DIRD report cover page, since this was not taken from U.S. government servers, rather, the paper itself minus the cover page was published elsewhere. This may also be a truncated version of the DIRD report, though only time will tell until the DIA releases the DIRD through FOIA or their press office. Should any rightful copyright owner feel this should not be published; it will be removed given proper copyright ownership is shown. I can be contacted here.

Additional Information about the Author

From Wikipedia: Friedwardt Winterberg (born June 12, 1929) is a German-American theoretical physicist and research professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. With more than 260 publications and three books, he is known for his research in areas spanning general relativity, Planck scale physics, nuclear fusion, and plasmas. His work in nuclear rocket propulsion earned him the 1979 Hermann Oberth Gold Medal of the Wernher von Braun International Space Flight Foundation and in 1981 a citation by the Nevada Legislature. He is also an honorary member of the German Aerospace Society Lilienthal-Oberth. He is known for his proposal to put accurate atomic clocks on Earth-orbiting satellites in order to directly test General Relativity, his fusion activism, his first proposal to experimentally test Elsasser’s theory of the geodynamo, his defense of rocket scientist Arthur Rudolph, and his involvement in the Albert Einstein-David Hilbert priority dispute.

Other Related Reports of Interest by Dr. Winterberg

Thermonuclear Micro-Bomb Rocket Propulsion [98 Pages, 4.7MB] – The report describes an advanced nuclear rocket propulsion system based on a chain of exploding thermonuclear micro-bombs ignited in front of a concave magnetic reflector open at one side. It is shown that for such a propulsion system to work with ideally high efficiency the following conditions have to be satisfied: the thermonuclear material for the micro-bombs has to be a stoichiometric mixture of He3 and D in solid or liquid form, and the ignition of the micro-bombs has to be accomplished by an intense relativistic electron beam.

37. State of the Art and Evolution of High Energy Laser Weapons, J. Albertine, Directed Technologies

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

No additional information is available on J. Albertine that is verifiable.

38. State of the Art and Evolution of High Energy Laser Weapons, J. Albertine, Directed Technologies

Report Status: Currently Unreleased

Additional Information about the Author

No additional information is available on J. Albertine that is verifiable.