is the hutchinson effect real?

Question

i've seen some video's on youtube and it look's a bit fishy. go their and type in hutchinson effect and tell me what you think.

Answer 1

According to Hutchison, while trying to duplicate experiments done by Nikola Tesla, he discovered a number of strange phenomena, including:

levitation of heavy objects.
fusion of dissimilar materials such as metal and wood, while lacking any displacement.
the anomalous heating of metals without burning adjacent material.
the spontaneous fracturing of metals.
changes in the crystalline structure and physical properties of metals.
disappearance of metal samples.
All these phenomena are jointly grouped under the name Hutchison Effect (HE). Supporters like Mark Solis, his former webmaster, maintain that none can be the result of known physical phenomena, such as electromagnetism.

Hutchison and his supporters surmise that these phenomena arise from zero-point energy or the Casimir effect. Hutchison also says that he invented a form of batteries, which he "calls Q Cells" or "Hiroshima cells", which he describes as obtaining energy from the quantum vacuum using the Casimir effect. These batteries have been labeled by some as over-unity devices, however according to the claims made Hutchison's this would be incorrect.

Scientific opinion

In a posting to the newsgroup sci.physics.research, Marc Millis, who formerly ran the now defunct Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program for NASA, wrote:

This "Hutchison Effect" has been claimed for years, without any independent verification - ever. In fact, its originator can't even replicate it on demand. This has been investigated more than once, been part of documentaries on the discovery channel, but still never seems to pass critical muster. This is in the category of folklore. In general, the "American Antigravity" web site caters to such folklore and its enthusiasts. —Marc G. Millis

Canadian inventor Mel Winfield says that it was solely through his theories that The Hutchison Effect came into being. He has published evidence including signed contracts, letters, and communications from John Hutchison himself on his website.

Charges of fakery

A "levitating" toy UFO. A line, said by critics to be string supporting the model, can be seen at the top of the screen. The ionocraft (or ion-propelled aircraft) produces a similar electrohydrodynamic effect which using electrical energy.Hutchison previously sold (for about $150 each) videos illustrating his "effect", and has released some shorter video clips online. Videos of his effect are now sold exclusively by Gryphon Productions.

In response to comments regarding the apparent presence of a string supporting the model "UFO", Hutchison stated:

The string is not string but #32-gauge double polythermalized wire on a takeup up reel with 20 to 50000 volts DC. The main apparatus was turned on, causing the toy plastic UFO to fly all about in amazing gyrations. This was a pretest to gryphon films airing this fall for FOX TV. I did not need the extra high voltage 2000 time period so the toy levitated without a high voltage hook up during the filming for gryphon there was a string on the toy no high-voltage dc but interesting movements.


Hutchison later admitted to being "creative" with the footage, citing pressure from the Discovery Channel to create material for the show and an inability to legally reproduce the original effect, according to Tim Ventura of American Antigravity.

In 2005, Hutchison admitted that he hadn't actually reproduced his effect since approximately 1991. The earlier levitation footage from the 1980s is genuine, he says. But this footage has been characterized as looking like it was taken in a booth with an upside-down camera. Hutchison continues to reject charges of fakery, and maintains that his "effect" has been demonstrated many times in the presence of scientists and, he says, members of the US Army Intelligence and Security Command.

Hutchison states that he reproduced the effect in his Ash St., New Westminster apartment as recently as March 2006 for National Geographic, as well as for author Harold Berndt, whose film of the event can be found on the American Antigravity website, which covers Hutchison's assertions.

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Answer 2

Hutchinson Effect

Answer 3

The Hutchison Effect occurs as the result of radio wave
interferences in a zone of spatial volume encompassed by high
voltage sources, usually a Van de Graff generator, and two or
more Tesla coils. However, there is no scientific evidence to support the wild theory and if there was such an effect that had useful purpose you can bet that someone would have made money on it. Beware of con artists.

Answer 4

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Highly unlikely. Without the ability to reproduce the effect outside of recorded footage, screams hoax to me. If this effect is real, why has no other credible scientist been able to reproduce it?

Answer 5

I think this statement from his website is a bit suspicious: "To clarify for the record, the burden of proof appears to demonstrate that the Hutchison Effect is a real and demonstrable natural effect, and that Hutchison is not faking the effect for publicity, money, or other motives."

Without knowing the guy, it seems a bit dubious. The DVD for sale seems a little exorbitant too.

Answer 6

If I recall, during the time of Galileo, all written scientific data demonstrated Galileo wrong, and Copernicus wrong. Welcome to the dark ages all again with this best answer. What about the Casimir effect, then! That would be a toughy for M. Nasiated.

Answer 7

Never heard of it. I like the grainy, poor quality videos. It would be very easy to fake all of these "experiments". I would bet it is a hoax. The fact that there is no independent verification of these effects would tend to show that this is not real.

Answer 8

The apparatus I have seen looks remarkably like the one that the Mythbusters (Discovery Channel) purchased on the internet, but in larger scale. It looks like a thin metallic triangle with some wires sticking out the top. What they determined was that the device actually pulls air down through the triangle, causing lift--it does not actually affect gravity. When they ran it in a vacuum chamber, of course, there was no effect.

This is actually the same thing that happens in The Sharper Image's "Ionic Breeze" air purifiers. These circulate air without the use of a fan, and if you look in them, it looks remarkably similar--a series of charged plates followed by a thin charged wire.

Presumably, a high charge on the wire causes transient ionization of gas molecules or static charging of dust particles, which are then drawn toward the oppositely charged plates. They subsequently lose their charge, and this movement sets up a small air current. However, since this effect is patented by Sharper Image, there is no literature to be found on the internet that I could find.

Likewise, Hutchinson has decided to be hush-hush about how his apparatus works. Most likely, this is to avoid patent infringement by Sharper Image (although who knows, maybe someone smart there copied Hutchinson's idea).

Answer 9

That's a great question

Answer 10

Thankyou all for your answers and opinions!

Answer 11

okay then lets see someone fake more metal samples