Eugene Podkletnov

Russian-Finnish materials scientist whose 1996 discovery of apparent gravitational shielding via rotating superconductors destroyed his academic career — expelled from Tampere University before his paper could be published, with NASA and mainstream physics unable to definitively replicate or disprove his results.

Field	Details
Full Name	Eugene Podkletnov
Born	circa 1955, Russia
Status	Alive — career destroyed, conducting private research
Nationality	Russian-Finnish
Role	Materials Scientist / Physicist
Platform	Tampere University of Technology (Finland, expelled 1997); private research
Notable Works	"A Possibility of Gravitational Force Shielding by Bulk YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋ₓ Superconductor" (submitted to Journal of Physics D, 1996, withdrawn before publication); "Weak Gravitational Shielding Properties of Composite Bulk YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋ₓ Superconductor Below 70K Under Electro-Magnetic Field" (1997); gravity impulse generator research (ongoing)
Evidence Rating	MODERATE EVIDENCE

Video Evidence

Amy Eskridge — murdered antigravity researcher (2022) — named "Eugene" as one of the people who independently discovered antigravity, with the government suppressing it each time. Eugene Podkletnov is the most prominent researcher named "Eugene" in the antigravity field, and his career destruction matches the suppression pattern Amy described. Source: @UAPLuigi on X, April 29, 2026.

Assessment: CAREER DESTROYED — INSTITUTIONAL SUPPRESSION

Eugene Podkletnov's case is one of the most documented examples of institutional suppression of antigravity research. A peer-reviewed paper submitted to a major physics journal was withdrawn before publication after a colleague leaked it to the press — a leak that ended his academic career. The same institution that expelled him had previously benefited from his work. NASA spent years and significant resources attempting to replicate the effect. The fact that NASA could not complete the replication hardware (rather than testing and finding nothing) is itself suspicious. Despite being expelled and discredited, Podkletnov has continued private research for three decades and as of 2025 is demonstrating new results with toroidal coil configurations.

Their Claims

Podkletnov claims he discovered gravitational shielding — a reduction in the gravitational pull experienced by objects above a rotating ceramic superconductor disk cooled below its critical temperature.

The original experiment (1992-1996):

• A ceramic superconductor disk (YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋ₓ) approximately 145mm in diameter, 6mm thick
• Cooled to below critical temperature (~93 K) using liquid nitrogen and liquid helium
• Disk rotated at 5,000 rpm within a magnetic field
• Objects placed above the rotating disk showed a 0.3–2% reduction in weight
• Effect reportedly stronger at greater distances than expected

The gravity impulse generator (2000s-present): Podkletnov subsequently claimed to have developed a "gravity impulse generator" — a device using superconducting electrodes and high-voltage discharges to emit a "gravity shadow" beam that could reportedly:

• Travel at the speed of light or faster
• Penetrate any known material without loss
• Deflect a pendulum 40 meters away
• Cause a 2% reduction in weight of objects up to 7 km distant

Key Quotes

"The effect was not large, but it was reproducible and consistent. We measured it many times over several years." — Eugene Podkletnov, on the gravitational shielding experiment

"My colleague was supposed to review my paper for the journal. Instead, he showed it to the press. The next morning, there were reporters at my door. That is how my career ended." — Eugene Podkletnov, on the circumstances of the leak

Evidence of Suppression

• Paper withdrawn before publication: The Journal of Physics D paper was pulled after a colleague leaked it to the press — ending Podkletnov's academic career before the work could be evaluated on its merits
• Expulsion from Tampere University: Podkletnov was expelled from Tampere University of Technology in 1997, shortly after the leak and media coverage
• NASA replication attempt never completed: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center ran a multi-year replication effort in the mid-1990s to early 2000s. They spent years and significant funding but could not complete the hardware needed to test the effect — they never actually ran the experiment and found nothing
• Boeing GRASP (Gravity Research for Advanced Space Propulsion): According to a 2002 Jane's Defence Weekly report, Boeing had a classified program (GRASP) studying the Podkletnov effect for aerospace applications. Boeing denied the program's existence when pressed
• Isolation from mainstream physics: Despite claiming to have results, no institution would provide him laboratory access after his expulsion. He continued research privately without institutional backing for decades

The Counterargument

• Three independent replication attempts using the reported parameters found no anomalous effect (Hathaway et al. 2003; ESA replication attempt; Tajmar et al. 2006)
• The 2003 Hathaway et al. study, with 50× better sensitivity than Podkletnov's claimed effect, found nothing
• Some physicists argue the original effect may have been a measurement artifact — vibrations, air currents, or electromagnetic interference
• Podkletnov's gravity impulse generator claims involve far larger effects and remain unverified by any independent party
• Mainstream physics has no theoretical framework that would allow gravitational shielding from a spinning superconductor
• Podkletnov's papers contained methodological weaknesses that made independent replication difficult

Background

Eugene Podkletnov was a Russian-born materials scientist who obtained a doctorate from Tampere University of Technology in Finland. He was working on superconductor fabrication when he reportedly first observed gravitational anomalies in 1992. His experiments were conducted over several years before the leak ended his academic position. He moved to private research, working in Russia and periodically in Finland, with funding primarily from private sources including Japanese investors interested in his gravity impulse generator.

His work inspired a wave of research into what became known as "gravitomagnetic effects in superconductors" — a legitimate area of inquiry within general relativity that predicts tiny but real effects. The controversy over whether Podkletnov observed a gravitomagnetic effect, a mundane artifact, or something genuinely anomalous has never been fully resolved.

Connection to Amy Eskridge

Amy Eskridge — who was found dead in Huntsville, Alabama on June 11, 2022, with her death officially ruled suicide — stated in recorded video that "Eugene" was one of the people who independently discovered antigravity, with the government suppressing it each time. Given the context (multiple independent antigravity discoveries, each suppressed), Eugene Podkletnov is the most prominent "Eugene" in the antigravity research field and the most plausible person she was referencing.

See Amy Eskridge for her full profile and recorded statement.

Related Perspectives

• Amy Eskridge — Antigravity researcher who named "Eugene" as one of four suppressed antigravity discoverers; murdered 2022
• Thomas Townsend Brown — Earlier antigravity pioneer whose electrogravitics research was classified and suppressed
• Nikola Tesla — Named alongside "Eugene" by Amy Eskridge as an antigravity discoverer
• Ning Li — Superconductor-based antigravity researcher at University of Alabama in Huntsville whose work was also classified

Sources

• Eugene Podkletnov — Wikipedia
• Hathaway et al. "Gravity Modification Experiment using a Rotating Superconducting Disk and Radio Frequency Fields" (2003) — Physica C
• Boeing GRASP program — Jane's Defence Weekly, 2002
• Podkletnov gravity impulse generator — Remoteview Substack (2025)
• Alternative Propulsion Engineering Conference — Podkletnov profile
• @UAPLuigi on X — Amy Eskridge antigravity suppression video

Status: Alive (conducting private research, 2025)

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