May 18/20 - The NICAP Founding with Linda LeachHOST: Dave ScottThomas Townsend Brown was an inventor whose research into odd electrical effects led him to believe he had discovered a connection between strong electric fields and gravity, a type of antigravity effect. Instead of being an antigravity force, what Brown observed has generally been attributed to electrohydrodynamics, the movement of charged particles that transfers their momentum to surrounding neutral particles in air, also called “ionic drift” or ‘ionic wind’. For most of Brown’s life he attempted to develop devices based on his ideas, trying to promote them for use by industry and the military. There are still claims that Brown discovered anti-gravity, an idea popular with the UFO community and spawning many conspiracy theories.
Brown was also the co-founder of NICAP, the National Investigation on Aerial Phenomenon with Donald Keyhoe. Throughout its existence, NICAP argued that there was an organized governmental cover up of UFO evidence. NICAP also pushed for governmental hearings regarding UFOs, with occasional success. His daughter, Linda Leach is here to tell her father’s story.
