John Hutchison

John Hutchison (born October 19, 1945) is a Canadian known for his claims of inventions and discoveries of a variety of extraordinary phenomena.
Hutchison effect
In 1979, Hutchison claimed to have discovered a number of unusual phenomena, while trying to duplicate experiments done by Nikola Tesla. He refers to several of these phenomena jointly under the name "the Hutchison effect", 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.
Hutchison has maintained a number of websites and youtube pages over the years, in which he posts videos and pictures of the purported effect, including short clips of objects flying around or rising from the ground, and metallic and non-metallic objects and fluids moving without being touched. Hutchison has demonstrated this effect for a number of scientist and television shows, from around the world.
Supporters like Mark Solis, his former webmaster, maintain that none of these effects 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.
Military interest
According to Hutchison and United States Col. John Alexander, military scientists from the United States have been working with him because of the effect's military potential. In the documentary Free Energy: The Race to Zero Point, he states that military scientists were impressed with the effects, but were not able to replicate them on their own without assistance.
Scientific opinion
In a posting to the sci.physics.research newsgroup, Marc Millis, who ran the now-defunct Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program for NASA wrote:
Media coverage
Hutchison and his claims are regularly featured and discussed in various newsletters and websites, such as:
* American Antigravity, a website devoted to antigravity claims.
* the UFO Resource Center, a website devoted to ufology
* Space Telescopes, a website which features a mixture of writings including such topics as the Hubble observatory and the Hutchison effect
* World Mysteries, one of many websites which discuss a wide range of paranormal topics
He has been profiled along with his claims in several documentaries aired on The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, National Geographic Channel (Is It Real?) and Nippon Television.
Literature
The Hutchison Effect is prominently featured in Chapter 25 of the book "The Hunt For Zero Point" by Nick Cook, with the narrator personally interviewing Hutchison.
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