Wednesday, 12 September 2007

The Hutchison Effect

According to Canadian John Kenneth Hutchison, one day in 1979, he turned on his Tesla coils, radio-frequency generators, static generators and a host of other devices all at once to study possible field interactions between his equipment.

He says couldn't believe his eyes: a bar of steel that was on the floor was suspended in the air for a second, then it fell to the floor with a bang. This is called the Hutchison Effect.

The 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, but still never seems to pass critical muster.

The Hutchison Effect Online.

2 comment(s):

Jody Gaffney said...

I think the Mythbusters got this to work and figured out this was something to do with ionisation.

Can't find a video online

Anonymous said...

Eh, no. Hutchison is a loon. Many of the videos on his site are fraudulent. The antigravity ones are pretty obvious. Turn the camera upside down and ta-da!