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An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances

Bayes & Price (1763) · Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 53, 370 · DOI 10.1098/rstl.1763.0053

The origin of Bayes' rule — the arithmetic of updating belief. Public domain.

The Logic of Scientific Discovery

Karl Popper (1959, Eng.) · Routledge

Falsifiability — the 'state your falsifier' rule this book runs on.

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False

John Ioannidis (2005) · PLoS Med. 2(8):e124 (OA)

Prior odds × power × bias: the quantitative backbone of echo-vs-corroboration.

Risk and Scientific Reputation: Lessons from Cold Fusion

(2022) · arXiv:2201.03776

Why extraordinary energy claims rightly face a high bar (worked example in Ch. 12).

On the attraction between two perfectly conducting plates

H. B. G. Casimir (1948) · Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. B51, 793

Origin of the Casimir force F/A = −π²ħc/240a⁴. Public-domain scan in corpus.

Demonstration of the Casimir Force in the 0.6–6 μm Range

Steve Lamoreaux (1997) · Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 5

First modern precision measurement — turns theory into measured fact.

Precision measurement of the Casimir force (AFM)

Mohideen & Roy (1998) · Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4549

~1% agreement in a different apparatus and lab — independent corroboration, not echo.

Casimir effect and the quantum vacuum

Robert L. Jaffe (2005) · Phys. Rev. D 72, 021301 · arXiv:hep-th/0503158

The force is derivable without zero-point energy — the key honesty beat vs. 'Casimir proves extractable ZPE.'

The Lightness of Being (“the Grid”)

Frank Wilczek (2008) · Basic Books

Nobel-laureate anchor that a structured vacuum is orthodox QFT, not fringe.

Inertia as a zero-point-field Lorentz force

Haisch, Rueda & Puthoff (1994) · Phys. Rev. A 49, 678

The seed ZPF-inertia hypothesis (one research line — see echo caveat).

Polarizable-Vacuum (PV) approach to general relativity

Harold Puthoff (2002) · Found. Phys. 32, 927 · arXiv:gr-qc/9909037

Gravity as a variable vacuum refractive index. Downloaded.

Vacuum quantum fluctuations in curved space and the theory of gravitation

Andrei Sakharov (1967) · Sov. Phys. Doklady 12, 1040

Induced/emergent gravity — an independent, canonical anchor.

On the origin of gravity and the laws of Newton

Erik Verlinde (2011) · JHEP 04, 029 · arXiv:1001.0785

Emergent-inertia thinking is alive in serious (and heavily debated) theory.

The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity

Miguel Alcubierre (1994) · Class. Quantum Grav. 11, L73 · arXiv:gr-qc/0009013

The canonical warp metric: contract ahead, expand behind; never locally exceed c.

Wormholes in spacetime and their use for interstellar travel

Morris & Thorne (1988) · Am. J. Phys. 56, 395

Traversable wormholes require null-energy-condition-violating exotic matter.

Advanced Space Propulsion Based on Vacuum (Spacetime Metric) Engineering

Harold Puthoff (2010) · DIA DIRD · JBIS 63, 82 · arXiv:1204.2184

The project's namesake document. Downloaded.

Teleportation Physics Study

Eric W. Davis (2004) · AFRL-PR-ED-TR-2003-0034 · DTIC ADA425545

Corrected DTIC accession (not ADA416108). Air Force warp/wormhole survey.

Introducing physical warp drives

Bobrick & Martire (2021) · Class. Quantum Grav. 38, 105009 · arXiv:2102.06824

Subluminal warp shells from positive energy; superluminal still needs exotic matter.

Generic warp drives violate the null energy condition

Santiago, Schuster & Visser (2021) · arXiv:2105.03079

Strongest current refutation: any moving warp drive breaks the NEC.

The unphysical nature of warp drive

Pfenning & Ford (1997) · Class. Quantum Grav. 14, 1743 · arXiv:gr-qc/9702026

Quantum-inequality bound: astronomical negative energy, sub-atomic bubble wall.

The Universe in a Helium Droplet

Grigory Volovik (2003) · Oxford UP, Int. Ser. Monogr. Phys. 117

Superfluid vacuum theory; particles and gravity as emergent excitations.

Analogue Gravity

Barceló, Liberati & Visser (2011) · Living Rev. Relativity 14, 3 (OA)

Rigorous review of emergent curved-spacetime physics in fluids and BECs.

Observation of quantum Hawking radiation in an analogue black hole

Jeff Steinhauer (2016) · Nature Physics 12, 959 · arXiv:1510.00621

Lab analogue-gravity in a Bose–Einstein condensate — the empirical anchor.

Logarithmic-BEC Superfluid Vacuum Theory

Konstantin Zloshchastiev · arXiv:0906.4282

A second, independent SVT school distinct from Volovik (corroboration, not echo).

Observation of the dynamical Casimir effect in a superconducting circuit

Wilson et al. (2011) · Nature 479, 376 · arXiv:1105.4714

Real photons generated from the vacuum by a modulated mirror. Definitive.

Quantum Energy Teleportation: an introductory review

Masahiro Hotta (2011) · arXiv:1101.3954

Rigorous vacuum-energy extraction that conserves energy and obeys the 2nd law.

Extraction of Zero-Point Energy from the Vacuum (assessment)

Moddel & Dmitriyeva (2019) · Atoms 7(2), 51 · arXiv:0910.5893

Even-handed: catalogs why most ZPE-extraction schemes fail thermodynamically.

Fifty Years of the Dynamical Casimir Effect

Viktor Dodonov (2020) · Physics 2(1), 67

Independent DCE demonstrations across platforms.

Craft using an inertial mass reduction device

S. C. Pais / US Navy (2018) · US10144532B2 (appln. US20170313446A1)

The 'UFO patent.' US20170313446A1 is its own application publication — not a separate HFGW patent.

High frequency gravitational wave generator

S. C. Pais / US Navy (2019) · US10322827B2

The actual HFGW patent (Gertsenshtein effect) — the number the seed brief mislabeled.

On gauge invariance and vacuum polarization (Schwinger limit)

Julian Schwinger (1951) · Phys. Rev. 82, 664

The ~1.3×10¹⁸ V/m field to polarize the vacuum — orders above any craft-scale device.

The Sheehy “operability” attestation (FOIA docs)

The War Zone / J. Sheehy · twz.com/37134

The actual evidentiary basis: a CTO attestation + unpublished demo, not peer-reviewed data.

Engineering the zero-point field and polarizable vacuum for interstellar flight

Puthoff, Little & Ibison (2002) · JBIS 55, 137 · arXiv:physics/9908050

The closest primary statement of 'modify the vacuum → reduce effective inertia.'

Estimating flight characteristics of anomalous unidentified aerial vehicles

Knuth, Powell & Reali (2019) · Entropy 21(10), 939 (OA)

Peer-reviewed UAP kinematics — 'if sensor data are taken at face value.'

AARO Historical Record Report, Volume 1

US DoD / AARO (2024) · AARO 2024

Found no evidence of exotic craft or reverse-engineering programs. Deflationary.

Energy conversion using high charge density (EVOs)

Kenneth R. Shoulders (1991) · US5018180A

Primary document for the Exotic Vacuum Object / charge-cluster claims.

A Possible Heuristic Explanation of Exotic Vacuum Objects

Graham K. Hubler (2022) · J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci. 36, 30 (OA)

Ex-NRL physicist offers a physical mechanism for charge clusters.

Observation of the optical/spectral characteristics of ball lightning

Cen, Yuan & Xue (2014) · Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 035001

First natural ball-lightning spectrum — a mundane chemical/plasma competitor for 'orbs.'

MH370 leaked “orb” and “jet” videos (worked example)

attrib. RegicideAnon · leaked footage — debunked

Skeptical Inquirer (2024) + Metabunk 13104: stock-cloud match, VFX-reproducible.

On an expression of the EM field by two scalar potential functions

E. T. Whittaker (1904) · Proc. London Math. Soc. s2-1, 367

Legitimate two-scalar-potential decomposition — the ancestor of Debye potentials.

Significance of EM potentials in quantum theory (Aharonov–Bohm)

Aharonov & Bohm (1959) · Phys. Rev. 115, 485

Potentials have bounded, quantized physical effects where fields vanish.

Motionless Electromagnetic Generator (MEG)

Bearden et al. (2002) · US6362718B1

Central scalar-energy device — no independent replication; violates energy conservation as stated.

A possibility of gravitational force shielding by bulk YBCO superconductor

Podkletnov & Nieminen (1992) · Physica C 203, 441

The peer-reviewed origin of the 'weight loss over a spinning superconductor' claim.

Effects of a gravitomagnetic field on pure superconductors

Ning Li & D. Torr (1991) · Phys. Rev. D 43, 457

The 'AC gravity' amplification claim.

Gravity modification by high-temperature superconductors (null replication)

Woods, Cook, Bennett & Lucas (2001) · AIAA 2001-3363

Independent Podkletnov replication — null result.

Anomalous gravitomagnetic-moment measurements (trending null)

Martin Tajmar et al. (2006–2011) · arXiv:gr-qc/0603033 · 0707.3806

Early signal that the proponent's own improved experiments shrank into the noise.

Gravity Probe B: final results (frame-dragging)

Everitt et al. (2011) · Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 221101

The real, tiny gravitomagnetism, matching GR — the yardstick.

Nuclear fusion reactions in deuterated metals (theory)

Pines, Steinetz, Forsley et al. (2020) · Phys. Rev. C 101, 044609

Electron screening + Oppenheimer–Phillips in a metal lattice.

Novel nuclear reactions in bremsstrahlung-irradiated deuterated metals

Steinetz, Benyo, Chait et al. (2020) · Phys. Rev. C 101, 044610

NASA Glenn's experimental companion — the Strong node.

NASA Glenn Lattice Confinement Fusion white papers

NASA Glenn (2020–2024) · NTRS 20210026340 · 20240013692 · 20205006546

Mechanism, diagnostics, and roadmap. Downloaded from NTRS.

Revisiting the cold case of cold fusion

Berlinguette et al. (2019) · Nature 570, 45

Google-funded program: no excess heat at claimed levels; screening physics worth study.

NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program overview

Marc Millis (1998) · NASA NTRS 19980201240

NASA officially chartered exactly these questions, 1996–2002.

Frontiers of Propulsion Science

Millis & Davis, eds. (2009) · AIAA Progress in Astronautics 227

The field's sober reference survey volume.

Advanced Space Propulsion Based on Vacuum (Spacetime Metric) Engineering

Harold Puthoff (2010) · JBIS 63, 82 · arXiv:1204.2184

States the convergence thesis in the corpus's own terms.