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In 1966 a group of highly respected aerospace engineers revealed that US scientists were perfecting ways to control gravity. They predicted a breakthrough would come by the end of the decade, ushering in an era of limitless, clean propulsion for a new breed of fuelless transport systems – and weapons beyond our imagination. Of course it never happened. Or did it? Forty years later a chance encounter with one of the engineers who made that prediction forces a highly sceptical aerospace and defence journalist, Nick Cook, to consider the possibility that America did indeed crack the gravity code – and has covered up ever since. His investigations moved from the corridors of NASA to the dark heartland of America’s classified weapons establishment, where it became clear that half a century ago, in the dying days of the Third Reich, Nazi scientists were racing to perfect a Pandora’s Box of high technology that would deliver Germany from defeat. History says that they failed. But the trail that takes Cook deep into the once-impenetrable empire of SS General Hans Kammler – the man charged by Adolf Hitler with perfecting German secret weapons technology – says otherwise. In his pursuit of the true facts behind Kammler, Cook finally establishes the truth: America is determined to hang onto its secrets, but the stakes are enormous and others are now in the race to acquire a suppressed technology.
Publisher : Arrow (4 July 2002)
Language : English
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 0099414988
ISBN-13 : 978-0099414988
Dimensions : 11.1 x 2.6 x 17.8 cm
J. W. Treadaway –
Cook is the key
The worth of this whole book rests in one area: Nick Cook’s credibility. Without that, this enters Eric Von Danikin territory. The question is, what is Nick Cooks believability rating?The options are straight forward, as far as I can see:1) He is a liar, plain and simple2) He is a manipulator of the stories he has located for his own ends3) The whole thing is a hoax because Cook is being lied too by others – those capable of massive levels of delusion, miss information and chicanery (as Cook says they are)4) The whole thing is pretty much as he reports it. The liars are lying to cover up the black operations, Nazi cuckolding and flying saucer shenanigans that they have indulged in for the last 65 odd years to save themselves and big business (or maybe even western civilisation)5) Nick Cook – as a long term insider with the aviation industry – is ‘on the team’, as it were: in the ‘know’ with some other deception that the aviation industry is perpetrating. Whatever that might be…I think it’s probably 2, 3 or 4 from the options I listed above. My money’s on 4.The book is a very entertaining read, which – on some levels – detracts from it: hard science shouldn’t be fun to read, right? Except that – if it’s a boring read – nobody bothers to finish it, and this isn’t a book where you can just skip bits – it reads like a detective novel and has to be read, start to finish (and, in my case, more than once). Sure, it is light on ‘proof’ but… what proof would be acceptable? I mean, what proof, short of a flying saucer landing in Trafalgar Square (readers from other ares, substitute your own culturaly iconic, central openspace as appropriate…)In summary, a great read, very, very thought provoking and – with Cook provenance – I can’t help but put my bets on solution 4: The whole thing is pretty much as he reports it.
William J. Fox –
An Elusive Quarry
I bought this book because it is mentioned a lot in the other “alternative science” books I have been reading recently. The author is a serious researcher and writer for “Jane’s Defence Weekly” with expertise in aerospace, he is most definitely not a hotel owner. The style of the book is quite chatty but Cook delivers a lot of interesting facts in a very easily digestible format. He relates his search for Hans Kammler and some of the more esoteric technology allegedly developed by the Nazis and which were taken by the Allies (especially the USA) at the end of the war. Much of what they stole is still classified very top secret even if you can finds out anything at all. For this reason Cook spends his time tracking down what original sources still exist in Germany and Poland in the areas where the Nazis had their own Area 51.Whatever your views on the subject matter: zero point energy, anti-gravity, Nazi atom bombs and stealth technology, and flying disks, Cook does a very thorough job of investigating. I am convinced that the Nazis were at least 10 years ahead of the allies in technology which could be weaponised. I believe is possible that they did develop the technologies Cook investigates, and I am certain the the USA, or “big business” has suppressed ANY technology which would remove oil as king. For anyone who thinks the US government could not keep something so important secret for so long, they managed it with stealth for 10 years and don’t forget all the people who, despite the evidence, assert that the Holocaust did not happen. Excellent book whatever your personal opinions.
hathor –
Hoin the thrilling and very real hunt for antigravity
Great book by respected Janes aviation journalist. Certainly gets the reader thinking
EdgyBeer –
Don’t take to seriously
Bought this for a friend having shared a few tails from this book, its another of those “can it be true??” books. It is well written in the sense it will draw you in, puts up a convincing argument for the Zero Point energy theory. As I work with Particles Physicists and they have never heard of this phenomena then I guess its just a great story. As with all these books there no answer in the end.If you like these things, and I do, its a great read !
bushmaster57 –
Awesome!
Brilliant book about the history of the search for ‘anti-gravity’ technology. Written by a very knowledgable man who knows his subject well, it’s like something out of the X-Files but it actually happend in real life. This is a very interesting and well written book that handles a subject shrouded in secrecy that most authors would avoid for fear of being branded a kook or a conspiracy nut, but Nick Cook has pulled it off and has ended up with something you’ll read more than once
Jon Mager –
The secret world of zero-gravity – weapons and cheap energy
A fascinating insight into the search for zero gravity applications to aeronautics and weaponry, taking the reader back to the early days of research prior to the SS weapons industry at the end of the 2ndWW. Written in a clear journalistic style leading to the conclusion that the technology is there but mired in a world of government secrecy and disinformation because the possibility of both cheap energy and powerful weapons is not safe to be revealed – yet.
Mr. Neil M C Sinclair –
Interesting
Because of references to this book in the works of the extraordinarily prolific Joseph Farrell I was interested to read for myself how Nick Cook introduced the concept of Zero Point energy and the Nazi “Bell” which had the ability to tap into the fundamental physical medium [the presumed mythological essence the ancient Egyptians called Nun] in order to generate anti-gravity phenomenon. Coming to it after Farrell however it was a bit an an anticlimax but nonetheless an exciting read.
Wee Dougie –
Very interesting and factual.
Not nealry as conspiratorial as I had thought that it might be; which is good.
Dan Hendrix –
Great read, sleuths through history in search of of the elusive search for antigravity propulsion systems that (maybe?) have been around and kept from public eyes ever since!
Sven B. Schreiber –
Meine Erwartung an dieses Buch war eigentlich niedrig – die Zufriedenheit nach der Lektüre dagegen unerwartet gross. Ich habe es gekauft, weil es offenbar eine der wenigen Quellen zum Theme “Die Glocke” ist – jenes ominöse Forschungsobjekt der deutschen Wissenschaft gegen Ende des 2. Weltkriegs, dessen Existenz heftig umstritten ist, ebenso wie dessen Funktion, die vom Anti-Gravitations-Antrieb bis zur Zeitmaschine gehandelt wird. Aber dieser Teil von Nick Cooks Abhandlung ist eigentlich eher nebensächlich nach Lektüre des ganzen Buches. Eingebettet in eine ungewöhnliche Art Detektivgeschichte, schildert der Autor seine Suche nach der Evidenz so ziemlich aller bekannten paranormalen Phänomene im Bereich Relativitätstheorie und Quantenphysik, die in der Standardliteratur üblicher Weise als Pseudowissenschaften oder gar Verschwörungstheorien klassifiziert werden.Cook schafft es, die Leser/innen durch behutsam dosierte Enthüllungen in Form von Gesprächen mit noch lebenden Zeitzeugen, die an der Entdeckung dieser Phänomene massgeblich beteiligt waren, bei der Stange zu halten. Dies gelingt ihm im Wesentlichen dadurch, dass er die Falle, in die verschiedene andere Autor/inn/en zu diesen Themen tappen, geschickt vermeidet, indem er nie Partei ergreift. Die Analysen seiner Treffen sind stets von einer gesunden Distanz, die oft bis zur Skepsis reicht, geprägt. Wo andere allzu gerne unbewiesene, wenn auch spannende Erzählungen als Evidenz feiern, hinterfragt Cook immer wieder seine Erkenntnisse und setzt sie zueinander in Beziehung, ohne sie endgültig zu bewerten. Dies hat den Charakter eines grossen Puzzles, das vor den Augen der Leser/innen zusammengebaut wird, wobei am Ende viele Teile fehlen, da sie verloren gegangen sind oder mutwillig vernichtet wurden – in der Regel durch militärische Paranoia, die unter Geheimhaltungszwang so manche interessante Information nachhaltig aus dem Verkehr gezogen hat.Im Laufe des Buches entwickelt man eine starke Sympathie für den unablässig Suchenden und hofft auf den grossen Knall am Ende, der alles erklärt. Das Happy End bleibt allerdings aus, und das ist auch gut so, denn es macht das Buch zu einem Glücksfall in seinem Genre. Das Ende ist dann eher ein philosophisches Resüme, das die lange Reise der Erkenntnis würdig abschliesst, ohne ins Banale zu verfallen. Was als Eindruck bleibt ist Cooks Meisterleistung, alle wesentlichen Randwissenschaften zum Thema Gravitation und Vakuum-Energie abzugrasen und hinreichend – ebenso wie korrekt – für Laien verständlich darzustellen, ohne irgendetwas als besonders hervorzuheben.Unterm Strich geht es, wie man am Ende erkennt, um die grosse Frage, ob Anti-Gravitation denkbar ist, und falls ja, ob die aus der Quantenphysik bekannte spontane Energie des Vakuums die Grundlage dafür sein könnte. Cook belässt es elegant bei diesen offenen Fragen, und überlässt es den Leser/innen, was sie aus dieser erschöpfenden Abhandlung für sich ableiten wollen.
Antonio Julio Sousa –
Not what I was expecting and not what I would prefer. This is a pocket sized book.
Gitanoz –
Great book.
Walter –
Mi sono goduto il libro, anche se a volte la tira un po’ in lungo nelle descrizioni. La sostanza è che non presenta prove incontrovertibili (non potrebbe), ma gli indizi sono parecchi. Chi vuole intendere, intenda. Non esiste la traduzione in Italiano, che io sappia.