ElectricoPacecraft ‘AQUAMAL GF INTERACTIVE RESEARCH 71 Signe Oe lncenec NC 279 Tat 708 22-9019 ax 708 681-3511 August 20, 1997 John Hutchison Apt. 305 727 Sth Avenue ‘New Westminster, BC Canada V3M 1X8 Dear John: T would like to inform you that the Hutchison effect was mentioned in a poster presentation recently delivered to NASA's Breakthrough Physics Propulsion Workshop, The poster was designed to communicate some of the ideas submitted to ESV through the years that might have the most potential far applications in the fisture of space travel. Copies cof the poster and the accompanying paper, which ‘were made available to many prominent space sclentists and engineers, are enclosed. Thank you for your contributions to this poster and ESV. Sincerely, Charles‘A. Yostgeo727n2 The Hutchison Effect Apparatus By John Hutchison and ESJ staff There have been some serious investigations into tha Hutchison Effect in Canada, the United States, and Germany. ($e articles inESJ #4.) The recility of objects being maved, levitated, or resinictured by magnetic and electric fiatd effects does not seem to be in question. Just how or why the events happen is the questionable Part, John Hutchison has been providing ES) with details on his work, as have a faw others who have worked with him over the years, The picture consis- tently described is that of numerous experimental apparatus being operated simultaneously and in- feractvely. “Events” occur, somewhat unpre- dictably, This is. a format of accidental discovery through undefined mixture, Itisexciting to the experi= menter, yet frustrating tothe scientist trying to sort out the interaction of the variables, Although recoF lection and details are: alfficult. Mr. Hutchison de- * scribes some of his qpporaius in this aftemptie share with other experimenters John Hutzhigon—1985 Iwill attempt to explain details of the apparatus used in my experiments and will start with the input power used to trigger the host of Tesla coils, static generators, transformers, interferom- eters, magnetics, metal masses, and nuclear sources, ete. The-source power was 110-volts AC operated at 400 watts to 4000 watts. One side of the AC line had a power factor capacitor (60 cycles, 250 volt), and a 100-amp current limiter. The magnetics of the current limiter were also used in the experiment interactions. This power source was divided up in a function bex and, through switching, went to variacs. ‘The variac outputs were monitored by wattme- ters, ampmeters, and voltmeters, and supplied up to fourteen transformers. These included twelve-volt transformers for vacuum tubes, 400,000-volt AC transformers, a Siemens 250,000-volt DC X-ray transformer, and other items, Regeneration equipment of 450 kHzup to 2500 MHz was also-operated: - ‘The general power circuit is shown in Figure 1, Aand Bare current limiters which ranged from two to seven amps, By this means some trans- formers were limited to this amperage instead of the fifty ampsthat might otherwise be drawn. ‘The current limiters were adjustable and the magnetics from them were used in close prox- imity to the spark gaps and an alpha-beta emission unit. I had bypass suitches on each Warning: The re-creation of certain espects of these experiments ls extremely dangerous and should not be attempted without proper training or guidance, 14 Bisctrle Spacecrate Journal (::00 9,121 Lenmar NE 28748 EAtay ranaformars fny Figure 1. Electrical Power Control High Voltage current limiter which | used often, Unfortu- primary and 10,000 tums of number 32 wire nately there wes an incident one time in which onan 8-inch diameter secondary tube. Anothe: the outside pole transformer blew up when coil used twelve-gauge wire on a 24-inch diam- using the bypass switch. eter tube, mounted horizontally. These are nat shown, The symbol (x) is used to represent the high Potential leads in Figures 1, 5~7, and 17. These figures are rough schematics of some circuits. ‘My favorite Tesla coils are shown in Figures 2 and 3. Other Tesla coils I had were of the flat ancake-type with Linch copper tube in the ” in sain lata fon ur 1 copper trical ‘okt col comnacted ‘oltume i copper wine Tocoatinsous tare 8B te, comet Figure 2, Dumbbell Tesla Coll, 314" long. [Design of this.coil lacks details, for instance: 1) Primary coll locatian and drive, 2} secondary ends connection toceramic terminal, 3) uhethar forolds are actively welred to something or not.) Figure 3. Seven foot-tail Tesla Coll. [Design of ihlscoil lacks details, for instance: I}dimensions of coils, 2) connections of eails, 3) power Input to primary, 15 Dectria Spacaorate Jomal Issa 9.1959 Lekestar No Ta728 USA,