Harassment, and “Premature Deaths” 1989 - 2004 Part III

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Stan Gleeson

Stan Gleeson

Gleeson was the lead researcher for the Cincinnati Group, a religiously-inspired group of researchers who, among other things, have produced (and offered for sale) a low energy electrolytic transmutation kit. This is made principally of zirconium, and it can take the radioactive element thorium through to its daughter products in a matter of hours, rather than the many thousands of years required under natural conditions. This device, which has been independently verified, was seen as an important step towards safe, cheap and effective radioactive remediation.

Cincinnati Group advertisement for their electrolytic transmutation kit

As was briefly reported by Chris Tinsley, the Cincinnati Group also discovered how to produce an electrochemical “fireball” capable of melting asbestos sheet or ceramic tiles with a power input of only a few tens of watts.¹⁸ Tinsley was himself able to verify some of this work.

None of this is explicable by conventional physics.

As the brief report in Infinite Energy put it: “...The company has seemed less active in the field since the untimely death of its lead researcher Stan Gleeson in 2000.”¹⁹

Gleeson’s premature death was followed by that of another Cincinnati Group associate, Don Holloman, in early 2004.


Kevin Wolf

Kevin Wolf

Nuclear Chemist Kevin L. Wolf, of the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A & M University, died at his home in College Station, Texas, on September 11, 1997, aged 55.

Although always a member of the scientific establishment, Dr Wolf was an early pioneer of Cold Fusion, announcing in May 1989 that he had detected neutrons and tritium in Cold Fusion experiments at Texas A & M. However he evidently succumbed to pressure that was subsequently applied, and started to express doubts about alleged “pre-existing contamination” (doubts which were later shown by other meticulous studies to be baseless).

During research funded by EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) in 1992, Wolf discovered that three of his palladium cathodes that had undergone electrolysis in heavy water had become highly radioactive. Gamma rays from at least seven radionuclides were unmistakably observed. However, although Wolf was completely convinced that his results were genuine, he apparently could not accept a “Cold Fusion” explanation for them.

Wolf was scheduled to talk about his work at the fourth ICCF (International Conference on Cold Fusion) in December 1994, but did not show up, having been “encouraged not to attend” by an opponent of Cold Fusion within EPRI, Dr Tom Schneider. Some details of Wolf’s research were belatedly announced by Dr Tom Passell of EPRI at the 1995 ICCF.^20,21

The System devotes much more effort into suppressing heretical views held by members of the establishment than it does for “outsiders,” who are relatively easily marginalised. It also tries to control both sides of any heresies that it cannot fully suppress — thus EPRI funded Cold Fusion research while at the same time its senior management strongly opposed any positive results. Wolf was evidently placed under very heavy pressure from powerful opponents of Cold Fusion, and he was also severely criticised by some Cold Fusion advocates for giving in to this pressure. It seems reasonable to speculate that all of this may have had an adverse effect on his health.


Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov, Nobel Laureate, one of the best known scientists of recent times, was a personal friend of Stefan Marinov (see above). Sakharov had taken the courageous decision to visit the Methernitha community to see the Thesta Distatica at first hand. This was to be a high-profile visit — he was to have been accompanied by reporters from the Russian news media, including television. Soon after the final details of the visit had been arranged, but before it could take place, Sakharov died suddenly, on December 14, 1989.²²


Peter the Great

Czar Peter the Great

The death of Sakharov in 1989 is unfortunately reminiscent of that of Czar Peter the Great in 1725. In both cases famous, progressive and influential Russians had become very interested in the best examples of Free Energy machines of their day, but both died on the eve of effecting what could have been breakthroughs in the introduction of the technology to the world at large.

In his book²³ John Collins quotes quite extensively from correspondence concerning Peter the Great’s efforts to buy the Wheel invented by Johann Bessler, also known as Orffyreus. [See my posts from 20 May to 14 June 2014 on this blog for more on the Orffyrean wheel.] Below are brief extracts from two letters written by Laurentius Blumentrost, Supervisor of the Museum portion of the Czar’s library (he was also the Czar’s personal physician, and later became the first President of the St. Petersburg Academy of Science). On 25 November 1720, writing to Christian Wolff, Professor of Mathematics at Halle University, Blumentrost said:

“In your last letter, you mentioned that Orffyreus’ invention could be of some benefit to the public if it were put into the hands of an expert mathematician to improve it, and this could only be done if the inventor was paid a certain amount of money. His Majesty, The Czar, after due consideration, has graciously advised me that he will spare an unlimited amount of money provided that you, yourself undertake this task and enter into His service.”²⁴

The negotiations concerning Wolff’s entry into the Czar’s service proved to be quite protracted. By mid 1723, in another letter to Wolff, Blumentrost wrote:

“With regard to the perpetual motion machine, His Majesty the Czar has decided to put into escrow with the King of Prussia, that amount of money agreed with the inventor. It would the be left to your judgement whether the machine is a real perpetual motion and whether it would benefit the public. In accordance with this, I will negotiate with Orffyreus and inform you of the contract or agreement.”²⁵

However, on November 8, 1723 the King of Prussia suddenly issued a decree ordering Wolff to leave Prussia within 48 hours, or else be put to death by strangulation! He was evidently enraged that Wolff, his most eminent Professor, was negotiating behind his back to enter the service of the Czar. Collins suggests that this reason explains the suddenness and severity of the King’s decree much better than the reasons offered by the orthodox historians — centering around long-standing disputes in Leibnitzio-Wolffian philosophy. But to admit this reason would ultimately involve acknowledging the Czar’s great interest in Bessler’s Wheel, something which orthodox historians and others seem most anxious to avoid these days.²⁶

There is no doubt that the Czar was a willing buyer, and of course Bessler was always a willing seller at his asking price. So why did the deal fall through? The King’s decree effectively removed Wolff from further involvement with the Wheel, but that was not a fatal blow. The Czar’s interest remained undiminished, and in January 1725 Detlev Klefeker, the King of Prussia’s representative at his court, was preparing to go to Germany to purchase the invention for him. It has even been suggested that the Czar was considering going to Germany himself in connection with the purchase.²⁷ But on the 28th of the same month occurred the blow which was fatal indeed — Czar Peter the Great died. The giant Russian, a man of boundless energy, keenly interested in science and technology, a man who had both the means and the desire to give Free Energy to the world in the early 18th century, and who had already made the decision to do so, lay dead at only 52.

References and Notes

18. Infinite Energy No 5-6 p29.
19. Infinite Energy No 37 p41.
20. Infinite Energy No 2 p30.
21. Infinite Energy No 18 p40.
22. Tutt, The Search For Free Energy, Simon & Schuster, 2001 p103-104.
23. John Collins, Perpetual Motion: An Ancient Mystery Solved? Permo publications, 1997.
24. Collins, ibid p128.
25. Collins, ibid p143.
26. Collins, ibid p144.
27. R. A. Ford, Perpetual Motion Mystery, Lindsay Publications Inc, 1987, p180.

[to be concluded in Part IV]