The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology

Though it sometimes seems to fall in the realm of science fiction more than pure science, aviation-technology journalist Nick Cook's intriguing tale involves the long quest to develop antigravity vehicles and the sometimes eccentric characters who have played a part in it: Nazi rocket engineers, backyard inventors, NASA scientists, conspiracy theorists, and UFO watchers among them. The last group figures, Cook explains, because the ideal craft for "electrogravitic reaction" would take the form of a disc, a design consideration seen in the shape of current stealth aircraft. It could just be, the author suggests, that what witnesses have taken to be flying saucers might instead be antigravity-aircraft prototypes, though he cautions that "the subject is too complex ... to conform to a single explanation."

And therein hangs a good part of this always interesting, if admittedly speculative, story, which, regardless of the truth of the matter (or, perhaps, antimatter), will appeal to techies and Trekkies alike. --Gregory McNamee

Product Description
This riveting work of investigative reporting and history exposes classified government projects to build gravity-defying aircraft--which have an uncanny resemblance to flying saucers.

The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy government scientists in the 1940s. Antigravity technology, originally spearheaded by scientists in Nazi Germany, was another high priority, one that still may be in effect today. Now for the first time, a reporter with an unprecedented access to key sources in the intelligence and military communities reveals suppressed evidence that tells the story of a quest for a discovery that could prove as powerful as the A-bomb.

The Hunt for Zero Point explores the scientific speculation that a "zero point" of gravity exists in the universe and can be replicated here on Earth. The pressure to be the first nation to harness gravity is immense, as it means having the ability to build military planes of unlimited speed and range, along with the most deadly weaponry the world has ever seen. The ideal shape for a gravity-defying vehicle happens to be a perfect disk, making antigravity tests a possible explanation for the numerous UFO sightings of the past 50 years.

Chronicling the origins of antigravity research in the world's most advanced research facility, which was operated by the Third Reich during World War II, The Hunt for Zero Point traces U.S. involvement in the project, beginning with the recruitment of former Nazi scientists after the war. Drawn from interviews with those involved with the research and who visited labs in Europe and the United States, The Hunt for Zero Point journeys to the heart of the twentieth century's most puzzling unexplained phenomena.


From the Hardcover edition.

Well maybe not quite. Nick Cook delivers a book that deserves careful consideration. He follows the data and comes to incredible revelations. Perhaps, there is a way to either shield gravity or to produce an anti-gravity effect. Maybe there is more energy resting in a show box than all the oil fields and nuclear power plants dotting the globe. And what if the speed of light is not the boundary we have come to believe it is?

Before you discard the notion, I dare you to read the book and then go to your browser and start looking up names or places or ideas. There is a wealth of knowledge out there that is way outside the box.

Coupled with a tremendous scientific story are the efforts by the American government to keep much of this technology under wraps and behind closed doors. The black world (as Cook calls it) rarely meets the white world.

For anyone remotely interested in cutting edge technology, this is a must must read.


Truth is the first casualty of war   January 22, 2005
Kenneth A. O'neil (Taos, New Mexico)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful

Cook's credentials are long standing and I see no reason why he should do anything other than report what he found during the course of his investigations. And he is not alone. The web is full of content on this subject. Of particular importance is the site "disclosureproject.org" and the work of Greer who has made detailed presentations to Clinton's staff, the Pentagon, the U.S. Congress, and the United Nations about the compartmental nature of black operations within the private defense industry and the halls of the Pentagon. That our leaders have lied to us should be no surprise to anyone unless you are totally myopic.
There is no doubt that disclosure of the technical capability that exists within these comparmentalized bodies would have dramatic reverberations throughout the world and would definitely challenge the status quo. Maybe we are not ready for that yet, unfortunately.
On a personal note I was part of a team that achieved a technological breakthrough that was deemed near impossible by the best people in Bell Labs and formed a successful company that produced and marketed this product within a very technical market. Much of our data came from published scientific papers out in the archives for many years, in much the same way that Nicolas Tesla's papers on zero point have been. His papers are still available and are fascinating reading. He of course was denied his time in the spotlight and highly ridiculed. It is not at all unusual for scientists to be in the forefront of the ostrich mentality.
We might remember that many scientific breakthroughs begin with skepticism, go through ridicule, on to final acceptance. This subject matter is no different, BUT this subject could have the potential to be the most important discovery of all time.
Truth and denial may be the six degrees of separation we read about.


Journalism at its' best!   March 6, 2005
M. Kuffler (Hartford, CT USA)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful

This book is absolutely recommended reading for anyone that is interested in the unseen portion of the US military. It also makes a very strong case that many new technologies and events are happening outside the view of the public in the name of national security.

This guy is a terrific author and journalist, no doubt about it. His ability to architect the facts into a compelling story is just icing on the cake. Frankly, his research is compelling enough and the chronology of events he uses to make his case are very well mapped out. He makes some very complex events and theories easily comprehensive to a science novice.

You really need to read the book if you are interested in new technology, old technology, the evolution of technology or want to understand where our society may have recieved many abstract ideas for high tech. The vast military complex is abstract and secretive, Nick Cook does a stellar job of piecing together history and current events.

This is not some nutjob UFO book. He doesn't ramble (as many UFO books do) and doesn't pursue huge conspiracy theories. He does watch the facts and makes me want to go out and do research on my own.

I wish more journalists did work like this guy.... This book is consistently interesting, I couldn't put it down.


Seeing Past The Edge   September 23, 2003
David G. Yurth (Holladay, Utah USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

The Hunt For Zero Point demonstrates that the science we practice today is not representative of the way Nature works. While attempting to unravel the troubling clues associated with anti-gravity research, as part of his official work as Aerospace Consultant for Jane's Defence Weekly, Cook discovers a much more important, immensely disturbing secret. Science fiction writers have long incorporated casual references to technologies which harness the power of gravitational and electro-magnetic forces, send messages across the vast expanses of space without time lag, produce energy without consuming combustibles, drive vehicles at velocities in excess of the speed of light, move backwards and forwards in time, as if such things are possible simply because they are within the conceptual grasp of human consciousness. What Cook discovered, and what his book describes, is that much of the revolutionary technology attributed to science fiction already exists. By itself, this discovery is worthy of his efforts.

What is most disturbing about his book is the realization, after ten years of tracking the clues around the globe and verifying that many of the technologies already exist, that the people who made the first critical breakthroughs were the same people who perpetrated the Holocaust. Worse yet is his discovery that many of the people who engineered the machinations of the Third Reich were subsequently hired by the United States Government, given blanket immunity and protected from prosecution in exchange for their support of the development of these revolutionary technologies. Even more disturbing is the discovery that the technologies themselves are being successfully developed in secret and deliberately withheld from public access to protect powerful private sector interests.

The technological breakthroughs described in Cook's wonderful book are all the technologies which are needed to heal the planet, feed the hungry, preserve the environment, and enable sustainable economic and commercial development. Who would resist the introduction of technologies which rise to these challenges? What if we could tap the zero point energy field and deliver electrical power so cheaply and globally as to make it unnecessary to meter it? What if we could drive all our transportation needs without reliance on combustible fuels? What if we could journey to the stars without worrying about the exigencies of time? What if we could purify water, remediate radioactive emissions from nuclear waste and restore ecological balance to the planet in a way that works for everyone? Who would stand in the way of such progress?

In our work as scientists and researchers, we have accumulated a body of knowledge which explains the workings of Nature in a way that accommodates the phenomena Cook describes. By amending the Standard Model of modern physics to comply with current knowledge, we are able to validate the conclusions presented in his impeccably documented work and explain how such things operate in a way that is understandable by any reasonably educated person. The most significant contribution made by Cook's work is the presentation of the concepts related to Zero Point research in such a way as to make them both understandable and palatable. That his explanations are validated by hard evidence is the essential point.

His work is well conceived, compellingly written and fundamentally correct in both its science and its conclusions. It's a genuinely enlightening read. I highly recommend it.