Eric W. Davis

Eric Davis

Senior Science Advisor

Academic Books, Chapters in Books, Contribution to Books:

Davis, E. W., Foreword, in Starlight, Starbright: Are Stars Conscious?, Greg Matloff, Curtis Press, Norwich, UK, 2015, pp. xv-xix.

Millis, M. G. and Davis, E. W. (eds.), Frontiers of Propulsion Science, Progress in Astronautics & Aeronautics Series, Vol. 227, American Inst. of Aeronautics & Astronautics Press, Reston, VA, 2009, 2nd printing 2012.

Davis, E. W., “Chapter 4: Gravity Control within Newtonian and General Relativity Physics,” in Frontiers of Propulsion Science, Progress in Astronautics & Aeronautics Series, Vol. 227, American Inst. of Aeronautics & Astronautics Press, Reston, VA, 2009, pp. 175-227.

Davis, E. W., “Chapter 15: Faster-Than-Light Approaches in General Relativity,” in Frontiers of Propulsion Science, Progress in Astronautics & Aeronautics Series, Vol. 227, American Inst. of Aeronautics & Astronautics Press, Reston, VA, 2009, pp. 473-509.

Davis, E. W. and Puthoff, H. E., “Chapter 18: On Extracting Energy from the Quantum Vacuum,” in Frontiers of Propulsion Science, Progress in Astronautics & Aeronautics Series, Vol. 227, American Inst. of Aeronautics & Astronautics Press, Reston, VA, 2009, pp. 569-603.

Vallée, J. F. and Davis, E. W., “Incommensurability, Orthodoxy and the Physics of High Strangeness: A 6-Level Model for Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena,” in Radiant Minds: Scientists Explore the Dimensions of Consciousness, ed. J. Millay, Silver Threads, Breinigsville, PA, 2010, pp. 492-507.

Vallée, J. F. and Davis, E. W., “Incommensurability, Orthodoxy, and the Physics of High Strangeness – A 6-Layer Model for Anomalous Phenomena,” FÁTIMA REVISITED: The Apparition Phenomenon in Ufology, Psychology, and Science, Volume III, Compiled by F. Fernandes, J. Fernandes, and R. Berenguel, eds. A. D. Basiago and E. M. Thompson, Anomalist Books, San Antonio, 2008, pp. 186-200.

Contribution to Book: “Chapter 4. The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis,” in STARSTRUCK: Cosmic Visions in Science, Religion, and Folklore, A. A. Harrison, Berghahn Books, Oxford, 2007, pp. 72-73.

Contribution to Book: “Antigravity” (Chapter 14. Six Sigma Solutions), in Winning The War: Advanced Weapons, Strategies, And Concepts For The Post-9/11 World, Col. John B. Alexander (USAR), St. Martin’s Press, 2003, pp. 230-232.

Contribution to Book: “Single-Generation Missions – Shorten the Flight” (Chapter 14. Interstellar Migration), in Spacefaring: The Human Dimension, A. A. Harrison, University of California Press, 2001, pp. 250-252.

Contribution to Book: “Chapter 10. Information Warfare,” in Future War: Non-Lethal Weapons In Twenty-First-Century Warfare, Col. John B. Alexander (USAR), St. Martin’s Press, 1999, pg. 110.

Davis, E. W., Diffusion In The Io Plasma Torus And Its Relation To The Torus Spatial Structure, Ph.D. Dissertation, U.M.I. Bell & Howell Publ. Co., Ann Arbor, MI, 1991.

U.S. Government Program Contract Reports:

Davis, E. W. (2011), “Quantum Tomography of Negative Energy States in the Vacuum,” Defense Intelligence Reference Document, Defense Futures, DIA-08-1102-007, Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

Davis, E. W. (2010), “Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites,” Defense Intelligence Reference Document, Defense Futures, DIA-08-1011-001, Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

Obousy, R. K. and Davis, E. W. (2010), “Warp Drive, Dark Energy, and the Manipulation of Extra Dimensions,” Defense Intelligence Reference Document, Acquisition Threat Support, DIA-08-1004-001, Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

Davis, E. W. (2010), “Concepts for Extracting Energy From the Quantum Vacuum,” Defense Intelligence Reference Document, Acquisition Threat Support, DIA-08-1004-007, Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

Davis, E. W. (2010), “Antigravity for Aerospace Applications,” Defense Intelligence Reference Document, Acquisition Threat Support, DIA-08-1003-018, Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

Davis, E. W. (2010), “Traversable Wormholes, Stargates, and Negative Energy,” Defense Intelligence Reference Document, Acquisition Threat Support, DIA-08-1004-004, Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

Froning, H. D. and Davis, E. W. (2006), “Study to Determine the Effectiveness and Cost of a Laser-Propelled ‘Lightcraft’ Vehicle System,” Final Report AFRL-PR-ED-TR-2003-0033, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards AFB, CA.

Davis, E. W. (2006), “Military Aerospace Vehicles: Breakthrough Capabilities & Features in 2050,” Final Report AFRL-PR-ED-TR-2004-0081, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards AFB, CA.

  • Davis, E. W. (2004), “Advanced Propulsion Study,” Final Report AFRL-PR-ED-TR-2004-0024, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards AFB, CA.
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  • Davis, E. W. (2004), “Teleportation Physics Study,” Final Report AFRL-PR-ED-TR-2003-0034, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards AFB, CA.
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  • Davis, E. W. (2003), “Ball Lightning Study,” Final Report AFRL-PR-ED-TR-2002-0039, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards AFB, CA.

Peer-Reviewed Technical Journal and Symposium Proceedings Papers:

    • Maclay, G. J. and Davis, E. W., “Testing a Quantum Inequality with a Meta-analysis of Data from Squeezed Light,” Foundations of Physics, accepted for publication August 2019, in press.
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      • Mattingly, B., et al., “Curvature Invariants for Lorentzian Traversable Wormholes,” Foundations of Physics, submitted June 2019.
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      • Davis, E. W. (2013), “Faster-Than-Light Space Warps, Status and Next Steps,” J. British Interplanetary Soc., Vol. 66, No. 3/4, pp. 68-84.
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      • Woods, R. C., et al. (2011), “A New Theoretical Technique for the Measurement of High-Frequency Relic Gravitational Waves,” J. Mod. Phys., Vol. 2, pp. 498-518.
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      • Davis, E. W. and Mead, F. B. (2008), “Review of Laser Lightcraft Propulsion System,” Beamed Energy Propulsion: Proc. of the Fifth Int’l Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion, AIP Conf. Proc. Vol. 997, ed. A. V. Pakhomov, American Inst. of Physics Press, Melville, NY, pp. 283-294.
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      • Robertson, G. A., Murad, P. A., and Davis, E. W. (2008), “New frontiers in space propulsion sciences,” Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 49, pp. 436-452.
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      • Davis, E. W., et al. (2006), “Review of Experimental Concepts for Studying the Quantum Vacuum Field,” Proc. of the STAIF-2006: 3rd Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts, AIP Conf. Proc. Vol. 813, ed. M. S. El- Genk, American Inst. of Physics Press, Melville, NY, pp. 1390-1401.
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      • Davis, E. W. and Puthoff, H. E. (2006), “Experimental Concepts for Generating Negative Energy in the Lab,” Proc. of the STAIF-2006: 3rd Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts, AIP Conf. Proc. Vol. 813, ed. M. S. El-Genk, American Inst. of Physics Press, Melville, NY, pp. 1362-1373.
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      • White, H. G. and Davis, E. W. (2006), “The Alcubierre Warp Drive in Higher Dimensional Spacetime,” Proc. of the STAIF-2006: 3rd Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts, AIP Conf. Proc. Vol. 813, ed. M. S. El-Genk, American Inst. of Physics Press, Melville, NY, pp. 1382-1389.
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      • Puthoff, H. E., Davis, E. W., and Maccone, C. (2005), “Levi-Civita Effect in the Polarizable Vacuum (PV) Representation of General Relativity,” Gen. Relativ. Gravit., Vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 483-489.
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      • Baker, R. M. L., Davis, E. W., and Woods, R. C. (2005), “Gravitational Wave (GW) Radiation Pattern at the Focus of a High-Frequency GW (HFGW) Generator and Aerospace Applications,” Proc. of the STAIF-2005: 2nd Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts, AIP Conf. Proc. Vol. 746, ed. M. S. El-Genk, American Inst. of Physics Press, Melville, NY, pp. 1315-1322.
      • Vallée, J. F. and Davis, E. W. (2005), “Incommensurability, Orthodoxy, and the Physics of High Strangeness – A 6-Layer Model for Anomalous Phenomena,” Proc. of the 2003 Int’l Forum on Science, Religion and Consciousness, eds. J. Fernandes and N. L. Santos, Cons-Ciências CTEC Press, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal, pp. 225-239.
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      • Davis, E. W. (1999), “Wormhole Induction Propulsion (WHIP),” NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Workshop Proceedings, NASA CP-1999-208694, pp. 157-163.
      • Davis, E. W. (1998), “Interstellar Travel by Means of Wormhole Induction Propulsion (WHIP),” Proc. of the STAIF-98: 15th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion, AIP Conf. Proc. Vol. 420, ed. M. S. El- Genk, American Inst. of Physics Press, Melville, NY, pp. 1502-1508.
      • Davis, E. W. and Shemansky, D. E. (1990), “Collisionally Driven Diffusion In The Io Plasma Torus At Jupiter,” AGU EOS Trans., Vol. 71, no. 17, p. 596.

Conference Proceedings Papers:

      • Coopersmith, J. C. and Davis, E. W. (2016), “A Strategic Roadmap for Commercializing Low-Cost Beamed Energy Propulsion Launch Systems,” paper AIAA-2016-5555, AIAA Space 2016 Forum, Long Beach, CA.
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      • Davis, E. W. (2012), “Faster-Than-Light Space Warps, Status and Next Steps,” paper AIAA-2012-3860, 48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Atlanta, GA.
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      • Davis, E. W. (2006), “An Assessment of Faster-Than-Light Spacetimes: Make or Break Issues,” paper AIAA-2006-4908, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Sacramento, CA.
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      • Davis, E. W. (2003), “Laboratory Generation of High Frequency Gravitons via Quantization of the Coupled Maxwell-Einstein Fields,” Paper HFGW-03-125, Defense Intelligence Agency & National Security Space Office: Int’l High-Frequency Gravitational Waves Working Group, Gravitational Wave Conference, MITRE Corp., McLean, VA.
      • Holt, A. C., Davis, E. W., and Puthoff, H. E. (1999), “Space Testing of Electromagnetically Sensitive Materials for Breakthrough Propulsion Physics,” paper AIAA-99-2143, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA.
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Popular Articles:

      • Davis, E. W. (2015), “Wormhole-Stargates: Tunnelling Through The Cosmic Neighbourhood,” Principium, Issue 10, pp. 9-11.
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