Dr. Marcel Pagès Anti-Gravity Device Challenges Laws of Physics, Inventor Dies Mysteriously

Описание: On a quiet street in France, a man stepped out into the road only to be struck by a speeding car, which raced away, the driver vanishing without a trace. Dr. Marcel Pagès died there on the street, and with him, his dreams of an invention he believed could defy gravity itself. His death was as mysterious as the device he spent decades developing, a machine that promised to lift humanity beyond the stars. This is the story of Marcel Pages, a man whose bold vision challenged the laws of physics and left a legacy shrouded in intrigue.

1959. -- The world is gripped by the Space Race. -- The first probe passes the moon. --Satellites orbit Earth. -- Humanity dreams of conquering the cosmos. --

At the International Congress of Satellites and Missiles, a little-known inventor steps into the spotlight. Marcel Pagès, a Frenchman with a bold vision, declares that gravity is not what we think it is. He claimed gravity is not caused by the attraction of the Earth, but is caused by the repulsion of the cosmos. He calls it a cosmic repulsion, a force that can be tamed with the right technology. For over 15 years, Pagès had been developing a device he claimed could reduce an object’s weight, make it levitate, or even propel it through space at speeds faster than light. His ideas were radical, clashing with Einstein’s theory of relativity and the scientific consensus of the time.

Pagès wasn’t just another dreamer. He had a patent to back his claims. Filed in 1960, French Patent Number 1,253,902, titled “Engine for Cosmic Flight,” described a machine unlike anything the world had seen. Shaped like a lenticular flying saucer, the device featured a central sphere and a toroidal chamber where an electron beam would rotate at staggering speeds—up to 97% of the speed of light, or 291,000 kilometers per second. This beam, guided by a magnetic field, was said to create a “hole” in what Pagès called cosmic energy, a mysterious force he believed permeated all of space. The result? Degravitation. The ability to counteract gravity itself.

But what was this cosmic energy? Pagès had a theory, one that sounds more like science fiction than science. He proposed that space is filled with a “graviton gas,” tiny packets of gravitational energy that push objects toward Earth. By manipulating this gas with his device, Pagès believed he could neutralize gravity’s pull. He even suggested that his machine could harness energy 10,000 billion times more powerful than nuclear fusion, a claim that left scientists both intrigued and skeptical. To Pagès, gravity wasn’t a fundamental force but a phenomenon that could be engineered, controlled, and overcome.

The heart of Pagès’ device was its electron beam, accelerated to near-light speeds within a 4000-gauss magnetic field. According to his patent, a 3000-ampere current would power this process, enabling the device to lift a 1000-kilogram mass. Once activated, the machine required no further energy to maintain its antigravity effect, much like a balloon stays aloft once filled with helium. Pagès envisioned a future where his technology would power spacecraft, allowing humanity to travel beyond the stars, free from the shackles of gravity and inertia.

To test his ideas, Pagès conducted experiments, some dating back to the 1920s. In one setup, he used two 14-centimeter mica discs coated with metal foil, charged to 200,000 volts by a Wimshurst generator. When placed on a balanced beam, the discs reportedly lost 5 grams of weight, an effect that vanished after two minutes. In another test, a single disc, charged to 300,000 volts and rotated, lifted off its support. Pagès even conducted experiments in a vacuum, using a 40-liter capacitor, and claimed consistent results: a small but measurable reduction in weight. These findings, he argued, proved that his device could manipulate gravity.

Across the Atlantic, the U.S. Air Force was equally captivated by the possibilities of gravity-based propulsion systems. At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the Aeronautical Research Laboratories launched intense programs to explore gravity control. From 1956, under physicist Joshua Goldberg, the General Physics Laboratory coordinated research into gravitational and unified field theories. Aerospace giants like Bell and Boeing joined the quest, driven by the promise of revolutionary propulsion.