Dear Richard,
Thank you very much for posting this. In the 1920s, Thomas Townsend Brown published an article titled "How I Control Gravity."
My theory is simple. In the not too distant past, high-tech weapons included catapults and then cannons. Infantry weapons were also rather primitive. Then oil and derived chemicals were discovered, followed by synthetic fibers, fertilizers, and patent medicines. The point is money is made from things that come out of the ground. And from "planned obsolescence." I don't want to buy a new car every 3-5 years but I know the engine is not good for much beyond that.
I was immediately reminded of the X-15 program when I learned of the success of Burt Rutan's SpaceShip One. Richard Branson has contracted with Scaled Composites to build several SpaceShip Twos and a spaceport in New Mexico is on the drawing board. And cryogenic fuel is not being used.
Gentlemen, I submit that technology like electrogravitics will "appear" in due course. The US government decided to take another look at "cold fusion." In my own research, I've seen documents stating that in 1947 the Americans were concerned that the flying discs were Russian, based on German technology.
I am not writing this to convince anyone, just to put my information and theory out there.
Regards,
Ed West
Here is a site that covers the topic of lifters:
http://jnaudin.free.fr/lifters/story.htm