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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Townsend Brown
| image = Townsend Brown 912.jpg
| alt = Townsend Brown
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|03|18|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{birth date|1985|10|22|mf=y}}
| fields = [[Physicist]]
| residence = United States
| nationality = USA
| known_for = [[Antigravity]], [[Magnetic Propulsion]]
}}

Brown was born in Zanesville, Ohio; his parents were Lewis K. and Mary Townsend Brown. In 1921, Brown discovered what was later called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biefeld-Brown_effect Biefeld-Brown effect] while experimenting with a Coolidge X-ray tube. This is a vacuum tube with two asymmetrical electrodes. Brown noticed that there was a force exerted by the tube when it was connected to a high-voltage source. This force was not caused by the X-rays, but by this new effect. Later, in 1923, he collaborated with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alfred_Biefeld Paul Alfred Biefeld] at Denison University, Granville, Ohio. He started a military career afterwards and was involved in a number of science programs.

In 1930 he joined the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Navy U.S. Navy] and conducted fundamental research in electromagnetism, radiation, field physics, spectroscopy, gravity and other topics. He later worked for Glenn L. Martin and, still later, for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Research_Committee National Defense Research Committee] (NDRC) and the Office of Scientific Research and Development, headed at that time by Dr. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush Vannevar Bush]. After 1944 he worked as a consultant to the Lockheed-Vega Aircraft Corporation.

In 1955, Brown went to England, and then France where he worked for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_nationale_des_constructions_a%C3%A9ronautiques_du_sud-ouest La Soci?t? Nationale de Construction A?ronautique du Sud Ouest] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCASO SNCASO]). In 1956, the aviation trade publication ''Interavia'' reported that Brown had made substantial progress in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-gravity anti-gravity] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-gravitic_propulsion electro-gravitic propulsion] research. Top U.S. aerospace companies had also become involved in such research (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_gravity_control_propulsion_research_(1955_-_1974) United States gravity control propulsion research (1955 - 1974)]) which may have become a classified subject by 1957. Others contend Brown's research simply reached a dead end and lost support. Though the effect he discovered has been proven to exist by many others, Brown's work was controversial because others and even he himself believed that this effect could explain the existence and operation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

Brown was an early investigator of UFOs and in 1956 helped found the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Investigations_Committee_on_Aerial_Phenomena National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NICAP NICAP]). Though Townsend resigned not long after NICAP was founded, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NICAP NICAP] was an influential force in civilian UFO research through 1970. The organization's activities drew the attention of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), several high-level officers of which joined the group. Brown's research has since become something of a popular pursuit around the world, with amateur experimenters replicating his early experiments in the form of "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifter_(ionic_propulsion_device) lifters]" powered by high-voltage. - <em>Wikipedia</em>

==Abstracts==

* 1996 - "[[T. Townsend Brown Notebooks]]"

==Books==

* 1952/2000 - "[[The Electro-Gravity Device of Townsend Brown]]"

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