(word processor parameters LM=8, RM=75, TM=2, BM=2) Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501 Sponsored by Vangard Sciences PO BOX 1031 Mesquite, TX 75150 There are ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS on duplicating, publishing or distributing the files on KeelyNet! April 7, 1991 SEARLE1.ASC -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Searl and his flying disks. a personal commentary by Anders Heerfordt I heard a speech by John Searl around 5 Dec 1990. During the speech he claimed that he could produce antigravity and free energy effects, using special magnets, and that he had been building flying saucers. He also said that he had a special magnet bar and some magnetic cylinders with such unusual properties. He could not demonstrate the bar, he said, because British customs had prevented him from bringing the magnets. According to Searl, many people had seen his flying disks. I tried to find somebody who had seen Searl demonstrate something. That turned out to be difficult. During the speech Searl said that Gunnar Sandberg (a scientist at Sussex University) had seen him demonstrate perpetual motion with his magnet bar and his magnetic rollers. Sandberg was not present at the speech. I visited Sandberg at Sussex University and asked him about the demonstration. Gunnar had seen the magnetic bar and the magnetic rollers, and Searl had told him a lot about them, but Searl had not demonstrated any unusual effects to him. In this case Searl was apparently not being truthful. I asked Searl if he could demonstrate the unusual effects to me, but he said that unfortunately he couldn't, because some of the magnets had been lost, and he no longer had a complete set. I asked Searl to help me find someone who had known him in the past, so that I could ask them to confirm his claims. He tried to discourage me from searching for his past associates, saying that they had all died, or disappeared. That he and others had spent thousands of pounds on advertising in newspapers to find old witnesses, but none had surfaced. I mentioned Sandberg, but Searl did not think I should talk to Sandberg. As he had claimed Sandberg was a witness, it seems strange that he should first say that no witnesses could be found, then acknowledge that Sandberg was available, then try to discourage me from talking to Sandberg. Page 1 I mentioned to Searl that he had been married, and one would assume that his family had known about his experiments, and that I would like to hear their story. Searl said that his wife had been a very evil person, who had ridiculed his experiments, and who had prevented his children from seeing any of his experiments. Searl did not want me to talk to his family. Sandberg, however, had managed to find a son, who had seen disks being suspended from wires, so that they could be photographed, but who hadnt seen any demonstration of antigravity or free energy. I managed to find a Mr. Louis Avilio, who had worked with Searl for 5 years, and I asked him whether he could confirm the claims of Searl. He could not. Searl has certainly told him a lot about such claims, but he had never seen Searl demonstrate his claims of perpetual motion or antigravity. He had however not known Searl in the fifties or sixties, where some experiments should have been done. Louis Avillio had met somebody, who had worked with Searl during the fifties or sixties, but he hadn't seen any proof of the claims either. Searl should have had a childhood friend. His father was a George Haynes. Searl and the friend made experiments together. They made the first free energy magnet together, and the friend's father paid for the materials. The father is dead by now, but the son should still be alive, and should be able to tell about Searl's first experiments. I asked Searl for the name of the friend, but Searl said he couldn't remember it. I asked him where his friend lived at the time, but again Searl evaded and said that he could not remember it. I had the impression that Searl did not want me to find his childhood friend. Searl said his magnet bar with the unusual properties was made of neodynium, titanium and bakelite. A small chip of the bar was analyzed by a scientist at Sussex University. The results were published in Raum & Zeit. According to the analysis the bar was made of a magnetic mixture of iron and titanium. There were some rare earth metals in the mixture, including neodynium. Iron-titanium magnetic powders were commercially available in fifties or sixties. A small amount of a rare earth mixture was included as an antioxidant . Searl's magnet is apparaently made from such a powder. It does not appear that Searl has been truthful about how his magnetic bar was made. I asked Searl about news paper articles, but he did not think I should look for newspaper articles. He said however that there had been a lot of articles about his work back in 1981, when he was building a large flying saucer that could carry passengers. Page 2 He was then living in Mortimer, near Reading west of London. The work had stopped when he became very ill, and went to hospital. Somebody then destroyed all his materials and models, and all that survived was his magnet bar and the magnetic rollers. When pressed he admitted that he had not gone to hospital, but he had gone to jail after a court case in June-July 1981 at a court in Reading. He said he had been sentenced for not paying his electricity bill. He said he had only used electricity from his free energy generator, not from the public network. I asked the court in Reading whether they could confirm this, but they said that the court records were not public. I went through the issues of the London newspaper Times from June- July 1981 but there was no mention of Mrs Searl and his flying saucers. I called the newspaper in Reading, but they said I would have to go to Reading myself and go through their archives, if I wanted to find anything from that period. I haven't been to Reading yet. So I haven't used up all possibilities of research into the past of John Searl. If I went to Reading and went through the newspaper I might find that Searl was sentenced for something else than not paying his electricity bill. Perhaps he was sentenced for fraudulently selling tickets to the Moon? The research I have done, does not support that Searl ever made any flying disks or free energy machines, but rather it supports that he has a good phantasy. The people who have met him say that he seems convinced that his claims are possible, which is strange, because he has no evidence to support them. Perhaps antigravity and free energy can be demonstarted in a way similar to the one Searl describes. But as he doesnt seem to have demonstrated it himself, it seems strange that he should be so convinced that it can be done. Anders Heerfordt, 1 Mar 91. You are free to print the above text. Sent to KeelyNet by Mr. Heerfordt for distribution. -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have comments or other information relating to such topics as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page. Thank you for your consideration, interest and support. Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson Vangard Sciences/KeelyNet -------------------------------------------------------------------- If we can be of service, you may contact Jerry at (214) 324-8741 or Ron at (214) 242-9346 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 3