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<p class="fs-3 mb-1">TL;DR</p>

Inertial mass can be reduced by encompassing an object in an ordinary dipole magnetic field (a field with a north and south pole) and moving the object and its field in the direction of that field's north to south pole. Such an object will experience lower G-forces, inertia, when accelerating at the same rate as an object without such a magnetic field allowing greater overall acceleration with less of an increase in inertia. 

This has been discovered by Robert Francis Jr who has conducted ten rounds of trials with magnet free-fall experiments which consistently show the effect. He believes inertial mass is a result of vacuum fluctuations with a magnetic moment imparting their energy on accelerating matter with the above magnetic field reducing that impartation of energy which increases the object's free-fall acceleration to greater than gravity due to its inertial mass being less than its gravitational mass.

<h2>Introduction</h2>

To put it simply, inertia is the force you feel pushing you into your seat when you are accelerating in a car and the same force you feel when slamming on the brakes. It is the force every object feels when it is accelerating or decelerating.  Albert Einstein posited that a man standing in a rocket that was accelerating vertically at 9.8m/s2 would be unable to tell the difference between standing in that accelerating rocket and standing on the planet Earth whose gravitational acceleration rate is also 9.8m/s2. Formally this correlation is known as the Equivalence Principle. 

One interesting fact about the Equivalence Principle is that an object's inertial and gravitational masses are believed to be equal which results in objects of different masses falling at the same rate. This was demonstrated in the Apollo 15 Moon landing in 1971 where astronaut David Scott dropped a hammer and a feather at the same time. The reason feathers fall slower on Earth is due to wind resistance. On the Moon there is no atmosphere and therefore no wind resistance.

<h2>History</h2>

The late Boyd Bushman was a Lockheed Martin Senior Scientist with many patents under his belt while at Lockheed. Bushman claimed publicly in a science email list in late 90s and in the documentary "From Here to Andromeda" by David Sereda that he had  conducted magnet free-fall experiments from 59 feet in a Lockheed building and that they fell at different rates than ordinary objects. Bushman claimed that he repulsively coupled two magnets (two magnets that push each other away) and performed repeated free-fall experiments with it and a non-magnetic control both using tennis balls for the shells.

Bushman claims witnesses at ground level claimed over and over that the control landed first and the magnet last. There is no hard data such as measurements of the free-fall times or video recordings of the drops. Bushman did not put forward a reason for the effect nor did is there any proof that he ever discussed conducting magnet free-fall experiments with a single or two attractively coupled magnets.

<h2 class="fs-3">Known Experimental Replication Attempts</h2>

<ul>
<li>Robert Francis Jr – 09/14/2024 – Present</li>
<li>The Action Lab – 11/05/2021</li>
<li>Elio Porcelli et al – 05/01/2021</li>
<li>Rob Baker – 07/28/2017</li>
<li>Magnet Tricks – 06/16/2015</li>
<li>William Alek – 03/12/2009</li>
<li>Tom Mahood – 11/18/1999 & 12/07/1999</li>
</ul>



<table>
<tr><th>Name</th><th>Magnet Grade</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Mass (Grams)</th><th>Pulling Force (LBS)</th><th>Drop Height (Meters)</th></tr>
<tr><td>Robert Francis Jr</td><td>N42</td><td>2"OD x 1"H</td><td>380</td><td>205</td><td>2.13</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Action Lab</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Unknown</td></tr>
<tr><td>Elio Porcelli et al</td><td>N35</td><td>60mm x 20mm</td><td>460</td><td>*166</td><td>1.73 </td></tr>
<tr><td>Rob Baker</td><td>Unknown</td><td>2"x1"x0.5"</td><td>Unknown</td><td>*77</td><td>Unknown</td></tr>
<tr><td>Magnet Tricks</td><td>N35</td><td>60mmOD x 15mm H</td><td>238</td><td>*127</td><td>7</td></tr>
<tr><td>William Alek</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Unknown</td><td>8.9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tom Mahood</td><td>N27</td><td>25.4mm x 4.75mm</td><td>36.05</td><td>*27.8</td><td>2.4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tom Mahood</td><td>N27</td><td>1"x1"x0.125"</td><td>18</td><td>*14.6</td><td>2.4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tom Mahood</td><td>N27</td><td>19mm OD x 2.57mm H</td><td>5.36</td><td>*7.01</td><td>2.4</td></tr>
</table>
*Estimated as if the Magnet was N42 rather than N27 or N35.


<h2>Experimental Evidence</h2>

Robert Francis Jr conducted magnet free-fall experiments with all possible coupling combinations, attractively: NS/NS and SN/SN, and repulsively: NS/SN and SN/NS. In my over 10 rounds of magnet free-fall experiments only one magnet object experienced acceleration rates higher than gravity during free-fall, the NS/NS magnet with two magnets attractively coupled and falling in the direction of the field's north to south pole and none showing the results Bushman claimed of repulsively coupled magnets falling at rates lower than gravity.

Of the known replication attempts only Tom Mahood definitively stated that he did test dropping a normal dipole magnet in the direction of its north to south pole, among other combinations, and depending on the three magnets he tested he got marginal results that could be explained by experimental error.

The difference between the results of Robert Francis and Tom Mahood is likely down to the size and field put out by the magnets both used. An N42 magnet of the size Tom Mahood used puts out an estimated 27.8lbs of pulling force but Tom Mahood's magnet had a lower pulling force than that due to his magnet being N27 not N42.

<h2>Hypothetical Cause</h2>

Inertia is felt everywhere, on Earth and in space, therefore it is not a result of matter. One hypothesis is that it is a result of vacuum fluctuations from the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle, fluctuations that have a magnetic moment, the ability to be affected by magnetic fields. Such fluctuations are predicted to occur with virtual particle/anti-particle pairs of positrons and electrons popping into existence and either rapidly annihilating producing virtual gamma rays or the positron/electron pair just fading back into the vacuum. I believe these virtual particles are constantly imparting energy on, non-virtual, real matter.

If the cause of inertia is virtual particles then accelerating bodies would seem to increase the local energy of the vacuum, more virtual particle pairs popping into existence near them specifically more in front of the craft in order to oppose the craft's acceleration and impart the force known as inertia.

<h2>A Boyd Bushman Conspiracy Theory</h2>

As a Lockheed Martin Senior Scientist Boyd Bushman no doubt worked on projects classified Top Secret and was not allowed to discuss them publicly. If he learned about inertia reduction technology during his time there he would not have been allowed to talk about it.

What if Bushman concocted a magnet free-fall experiment that would show a magnet falling at a different rate than a control but under the guise of the field shielding the magnet from gravity and slowing it down or the field increasing the magnet's inertial mass causing it to accelerate more slowly?

There is no hard data from his experiment. Bushman could have easily placed a NS/NS magnet in one tennis ball and a control in the other and then told everyone the faster fall tennis ball was the control and the control was the repulsively coupled magnet object. Maybe Bushman was hoping people upon hearing of the experiment would conduct a thorough experiment of their own with all possible attractively and repulsively coupled magnet configurations.

<h2>Partial Validation of the Alien Reproduction Vehicle</h2>

While this ARV deserves its own wiki entry (coming soon) it should be noted this reported spacecraft had an electromagnetic coil around the circumference of the craft. The coil design is the type of electromagnetic coil that would put out a dipole field, it has a north and south pole. The experimental evidence gathered by Robert Francis Jr in his magnet free-fall experiments further supports the ARV tale as it would be highly desirable for a spacecraft to have inertia reduction technology in order for it to accelerate at extremely high rates.