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==Public controversy==
==Public controversy==
Podkletnov's first peer-reviewed paper on the apparent gravity-modification effect, published in 1992, attracted little notice. In 1996, he submitted a longer paper, in which he claimed to have observed a larger effect (2% weight reduction as opposed to 0.3% in the 1992 paper) to the prestigious ''[[Journal of Physics D]]''. According to science reporter Charles Platt, a member of the editorial staff, Ian Sample, leaked the submitted paper to Robert Matthews, the science correspondent for the British newspaper, the [[Sunday Telegraph]].{{Fact|date=August 2007}}
Podkletnov's first peer-reviewed paper on the apparent gravity-modification effect, published in 1992, attracted little notice. In 1996, he submitted a longer paper, in which he claimed to have observed a larger effect (2% weight reduction as opposed to 0.3% in the 1992 paper) to the prestigious ''[[Journal of Physics D]]''. According to science reporter Charles Platt, a member of the editorial staff, Ian Sample, leaked the submitted paper to Robert Matthews, the science correspondent for the British newspaper, the [[Sunday Telegraph]].{{Fact|date=August 2007}}
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On September 1, 1996, Matthews's story broke, leading with the startling statement: ''Scientists in Finland are about to reveal details of the world's first antigravity device.''[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/09/01/ngrav01.html] In the ensuing furor, the director of the laboratory where Podkletnov was working issued a defensive statement that Podkletnov was working entirely on his own.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} In a bizarre twist, Podkletnov's supposed coauthor disavowed prior knowledge of the paper{{Fact|date=August 2007}}, but some have found this disingenuous. Podkletnov himself complained that he had never claimed to block gravity, only to reduce its effect.
On September 1, 1996, Matthews's story broke, leading with the startling statement: ''Scientists in Finland are about to reveal details of the world's first antigravity device.''[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/09/01/ngrav01.html] In the ensuing furor, the director of the laboratory where Podkletnov was working issued a defensive statement that Podkletnov was working entirely on his own.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} In a bizarre twist, Podkletnov's supposed coauthor disavowed prior knowledge of the paper{{Fact|date=August 2007}}, but some have found this disingenuous. Podkletnov himself complained that he had never claimed to block gravity, only to reduce its effect.
[[Category:Russian physicists]]
[[Category:Russian physicists]]
[[Category:Anti-gravity]]
[[Category:Anti-gravity]]