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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Boris Volfson
| fields = Propulsion (proposed)
| known_for = U.S. Patent 6,960,975 for an "anti-gravity" space vehicle
}}

'''Boris Volfson''' is an inventor from Huntington, Indiana, known for a United States patent describing a proposed anti-gravity space vehicle. He is listed in ''[[The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]''.

==Patent==
In 2005 Volfson was granted U.S. Patent 6,960,975, "Space vehicle propelled by the pressure of inflationary vacuum state" (filed 14 March 2005, issued 1 November 2005). The patent describes a craft with a cooled hollow superconductive shield that, when energized by an electromagnetic field, is claimed to produce quantized vortices of lattice ions projecting a gravitomagnetic field. According to the application, this would form a spacetime-curvature anomaly outside the vehicle whose imbalance provides propulsion.

The patent drew wide attention as an example of fringe or "crank" science; commentators noted that it builds on Eugene Podkletnov's disputed claim that superconductors can shield gravity, a claim not accepted by mainstream physics. The proposed mechanism has no accepted theoretical or experimental basis.

==External links==
* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US6960975 U.S. Patent 6,960,975 at Google Patents]
* [https://patents.justia.com/patent/6960975 U.S. Patent 6,960,975 at Justia]

[[Category:Scientist|Volfson Boris]]
[[Category:Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]

[[Category:Propulsion]]

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