List of suppressed fields of empirical research
The following is a list of fields of empirical research that researchers allege have been systematically suppressed through classification, institutional gatekeeping, funding denial, professional sanctions, or active disinformation campaigns.
| Field | Key researchers | Period of suppression | Alleged suppression mechanism |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero-point energy / vacuum energy extraction | Hal Puthoff, Tom Valone, Moray B. King | 1950s–present | Invention Secrecy Act patent orders; funding denial; pseudoscience labeling[1][2] |
| Electrogravitics / anti-gravity | Thomas Townsend Brown, Paul LaViolette, Otis T. Carr | 1950s–present | Classification following initial public research; career destruction[3] |
| Cold fusion / low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) | Martin Fleischmann, Stanley Pons, Peter Hagelstein | 1989–present | Institutional ridicule after premature announcement; journal rejection; funding denial |
| Frequency-based healing / electrotherapy | Royal Raymond Rife, Antoine Priore, Tom Valone | 1930s–present | FDA prosecution; equipment confiscation; Flexner Report restructuring of medical education[4] |
| Remote viewing / parapsychology | Hal Puthoff, Russell Targ, Ingo Swann, Joe McMoneagle | 1970s–present | CIA classification under Project Stargate; academic marginalization[5] |
| UFOlogy / UAP science | J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallée, Avi Loeb | 1953–present | Robertson Panel debunking campaign; academic career consequences[6] |
| Orgone energy | Wilhelm Reich | 1940s–1957 | FDA injunction; imprisonment; book burning by court order |
| Forbidden archaeology | Michael Cremo, Graham Hancock | 1990s–present | Peer review exclusion; filming access denial; institutional ridicule[7] |
| Consciousness studies / quantum consciousness | Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Dean Radin | 1990s–present | Marginalization within physics and neuroscience; funding denial |
| Scalar wave physics | Thomas E. Bearden, Nikola Tesla (precursor) | 1930s–present | Classification; pseudoscience labeling; patent suppression |
| Torsion field physics | Nikolai Kozyrev, Anatoly Akimov | 1950s–present | Soviet-era classification; post-Soviet defunding; Western academic rejection |
| Early COVID-19 treatment protocols | Peter McCullough, Pierre Kory, Meryl Nass | 2020–present | Medical license suspension; journal retraction; social media censorship[8] |