"Dr." Brooks Agnew is supposedly a PhD physicist who has made his name by promoting (among other things) "Hollow Earth Theory". He is the "scientific project director" for the North Pole Inner Earth Expedition, which is trying to raise $350K for an expedition to enter the hollow center of the earth through a "a certain place above the Arctic Circle, [where] there exists an oceanic depression or an entrance into the Earth." He has also made some inroads in promoting the HAARP conspiracy idea. For example:
He gives a similar (although seemingly more effective) demonstration on the History Channel show "That's Impossible!":
Putting aside the fact that a experiment with a transmitter (which is probably pretty hot, judging by all the arcing) in a tiny cloud chamber is probably a very poor simulation of HAARP's potential effect on weather, "Dr." Agnew's credentials appear to be suspect. According to some sources he's involved with an alternative fuel company (Green Star USA). In different places he's described as president of two different electric vehicle companies: Global Green Cars, Inc. (although the URL given for that company(http://www.ggci-us.com/) appears to be defunct, and that info may be old), and Vision Motorcars .
Here is a bio for Brooks Agnew, given on the Coast to Coast AM website:
Content from external source:
Rasied in Pasadena, California, Dr. Brooks Agnew spent most of his youth hanging around Cal Tech and the folks who co-oped at Jet Propulsion Labs. He entered the Air Force in 1973 where he became an electronics engineer. After earning an honorable discharge he attended Brigham Young, Western Kentucky, and Tennessee Technological Universities. He has a bachelor's degree in Chemistry, a master's degree in statistics, and a PhD in physics.
He was a featured scientist in the 1997 Wendy Robbins documentary on HAARP, "Holes in Heaven." He is currently the president and CEO of Vision Motor Cars, Incorporated designing and manufacturing affordable electric vehicles for highway use.
His bio at Beyond the Ordinary gives a similar summary:
Dr. Agnew's interest in space exploration inspired him with friends at JPL, NASA, and Hughs. He entered the Air Force in 1973, where he graduated top in his class in electronics engineering & later graduated with honors in Chemistry from TN Tech. As a physicist, he is probably one of the most experienced pioneers of ground probing radar technology in the world. This technology is currently utilized in the Mars Express program. He has authored thousands of technical, scientific, papers, booklets, & documentaries.
His (presumably self-generated) bio at the Geological Society makes some remarkable claims about technology that he's invented:
Bachelors in Chemistry, Masters in Statistics, Phd in Physics.
5 years in Oil & Gas exploration. Inventor of ground probing radar. Inventor of mobile gamma spectroscopy. Developed Quadra-pole spectroscopy for natural gas exploration. HAARP expert scientist. Currently writing new book on earth creation. He enjoys flying, hiking, scuba, and tennis. He is married with 4 kids, 1 dog, 1 cat, etc.He also enjoys writing books, music, and public speaking.
His entry at Powerpedia (a wiki apparently dedicated to the clean energy industry) shows the following for Agnew's education (bolds mine):
Diplomas beyond B.S. are from extension courses taken at accelerated rates with his own research in new product development.
1998 Kennedy-Western University Master’s Degree in Quality (statistics). 1994 Tennessee Technological University Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry with honors. TN Tech Entrepreneurial Studies Program. Class valedictorian 1975 Brigham Young University Began University Studies 1974 Community College of the Air Force Associates in Electronics Engineering (32450 – Precision Measuring Equipment Laboratory Specialist)
Nothing about a PhD given there. Indeed, one commonality among all of his biographies is that the institution which granted him his PhD in physics is never mentioned. It's the sort of thing that most people are proud to announce, so that's odd. In the source above it says that his advanced degrees are from "extension courses" - which may mean by correspondence? The statement about "accelerated rates with his own research" is also intriguing. Kennedy-Western University (which later changed its name to Warren National University) was a non-accredited institution which had a reputation as a diploma mill. It shut down in 2009. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education (bolds again mine):
In 2004 the General Accounting Office investigated Kennedy-Western and a number of other degree-granting entities that it deemed questionable. The GAO was concerned because federal employees were getting reimbursed by the government for their tuition.
The university was notable for its slick marketing and for doling out credit for “life experience.” It often hired professors from accredited universities to teach classes on the side. Its founder, Paul Saltman, always resisted the diploma-mill label and, in a letter to The Chronicle in 2004, touted the university’s “academic rigor.
So, most likely he did get an associate's in electronics engineering from USAF and a BS in Chemistry from Tenn. Tech. His Masters in "Statistics" is really in "Quality", from an unaccredited institution. His PhD in physics appears to be self-granted. From a brief literature search, I could not find a single scientific paper that he authored. He does have one patent that I can find (5974974), for "substantially transparent printing blankets". However, I can't find anything to substantiate his claims that he invented ground-penetrating radar or "mobile gamma spectroscopy".
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