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Can high-voltage plasmas create warp fields in the lab? Dr. Chance Glenn discusses experimental progress in warp-drive research and the Experimental Spacetime Distortion Engine.
Chance Glenn says a high-voltage plasma shifted laser interference fringes by as much as 160 nanometers. A new state-funded torsion-balance experiment will test a harder question: whether the reported effect can produce measurable force.
Morningbird Space Corporation
morningbirdspace.com
We then explore two of Dr. Glenn’s recent papers: “Experimental Spacetime Distortion: Generating Gravitational Waves in the Laboratory,” published in the European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, and “Overcoming the Negative Energy Density Requirements in the Alcubierre Warp Field Equations with a Complex Shaping Function,” published in the Journal of Material Sciences and Engineering Technology.
Dr. Glenn explains the spark-gap and laser-interferometer experiment, the reported fringe shifts, the conventional explanations that must be excluded, and the importance of falsification and independent replication. We also discuss his proposed “gwavelets” phased arrays, the negative-energy problem associated with Alcubierre-style warp fields, his resonant-cavity experiment, and why a direct measurement of thrust is now the critical next test.
Finally, we step back from the laboratory to discuss scientific leadership, intellectual risk, uncertainty, faith, and Dr. Glenn’s book, Chasing God. The book explores the intersection of scientific reasoning and spiritual longing without pretending that either science or faith provides easy answers to the deepest questions about reality.
Dr. Glenn’s spacetime interpretation remains exploratory and is not established consensus physics. This conversation focuses on the hypothesis, experimental design, reported observations, competing explanations, limitations, and the further testing required to determine what the apparatus is actually detecting.
Links and Resources
Dr. Chance Glenn and Morningbird Space
Morningbird Space Corporation
morningbirdspace.com
Dr. Chance Glenn on LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/chancemglenn
Wilberforce University announcement
https://wilberforce.edu/wilberforce-university-welcomes-dr-chance-m-glenn-sr-as-professor-of-engineering-and-special-assistant-to-the-president/
Books and Publications
Morningbird Press — books and publications
morningbirdspace.com/mbpress
Chasing God — Amazon
amazon.com/dp/B0GTLL78XX
Big Ideas: The Psychology of Things – Intelligent Conversations
Listed under Dr. Glenn’s publications:
linkedin.com/in/chancemglenn
Research Papers
Experimental Spacetime Distortion: Generating Gravitational Waves in the Laboratory
European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research
Article page:
eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejeng/article/view/63246
Direct PDF:
eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejeng/article/download/63246/13195
DOI:
doi.org/10.24018/ejeng.2025.10.2.3246
Overcoming the Negative Energy Density Requirements in the Alcubierre Warp Field Equations with a Complex Shaping Function
Journal of Material Sciences and Engineering Technology
Article page:
oaskpublishers.com/article/overcoming-the-negative-energy-density-requirements-in-the-alcubierre-warp-field-equations-with-a-complex-shaping-function
Direct PDF:
oaskpublishers.com/assets/article-pdf/overcoming-the-negative-energy-density-requirements-in-the-alcubierre-warp-field-equations-with-a-complex-shaping-function.pdf
DOI:
doi.org/10.61440/JMSET.2026.v4.104
Innovate Alabama Grant
Morningbird Space Corporation Awarded an Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant
tech.einnews.com/pr_news/928412874/morningbird-space-corporation-awarded-an-innovate-alabama-supplemental-grant-for-groundbreaking-research
Can high-voltage plasmas create warp fields in the lab? Dr. Chance Glenn discusses experimental progress in warp-drive research and the Experimental Spacetime Distortion Engine.
Chance Glenn says a high-voltage plasma shifted laser interference fringes by as much as 160 nanometers. A new state-funded torsion-balance experiment will test a harder question: whether the reported effect can produce measurable force.
Morningbird Space Corporation
morningbirdspace.com
We then explore two of Dr. Glenn’s recent papers: “Experimental Spacetime Distortion: Generating Gravitational Waves in the Laboratory,” published in the European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, and “Overcoming the Negative Energy Density Requirements in the Alcubierre Warp Field Equations with a Complex Shaping Function,” published in the Journal of Material Sciences and Engineering Technology.
Dr. Glenn explains the spark-gap and laser-interferometer experiment, the reported fringe shifts, the conventional explanations that must be excluded, and the importance of falsification and independent replication. We also discuss his proposed “gwavelets” phased arrays, the negative-energy problem associated with Alcubierre-style warp fields, his resonant-cavity experiment, and why a direct measurement of thrust is now the critical next test.
Finally, we step back from the laboratory to discuss scientific leadership, intellectual risk, uncertainty, faith, and Dr. Glenn’s book, Chasing God. The book explores the intersection of scientific reasoning and spiritual longing without pretending that either science or faith provides easy answers to the deepest questions about reality.
Dr. Glenn’s spacetime interpretation remains exploratory and is not established consensus physics. This conversation focuses on the hypothesis, experimental design, reported observations, competing explanations, limitations, and the further testing required to determine what the apparatus is actually detecting.
Links and Resources
Dr. Chance Glenn and Morningbird Space
Morningbird Space Corporation
morningbirdspace.com
Dr. Chance Glenn on LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/chancemglenn
Wilberforce University announcement
https://wilberforce.edu/wilberforce-university-welcomes-dr-chance-m-glenn-sr-as-professor-of-engineering-and-special-assistant-to-the-president/
Books and Publications
Morningbird Press — books and publications
morningbirdspace.com/mbpress
Chasing God — Amazon
amazon.com/dp/B0GTLL78XX
Big Ideas: The Psychology of Things – Intelligent Conversations
Listed under Dr. Glenn’s publications:
linkedin.com/in/chancemglenn
Research Papers
Experimental Spacetime Distortion: Generating Gravitational Waves in the Laboratory
European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research
Article page:
eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejeng/article/view/63246
Direct PDF:
eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejeng/article/download/63246/13195
DOI:
doi.org/10.24018/ejeng.2025.10.2.3246
Overcoming the Negative Energy Density Requirements in the Alcubierre Warp Field Equations with a Complex Shaping Function
Journal of Material Sciences and Engineering Technology
Article page:
oaskpublishers.com/article/overcoming-the-negative-energy-density-requirements-in-the-alcubierre-warp-field-equations-with-a-complex-shaping-function
Direct PDF:
oaskpublishers.com/assets/article-pdf/overcoming-the-negative-energy-density-requirements-in-the-alcubierre-warp-field-equations-with-a-complex-shaping-function.pdf
DOI:
doi.org/10.61440/JMSET.2026.v4.104
Innovate Alabama Grant
Morningbird Space Corporation Awarded an Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant
tech.einnews.com/pr_news/928412874/morningbird-space-corporation-awarded-an-innovate-alabama-supplemental-grant-for-groundbreaking-research
