BRITISH SCIENTISTS TO SEARCH FOR
                             "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE


   LONDON (OCT. 28)  XINHUA  - A TEAM OF BRITISH SCIENTISTS IS SETTING UP
   AN EXPERIMENT TO  SEARCH  FOR  AN "ANTI-GRAVITY"  FORCE,  "THE  TIMES"
   NEWSPAPER REPORTED TODAY.

   MOST OF THE  EXPERIMENTS  IN  THE  WORLD  TO  DATE   HAVE   NOT   BEEN
   SUFFICIENTLY SENSITIVE TO   DETECT   THE  "ANTI-GRAVITY"  FORCE,  SAID
   PROFESSOR KEITH RUNCORN LEADER OF  THE  RESEARCH  TEAM, AT THE PHYSICS
   DEPARTMENT OF NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY.

   THE UNIVERSITY HAS   WON   SUPPORT  FROM  THE  SCIENCE   AND   NATURAL
   ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCILS  TO  SET  UP SENSITIVE GRAVITY-MEASURING
   INSTRUMENTS AROUND THE VAST DRY DOCKS  IN  PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHAMPTON AND
   BELFAST IN BRITAIN AS WELL AS BREST IN FRANCE.

   A CHANGE IN THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OCCURS WHEN THOUSANDS OF TONNES OF
   WATER POURING THROUGH THE SLUICES IS MEASURED DOWN  TO  ONE  THOUSAND-
   MILLIONTH OF THE STRENGTH OF THE EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL FIELD.

   IF THE "ANTI-GRAVITY"  FORCE EXISTS, THE INCREASE IN GRAVITY CAUSED BY
   THE WEIGHT OF  WATER  WILL  BE  LESS   THAN   THAT   CALCULATED   WITH
   CONVENTIONAL THEORY.

   PROFESSOR RUNCORN EXPRESSED HIS CONFIDENCE THAT THEY  COULD DETECT THE
   VALUE OF THE "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE.

   THE FIRST SERIOUS ATTEMPTS TO DETECT THE FORCE AT THE DOCKS WILL BEGIN
   LATER THIS YEAR, THE NEWSPAPER SAID.

   THE "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE  IS  THOUGHT  TO  WEAKEN GRAVITY BY ABOUT ONE
   PERCENT OVER DISTANCES FROM A FEW YARDS TO ONE MILE.

   HOWEVER, PROFESSOR MICHAEL GREEN OF  LONDON'S  QUEEN  MARY COLLEGE, AN
   AUTHORITY ON THE THEORY OF THE FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF  NATURE,  IS VERY
   SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE   EXISTENCE   OF  THE  "ANTI-GRAVITY"  FORCE,  THE
   NEWSPAPER ADDED.


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