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title: "Douglas G. Torr"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "person"
status: "hub"
canonical_name: "Douglas G. Torr"
aliases: ["Douglas Torr"]
first_seen: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"
writer_model: "claude-sonnet-5"
connects_to: ["Ning Li","gravitomagnetic superconductor antigravity","superconductor-antigravity non-replication","Edward G. Harris"]
seek_code_commit: "7d6d9ed"
---


Physicist, senior co-author with Ning Li on the University of Alabama in
Huntsville "Li–Torr" gravitomagnetic-superconductor paper series (1991
*Physical Review D*, 1992 *Physical Review B*, 1993 *Foundations of
Physics Letters*) proposing that superconductors could interact
detectably with gravity. Matters to this vault as the co-author whose
name the "Li–Torr" claim carries equally with Li's — the original
proposal, its one located formal rebuttal, and its non-replication all
target the pair jointly, not Li alone.

## References
- [[claim-ning-li-1991-gravitomagnetic-superconductor-antigravity-proposal]]
- [[claim-harris-1999-rebutted-torr-li-gravitoelectric-coupling-claim]]
- [[claim-li-torr-1992-prb-paper-is-passive-permeability-model-not-antigravity-claim]]
- [[claim-li-torr-generator-claim-traces-to-1992-aps-abstract-1993-paper]]
- [[claim-li-torr-karwacki-1994-uah-preprint-unlocated]]
- 2026-08-24: The 1992 Physical Review B paper (co-authored with Li), read in full, turns out not to state the "generator" claim either — the actual first appearance of "generate gravity in the laboratory" framing is a 1992 APS conference abstract Torr presented jointly with Li, a year ahead of their 1993 paper. ([[claim-li-torr-generator-claim-traces-to-1992-aps-abstract-1993-paper]])
- 2026-08-25: That 1992 APS abstract itself could not be located after a genuine multi-route search; its wording is known only through a single secondary transcription, not independently corroborated. ([[claim-li-torr-1992-aps-abstract-unlocated-single-transcription]])