Amy Catherine Eskridge

Amy Catherine Eskridge was a 34-year-old multidisciplinary scientist based in Huntsville, Alabama. She graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a double major in chemistry and biology, and had trained across electrical engineering, physics, genetics, and nanotechnology. Her primary research focused on gravity modification, metamaterials, quantum computing, and advanced propulsion technologies.

In 2020, Eskridge stated she was planning to present novel foundational work on antigravity but needed approval from NASA first.

The Institute for Exotic Science

Eskridge co-founded the Institute for Exotic Science with her father, Richard Eskridge, a retired NASA engineer who specialized in plasma physics and fusion technology at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Richard served as the institute’s Chief Technology Officer.

In 2018, Eskridge and her father delivered a presentation on behalf of their company, HoloChron Engineering, describing historical and modern experiments related to gravity modification, including alleged classified programs said to be developing triangular antigravity craft.

Eskridge said the institute existed specifically as a safety measure – a public-facing entity designed to make her work visible enough that any harm would be noticed:

“If you stick your neck out in public, at least someone notices if your head gets chopped off. If you stick your neck out in private… they will bury you, they will burn down your house while you’re sleeping in your bed and it won’t even make the news. That’s why the institute exists.”

The Institute for Exotic Science has been closed since her death. Its website is no longer accessible.

Escalating Threats

In a 2020 podcast interview, Eskridge described a plan for the public disclosure of antigravity technology – and growing fear that the threats against her were becoming unmanageable.

“I need to disclose soon, man. I need to publish soon because it’s like escalating. It’s getting more and more aggressive. This has been going on for like four or five years, and over the past 12 months, it’s been escalating, like more aggressive, more invasive – digging through my underwear drawer and sexual threats.”

Before her death, Eskridge contacted retired British intelligence officer Franc Milburn for help investigating the incidents of harassment and intimidation she reported experiencing. Both Eskridge and Milburn documented multiple occasions where she claimed to have been subjected to physical and psychological attacks, including an unknown suspect allegedly firing a directed energy weapon at her, causing burns across her body.

Death and Disputed Ruling

On June 11, 2022, Amy Eskridge was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in Huntsville, Alabama. She was 34 years old.

The death was officially ruled a suicide. However, neither police reports, autopsy findings, nor a coroner’s statement have been publicly released.

Milburn’s findings were submitted to Congress in 2023. He concluded that her death was not a suicide, telling Coast to Coast AM:

“Somebody was after her work. It was either one of two main objectives. One, trying to get her to desist from doing the work, and two, with these attacks, with the harassment, and the directed energy weapon attacks, to actually stop her, to debilitate her so she was unable to do the work.”

Journalist Michael Shellenberger included Milburn’s allegation in his written testimony during the November 2024 Congressional UAP hearings, stating that Eskridge was “murdered by a ‘private aerospace company’ in the US because she was involved in the UAP conversation.”

Timeline

Date	Event
~2017	Co-founds Institute for Exotic Science with her father
2018	Presents on gravity modification with HoloChron Engineering
2020	States she plans to present antigravity work pending NASA approval
2020	Describes escalating threats on podcast
June 11, 2022	Found dead from gunshot wound, Huntsville, AL
2023	Franc Milburn’s findings submitted to Congress
November 2024	Michael Shellenberger includes Eskridge allegations in Congressional testimony
April 2026	Identified as part of the broader missing/dead scientists pattern

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Sources: Daily Mail · UAP Murders database · Obituary