National MagLab Institute
The National MagLev Institute (NMI) was a joint multi-agency research initiative formed in the early 1990s, co-sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Its stated mandate was to define the role that magnetic levitation (maglev) technology could play in the US transportation system and identify the most appropriate federal role in introducing the technology domestically. The NMI published a compendium of executive summaries from maglev system concept definition studies solicited from multiple teams.
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Participating Organizations
The NMI's system concept definition studies involved a notable collection of organizations with documented connections to UAP legacy program research, including:
- A joint project by Bechtel Corporation, Hughes Aircraft, and MIT (MIT operates a University Affiliated Research Center for the Army)
- A Boeing Aerospace and General Dynamics study into superconducting levitation
- A study by Grumman Corporation (pre-merger with Northrop), Battelle Memorial Institute, and Honeywell on superconducting magnets
UAP Gerb notes that all of the above contractors have been accused in separate investigations of participation in UFO legacy programs. Their participation in aboveboard maglev research in the 1990s implies they likely conducted earlier clandestine research into similar electromagnetic and magnetic levitation technologies — consistent with witness testimony describing maglev underground transportation systems connecting DUMBs.
Significance in DUMB Research
The NMI's formation and activities represent the publicly visible tip of what UAP Gerb hypothesizes is a much larger and earlier classified program to develop underground high-speed transportation. The timeline proposed by UAP Gerb runs: DUMBs constructed post-1961, connective tunnels constructed starting around 1972–1974, and maglev rail systems implemented approximately a decade later — with the 1990s NMI representing the above-board phase of what began as clandestine research.