Nick Cook
Nick Cook is a British aviation journalist and author best known for his book The Hunt for Zero Point (2001), an investigation into classified anti-gravity research programs within the US and UK military-industrial complex. Cook served as aerospace consultant at Jane's Defence Weekly for many years and is noted for obtaining first-hand access to defense insiders and facilities during his research.
| Role | Aviation journalist and author |
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The Hunt for Zero Point
Cook's book documents a years-long investigation into evidence that the United States and other nations have secretly developed anti-gravity propulsion technology, drawing on declassified documents, interviews with engineers, and facility visits. The investigation traces a lineage from post-World War II research into Nazi Bell-type experiments through American corporate black programs of the Cold War era.
Encounter with the Astra Lineage Chart
While visiting Lockheed Martin's Palmdale facility in the late 1990s and departing with then-Skunk Works head Jack Gordon, Cook observed a large wall chart illustrating the complete lineage of every Lockheed Martin Skunk Works aircraft since the XP-80. The chart extended past the Darkstar reconnaissance aircraft — the vehicle featured in Top Gun: Maverick — to an entry labeled "Astra," described visually as an ultra-high-speed triangular reconnaissance craft resembling the triangular objects sighted over Belgium in the early 1990s during the Belgian UFO Wave. When Cook asked Gordon directly about Astra, Gordon became visibly flustered and dismissed it as "an old airliner" — an explanation Cook found unconvincing given both the context and Gordon's demeanor. Cook's account of the Astra lineage chart is cited as indirect evidence of the Aurora Program triangular-craft program's existence within Lockheed's official internal records.