Mehran Keshe

[[File:Mehran Tavakoli Keshe 2015.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Keshe in 2016]]
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'''Mehran Tavakoli Keshe''' {{lived|1958}} is the claimed inventor and popularizer of a wide array of unproven technologies, ranging from "overunity systems" ([[perpetual motion]]) and [[free energy (pseudoscience)|free energy]] devices, to [[Science_woo#Anti-gravity|anti-gravity devices]] (along with a corresponding space program), to treatments for various diseases like [[cancer]] and ALS.

==History and claims==
Keshe's mythology appears to begin in 2011 with unverified claims by the [[Iran]]ian Government that it had built a functioning flying saucer.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367204/Iran-builds-worlds-flying-saucer-Looks-like-belongs-1950s-B-movie.html</ref> In January 2012, Keshe claimed not only that he had developed the technology behind the flying saucer but that said saucer had been utilized to shoot down a US drone.<ref>https://www.wired.com/2012/01/iran-ufo-drone/</ref>

In 2014, Keshe claimed that he had developed technology that was being used in [[Fukushima]]<ref>https://www.veteranstoday.com/2016/03/24/fukushimas-dark-secret-keshe-tech/</ref> to clean up [[Nuclear waste|radioactive contamination]]. In a 45 minute video<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f02CcnHjSk</ref> posted on the Keshe Foundation's YouTube channel, he explained his proposal for using magnets to absorb [[radioactive]] isotopes. To date there is no evidence that said techniques were used in the clean up of Fukushima or that such a thing would even work.

==Free energy==
Keshe's main foray into the world of free energy devices is his Magrav Generator. Currently sold on his website for €1,800,<ref>https://store.keshefoundation.org/store/product/magravs_power_generator/</ref> it boasts of the ability to power "multiple appliances with no support from the main power grid of the house".

Amateur tests<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeteF93_dV0</ref> of the device showed it either did not reduce power consumption for connected devices or single digit percent reduction in power consumption. More disturbingly, teardowns of the device<ref>https://i.pinimg.com/474x/4d/5c/0f/4d5c0f08df278b2950de6246a1d474a1--foundation.jpg</ref> showed the internals simply consisted of coils of oxidized copper wire inside a plastic shell. 

==Medical claims==
Keshe has made various medical claims over the years, stating that he has technology capable of curing cancer, ALS and other diseases. In 2016 his foundation promoted his technology in [[Norway]].<ref>https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ht.no%2Fnyheter%2F2016%2F10%2F25%2FVi-kan-kurere-alle-typer-kreft-13693059.ece&edit-text=</ref>

In 2016, he began selling dietary supplements, lotions and eye drops<ref>https://www.facebook.com/keshefoundationnorway/posts/827794097351104</ref> that could treat a number of diseases including aging, wrinkles and glaucoma. The products are no longer listed on his site but a copy of the video announcing the sale is online.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlQ8nekhYy4</ref>

==Magrav and plasma==
His unifying theory and explanation for his free energy devices, anti-gravity technology and medical claims is something Keshe refers to as Magrav. In an early video,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3wLOww-oqs</ref> Keshe explains that the theory behind Magrav is that [[gravity]] is created by magnetic fields. This is in conflict with mainstream theories of gravity and [[electromagnetism]]. 

Keshe's technology also relies heavily on what he refers to as plasma. The foundations websites contains explanations of their theories about plasma,<ref>http://en.kfwiki.org/index.php/Plasma_Energy</ref> where it is described as a [[panacea]] with applications in health, propulsion, agriculture and psychology.<ref>http://keshefoundation.org/plasma</ref>

Another thing mentioned often by the group is GANS. GANS is an acronym for Gas in A Nano State, it refers to what they believe are nanoparticles of "solid gas".<ref>http://www.plasmaproduction.org/what-is-gans.html</ref> As if the concept of a solid gas isn't confusing enough, in much of their material, they give examples of GANS such as zinc oxide or copper oxide,<ref>http://en.kfwiki.org/index.php/ZnO_GANS</ref> which mainstream chemistry regards as solids.

==Space program==
In 2016, Keshe began accepting applications for training astronauts. The cost of submitting an application<ref>https://mozhan.kfssi.org/MOZHAN-apply-form</ref> was a mere €10,000.

==Messiah complex==
During an April 2014 lecture,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5CVTFCMYAM</ref> Keshe stated that he was the [[Messiah]].<ref>https://pesn.com/archive/2014/04/20/9602473_Mehran-Tavakoli-Keshe_Announces_He-is-Messiah/index.html</ref>

==External links==
*[http://keshefoundation.org/ Keshe Foundation]

==References==
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