Photograph depicting a butter knife embedded in a metal plate from one of Hutchison's websitesIn 1979, Hutchison claims to have discovered a number of unusual phenomena, while trying to duplicate experiments done by Nikola Tesla. He refers to several of these phenomena jointly under the name "the Hutchison effect", including:
1.levitation of heavy objects. 2.fusion of dissimilar materials such as metal and wood, while lacking any displacement. 3.the anomalous heating of metals without burning adjacent material. 4.the spontaneous fracturing of metals. 5.changes in the crystalline structure and physical properties of metals. 6.disappearance of metal samples.