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Bending Time: The Successful Time Travel Experiments using Kozyrev Mirrors

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The video presents the Kozyrev mirror as a device allegedly capable of concentrating “time energy” and enhancing psychic perception. It recounts a 1990s study in Siberia in which participants reportedly experienced remote viewing, visions of the past, unusual sensations, and encounters with apparent entities. The video describes these as extraordinary claims and acknowledges that mainstream science has not accepted the research.

Kozyrev’s ideas about time

Nikolai Kozyrev was a Soviet astrophysicist whose work on variable stars and reported observation of lunar volcanic activity are discussed in the video. It also describes his more controversial ideas:

  • Kozyrev proposed that time is not merely a passive dimension, but has physical energy and structure.
  • He suggested that an all-pervading medium called the ether carries waves or “torsion” associated with time.
  • In the video’s explanation, torsion means twisting. General relativity describes spacetime as curved by mass and energy; Einstein–Cartan theory adds a mathematical form of spacetime torsion associated with particle spin.
  • Kozyrev went further, claiming that time itself causes torsion and that information from the past, present, and future could be available simultaneously.
  • He argued that concave mirrors could focus this supposed time energy, potentially allowing people to perceive distant places or other times.

The video compares the proposed device with familiar uses of concave mirrors to focus light and other waves. It also mentions Kozyrev’s claimed prototype and later plans for a larger, metal-lined chamber.

The reported Siberian experiments

The video says a team led by Drs. Kaznacheev and Trofimov began experiments in December 1990 at a facility in Dikson, Siberia. Their spiral-shaped metal chambers, referred to as Kozyrev mirrors, were intended to focus psychic energy around a seated participant, called a “psychonaut.”

The reported experiments and observations include:

  • Remote image transmission: An operator in Dikson reportedly attempted to send a symbol to a receiver in Novosibirsk, about 1,400 miles away. The video claims reported success rates rose from 0–10% during quiet geomagnetic conditions to 30–45% during periods of greater magnetospheric activity.
  • A larger group test: Two operators allegedly focused on images while 5,000 participants in 12 countries tried to perceive them. The video reports a 95% success rate when the magnetosphere was active.
  • Subjective experiences: Participants reportedly described fear, nausea, dizziness, floating sensations, visions of space or familiar places, and vivid memories or scenes from their own pasts. The video says more than 40% reported some form of time-travel experience.
  • Symbols and entities: Researchers reportedly recorded around 2,000 symbols that participants said appeared in the room. A linguist was said to have traced many to ancient cultures. Some participants also described UFOs, nonhuman observers, or other beings.
  • Reported after-effects: The video says participants were described as having improved memory, creativity, or IQ-test scores, and that some illnesses were said to have resolved.

The video also recounts reports of glowing objects near the facility and “plasmoids” around the device. These are presented as witness accounts from the study, not as independently confirmed phenomena.

Other claims and scientific context

The video links the reported experiments to Kozyrev’s proposal that solar activity and Earth’s magnetosphere might affect human perception. It also suggests that frozen and thawing Arctic water could preserve or release information, potentially explaining visions of other times.

Near the end, the video discusses a reported experiment at the Advanced Science Research Center at the City University of New York. It describes an electromagnetic wave passing through a metamaterial and emerging with its time direction reversed, a phenomenon called time reflection. This is a wave-physics effect, not evidence by itself of human time travel or Kozyrev’s broader claims.

The video also repeats Trofimov’s claim that Kozyrev-based methods achieved up to 61% accuracy in earthquake prediction in 2018, compared with an asserted average of 8% for geologists. It suggests possible applications in forecasting, space research, and medicine. These are presented as claims; the video does not establish them as validated scientific results.

Overall, the video contrasts the researchers’ accounts and alleged intelligence-agency interest with the lack of acceptance in mainstream science. Kozyrev’s “ether,” time-energy, and psychic-ability claims remain speculative and are not established by the evidence described in the video.

Methodology described

  1. Construct a spiral-shaped metal chamber, reportedly using aluminum, based on Kozyrev’s designs.
  2. Place a participant inside and ask them to focus on or receive symbols, numbers, or images.
  3. In some trials, pair operators and receivers in different locations; in others, involve large groups of participants.
  4. Compare reported results with conditions such as geomagnetic activity.
  5. Record participants’ experiences and perceived symbols, visions, and physical sensations.

Researchers and sources featured

  • Nikolai Kozyrev — Soviet astrophysicist whose theories and proposed mirror devices are central to the video.
  • Dr. V. P. Kaznacheev — Researcher associated with the Siberian experiments and co-author of Cosmic Consciousness of Humanity.
  • Dr. A. E. Trofimov — Researcher associated with the experiments and earthquake-prediction claims. The subtitles also render the name as “Travimov” or “Tremelov.”
  • Einstein and Cartan — Cited in connection with Einstein–Cartan theory and spacetime torsion.
  • Isaac Newton — Mentioned in connection with concave mirrors and telescopes.
  • Nostradamus and Leonardo da Vinci — Mentioned in historical comparisons to reflective chambers or mirror devices.
  • Advanced Science Research Center at the City University of New York — The institution named in connection with the metamaterial time-reflection experiment; individual researchers are not named.
  • Project Stargate — Cited as a U.S. government remote-viewing program.
  • CIA — Referenced through declassified documents and alleged monitoring of Kozyrev-mirror research.
  • Cosmic Consciousness of Humanity — A book by Kaznacheev and Trofimov, described as containing case notes, interviews, transcripts, and illustrations.
  • Kozyrev patents — Referenced as sources for the device designs.
  • An unnamed Russian documentary — Mentioned as another account of the Siberian research.

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