The Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect, a hoax phenomenon stated to cause a noticeable short-term reduction in gravity on Earth, was an invention for April Fools’ Day by the English astronomer Patrick Moore broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 1 April 1976.
He announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth’s own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room.
Additional Readings:
http://www.medadvocates.org/celebration/april/april_01.htm
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/comments/865/P40/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovian-Plutonian_gravitational_effect
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