BARRY JOHN SETTERFIELD

Barry was born at Northam in Western Australia on 15th April, 1942, to parents who were both Salvation Army officers. They were Corps Officers who each attained the rank of Senior Major before retiring with ill health in 1956. A few years later they were appointed as Curators of the “Old Government House” a historic museum of early pio neer life in South Australia in a National Park in the Adelaide hills.  

Barry was educated at Unley High School from 1956 to 1960 where he gained credits in Latin, English, Physics, Chemistry and Drawing (Art). Distinctions were not given, only credit, pass, second division pass and fail. As a result of his scholastic ability, he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to Adelaide University. He attended university from 1961 to 1964 and majored in Physics and Geology.

He was forced to terminate his studies due to ill health and a family crisis in 1964. However in that year he performed a complete mineralogical survey of the state of South Australia for an international mining company. On March 8th that same year he accepted Christ as his Savior. In November 1965, he participated in a project to find a location for the largest telescope for the Southern Hemisphere which was being planned for Australia. Earlier in 1965 he was asked by the Astronomical Society of South Australia (ASSA) to complete and prepare for publication the research of the former Government Astronomer for South Australia, George Dodwell who had died the previous year. From 1966 to 1971 he lectured in Astronomy for the ASSA, as well as presenting astronomy to schools, colleges and scout groups.

In 1976 his father died, and he concentrated on looking after his invalid mother (Bertha) and epileptic sister (Marilyn). In December 1979 he was given the book Mysterious Universe, a Handbook of Astronomical Anomalies. Much to his surprise he found it chronicled several hundred years of experiements by scientists which indicated the speed of light had been slowing. The book also presented reprints of articles from respected peer-reviewed journals which discussed the changing speed of light. His interest aroused, Barry began what he thought was a couple of weeks of research to find where the instrumental or human errors were which would indicate this changing 'constant.' Instead of being able to wrap up the question quickly, however, he found himself beginning the research which has spanned the last thirty-three years of his life.

Throughout 1986 and 1987 Barry was liaising with the Mathematics Department at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, and Stanford Research Institute (SRI) International on a presentation of the initial conclusions of his speed of light research. It was presented in 1987as a 90 page document entitled “The Atomic Constants, Light and Time,” with Trevor Norman of the Math Department at Flinders as co-author. In December of that year, his mother had a major heart attack and his sister became extremely ill so that his research was effectively put on hold.

During the following 8 years he had opportunity to prepare a number of videos on a variety of topics as well as clarify some important aspects and goals of his research. Following the death of his mother in 1995, and an improvement in his sister’s condition, he resumed active research and corresponded with Helen (Penny) Fryman as his editor in the USA. They were married in October of 2000. Shortly after, his sister required intensive care and was put into a nursing home. (Marilyn Setterfield died in 2019) At this time, Barry was able to move to the United States and live with his wife in Shingle Springs, California, and then Grants Pass, Oregon. For about ten years, Barry and Helen lectured in various educational institutions and churches in several countries.

Then it was discovered that Barry has porphyria, a rather rare disability which he and his sister both got from their parents' recessive genes. The final result of porphyria is death, but the process is slow. The build-up of porphyrins in the blood gradually destroys muscle and flesh tissue. So the travelling had to stop, but the research didn't. Barry has continued with You Tube videos and answers ten to twenty emails a day regarding his work. Most of his material is free here on our site in both the Research and Scripture sections. His DVD's and the book covering about 30 years of his research are all available here

The Setterfields continue to live in Grants Pass, Oregon where they are also involved in a small rescue operation for some abused, abandon, and/or neglected animals. (2020)

Please note: Barry is not a Ph.D. and should not be referred to as "Dr."