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1.0   Preamble

This web article examines the intriguing topic of the Philadelphia Experiment ...


2.0   Notes


2.1   Notes - NHHC

The Naval History & Heritage Command (NHHC) of the United States has the following (adapted) text, dated 28 November 2000, on their website:

The "Philadelphia Experiment"

Allegedly, in the fall of 1943 a U.S. Navy destroyer was made invisible and teleported from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Norfolk, Virginia, in an incident known as the Philadelphia Experiment. Records in the Operational Archives Branch of the Naval Historical Center have been repeatedly searched, but no documents have been located which confirm the event, or any interest by the Navy in attempting such an achievement.

The ship involved in the experiment was supposedly the USS Eldridge. Operational Archives [Branch] has reviewed the deck log and war diary from Eldridge's commissioning on 27 August 1943 at the New York Navy Yard through December 1943.

The following description of Eldridge's activities are summarized from the ship's war diary.

  1. After commissioning, Eldridge remained in New York and in the Long Island Sound until 16 September [1943] when it sailed to Bermuda.
  2. From 18 September, the ship was in the vicinity of Bermuda undergoing training and sea trials until 15 October [1943] when Eldridge left in a convoy for New York where the convoy entered on 18 October [1943].
  3. Eldridge remained in New York harbor until 1 November [1943] when it was part of the escort for Convoy UGS-23 (New York Section).
  4. On 2 November [1943] the convoy entered Naval Operating Base, Norfolk.
  5. On 3 November, Eldridge and Convoy UGS-23 left for Casablanca where it arrived on 22 November [1943].
  6. On 29 November, Eldridge left as one of [the] escorts for Convoy GUS-22 and arrived with the convoy on 17 December [1943] at New York harbor.
  7. Eldridge remained in New York on availability training and in Block Island Sound until 31 December [1943] when it steamed to Norfolk with four other ships.

During this time frame, Eldridge was never in Philadelphia.

Eldridge's complete World War II action report and war diary coverage, including the remarks section of the 1943 deck log, is available on microfilm, NRS-1978-26. ...

Supposedly, the crew of the civilian merchant ship SS Andrew Furuseth observed the arrival via teleportation of the Eldridge into the Norfolk area. Andrew Furuseth's movement report cards are in the Tenth Fleet records in the custody of the Modern Military Branch, National Archives and Records Admnistration, (8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001), which also has custody of the action reports, war diaries and deck logs of all World War II Navy ships, including Eldridge.

The movement report cards list the merchant ship's ports of call, the dates of the visit, and convoy designation, if any.

  1. The movement report card shows that Andrew Furuseth left Norfolk with Convoy UGS-15 on 16 August 1943 and arrived at Casablanca on 2 September.
  2. The ship left Casablanca on 19 September [1943] and arrived off Cape Henry on 4 October [1943].
  3. Andrew Furuseth left Norfolk with Convoy UGS-22 on 25 October [1943] and arrived at Oran on 12 November [1943].
  4. The ship remained in the Mediterranean until it returned with Convoy GUS-25 to Hampton Roads on 17 January 1944.

The Archives has a letter from Lieutenant Junior Grade William S. Dodge, USNR, (Ret.), the Master of Andrew Furuseth in 1943, categorically denying that he or his crew observed any unusual event while in Norfolk. Eldridge and Andrew Furuseth were not even in Norfolk at the same time.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has stated that the use of force fields to make a ship and her crew invisible does not conform to known physical laws. ONR also claims that Dr. Albert Einstein's Unified Field Theory was never completed. During 1943-1944, Einstein was a part-time consultant with the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, undertaking theoretical research on explosives and explosions. There is no indication that Einstein was involved in research relevant to invisibility or to teleportation. ...

The Philadelphia Experiment has also been called "Project Rainbow." A comprehensive search of the Archives has failed to identify records of a "Project Rainbow." relating to teleportation or making a ship disappear. In the 1940s, the code name RAINBOW was used to refer to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis. The RAINBOW plans were the war plans to defeat Italy, Germany and Japan. RAINBOW V, the plan in effect on 7 December 1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, was the plan the U.S. used to fight the Axis powers.

Some researchers have erroneously concluded that degaussing has a connection with making an object invisible.

Degaussing is a process in which a system of electrical cables are installed around the circumference of ship's hull, running from bow to stern on both sides. A measured electrical current is passed through these cables to cancel out the ship's magnetic field.
Degaussing equipment was installed in the hull of Navy ships and could be turned on whenever the ship was in waters that might contain magnetic mines, usually shallow waters in combat areas. It could be said that degaussing, correctly done, makes a ship "invisible" to the sensors of magnetic mines, but the ship remains visible to the human eye, radar, and underwater listening devices.

After many years of searching, the staff of the Operational Archives and independent researchers have not located any official documents that support the assertion that an invisibility or teleportation experiment involving a Navy ship occurred at Philadelphia or any other location.

    —  www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq21-1.htm


2.2   Notes - Wikipedia

Wikipedia - for www.mysteries-of-the-world.com A familiar source of information for something as public and well-known as is the Philadelphia Experiment is, of course, the free online, user-editable, yet surprisingly accurate encyclopedia known as Wikipedia — which gives us the following (adapted) notes ...

Philadelphia Experiment

The Philadelphia Experiment was an alleged naval military experiment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime around October 28, 1943, in which the U.S. destroyer escort USS Eldridge was to be rendered invisible (i.e. cloaked) to human observers for a brief period.

It is also referred to as Project Rainbow.

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The story is widely regarded as a hoax, while the U.S. Navy maintains that no such experiment occurred, and details of the story contradict well-established facts about the Eldridge.

It has nonetheless caused ripples in conspiracy theory circles, and elements of the Philadelphia Experiment are featured in other government conspiracy theories.

Synopsis

Mike Dash, Borderlands: The Ultimate Exploration of the Unknown (1997; 2000) - for www.mysteries-of-the-world.comSeveral different and sometimes contradictory versions of the so-called "experiment" have circulated over the years. The following synopsis illustrates key story points common to most accounts [cited source — Mike Dash, Borderlands: The Ultimate Exploration of the Unknown (1997; 2000)].

The experiment was allegedly based on an aspect of the Unified Field Theory, a term coined by Albert Einstein.

The Unified Field Theory aims to describe mathematically and physically the interrelated nature of the forces that comprise electromagnetic radiation and gravity, although to date, no single theory has successfully expressed these relationships in viable mathematical or physical terms.

According to the accounts, it was believed that some version of this Unified Field Theory would enable the Navy to use large electrical generators to bend light around an object so that it became essentially invisible. The Navy would have regarded this as being of obvious military value, and according to the accounts, subsequently it sponsored the experiment.

Another version of the story proposes that researchers were preparing magnetic and gravitational measurements of the seafloor to detect anomalies, supposedly based on Einstein's attempts to understand gravity. In this version there were also related secret experiments in Nazi Germany to find antigravity, allegedly led by SS-Obergruppenführer Hans Kammler.

In most accounts of the experiment, the destroyer escort USS Eldridge, was fitted with the required equipment at the Philadelphia Naval Yard. Testing began in the summer of 1943, and it was supposedly successful to a limited degree.

  • One test, on July 22, 1943, resulted in the Eldridge being rendered almost completely invisible, with some witnesses reporting a "greenish fog" appearing in its place.
  • However, crew members supposedly complained of severe nausea afterwards.
  • Also, it is said that when the ship reappeared, some sailors were embedded in the metal structures of the ship, including one sailor who ended up on a deck level below that where he began, and had his hand embedded in the steel hull of the ship.
  • [Cited source: History Channel : That's Impossible!]

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At that point, it is said that the experiment was altered at the request of the Navy, with the new objective being solely to render the Eldridge invisible to radar. None of these allegations have been independently substantiated to any satisfactory degree.

The conjecture then alleges that the equipment was not properly re-calibrated, but in spite of this, the experiment was repeated on October 28, 1943.

  • This time, the Eldridge not only became invisible, but she physically vanished from the area in a flash of blue light and teleported to Norfolk, Virginia, over 200 miles away.
  • It is claimed that the Eldridge sat for some time in full view of men aboard the ship SS Furuseth, whereupon the Eldridge vanished from their sight, and then reappeared in Philadelphia at the site it had originally occupied.
  • It was also said that the warship travelled back in time for about 10 seconds.

Many versions of the tale include descriptions of serious side effects for the crew. Some crew members were said to have been physically fused to bulkheads, while others suffered from mental disorders, and still others supposedly simply vanished. It is also claimed that the ship's crew may have been subjected to brainwashing, in order to maintain the secrecy of the "Experiment".


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3.1.1   Video Summaries

Here are the YouTube video summaries relating to Philadelphia Experiment:

Title: The True Story of the Philadelphia Experiment 1 to 5
From: saif316
Added: June 13, 2007
Info-Description: Documentary about the philadelphia experiment

Title: Philadelphia Experiment [animation]
From: henrysoo
Added: November 06, 2007
Info-Description: A movie cutscene from Allied Forces campaign in "Command & Conquer: Red Alert" that shows an Iowa-class battleship disappearing and reappeared. This movie clip gave a brief view on the Project Rainbow, an invisibility experiment that was secretly conducted on USS Eldridge (DE-173), a Cannon-class destroyer escort during World War II at Philadelphia, USA.


4.0   Postscript

This webpage comprises some introductory notes and YouTube video clips, on the Philadelphia Experiment ...

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