The Philadelphia Experiment
Definition
The Philadelphia Experiment was an experiment allegedly conducted by the United States Navy in Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard on August 12, 1943. The purpose of the experiment was to render the U.S.S. Eldridge, a ship with full crew, radar invisible by manipulating the electric and magnetic fields surrounding the ship. Reportedly, the ship not only became radar invisible, but completely vanished for four hours. It reappeared in its previous physical position, but the physical effect on the crew members was devastating.
Statistics
As of 1998 there were four books in print on the subject of The Philadelphia Experiment. One author is listed only as "Commander X" and the first books were published in the 1980s. This clandestine authorship along with the fact that the first books appeared forty years after an event of such significance may be an indication of intense deliberate government concealment. For a complete book list see resource section in this chapter. (Numbers obtained from R.R. Bowker's Books in Print, the 1998 list).
- In 1997 there was around one half hour of combined documentary segments aired on the subject of The Philadelphia Experiment. In 1998 there were around one and one half hours of documentaries aired on the subject (Numbers derived from Gissen, Jay, ed. The Cable Guide, 1997, 1998).
- "Instead of merely becoming invisible from radar or even the naked eye, legend has it the Eldridge was actually transported through space and time" (New Visions of the Future, Ancient Prophecies III, 28 June 1998).
- "They have the technology today to move back and forth through the time continuum - both past and future. Yes, we can time travel today" (Strom, Andrew, International Lecturer and Author, Interview, New Visions of the Future, Ancient Prophecies III, 28 June 1998.
- "They do not want the public to know they've had access to time travel for over forty years" (Bielek, Al, Author, Interview, New Visions of the Future, Ancient Prophecies III, 28 June 1998).
