Case History

So you thought time travel was impossible. Well, think again! The United States navy not only rendered a ship invisible to radar, they unintentionally made it vanish completely. Legend has it that on a clear, late summer day in 1943, navy officials looked on from two observer ships as the U.S.S. Eldridge began its ill-fated four-four journey somewhere in time.

An Atlantic shipping lane was not a very healthy place to be during World War II. In the early 1940s, German U-boats were picking off merchant and supply ships faster than the navy could count. To the navy, a desperate situation required a desperate solution. They needed a way to make ships invisible to German radar: They had heard of promising new technology being developed at Princeton University and so turned for answers to the brilliant minds of Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla who were working with that group.

In the late 1930s, the Princeton scientists were successful in making small objects invisible by altering the electrical and magnetic energy fields surrounding the objects. Tesla's forte was electrical engineering. As pressure mounted with continued German victories in the Atlantic, the navy allegedly outfitted the U.S.S.Eldridge for a full-scale test.

The first test was conducted using dogs, cats, and other domestic animals. They were variously placed in metal cages throughout the ship, on and below deck. The switch was thrown and the electric and magnetic field generators were engaged, creating a massive surge of energy. After the power was turned off, sailors began their inspection of the ship and its furry occupants. It is said they discovered a few problems. Some animals had radiation burns, while others had disappeared entirely. The navy reportedly proceeded forward with phase II regardless of the first run results. On August 22 1943, the U.S.S. Eldridge, fully staffed, was plunged into the same experiment, known today as the Philadelphia Experiment or the Montauk Experiment.

Initial results looked normal and favorable. The ship immediately became radar invisible. Then suddenly, in a great flash of light, the U.S.S. Eldridge was full complement vanished from Philadelphia Harbor. The ship was missing for four hours. It is said the ship was actually transported through time and space to its original position in the harbor. An inspection crew boarded the ship after it reappeared to document results. What they found was horrible beyond their wildest imaginations.

Crew members were wandering aimlessly in a hazy green mist. Many were very abnormal both mentally and physically. Most horribly, some men were actually fused with the bulkhead. Their bodies were sticking out of walls and steel decks. Some sailors reportedly walked into thin air and vanished forever.

The U.S. Navy officially denied the entire event, it is believed, for two reasons. First, it was impossible to even begin to explain what happened to family members of the crew, or to anyone else for that matter. Even today in 1998, most people can't conceive of such an event. Second, the experiment actually worked. Humans had actually conquered the boundaries of time and space. Testimonial evidence suggests that in 1943 the navy built the technology and proved that travel through time as possible. It occurred before many eyes aboard two observer ships, an aircraft carrier, and a commercial ship, the S.S. Froseth.

To this day, the navy continues to deny the possibility of time travel or that this event ever took place.