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Carlos Allende wrote that the Philadelphia Experiment was made possible by Einsteins unified field theory. Einstein supposedly told Carlos all about it himself. [28] Further evidence discounting the Philadelphia Experiment timeline comes from USS Eldridges complete World War II action report, including the remarks section of the 1943 deck log, available on microfilm.[4]. On 3 November, Eldridge and Convoy UGS-23 left for Casablanca where it arrived on 22 November. Eldridge remained in New York on availability training and in Block Island Sound until 31 December when it steamed to Norfolk with four other ships. The Philadelphia Experiment has also been called "Project Rainbow." Two young seamen fall through a time warp to a different era, and must return back before it sucks present-day earth back to the past. View ONR's information sheet on the Philadelphia Experiment. 51 (1865) Announcing Death President Abraham Lincoln, General Order No. There is no evidence that Carlos Allende met Einstein or that Einstein developed such technology. 1, War Damage Report No. 244 [1934] Alcoholic Liquors, General Order No. The book was filled with handwritten notes in its margins, written with three different shades of blue ink, appearing to detail a debate among three individuals, only one of whom is given a name: "Jemi". There, in broad daylight on a clear summers day in the middle of the shipyard, the generators were switched on and a greenish-blue glow surrounded the ship. The Battles of Cape Esperance 11 October 1942 and Santa Cruz Islands 26 October 1942, Battles of Savo Island and Eastern Solomons, Boat Pool 15-1 Manila, P.I. Their text contained non-standard use of capitalization and punctuation, and detailed a lengthy discussion of the merits of various elements of Jessup's assumptions in the book. 14, 1918, Articles for the Government of the United States Navy, 1930, The Assault on Kwajalein and Majuro (Part One), Aviation Personnel Fatalities in World War II, Battle of the Atlantic Volume 4 Technical Intelligence From Allied Communications Intelligence, Battle of Derna, 27 April 1805: Selected Naval Documents, Battle of Lake Erie: Building the Fleet in the Wilderness, Battle of Midway: Aerology and Naval Warfare, Battle of Midway: 3-6 June 1942 Combat Narrative, Battle of Midway, 4-7 June 1942: Combat Intelligence, Battle of Midway - Interrogation of Japanese Officials, Battle of Midway: Japanese Plans Chapter 5 of The Campaigns of the Pacific War, Battle of Savo Island August 9th, 1942 Strategic and Tactical Analysis, Battle of the Atlantic Volume 3 German Naval Communication Intelligence, Battle of the Coral Sea- Combat Narrative, Battle of Tripoli Harbor, 3 August 1804: Selected Naval Documents. Carlos wrote a detailed description of the event, along with claims he was a witness aboard the SS Andrew Furuseth when the USS Eldridge arrived in Norfolk, Virginia. 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He agreed to do the film, subject to the next rewrite which he thought was "terrible". 53, USS Independence CVL22 & USS Denver CL58 War Damage Report No. The movement report cards list the merchant ship's ports of call, the dates of the visit, and convoy designation, if any. Recollections of Capture by the Germans, Imprisonment, and Escape of Lieutenant Edouard Victor Isaacs, U.S.N. During 1943-1944, Einstein was a part-time consultant with the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, undertaking theoretical research on explosives and explosions. [4], The story of a "Philadelphia Experiment" originated in late 1955 when Carl M. Allen sent an anonymous package marked "Happy Easter" containing a copy of Morris K. Jessup's book The Case for the UFO: Unidentified Flying Objects to the U.S. Office of Naval Research. The Philadelphia Experiment is a 1984 American science fiction film. Futureworld. 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Goodeve, when he held the rank of commander in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, and the Royal Navy and other navies used it widely during World War II. ), the Master of Andrew Furuseth in 1943, categorically denying that he or his crew observed any unusual event while in Norfolk. In 2012, the destroyer reappears, setting off a series of events threatening to destroy the world.In 1943 a secret government cloaking project goes awry vanishing a navy destroyer. Here is the truth in a report so shattering it is difficult to believe it's NOT fiction. The glow, he said, was likely the result of a lightning-like phenomenon known as St. Elmos Fire. Accept Read More, Sandringham Company: Vanished Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, Charles Jevington and the Outer Planet Rings. A secret government research project tries reviving the World War II "Philadelphia Experiment," which was an attempt to create a cloaking device to render warships invisible. As there are no official documents explaining what transpired, technically speaking theres no proof for either story. However, its results were far different and much more dangerous than the Navy ever expected. [17] The book expanded on stories of bizarre happenings, lost unified field theories by Albert Einstein, and government coverups, all based on the Allende/Allen letters to Jessup.[16]. The image of a sailors body partially melted into the deck of the ship burned into the publics psyche, and it would contribute to thepersistence of the urban legend. 544 (1900) Establishment of the General Board, General Order No. One test resulted in Eldridge being rendered nearly invisible with some witnesses reporting a "greenish fog" appearing in its place. According to prevailing wisdom, it never happened. They also made it invisible as in, to the naked eye. 1953], Pt. The Philadelphia Conspiracy was an alleged top secret government project codenamed Operation Rainbow, carried out under the auspices of Albert Einstein in accordance with his unified field theory. In fact, this process had its own name: degaussing. 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. Apart from Allendes claims and the Varo annotations, all reports of the Philadelphia Experiment have been uncorroborated, considered a hoax, or brushed aside, as the claims simply do not conform to the laws of physics. The October experiment allegedly took place while the ship was on its first shakedown cruise in the Bahamas, although proponents of the story claim that the ship's logs might have been falsified or else still be classified. USS Eldridge The Philadelphia Experiment is an event during 1943 in which the United States Navy purportedly teleported a Navy destroyer escort, the USS Eldridge (DE 173), from Philadelphia to Norfolk. However, it has no effect on visible light or radar. I (part II), Building the Navy's Bases, vol. Some researchers have erroneously concluded that degaussing has a connection with making an object invisible. The only problem with the tale? No proof exists apart from the writings of Carlos Allende that supports the legend of the PhiladelphiaExperiment. Crew members complained of severe nausea afterwards.[23]. Jessup attempted to investigate Allendes incredulous claims, though he could not find any physical evidence to support them. Battlecruisers in the United States and the United Kingdom, 1902-1922. On the date of the Philadelphia "Invisibility" Experiment, July 22, 1943, the USS Eldridge had yet to be commissioned. The story of the Philadelphia Experiment actually goes back much further than 1943, and involves some of the greatest minds in history, including the legendary inventor Nikola Tesla. It is directed by Stewart Raffill and stars Michael Par, Bobby Di Cicco, Kene Holliday and Nancy Allen and based on the urban legend of the Philadelphia Experiment. ", "Philadelphia Experiment: Office of Naval Research Information Sheet", "Carlos Miguel Allende or Carl Meredith Allen or", "Carlos Allende and his Philadelphia Experiment", "Al Bielek's Speech at the MUFON Conference, January 13, 1990", What is the True Story of the Philadelphia Experiment?, Discovery Networks International, 20 May 2022, https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/philadelphia-experiment.html, "Skeptoid #16: The Real Philadelphia Experiment: The US Navy did not make a warship completely disappear in 1943", "The Where Ship? Fleeing to the parking lot, they take a woman named Allison hostage and force her to drive them away. The genesis of the Philadelphia Experiment myth dates back to 1955 with the publication of The Case for UFO's by the late Morris K. Jessup. The ship left Casablanca on 19 September and arrived off Cape Henry on 4 October. He further claimed a scientist named Franklin Reno put these theories into practice at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in October 1943. I (part I), Building the Navy's Bases, vol. The nature of his job allowed him access to the classified nature of the equipment aboard his ship and the USS Eldridge. 98 (1914) Movement of the Rudder, General Order No. The Philadelphia Experiment is one of the most grotesque military urban legends ever and it has endured as an infamous World War II conspiracy theory. Today, most people are inclined to believe the explanation put forth by Edward Dudgeon, a man who had worked as a Navy electrician and was stationed near the USS Eldridge in the summer of 1943. Meanwhile, the fact that the ship seemingly appeared out of thin air in Virginia before reappearing quickly in Philadelphia was explained by inland canals, which were off-limits to civilians and could shorten a two-day commercial journey to just six hours. Allende claimed that he was aboard the SS Andrew Furuseth in Philadelphia in 1943 when he witnessed the naval ship USS Eldridge become invisible before reappearing in Virginia, disappearing again, and appearing back in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. I first saw this film in a theater on a date, and it was an excellent choice, with science fiction for the guys, romance for the ladies, a pleasant feel throughout, and nothing too racy or too gory. In 1994, Jacques F. Vallee wrote an article about the Philadelphia Experiment. The Philadelphia Experiment is an alleged military experiment supposed to have been carried out by the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philad. Of the hundreds of stories and details that have been thrown around over the years, only a few things are known for certain. Perhaps that is why no U.S. ships currently have invisibility cloaks and teleportation devices. The U.S. Navy maintains that no such experiment was ever conducted, that the details of the story contradict well-established facts about USS Eldridge, and that the physics the experiment is claimed to be based on are non-existent. Truly, the mysterious annotated manuscript of Jessups book seems to be the only written mention of the Philadelphia Experiment. 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