How The Philadelphia Experiment Became Famous Despite Never Happening. Airport 1975 . 1984 science fiction film directed by Stewart Raffill, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Philadelphia_Experiment_(film)&oldid=1144042349, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 1985, Stewart Raffill won the Best Film Award at, This page was last edited on 11 March 2023, at 13:45. It is claimed that during the experiment the military managed to make the USS Eldridge, a US Navy destroyer escort, invisible to enemy devices. The two manage to elude them when the pursuing vehicle crashes and burns. 372 (1889) Order for Official Communications, General Order No. The nature of his job allowed him access to the classified nature of the equipment aboard his ship and the USS Eldridge. See production, box office & company info, The Truth About The Philadelphia Experiment: Invisibility, Time Travel and Mind Control - The Shocking Truth, The Philadelphia Experiment Revealed: Final Countdown to Disclosure from the Area 51 Archives. Valle cites a veteran who served on board USS Engstrom and who suggests it might have travelled from Philadelphia to Norfolk and back again in a single day at a time when merchant ships could not, by use of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal and Chesapeake Bay, which at the time was open only to naval vessels. Recollections of Capture by the Germans, Imprisonment, and Escape of Lieutenant Edouard Victor Isaacs, U.S.N. For reasons that remain unclear, the ONR decided to publish 127 copies of the annotated book. I told him I had not. David captures an assistant at Longstreet's home and forces the man to take them onto the base. 45, USS New Orleans CA32 War Damage Report No. There are no reliable, attributable accounts, but in most accounts of the supposed experiment, USS Eldridge was fitted with the required equipment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. [Commander U-boats] War Log, 24-31 May 1941, The Sinking of the USS Housatonic by the Submarine CSS H.L. 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. 47 (1935) Precedence of Forces in Parades, General Orders for the Regulation of the Navy Yard Washington, D.C. - 1833-1850, German Commanders Wilhelm Keitel and Alfred Jodl on the Invasion of Normandy in 1944, German Report on the Allied Invasion of Normandy, German Submarine Activities on the Atlantic Coast, Glossary of U.S. Emilie S Peck. The Philadelphia Experiment is a 1984 American science fiction film. 26, USS Saratoga CV3 War Damage Report No. There were oblique references to the Philadelphia Experiment (one commenter reassures his fellow annotators who have highlighted a certain theory which Jessup advanced). 1 Austrian 6-pounder Howitzer - Plaque, No. After commissioning, Eldridge remained in New York and in the Long Island Sound until 16 September when it sailed to Bermuda. 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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. Though only loosely based on the prior accounts of the "Experiment", it served to dramatize the core elements of the original story. David and Jim's attempts to stop the experiment fail and they jump overboard to escape. Wikimedia CommonsThe Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where the USS Eldridge was docked during the alleged Philadelphia Experiment. This system was invented by a Canadian, Charles F. 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. In it he recounted the story of the experiment from the Varo annotations. 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. He had written about it before and, at that time, had requested that anyone who might have more information contact him. 248 (1880) Correct and General Understanding of Signals, General Order No. )[13], Two officers at ONR, Captain Sidney Sherby and Commander George W. Hoover, took a personal interest in the matter. Then on August 12, 1943, they ran a second test. 370 (1889) Copies of Books to the Navy Department Library, General Order No. Some claim to have re-materialized inside out, or not at all. The USS Eldridge was not commissioned until August 27, 1943, and it remained in port in New York City until September 1943. She says that the Eldridge had reappeared minutes after disappearing. The RAINBOW plans were the war plans to defeat Italy, Germany and Japan. THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT -- the first full-length documented report on a chilling unsolved mystery that's been discussed for years. The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 by Carla R. Morrisey, RN, BSN, Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy, Philadelphia, Nurses, and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918. The scientists send a probe into the vortex and discover the Eldridge inside. Researcher Jacques Valle[29][unreliable source?] Other shooting locations included Cooper River Bridge, Charleston Harbor, the William Enston Home, Wendover Air Force Base, and the Bonneville Salt Flats. 129 (1903) Surplus Provisions, General Order No. Allen put forward a story of dangerous science based on unpublished theories by Albert Einstein. (1,909) 6.1 1 h 41 min 1984 PG. In 2012, the destroyer reappears, setting off a series of events threatening to destroy the world. After many years of searching, the staff of the 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. Another unattributed 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. [7][12]:9 Hoover later explained that his duties as Special Projects Officer required him to investigate many publications and that he ultimately found nothing of substance to the alleged invisibility experiment. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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. The story of the Philadelphia Experiment has lived on for decades, despite the fact that much of what is known is pure conjecture. describes a procedure on board USSEngstrom, which was docked alongside the Eldridge in 1943. 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Historic Mysteries provides captivating articles on archaeology, history, and unexplained mysteries. All rights reserved. Bielek said that Tesla gave von Neumann a cryptic warning about a "personnel problem" that might occur in their experiment, but he continued anyway and the Navy trained a crew specifically for the operation. Now, it lies in pieces, after being sold for scrap metal in the 90s. The movement report cards list the merchant ship's ports of call, the dates of the visit, and convoy designation, if any. Records in the Archives Branch of the Naval History and Heritage Command 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. Despite the fact that there were now two men who claimed to have firsthand knowledge of the test, the idea that it was a hoax still dominated conversations about the Philadelphia Experiment. 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. 62, USS Quincy CA39, Astoria CA34 & Vincennes CA44 War Damage Report No. Most people believe the incident was either a hoax or the ravings of a lunatic, however, some still believe that it may have really occurred and that there is a large conspiracy to cover it up. David and Allison then evade military police, who have arrived to take David into custody. The Philadelphia Experiment. 83 (1867) Proclamation Issued by President Johnson, General Order No. [20] Bielek would later add details to his claims on radio talk shows, conferences, and the Internet.[21][22]. Its objective was to test alien invisibility technology. [29] Use of that channel was kept quiet: German submarines had ravaged shipping along the East Coast during Operation Drumbeat, and thus military ships unable to protect themselves were secretly moved via canals to avoid the threat. He also declared that the experiment was proof of Einsteins unified field theory, which Allende claimed taught him the theory. Information in Relation to the Naval Protection Afforded to The Commerce of the United States in the West India Islands, &c. &c. 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A copy of Eldridge's complete World War II action report and war diary coverage, including the remarks section of the 1943 deck log, is held by the Archives on microfilm, NRS-1978-26. 4 Austrian 6-pounder Howitzer - Sight Cutaway, Captain Raphael Semmes and the C.S.S. David is outfitted with an electrically insulated suit and catapulted into the vortex. David Herdeg: No. 258 (1917) SecNav Announces Death of Admiral Dewey, General Order No. Cunningham, US Navy Relative to events on Wake Island in December 1941, and subsequent related events, Narrative of Joshua Davis an American Citizen 1811, Narrative of the Capture, Sufferings and Escape of Capt. 48, USS Canberra CA70 War Damage Report No. The first occurred on July 22, 1943 in Philadelphia. It is also claimed that the ship's crew may have been subjected to brainwashing to maintain the secrecy of the experiment. Firstly, it is common for such myths to borrow from the genius and fame of great scientists. Confused by their surroundings, they are shocked when Allison tells them that the year is 1984. 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. [14]:5960, Stanton became so interested that Varo's office began producing mimeographed copies of Jessup's book with the annotations and Allen's letters, first a dozen and eventually 127 copies. The ship left Casablanca on 19 September and arrived off Cape Henry on 4 October. [14]:5960[12]:9 These copies came to be known as the "Varo edition". Aug 3, 2022 3:11 PM EDT. When the equipment was tested, the shielded town disappeared into "hyperspace". He further claimed a scientist named Franklin Reno put these theories into practice at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in October 1943. Berlitz's and Moore's account of the story (The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility) claimed to include factual information, such as transcripts of an interview with a scientist involved in the experiment, but their work has also been criticized for plagiarizing key story elements from the novel Thin Air which was published a year earlier. He said the Engstrom was in Philadelphia during the summer of 1943. 32, USS Lexington CV2 War Damage Report No. 152-41, Perspectives on Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Philadelphia Experiment: ONR Information Sheet, The Pioneers - A Monograph on the First Two Black Chaplains in the Chaplains Corps of the United States Navy, Plea in Favor of Maintaining Flogging in the Navy, Pocket Guide to New Guinea and the Solomons, Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: A Sketch, Post Mortem CIC [Combat Information Center] Notes, Radio Intelligence Appreciations Concerning German U-Boat Activity in the Far East, Ready Seapower: A History of the US Seventh Fleet by Edward J. Marolda [pdf]. According to some accounts, unspecified "researchers" thought that some version of this field would enable using large electrical generators to bend light around an object via refraction, so that the object became completely invisible. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. One reporter from Allen's home town of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, interviewed his family and was handed a pile of documents and books, all scribbled with Allen's annotations. From the burning wreck, David salvages documents mentioning Longstreet. In 1943 a secret government cloaking project goes awry vanishing a navy destroyer. 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Oftentimes, it is easy to refute these myths because the works of great men are typically followed closely. [19] Addressing the MUFON Conference in 1990, Bielek asserted that Raffill's film was largely consistent with the events he claimed to have witnessed in 1943. Landing Craft From Troy to Tokio, Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish, Slapton Sands: The Cover-up That Never Was, Smith, Melancton Rear Admiral USN A Memoir, Smoker Sat., July 27, 1918 U.S.S. Sssssss. 9-29-322, Unit 296 B.S. Alabama by U.S.S. Learning that they are near Jim's birthplace, Santa Paula California, David decides to try to find his family. 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