The Philadelphia Experiment (1943)

The Philadelphia Experiment is a controversial event that supposedly occurred in 1943, in which the US Navy conducted experiments to make a ship, the USS Eldridge, invisible. The alleged experiment was said to have involved the use of a powerful electromagnetic field that resulted in the ship disappearing and reappearing in a different location, as well as some crew members experiencing physical side effects.

Some of the key people involved in the alleged Philadelphia Experiment include Carlos Miguel Allende (also known as Carl Allen or Carl Allenby), a man who claimed to have witnessed the event from a nearby ship, and Morris K. Jessup, an author and researcher who received letters from Allende describing the supposed experiment. The letters described the USS Eldridge becoming invisible and experiencing time travel, among other things.

Several books have been written about the Philadelphia Experiment, including “The Case for the UFO” by Morris K. Jessup, which discusses Allende’s letters and the alleged experiment, and “The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility” by William Moore and Charles Berlitz, which explores the history of the experiment and includes interviews with alleged witnesses.

Some of the claims made about the Philadelphia Experiment include that the ship became completely invisible, that it teleported to another location, that crew members experienced strange physical effects like disorientation and nausea, and that the experiment was part of a larger government conspiracy involving time travel and alien technology. However, there is little concrete evidence to support these claims, and many of the alleged witnesses have been discredited or shown to be unreliable.