Gene Brown

Philadelphia experiment

August 14, 2007 |  40 comments
Image Credit: Project Rainbow, also referred to The Philadelphia Experiment, happened sometime around the date of October 28, 1943. The Experiment was originally designed to, with sufficient energy and specialized equipment, bend light around an object, a ship (as what would be better to the US government in the middle of WW2 than an invisible fleet of destroyer ships) to render it invisible to the eye. The lucky volunteer for this experiment was a US Navy Destroyer Escort, The USS Eldridge and all of her 181 crew members. Testing began in summer 1943, and was successful to a limited degree. One test, on July 22, resulted in the Eldridge being rendered almost completely invisible, with some witnesses reporting a “greenish fog” in its place. However, crew members complained of severe nausea afterwards. At that point, the experiment was altered at the request of the Navy, with the new objective being invisibility solely to radar.

Again on October 28, and this time it worked, a little too well. The Eldridge not only became almost entirely invisible to the naked eye, but actually vanished from the area in a flash of blue light. However, about 600 KM away, the US Naval Base @ Norfolk, Virginia reported seeing the Eldridge offshore about 20 minutes before the ship had left port, whereupon the Eldridge vanished from their sight and reappeared in Philadelphia, at the site it had originally occupied in an apparent case of accidental teleportation. The physiological effects on the crew were profound. Almost all of the crew were violently ill. Some suffered from mental illness as a result of their experience; behavior consistent with schizophrenia is described in other accounts. Still other members were physically unaccounted for— supposedly “vanished”— and five of the crew were allegedly fused to the metal bulkhead or deck of the ship, while a dog on board was found inside-out yet still living. Still others were said to fade in and out of sight. Horrified by these results, Navy officials immediately canceled the experiment. All of the surviving crew involved were discharged; in some accounts, brainwashing techniques were employed in an attempt to make the remaining crew members lose their memories concerning the details of their experience.So what do most people think of this? Or more so did most people know of this? I only came across it recently and I’m intrigued. Imagine if over 50 years ago, the technology existed to teleport a full Navy Destroyer and its 181 crew, mind you they had “slight” bugs in it, but if that was 50 years ago, what are they working on or capable of today? Thought provoking ….

The story of the Philadelphia Experiment is of course “officially denied,” but it is a very real story. Very real, and very terrible, mainly because denial of the incident also denies the service men who died in the experiment peace. Comments (40)

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