Philadelphia Project -- Fact? Fiction?
The USS Eldridge was Said to Have been Made Invisible
The USS Eldridge was a 1240-ton Cannon class destroyer escort constructed at Newark, New Jersey. She was commissioned in August 1943 and was deployed on escort duties in the Atlantic until May 1945 when she was assigned to service in the Pacific. The ship was decommissioned in July 1946 and placed in the Reserve Fleet. In January 1951, she was transferred to the Greek Navy where she served as the Leon into the 1990s.
The Philadelphia Project
It’s alleged that, around October 28, 1943, the USS Eldridge, was made invisible and teleported from Philadelphia, PA, to Norfolk, VA ,using the principles of Einstein’s Unified Field. Four hours later, she rematerialized in Philadelphia. It was further alleged that the civilian merchant ship SS Andrew Furuseth’s crew saw the Eldridge’s teleportation arrival into the Chesapeake Bay.
During the experiment, matter was changed. Men were able to walk through physical objects. When the field was shut off, some crew members were stuck in bulkheads, in the floor and with the ship’s railings stuck through their bodies.
When the Eldridge returned to Philadelphia, there was a greenish fog on her deck. Some of the crew were on fire; some appeared to be insane. Others had heart attacks or were dead. Some were buried in the deck or walls of the ship. Four men vanished. All were sick.
There was the Freeze which would last from minutes to hours. A man could come out of it if other crew members laid their hands upon him to provide him with strength. Two men who tried this burst into flames and burned for eighteen days, ending the cure. Men who went into the Freeze for days to months. During this time, the man was aware of others, but was unable to communicate with them.
Naval Records
The Operational Archives Branch of the Naval Historical Center records were combed through, but none confirming the Philadelphia Project were found. Operational Archives reviewed the deck log and war diary from her commissioning on 27 August 1943 through December 1943. What was found were routine war activities of a Naval destroyer that was never in Philadelphia.
Records reveal that the Furuseth left Norfolk in October 1943 and returned in January 1944. The Archives has a letter from Lieutenant Junior Grade William S. Dodge, USNR (ret), the Master of the ship in 1943, stating neither he nor his crew observed any unusual event while in Norfolk.
The Office of Naval Research, ONR, stated that the use of force fields to make a ship and her crew invisible does not conform to known laws of physics and claims that Dr. Albert Einstein's Unified Field Theory was never completed. In 1943 – 1944, he was a part-time consultant for the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, undertaking theoretical research about explosives and explosions. There’s no indication that he was involved with research relevant to invisibility or teleportation.
The ONR didn’t conduct experiments invisibility in 1943. It was established in 1946. Its scientists don’t believe that such experiments could be possible with the exception of science fiction.
There was also talk of mind control experiments. These did exist and are known as Project MK-ULTRA, a covert CIA program. They began in the early 1950s and were conducted by the Office of Scientific Intelligence. Drugs, including LSD, and other methods were used on humans to alter mental states and change brain functions. Some participants were not told they were experimental subjects. MK-ULTRA became public in 1975 and was still active in 1977.
Could it be that the Philadelphia Project was also done, but the side effects were grossly exaggerated?
Sources:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq21-2.htm
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved,Colin & Damon Wilson, (Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2000)
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