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 Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:45 pm
The Philadelphia Experiment!
It was thought possible, with specialized equipment and sufficient energy, to bend light around an object in such a way as to render it essentially invisible to observers.
A destroyer escort, the USS Eldridge, was allegedly fitted with the required equipment at the naval yards in Philadelphia. Eldridge is alleged to have not only become almost entirely invisible to the naked eye, but actually vanished from the area in a flash of blue light. However, the U.S. naval base at Norfolk, Virginia, just over 345 km (215 miles) away, is alleged to have reported sighting the Eldridge offshore 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 alleged physiological effects of the experiment on the crew were profound: almost all of the crew were violently ill. Some were alleged to have suffered from mental illness as a result of their experience; behavior consistent with schizophrenia is described in other accounts. Still other members, like Jacob D. Murray, were physically unaccounted for — supposedly “vanished” — and five of the crew were allegedly fused to the metal bulkhead or deck of the ship. Still others were said to fade in and out of sight. Sometimes they would disappear, and burst into flames. 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.
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:09 pm
You know, I think I saw a movie about the "Bermuda Triangle" that had something to do with that experiment. One tends to wonder if it's based on truth or what... neutral
I wonder if there are more things like that out there somewhere. And if there are, where are we supposed to find them in the first place?
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:32 pm
Most of the stuff I've heard about because I love haunted houses and things and when you get to reading about it and talk to people about it... things come up! and learn things here and there...
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:35 pm
Right! Since I don't really get together with that many people for discussions, I don't get to hear about things like that often. Hey! do you think the Da Vinci Code qualifies as "Alleged History"? I think so! mrgreen
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:53 pm
I think it does - all that craziness... *fun stuff*~~!
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:30 am
He-he, that's what I thought!
So, should we do a bit more research into the topic at hand? I'm curious as to which other cases we can fit into this thread. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:15 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:00 am
That is an interesting theory. What is the source of your information. Is there a link you can give us?
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:45 pm
Do you mean a link for the Experiment?
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq21-1.htm
is one... I think I mostly got the info from wiki though... I forgot why I was looking it up?!
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:13 pm
Nice site Fauxlorne! It has more info than I imagined. 3nodding Guess what I found out!? Wikipedia According to "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror" theme park attraction and the derivative 1997 television movie Tower of Terror, it was on October 31, 1939 that five unfortunate souls aboard an elevator at the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel were cast into the Twilight Zone when the tower was struck by lightning. Since this event, the hotel has been abandoned and apparently cursed. So what do you think? I finally found something worth putting up in here, he-he. mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:13 pm
I love haunted alleged history!!!!
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:05 pm
Cool! As soon as I find another I'll come back and post it. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:23 pm
hypnocrown Nice site Fauxlorne! It has more info than I imagined. 3nodding Guess what I found out!? Wikipedia According to "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror" theme park attraction and the derivative 1997 television movie Tower of Terror, it was on October 31, 1939 that five unfortunate souls aboard an elevator at the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel were cast into the Twilight Zone when the tower was struck by lightning. Since this event, the hotel has been abandoned and apparently cursed. So what do you think? I finally found something worth putting up in here, he-he. mrgreen That theme park is in Disney World!!!!
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:47 pm
Is it? I didn't realize that cuz I doubt I've ever been there. I think I went to Disney "Land", not "World". mrgreen
I guess it's interesting to see when someone mixes reality with fantasy, huh? Well, maybe not always... rolleyes
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:43 pm
An April Fool's post for this thread...
I definitely woke up from a nap this afternoon to hear the following report on the radio about Michigan's Historic Turn Around. Now, this state's economy has been shot for longer than can be remembered, so the idea of a historic turn around would be most enjoyable. When it started with Toyota moving to Detroit, I was rather "Really? That rocks" only to have the tragic truth that no one wants to be in Detroit sink in as the report got more and more outrageous.
But yep, alleged, if definitely fake, recent history.
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