1. THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT
By:
Cantin Gillen

2. German U-boats
In WWII
 German U-boats were able
to maneuver around battle
ships and destroy
American convoy ships.
 U-boats were smaller and
therefore had a smaller
turning area, compared to
our battle ships.

3. U.S. Response to U-boats
Destroyer Escort
 Did what its name implies -
-escorted the destroyers
 An anti-submarine vessel
 A mini destroyer, very
similar, except not as
fast, but more
maneuverable.
 Ex: the USS Elderage

4. Ultimate Defense Against Subs
U-boats Destroyer escorts
 These enemy subs were  Some believe that the US
not limited to military had a plan to
maneuverability. create a ship that was
 They were able to undetectable by enemy
approach a convey without radar.
detection, from the deep.  The destroyer escorts were
perfect candidates.

5. Albert Einstein
Experiment Einstein
 A test of Unified Field  Published his theory in
Theory of Gravitation and Germany around 1927 but
Electricity. it was rendered
incomplete.

6. Actual experiment
USS Eldridge (escort destroyer)
 Wrapped in steal cable
 High voltage energy ran
through cables that was
produced by large
generators .
 This altered magnetic
fields.

7. First experiment
 July 22, 1942 at 0900 the large generators of the
USS Elderage were switched on.
 This was done in plain view of other merchant
ships that were in the Philadelphia naval yard.
 A green haze or fog formed around the ship as
the fields built up.
 Then it was claimed that the green fog
disappeared, taking the ship with it.
 Complete success- not only was it invisible to
radar but it was also invisible to the eye.
 Returned to natural state after 15 mins.

8. First Experiment (Continued)
 Although the Navy succeeded in masking the
ship from radar they also made it invisible.
 The equipment on the ship had been altered.
 And this cause the ships crew to become very
sick and disoriented.

9. Final Experiment
 October, 28, 1943 at
17:15 in the Philadelphia
Naval Yard
 The generators were
switched on and almost
completely disappeared.
 But this time reappeared
a few minutes later in
Norfolk, Virginia and was
seen for several minutes
then vanished and
returned to Philadelphia
( teleportation )

10. Gone wrong
 With the return of the  http://www.youtube.com
ship came many /watch?v=ChjyCR8V2Bg
problems &NR=1
 Most of the crew was  -watch 7:00 to end
violently sick
 Some were missing and
never found
 The craziest thing of all
was that some of the
men were fused to the
steel of the
ship, embedded in the
bulkheads

11. Government response
 The navy did not report
this issue
 Crew members receive
neural damage from the
intense magnetic
fields, this killed many and
drove other insane
 The government tried to
keep this experiment a
secret by brain washing
those who survived
 Also altering the ships logs
to show that it was never in
Philadelphia, this closed
the experiment

12. Bibliography
 Philadelphia Experiment. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.crystalinks.com/phila.html
 The "Philadelphia Experiment." (2000, November 28). Retrieved
from http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/ faq21-1.htm
 The True Story of the Philadelphia Experiment [Video file].
(2007, June 13). Retrieved from http:/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChjyCR8V2Bg
 Turner, J. (n.d.). The Philadelphia Experiment. Retrieved from
Viewzone website: http://www.viewzone.com/philadelphia.html