The Philadelphia Experiment
Today on The What If? Podcast you’ll hear our first ever crossover episode with the dope dudes from the Not Alone Podcast! We’re talking about The Philadelphia Experiment, an alleged military exercise in 1943 that made a US Navy Destroyer literally disappear.
The Story
The Philadelphia Experiment was carried out by the U.S. Navy in a shipyard in Philadelphia on October 28, 1943. The goal was to make the ship invisible to radar by creating a strong electromagnetic field around the ship. However, it had a totally unexpected side effect. First, the ship disappeared, both to radar and the naked eye. As the experiment began, a hazy green light appeared around the ship. Soon the whole ship was full of this green haze and the craft, together with is personnel, began fading from sight of those on the dock until only its waterline was visible.
In addition to becoming invisible, the ship allegedly teleported to Norfolk, Virginia.
Dangerous Side Effects
The test was a great success, except that some men aboard the ship got pretty well fuckified. Several sailors died when they fused with the ship’s hull. They maybe also travelled to another dimension where they met aliens and teleported through time.
Is time travel real? What about space travel? Can the military bend time and light as a weapon? Is all of this a bunch of B.S.? Yep, it probably is! But all we know is, we’re going to ask some questions and laugh with our new buds Sam Fredrickson and Jason Moitoso of the Not Alone Podcast.
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