The Philadelphia Experiment Certain individuals who have allegedly encountered the
occupants of UFO's have stated that some of the 'occupants' claim that
they are not 'trapped in time' like we on earth are. Is 'time' a
substance that can be altered? Even though most physicists agree that
reverse-time flow is quite impossible due to the 'paradox' factor--as
well as the fact that two separate 'realities' cannot exist within the
same space--and that time like a river must flow ever forward, is it
possible that the RATE of that forward flow might change depending on
the observers position in the Universe or in the Electromagnetic
Spectrum? These entities who have been encountered by certain
individuals claim that they have the ability to alter the forward flow
of time by speeding it up, slowing it down or even stopping it
altogether. For instance, a civilization capable of near-light-speed
travel could also theoretically distort time using such a method,
according to Einsteinean theory. There have already been experiments
that have taken place on earth however, which if true tend to support
the idea that a powerful electromagnetic energy field might distort
the forward flow of 'time', as well as the lateral flow of 'space'.
In his book, 'WITHOUT A TRACE', Charles Berlitz makes
some interesting comparisons between the time/space phenomena observed
in the Bermuda Triangle region (as well as other 'triangles' such as
the 'Devil's Triangle' off the coast of Japan, the Great Lakes
'triangle' zone, etc.) and the so-called 'Philadelphia Experiment.'
Berlitz stated that:
"...In mid-October 1943, the United States Navy
allegedly conducted a series of tests at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
at Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia, and at sea. Although a certain
amount has been written about the 'Philadelphia Experiment' in books,
magazines, and both domestic and foreign newspapers, basic sources of
information remain clouded. Witnesses have died, other witnesses or
informed personnel refuse to be quoted, and at least one researcher
has (supposedly - Branton) committed suicide. Even its Navy code name
is apparently unknown; if it were established, researchers would be
able to consult the basic documents, if they still exist or are not
too highly classified. Nevertheless, persistent reports and comment
about the Philadelphia Experiment follow the same pattern: an attempt
to make a Navy ship 'disappear' in a 1943 experiment was eminently
successful, except for the deleterious effect on the crew.
"The connection between the Philadelphia Experiment and
the Bermuda Triangle stems from the reported use of an artificially
induced magnetic field to cause the temporary disappearance of a
destroyer and crew. Its advantage to naval warfare lies, of course,
in the camouflage possibilities implied in rendering warships
invisible. But its importance to scientific theory is more profound:
men and material were temporarily projected into another dimension.
"Dr. Manson Valentine, a friend and colleague of Dr,.
Morris Jessup, the prominent astronomer and selenographer who became
involved with the Office of Naval Research after the experiment
reportedly occurred, has outlined some of the more striking incidents
of the Philadelphia Experiment as he remembers them through his
conversations and correspondence with Dr. Jessup:
"'According to Jessup the purpose (of the Philadelphia
Experiment) was to test out the effect of a strong magnetic field on a
manned surface craft. This was to be accomplished by means of
magnetic generators (degaussers). Both pulsating and non-pulsating
generators were operated to create a tremendous magnetic field on and
around the docked vessel. The results were as astonishing as they
were important, although with unfortunate after effects on the crew.
When the experiment first began to take effect, a hazy green light
became evident, something like reports we have from survivors of
incidents in the Triangle who tell of a luminous greenish mist. Soon
the whole ship was full of this green haze and the craft, together
with its personnel, began disappearing from sight of those on the dock
until only its water outline was visible. The destroyer was
subsequently reported to have appeared and disappeared at Norfolk,
Virginia, which may have been the result of a trial invisibility run,
involving a related time-warp phenomena.
"'It was reported...that the experiment was successful
at sea with an effective invisibility of spheroid shape extending 100
yards from each beam, which showed the impression made by the ship in
the water, but not the ship itself [One source claimed that such
'displacements' of water have also been seen in the Bermuda Triangle.
Possibly derelict ships lost in a similar EM field? - Branton]. As
the force field intensified some crew members began disappearing and
had to be recovered by tactual (physical) contact and restored to
visibility by a sort of laying on of hands technique...full recovery
could be a serious problem. It was rumored that many were
hospitalized, some died, others were adversely affected mentally.
"'Psychic ability (i.e. sensitivity to paraphysial
realities, whether for good or evil - Branton) seemed to have
been generally sharpened, while many retained the effects of
transmutation from the experiment, temporarily disappearing and
reappearing either at home, walking on the street, or sitting in
bars or restaurants, to the consternation of onlookers and
witnesses. Twice the ship's binnacle suddenly burst into flames
while being taken ashore, with disastrous results to the carrier.'
"The connection between Jessup and the Philadelphia Experiment."
Berlitz continues, "was fortuitous or destined, according to one's
interpretation. Dr. Jessup, who through his career as an astronomer
had consistently inclined toward the study of UFOs, published an early
book on the subject entitled THE CASE FOR THE UFO--Citadel Press, New
York, 1955. Sometime subsequent to publication he read, among what he
first thought to be letters in the normal run of fan mail, a two-part
hand written communication from a person who signed himself Carl M.
Allen (but Carlos Miguel Allende on the return address), containing
references to a Navy experiment, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and at
sea, with names, dates, and rather unusual details. Consideration of
some sections of this correspondence suggests why Jessup, as a
scientist, found it so interesting that he replied with a request for
more information. In the first letter, starting with a discussion of
Einstein's 'unified field' theory, the writer stated:
"'...The "result" was complete invisibility of a ship,
Destroyer type, AND ALL of its crew, while at sea (Oct. 1943). The
field was effective in an oblate spheroidal shape, extending one
hundred yards (more or less, due to the lunar positions and latitude)
OUT from each beam of the ship. Any person within that sphere became
vague in form BUT he too observed those persons aboard THAT ship as
though they too were of the same state, yet were walking upon nothing.
Any person without the sphere could see nothing save the CLEARLY
DEFINED SHAPE OF THE SHIP'S HULL IN THE WATER, providing, of course,
that the person was close enough to see, yet just barely outside of
that field. Why tell you now? Very simple. If you choose to go mad,
then you would reveal the information. Half of the officers and crew
of that ship are at present mad as hatters. A few are even confined
to certain areas where they may receive trained scientific aid when
they either "Go Blank" or "Go Blank and Get Stuck". Going Blank i.e.,
an after effect of the men having been within the field too much, is
not at all an unpleasant experience to healthily curious sailors.
However it is when also, they "Get Stuck" that they call it "HELL
INCORPORATED". The man thusly stricken cannot move of his own
violation unless two or more of those who are within the field go and
touch him, quickly, else he "Freezes".
"'If a man freezes his position must be marked out
carefully and then the field is cut off. Everyone but the "frozen"
man is able to move; to appreciate APPARENT solidarity again. Then,
the newest member of the crew must approach the spot, where he will
find the "frozen" man's face or bare skin, that is not covered by
usual uniform clothing. Sometimes, it takes only an hour or so,
sometimes all night and all day long, and worse, it once took 6
months, to get a man "unfrozen".
"'...DEEP "FROZEN MEN" ARE NOT AWARE OF TIME AS WE KNOW
IT. They are like semi-comatose persons, who live, breathe, look and
feel but still are unaware of so utterly many things as to constitute
a "Nether World" to them. A man in an ordinary common freeze is aware
of time, sometimes ACUTELY so. Yet they are ever aware of time
precisely as you or I are aware of it. The first "Deep Freeze" as I
said took 6 months to rectify. It also took over 5 million dollars
worth of electronic equipment and a special ship berth. If, around or
near the Philadelphia Navy Yard you see a group of sailors in the act
of putting their hands upon a fellow OR upon "thin air", observe the
digits and
appendages of the stricken man. If they seem to waver, as though
within a heat mirage, go QUICKLY and put your hands upon him, FOR
THAT MAN IS THE VERY MOST DESPERATE OF MEN IN THE WORLD. NOT ONE OF
THOSE MEN EVER WANT AT ALL TO BECOME AGAIN INVISIBLE. I DO
NOT THINK THAT MUCH MORE NEED BE SAID AS TO WHY MAN IS NOT READY FOR
FORCE-FIELD WORK.
"'You will hear phrases from these men such as "caught
in the Flow" (or the "push") or "Stuck in the Green" or "Stuck in
Molasses" or "I was going fast", these refer to some of the
DECADE-LATER after effects of force field work. "Caught in the Flow"
describes exactly the "Stuck in Molasses" sensation of a man going
into "deep freeze" or "plain freeze", either of the
two. "Caught in the Push" can either refer to that which a man
feels briefly when he is either about to inadvertently "Go Blank"
i.e., become invisible OR about to "Get Stuck" in a "deep freeze"
or "plain freeze".
"'There are only a very few of the original Experimental
D-E's crew left by now... Most went insane, one just walked "through"
his quarters wall in the sight of his wife and child and two other
crew members (was never seen again), two "went into the flame" i.e.,
they "froze" and caught fire while carrying common small-boat
compasses (Note: Is it possible that the magnetic properties of the
compasses somehow re-triggered the
electromagnetic process, which in turn brought them in contact
with underlying extremely powerful electrical currents which
literally fried them to death? Admittedly, this is just
supposition and may not be the whole explanation, however the
possibility that this somehow ties in with the unexplained
phenomena known as 'spontaneous human combustion' should not be
ignored - Branton), one man carried the compass and caught fire,
the other came for the "laying on of hands" as he was nearest but
he too, took fire...(as in the case of the masts or beams of the
ship itself when it was being brought ashore, as was previously
mentioned - Branton). The faith in "hand laying" died when this
happened and mens minds went by the score...
"'...The experiment was a complete success. THE MEN
WERE COMPLETE FAILURES....'
"The balance of the original letter was concerned with
suggestions to Jessup of how the report could be checked and
other witnesses found. Jessup, his interest aroused, replied to
the letter and asked for further proof of Allende's allegations.
Within several months 'Allen' wrote again, this time offering to
take sodium pentothal and subject himself to a hypnotist so that
he could recall names and facts involved in the incident, which
he, as an apparent witness, considered so important. Allen
thought, however, that the Office of Naval Research would never
'let it be known that any such thing was ever allowed to be
done.' In the second letter he added a theory of his own:
"'I feel that if handled properly, i.e., presented to
people and science in proper psychologically effective manner, I feel
sure that man will go where he now dreams of being...to the stars
through the form of transport that the Navy accidently
stumbled upon (to their embarrassment) WHEN THEIR EXPERIMENTAL
SHIP TOOK OFF AND POPPED UP A MINUTE OR SO LATER SEVERAL HUNDRED
SEA-TRAVEL-MILES AWAY AT ANOTHER OF ITS BERTHS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
AREA...'
"While Jessup was still considering the contents of the
second letter, he received an invitation FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
NAVY TO COME TO THE OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH (ONR) for an
interview. When he presented himself at the ONR Headquarters in
Washington, D.C., HE WAS, TO HIS CONSIDERABLE SURPRISE, GIVEN A
COPY OF HIS OWN BOOK FOR EXAMINATION. It was explained to him
that the book had been sent by mail to THE CHIEF OF ONR, ADMIRAL
F. N. FURTH, IN THE SUMMER OF 1955 AND HAD BEEN EXAMINED BY
OFFICERS IN THE ONR SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE AS WELL AS THE
AERONAUTICS PROJECTS OFFICE. The book was filled with handwritten
comments about Jessup's texts, apparently written by
three people who had passed or sent the book one to the other and
made their annotations in different colored inks. When Jessup
started to examine the book, he found that the handwriting and
style of one of the commentators was evidently that of Allen, his
mysterious correspondent. The comments themselves were unusual
for several reasons; THE COMMENTATORS OR CRITICAL REVIEWERS OF
THE TEXT SEEMED TO ASSUME THE ROLES OF REPRESENTATIVES OF A
SECRET AND ANCIENT CULTURE, HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF PREVIOUS
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT ON EARTH...
"The comments were replete with references to force
fields, dematerialization (and) great and small space ships.
"...However, along with these 'apparent' science
fictional fancies, these comments made specific reference to secret
naval experiments, especially the Philadelphia Experiment in 1943.
Thus Jessup found himself again involved, through his book, in this
curious affair, and, according to what he told several of his
colleagues, he began to investigate the subject through his now
established contact with the Navy. HOWEVER, HIS UNEXPECTED AND
UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN 1959 ENDED HIS RESEARCH.
"Meanwhile, a limited number of copies of Dr. Jessup's
book, mimeographed along with the complete series of puzzling
annotations by the unidentified commentators, HAD BEEN REPRODUCED
APPARENTLY AT THE REQUEST OF THE U.S. NAVY OR OF INDIVIDUAL NAVAL
OFFICERS, BY A TEXAS ELECTRONICS FIRM, THE VARO CORPORATION OF DALLAS.
COINCIDENTALLY THIS COMPANY WAS PERFORMING SPECIAL (OR SECRET) WORK
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.
"The reproduction of the annotated edition and
subsequent dissemination within naval and military circles contains
the germ of yet another mystery, for, if the information handwritten
on the original copy of the book were incorrect or imaginary, why
should a limited edition be circulated within the Pentagon? The
original Jessup book, without annotations, had cause no special stir,
and apparently only the annotations with their 'informed' references
to naval experiments had provoked official interest...
"Despite the scarcity of the reproduced annotated
edition, most of the copies having disappeared either by chance or by
design, (the late) Gray Barker (a former writer and UFO
researcher) was able to preserve a copy and has since reproduced
a small edition for sale to interested researchers--THE CASE FOR
THE UFO: ANNOTATED EDITION, Gray Barker Books., Clarksburg, West
Virginia.
"The 'apparent' suicide of Dr. Jessup deserves an
additional comment. During the time between his first call from the
Navy and his death he devoted a good deal of research to the
Philadelphia Experiment and, while carefully observing the lines
of security regulations, shared with Dr. Valentine some of his
general findings and theories.
"Jessup told Valentine that the Navy had tried to find
Allende (or Allen) from the return address on his correspondence with
Jessup but had been unable to do so and, of course, had no leads on
the identity of the other two commentators. Jessup was convinced that
the experiment had actually taken place and that the attendant
incidents had occurred as described. He considered that the
unfortunate results as far as personnel were concerned were probably
due to insufficient preparation or screening. Several experiments had
already taken place, some at pierside and a rather dramatic and
perhaps inadvertent one at sea, when the destroyer disappeared from
convoy duty and reappeared at its berth at Norfolk and then shifted
back to its dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
"Jessup was worried about the experiments and told
Valentine that the Navy had requested him to be a consultant on yet
another experiment but that he had refused. He was convinced that the
Navy, in seeking to create a magnetic cloud for camouflage purposes in
October 1943, had uncovered a potential that could temporarily, and if
strong enough perhaps permanently, rearrange the molecular structure
of people and materials so that they would pass into another dimension
with further implications of predictable and as yet uncontrolled
teleportation. When
Valentine, a student of the Bermuda Triangle Mystery since 1945,
suggested that what was happening within the Triangle was a
result of the same phenomena on a larger scale, Jessup
tentatively agreed.
"Toward the middle of April 1959, Jessup told Valentine
that HE HAD REACHED WHAT HE CONSIDERED TO BE SOME DEFINITE CONCLUSIONS
ABOUT THE SERIES OF REACTIONS IMPLIED BY THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT
AND HAD PREPARED A ROUGH DRAFT THAT HE WISHED TO DISCUSS. Dr.
Valentine suggested that he come to dinner. The invitation was for
the evening of April 20.
"He never came to dinner. At some time before 6:30
P.M., Jessup, according to police records, drove his car into
Matheson's Hammock, a Dade County park in the Miami area, and
apparently committed suicide by carbon monoxide inhalation, after
attaching a hose to the exhaust and running the hose inside his
car. NO NOTES OR MANUSCRIPTS were mentioned in the police
report, nor, according to a statement by a witness later given to
Dr. Valentine, WERE ANY FOUND INSIDE THE CAR.
"Dr. Valentine has mentioned an aspect of the incident
ALSO NOT COVERED in the official report--that DR. JESSUP WAS STILL
ALIVE WHEN FIRST FOUND, adding: '...PERHAPS HE WAS ALLOWED TO DIE.
His theories were very advanced and PERHAPS THERE WERE...INFLUENCES
THAT WISHED TO PREVENT THEIR SPREADING...'
"The more one digs into this alleged experiment the more
curious it becomes. Certain elements of information can be
verified but none referring directly to the experiment. A number
of persons in and out of the Navy profess to remember the
incident and are even willing to furnish more information about
it, except that they are unwilling to be quoted by name. The
circumstances are often considerably embellished; Navy Yard
personnel seem to remember stories and even short newspaper
articles about a sailors' brawl in a Philadelphia bar where some
of the participants vanished and reappeared out of a haze during
the fight, to the surprise and discomfort of their opponents.
The approximate date of the main incident is generally agreed on
and the consensus among people employed at the docks at the time
was that something very unusual was going on at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
"Whatever the truth of the incident, the destroyer
mentioned as taking part in the experiment, the U.S.S. ELDRIDGE,
D-173, DID exist. it was commissioned August 27, 1943, and was
engaged in escort and patrol missions around Bermuda, Chesapeake Bay,
and the seas between until early 1944, when it was sent across the
Atlantic and could therefore fit within the time frame indicated. The
ship was decommissioned in June 1946 and eventually transferred, under
the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, to Greece, where, one might
hope, it ceased to display its attributed propensity for disappearing.
The Liberty ship S.S. ANDREW FURNSETH, from the decks of which the
disappearance of the D-173 was allegedly seen, was also actually in
the area at the time indicated, as was the S.S. MALAY, another cargo
ship that reportedly witnessed the same subsequent incidents.
"Efforts to contact or interrogate some of the presumed
participants or observers of the incident have generally proved
unsuccessful, as many have disappeared, others have proved
uncommunicative, and others reply that they do not wish to get
involved or are protected by family members who relay the message
that they do not wish to talk about it.
"If a confidential or secret freeze has really been
established over the Navy or merchant ships and personnel
involved directly or indirectly in the experiment at the time,
then the verification of the incident would be extremely
difficult to follow through, especially since it occurred so long
ago. It should be observed in passing, however, that the full
import of an experiment is often not realized or apparent until
years after the initial tests.
"It may also be possible that personnel who were
involved with other camouflage incidents during World War II may have
given rise to a series of rumors that contributed to the
Philadelphia Experiment legend... Several other unusual
concepts, INCLUDING THE MILITARY USE OF ANTIGRAVITY, were also a
subject of experimentation.
"An investigator working with the Navy and possessed of
a knowledge of Navy filing practices as well as a strong desire for
anonymity confided to the author that he had tried for months at the
Pentagon and elsewhere to locate ONR reports dealing with the original
experiment but he had been unsuccessful. 'However,' he added, 'I DID
FIND ONE UNUSUAL THING. THE FRAMEWORK IS SET UP AND THE EXPERIMENT IS
STILL CONTINUING.'
"Although Jessup's final conclusions may never be known,
some of the ideas exchanged by Drs. Jessup and Valentine during their
discussions of the Philadelphia Experiment and its relation to the
Bermuda Triangle are echoed in the following answers by Dr. Valentine
to some questions put to him by the author:
"QUESTION: You have previously said that Dr. Jessup
thought that the U.S. Navy had inadvertently discovered the natural or
induced combination of circumstances that caused the
disappearances in the Triangle. Could you comment on this more
fully?
"'ANSWER: I DO NOT BELIEVE Dr. Jessup considered this an
'inadvertent' discovery. For many years, so I have been told,
experiments involving high intensity magnetism have been
officially discouraged, JUST AS ION MOTORS, known for as far back
at least as 1918, have been denied public disclosure and their
inventors somehow silenced. I therefore am convinced that top
ranking physicists must have some knowledge--AND UNDERSTANDABLE
DREAD--of phenomena that might be expected to emerge from the
generation of a high intensity magnetic field, especially a
pulsating or vortexual one.'
"QUESTION: In the case of the Philadelphia Experiment is
there a fairly simple scientific explanation as to what took place?
"'ANSWER: To my knowledge there is no explanation in
terms of the familiar or orthodox. Many scientists now share the
opinion that the basic ATOMIC STRUCTURE is essentially electric (i.e.
'electron') in nature rather than materially particulate. A vastly
complicated interplay of energies is involved. Such a broad concept
lends great flexibility to the universe. If multiple phases of matter
within such a cosmos did NOT exist, it would be most surprising. The
transition from one phase to another would be equivalent to the
passage from one plane of existence to another--a sort of
interdimensional metamorphosis. In other words, there could be 'worlds
within worlds.' (Note: Human beings actually DO exist on both the
physical and spiritual levels simultaneously, in that we have attached
to our souls both a physical and a spiritual 'body'. It is apparent
that man is a 'multi-dimensional' being who is capable of 'sensing' a
wide range of the 'electromagnetic' reality spectrum. Much of what we
consider to be exclusively 'physical' senses such as feeling,
intuition, sight, hearing, tough, thought, etc., are a COMBINATION of
the result of interaction of our physical and spiritual natures. Just
because one has a 'spiritual' nature however does not mean that they
have 'Life' in the Judeo-Christian sense of spiritual 'life'. The
triune nature of man's physical, soul and spirit 'bodies' which are
distinct in themselves yet at the same time superimposed upon one
another and inseparable from one another in an underlying sense, act
as 'vessels' for either Life-Goodness-Love or Death-Evil-Hatred. Many
have been confused by the idea that because something or someone is
'spiritual' it/they must therefore be 'Good'. This is not necessarily
the case, since some may consider the Philadelphia Experiment as a
'spiritual', 'supernatural' or 'ethereal' event even though some of
the motives and certainly many of the effects of the experiments were
less that 'Divinely' inspired - Branton) Magnetism has long been
suspect as an involvement agent in such potentially drastic changes.
To begin with, IT HAPPENS TO BE THE ONLY INANIMATE PHENOMENON FOR
WHICH WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONCEIVE A MECHANICAL ANALOGUE. We can
visualize electrons traveling along a conductor and thus 'explain'
electric current, or we can envisage energy waves of different
frequencies in the ether and thus 'explain' the heat-light-radio
spectrum (Note: Another 'mystery' which we might mention at this point
is that 'light' in itself is made up of THREE waves which collectively
form the ONE energy source known as 'Light'. One ray is invisible,
one is visible, and one can be felt! Those with discernment will be
able to see yet another fascinating 'mystery' in this three-in-one
phenomena. Also, 'Light' has a duel nature in that it acts as a
'PARTICLE' as well as a 'WAVE', and as the 'Unified Field' suggests
many of these energies such as time, light, gravity, electricity,
magnetism, space, matter, etc., flow into each other and interplay
with each other to a remarkable degree - Branton). But a magnetic
field defies a mechanical interpretation. THERE IS SOMETHING ALMOST
MYSTICAL ABOUT IT. Furthermore, whenever we encounter incredible (to
us) materialization and dematerialization, as in UFO phenomena, they
seem to be accompanied by severe magnetic disturbances. It is,
therefore, reasonable to suppose that a purposeful genesis of unusual
magnetic conditions could effect a change or PHASE in matter, both
physical and vital. If so, it would also DISTORT the time element
which is by no means an independent entity, but part-in-parcel of the
particular matter-energy-time dimension such as the one we live in.'
"QUESTION: If this is the result of intensification of
magnetism, are there, in your opinion, intensified magnetic
fields sporadically active or 'on the loose' in the Triangle?
"'ANSWER: I believe that this is unquestionably the case
(Note: Some believe the Bermuda Triangle area may once have
been part of an experiment that went out of control on an ancient
continent inhabited by Antediluvians who discovered the secret of
'culturing' huge crystal generators to produce tremendous
electromagnetic energy fields. The 'Triangle' is believed by
many to be an area of intense 'electromagnetic fallout' still
active after thousands of years - Branton). Either the magnetic
fields are the result of sporadic, perhaps seasonal build-up of
geophysical origin, or they are the concomitant effect of UFO
activity. Possibly a combination of both agencies can occur.
Another important aspect to consider is the likelihood of
magnetic, cyclonic storms initiated by either condition. Like
the tornado, the magnetic vortex would be self-augmenting and
could well bring about an interdimensional transition for anyone
caught up in it. The experience of Bruce Gernon (mentioned in
Berlitz' book - Branton) is a case in point.'
"...Whether the Philadelphia Experiment actually took
place or not is difficult to prove. The concept, however, is a valid
one, having been perhaps suggested or supported by Einstein's 'unified
field' theory, an attempt logically to bring together the magnetic and
gravitational fields and other subatomic phenomena. In application
both to the Philadelphia Experiment and the Bermuda Triangle, the
attraction between molecules could be temporarily altered by a force
field. It would, in effect, introduce matter into another dimension
or, one might say, the etheric world. Such force fields comprise both
the cause and effect of the transmutation and transference of matter.
If this seems impossible or illogical, one might reflect that another
seemingly impossible theory of Einstein and others have modified our
lives and physical outlook since 1945 to the point where those of us
who lived before that time would hardly recognize our former
personalities, so secure in our dominion of the earth and
understanding our section of the universe..."
Ivan T. Sanderson, in his book 'UNINVITED VISITORS',
gives a few more details concerning the Philadelphia Experiment as
well as the mysterious 'annotators' mentioned by Charles Berlitz:
"...From the language and style of the inserts, the
Office of Naval Research (ONR) speculated that the annotators may be
gypsies. They found the book sufficiently interesting to re-
publish it three years later in a limited mimeographed edition in
two colors--black for the original text, red for the notes,
interjections, underscoring, and the like. The notes discussed
people, planes, and ships that have disappeared; the origins of
odd storms and clouds, objects falling from the sky, and strange
marks and footprints; and other puzzling events and phenomena
that we have not been able to explain. 'It is evident,'
concluded the introduction to the Navy's mimeographed edition
'that these men provide some very intriguing explanations;
explanations that may be worthy of consideration...'
"Gypsies are now scattered all over the world. Nobody
has ever come up with any satisfactory information as to their
origin--at least, not satisfactory to me. Some people say they
wandered out of what is now India long ago. They have been
called lost Ancient Egyptians, and goodness knows what else... We
don't know much about their current culture, despite the massive
studies of their folklore and customs that have been undertaken
in Europe, this country, and elsewhere. As a kid I did a lot of
poaching with some gypsies of my own age in the New Forest in
England, and we had some fine rabbit stews," Sanderson confesses,
"and spitted pheasants as a result; but my young friends, though
never having been to school and being totally illiterate, always
made me feel as if I were the only 'kid' among them, and that
they were infinitely adult and wise (Note: Researcher John A.
Keel has stated that there is a definite connection between some
UFO sightings and 'gypsies' - Branton). They were, too! But the
Western gypsies are relatively 'normal and respectable' compared
to the Asiatic LULI. Since the dawn of history these bands of
independent and completely self-contained people have wandered
about at will over Asia, helping themselves to what they needed
but never actually marauding or interfering with other people,
and trading in all manner of psychedelic products, elixirs,
drugs, and medicines, gazing into crystal balls--the origin of
which, incidentally, has never been discovered--prophesying and
reading palms. They have no written language, yet they seem to
keep in touch over vast distances, even with their confreres in
Europe and over the oceans. Subjected to a never-ending series
of persecutions, they do truly just 'fade away' only to pop up
again later apparently in no way changed. They learn the
languages of the peoples among whom they dwell, and they often
contend that they know no other..."
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The following article: 'NEW FACTS ABOUT THE PHILADELPHIA
EXPERIMENT REVEALED', by Sherry Hansen Steiger and Brad Steiger,
appeared in UFO REVIEW magazine, and adds a considerable amount of new
information to the revelations already given by Charles Berlitz:
"Just when it seemed as through the bizarre mystery of Dr.
M.K. Jessup, the so-called 'Allende Letters,' and the alleged
U.S. Navy's World War II experiment in teleportation and
invisibility had faded into the recesses of UFO mythology, Alfred
Bielek, a researcher who I have personally known for twenty
years, has stepped forward to declare that his memory - once
'brainwashed' - has cleared and that he now remembers having
participated in the legendary 'Philadelphia Experiment.'
"Bielek claims that the U.S. Navy, in October, 1943,
successfully blended the collective genius of Albert Einstein, Nicola
Tesla, and a host of other top scientists and SECRETLY ACCOMPLISHED
the teleportation of a warship from Philadelphia to a dock near
Norfolk. In a further extension of Einstein's Unified Field Theory,
the Navy caused the same warship and its crew to become invisible.
"Yes, Bielek asserts, the experiment was a success as
far as the warship and the machinery were concerned. Tragically, for
the crewmen, it was a terrible failure. Several of the crew burst
into flames in spontaneous human combustion; others lapsed into
invisibility; still others became frozen in the metal structure of the
warship. Over half of the officers and crew members were committed to
psychiatric wards for the remainder of their lives.
"Once it seemed as though the only man who might be able
to ferret out the truth of this fantastic experiment was Dr. Morris K.
Jessup, an alleged suicide 'victim,' who was found dead in his station
wagon in Dade County Park, Florida, on the evening of April 29, 1959.
"Fully as horrifying as the deep-freeze effect on the
sailors involved in the experiment were the incidents of men who went
'into the flame.' A man who was carrying a small boat
compass went into the 'freeze' and began to smoulder. Perhaps,
Allende theorized, because of the metal on his person. Another
crewman went to his aid and began the laying on of hands.
According to Allende, both men burned for eighteen days.
"As a list of cross-references for his fantastic story,
Allende listed a number of or personnel on observer ships' crews and
the crew of a Matson Lines Liberty ship out of Norfolk.
Allende implies that he himself witnessed the experiment from
aboard the S.S. ANDREW FURNSETH. Indignantly Allende expressed
his hope that Jessup may choke on his own tongue when he
remembers what he has 'appealed be made law,' and he signs
himself, 'Very disrespectfully yours.'
"Then, seemingly to think better of his harsh
statements, Allende affixed a lengthy postscript that states his
reconsidered opinion that the Navy was quite blameless in the incident
and really did not envision the ghastly effect the experiment would
have upon the crew members. Before he closed, Allende tossed one more
bombshell:
"'The experimental ship disappeared from its
Philadelphia dock and, only a very few minutes later, appeared at its
other dock in Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth area. This was
distinctly and clearly identified as being [the] place...the ship
then, AGAIN disappeared and went back to it's Philadelphia dock in
only a very few minutes. This was noted in the
newspapers...after the experiments were discontinued....'
"Authors Note: In 1967, through the efforts of a mutual
friend, I obtained a copy of the annotated Jessup Book from Al Bielek,
an action which subsequently has prompted the suspicious to suggest
that Al is actually Miguel Allende in another guise. Such suspicions
will be allayed (later on).
"The three annotators were smug, a trifle arrogant, and
made little effort to control their mockery of 'homo sapiens'. After
a rapid assessment of the content, Dr. Jessup soon recognized the same
crazy-quilt spelling, capitalization and punctuation that was
characteristic of his mysterious pen pal, Carlos Miguel Allende.
"The ONR requested the two Allende letters from Jessup,
and twenty-five copies of the letters and the annotated copy of THE
CASE FOR THE UFOS were reproduced for study by Naval Research teams.
"Why did the Navy want the Allende letters? What
elevated the letters above kook status? Had the experiment with the
invisible ship actually been conducted? The three mystery note makers
allude to the secret project a number of times. What
elements in both the Allende letters and in the notes did ONR
find so convincing and so alarming that immediate study groups
were formed to deal with the puzzle? Let us examine a sampling
of the notes made by Allende and his correspondents. (Each man
wrote in a different color of ink and, on this basis, will be
referred to as Mr. A. [Allende], Mr. B. and Jemi.)
"Jessup begins part of THE CASE FOR THE UFOS by noting
that, on June 24, 1947, flying saucers were 'born' with Kenneth
Arnold's sighting near Mount Rainier (actually, documented sightings
of unexplained aerial craft have been made since medieval times and
even long before then. It was not until 1947 however that UFOs again
reached a height of publicity that had not been experienced since the
'airship' sightings of 1900-1910 - Branton). Since that day, Jessup
writes, thousands of other sightings have been made and the question
'What are they?' must still be answered.
"'Don't worry, Jemi,' Mr. B. writes, referring to
Arnold's sighting, 'those were L-M ships, not 'S' men ('LeMurians'
and'Serpent-Men'? This is only a guess, although the 'annotators'
may have been referring to something completely different - Branton).
They are in improved type and were only on a training flight. That is
why their leader interconnected their force fields to teach them Level
Telecontrol without inducing a fear block.' (Note: If true that they
were on a 'training' flight, it's likely that this alien society was
earth-based, possibly operating from subterrain or inner-mountain
bases, as it is not likely that mere 'trainees' from another planet
would take part in other-planetary operations - Branton)
"In this enigmatic notion, we obviously have references
to two types of 'people' who have conquered space. The 'LM's' seem to
be friendly or indifferent to earthlings. The 'SM's' - the 'S' men
mentioned above - are hostile. Allende and his correspondents seem
either to be LM's or to regard the LM's more favorably than they do
the SM's.
"Jemi's comment on Jessup's discussion of mysterious
disappearances of men is chilling, 'Hey! If he only knew why, he'd die
of shock!'
"An interesting unrelated notation scribbled by Mr. B on
the top of the page reads: 'The French are of such a general
philosophic attitude, even in that day, that they were chosen to
be contacted. Now, some LM's live in France out of preference in
field of philosophical study. They like it!'
"Mr. A: 'Einstein wasn't alive then, but the natural
functions of our universe and this planet worked quite well without
him.'
"Jemi: 'What inspiration caused man to become man by
starting to use tools. Whence came the idea? Science says "of
necessity," but the same necessity exists for apes...even now.'
"Mr. A: 'Huh, he'll never admit it (that man is neither
the completely dominant nor supremely intellectual being), pride!'
"Jessup wonders if aviators could be frozen by space
ships and carried away within a shield of invisibility.
"Mr. B retorts: "Heh! If only he knew by experience he'd
keep silent and not write or speak of it ever again in his
lifetime. He couldn't speak it, for you see, Jemi, it paralyses
one's sense of time and nullified mental cognition, functioning,
and memory. So he has no knowledge, he could not have. Only
guessing.'
"As to Jessup's speculation that 'Russia may well have
captured a UFO and be developing the resources gained
therefrom...' Mr. B writes: 'Not so, or else she'd have cornered
the world's diamond market by now as a dead giveaway that she's
caught one. Takes a powerful magnetic net to do so.' (Note: Do
'some' disks require the use of diamond crystals to operate some
of their systems? - Branton)
"Mr. A: 'One with a reverse "snap neutralizer" in it.'"
Steiger relates still another comment made by Mr. B in
answer to one of the many points brought up by Jessup in his
book, apparently in reference to some type of accident or
incident:
"'...The Measure-Marker was accidentally left idling
that time. Nowadays, Measure-Markers are not used, except by
Undersea-Explorers.'
"And so," Steiger continues, "the notes continue
throughout the pages of M.K. Jessup's (annotated) THE CASE FOR THE
UFOS. Each page is marked with underlinings and notations made in
three different colors of ink. In an introduction to their study of
the Allende letters and the annotated (volume)... an officer of the
Office of Naval Research wrote:
"'Terms such as mothership, home-ship, dead-ship, Great
ARK, great bombardment, great RETURN, great war, little-men,
force-fields, deep freezes, undersea building, measure markers, scout
ships, MAGNETIC and gravity fields, sheets of diamond, cosmic rays,
force cutters, undersea explorers, inlay work, clear-talk,
telepathing, burning 'coat', nodes, vortice, magnetic 'net', and what
happens to people, ships and planes that have disappeared... They (the
three men) explain the origin of odd storms and clouds, objects
falling from the sky, strange marks and footprints, and other things
we have not solved.
"'These men seem to feel that it is too late for man to
obtain space flight. They feel that man could not cope with 'those
mind-wreaking conditions that space and sea contain', for mankind is
too egotistical, values too much the material, wars over mere parcels
of this planet, is too filled with jealousy, and lacks true
brotherhood.'"
"The ONR deduced that the men might be Gypsies. In one
instance, Mr. B remarks, 'Only a Gypsy will tell another of that
catastrophe. And we are a discredited people, ages ago. Hah! Yet,
man wonders where 'we' come from...' Mr. A writes, 'Ours is a way of
life, time-proven and happy. We have nothing, own nothing except our
music and philosophy, and are happy.' Each of the men hails the other
as 'brother' and sneers quite often at 'vain humankind.'
"The officer at ONR concluded his introduction to the
enigma by saying: 'How much truth is there in this? That cannot be
answered. It is evident that these men provide some very intriguing
explanations - explanations that may be worth
consideration.'
"First of all, why did the Navy receive the annotated
copy of Jessup's THE CASE FOR THE UFOS? Was it simply to play some
bizarre private joke on the Office of Naval Research? This answer
seems unlikely. Let us theorize that the Navy DID accomplish a secret
experiment which utilized Einstein's Unified Field Theory. In this
case, the three mystery men might have been letting the Navy know that
THEY knew. The Gypsies or saucer people or whoever, might also have
been telling the Navy that they knew that naval research was
CONTINUING experimentation.
"As we learn more about our universe, it becomes
increasingly difficult to close one's mind to the possibility of
older atomic civilizations of either TERRESTRIAL or
extraterrestrial origin which might have survived physically, by
going UNDERGROUND, or spiritually, by commemoration in the myths
and legends of today's man.
"Could Carlos Miguel Allende and his two friends be
representatives from a much older civilization which has been
infiltrating our own for thousands of years?
"Many of those who have attempted to pursue the Allende
mystery have found themselves confronted by strange, dark-skinned men
in black. A prominent UFO lecturer told me that a man claiming to be
Carlos Miguel Allende had called upon him in his study and warned him
to discontinue his research or 'wind up a "Suicide" like Dr. Jessup.'
"One cannot help wondering what association there might
be between the so-called 'men-in-black' who make a practice of
silencing UFO researchers and Dr. Jessup's unknown correspondents
(John A. Keel suggests this in other writings of his when he relates
incidents of Men In Black or Black automobiles being observed in
connection with Gypsy activity - Branton). Those who have been
visited by the silencers have described their unwelcome guests as
being short, dark, and dressed primarily in black. Such a description
could fit 'Gitana' or those MASQUERADING as Gypsies. UFO
investigators say that those contacted by the silencers describe their
features as being somewhat Oriental in structure, with large slanted
eyes and rather sharply pointed chins.
"Similarly, the majority of those who claim contact with
flying saucer crews describe much the same physical beings.
Several abductees have offered similar descriptions.
"After I had published an article on the Allende letters
in SAGA (November, 1967) I began to receive a great deal of mail from
those who claimed personal involvement in this bizarre aspect of the
UFO mystery.
"One letter implied that the writer had been a seaman
aboard the vessel on which the alleged experiment had taken place.
'You would not write of this so objectively if you were forced to live
with this horror,' the man wrote.
"Several correspondents told of being harassed by
ominous and effective 'agents' after they had witnessed UFO activity.
"An interesting report of 'three women in black' was
given by one correspondent, who had received his strange visitation
after observing a large, gray disk in the sky over his suburban
residence.
"An anonymous letter writer told of witnessing phenomena
which he believed to be related to the alleged secret Navy experiment.
During the Second World War, his landlady's son went into the Navy,
and it was believed that he had died while in
service. Some years later, however, our correspondent met a
young man of the son's description in the hallway of the rooming
house. The young man said 'hello,' then 'vanished like a ghost.'
"The boarder often saw the young man appear, then
vanish. On one occasion the strange man appeared , began to weep, and
begged the landlady for some bread. The matter became even more
confused in the boarder's mind when the young sailor's widow, who
continued to reside with her mother-in-law for many years after her
husband's presumed death, moved out after obtaining a DIVORCE.
"Had the landlady's son been one of those unfortunate
seamen aboard the experimental naval vessel?
"Such things are 'incredible,' pronounce the
representatives of various earthly establishments, 'contrary to the
laws of science.' And so they may be, but we may soon learn that
there are many undreamt-of facts that are 'contrary to the laws' of
our science.
"The mystery of the true reality of the Philadelphia
Experiment has taunted UFO researchers for over thirty years. Now Al
Bielek claims to have the key to unlock the rusted door of secrecy.
"...Just when those of us who research such incredible
reports and attempt to define them as mysteries or myths had decided
that it was time to put the Philadelphia Experiment to rest, in
September of 1989, Alfred Bielek stepped before the audience gathered
in Phoenix for the UFO-NEW AGE CONFERENCE and startled everyone by
announcing that he had been a part of the astonishing experiment and
that he had survived time-warping, invisibility, and electromagnetic
zapping to emerge from a period of brainwashing to tell his story.
"Alfred Bielek: Actually, the Philadelphia Experiment,
at least in its preliminary stages, probably began about 1932-'33 in
the Chicago area. The popular scientific press of the day was very
hot on the subject of invisibility.
"It was at that time that a small team of scientists got
together and started to investigate the subject and its possibilities.
The team included John Hutchinson, Dean of the University of Chicago;
the brilliant Nicola Tesla; and a third man who has been very hard to
identify. I finally tracked him down as Dr. Emil Kurtenauer, an
Austrian, who had a Ph.D. in
physics.
"THEN ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT
BEGAN AS A CIVILIAN PROJECT?
"Bielek: Although it was a private research operation,
it was apparently funded by the Navy from the very beginning. It was
soon moved to the east coast and wound up at the Institute for
Advanced Studies at Princeton University, which had been formed in
1933. Einstein and a number of very interesting people became
associated with the Institute, but one of the first, and perhaps one
of the youngest members that they had join them in 1933, was Dr. John
Eric Von Neumann.
"WAS TESLA ALSO A PART OF THE WORK AT THE INSTITUTE?
"Bielek: He rejoined them in perhaps the late '30s.
Because of his close connection with Franklin D. Roosevelt, who became
President in 1933, Tesla had been called to Washington to do work for
the government. He was assigned to several projects, the principal
one of which later resulted in the Philadelphia
Experiment.
"One of Tesla's projects was the so-called 'Death Ray.'
Most people don't know this, but the machine was actually built by the
U.S. Army in 1938-'39 and was tested in New Mexico.
"I heard from a friend, someone who was connected with
the government, and from an acquaintance who had worked with Tesla,
that the ray truly worked. It was so devastating and its effects so
terrible that the government decided that it was too dangerous for
anyone to control. They destroyed the working model; they destroyed
the records; they destroyed the plans. The officers in charge said
that they would rather see the thing destroyed than to be put into
possible use by an enemy.
"Tesla then proposed a similar system to the British,
and he was also turned down by them. Somewhat disgruntled, he turned
his talents to a radio-controlled automobile that extracted its power
from the air around it. He converted a Pierce-Arrow and drove it
around Manhattan to the delight of the press and the people. Tesla's
nephew also drove the car in upstate New York.
"WHEN DID TESLA GET BACK TO WORK ON THE PHILADELPHIA
EXPERIMENT?
"Bielek: I believe that he was its first director when
it got to the point where the project required complete
organization.
"Perhaps the single greatest contributor to the project,
however, was Dr. John Von Neumann. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he
demonstrated a genius in mathematics at an early age. He had been at
the University of Berlin and the University of Hamburg when he
immigrated to the United States in 1930. He went
immediately to Princeton where he became a Visiting Professor of
Mathematics. In 1933, he was invited to join the Institute.
"AND WHAT ABOUT EINSTEIN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT?
"Bielek: Einstein did not take part in any physical way
in the project, which, by the way, was called 'Project Rainbow.'
"Einstein was strictly a theoretical physicist. He was
not at all a nuts and bolts man. The experiment, in part, was being
run as an application of his Unified Field Theory, but Einstein,
though aware of Project Rainbow, was involved in many other projects
at the Institute.
"There was another participant who is rather well-known
to UFOlogists because of his work with electrostatically controlled
UFOs. I refer to T. Townsend Brown, who was excellent at the nuts and
bolts application of physics.
"AL, PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR OWN INVOLVEMENT IN THE
PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT.
"Bielek: I began investigating the mystery back in the
1960's, strictly as a research project. I had no idea then that I
would discover that I had such a personal involvement in the whole
incredible business.
"AND NOW YOU HAVE SOMEHOW REMEMBERED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
LEADING A DOUBLE LIFE. YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED ONE LIFE AS ALFRED BIELEK
AND ANOTHER AS EDWARD A. CAMERON.
"Bielek: That is correct. And I have learned that I
have a half-brother, Duncan. We were the sons of Alexander Duncan
Cameron, a wealthy ex-Navy man who had five wives in succession and
numerous mistresses.
"My brother got his Ph.D. in physics from the University
of Edinburgh, Scotland. I received my Ph.D. in physics at Harvard.
"AS EDWARD A. CAMERON, NOT AS ALFRED BIELEK.
"Bielek: Yes. I haven't been able to document all of
this yet, but I have memory flashes of the classes and the professors.
"Duncan and I had followed the advice of our father and
had entered a naval officers' training program. In September of 1939,
we were assigned to Provincetown, Rhode Island, Officers
Training School. After a brief tour of duty, we were assigned to
the Institute at Princeton.
"Tesla was in charge of Project Rainbow at the time, and
Von Neumann, a superior mathematician, seemed to be next in command.
"In September of 1940, we applied coils and generators
to a mine sweeper and accomplished a successful transition into
invisibility.
"WAIT A MINUTE! ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE WAS A
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT IN INVISIBILITY IN 1940 BEFORE THE ILL-FATED
BOGGLE IN 1943?
"Bielek: Yes, but we used no personnel on board the mine
sweeper. We used only the ship.
"The experiment was heavily classified, of course.
Almost immediately the maritime service became interested.
"Remember, the United States was not yet at war, but the
handwriting was on the wall. Everyone knew that it probably wouldn't
be too long before the Nazi submarines were sniping at out ships.
"What Project Rainbow sought to do was to accomplish
radar and visual invisibility. And at this time, the Navy seemed to
have unlimited resources. Roosevelt was an old Navy man, and he
lavished big budgets on his favorite branch of the service.
"After the successful demonstration with the mine
sweeper, my brother and I were sent on a tour of duty aboard the
Pennsylvania. We were in San Francisco when the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor, and early in 1942, we were summoned back
to the Institute. It was now imperative that Project Rainbow
produce more successful results as soon as possible.
"Tesla had designed special coils for the generators and
transformers. Everything was built to endure powerful jolts of
electricity.
"WEREN'T YOU CONCERNED TO BE WORKING AROUND SO MUCH HIGH
VOLTAGE APPARATUS?
"Bielek: Tesla was. He became very concerned when he
learned that the experiment would now include a live crew. He
protested that the scientists had no true idea of what would
happen to the personnel on board the ship.
"Everyone always talks about the genius of Tesla.
Without taking any of his genius away from him, it must be admitted
that he was a very unusual person. I am convinced that he had a
definite extraterrestrial connection. An acquaintance who used to
work with Tesla has said that he talked to 'someone' off-planet
everyday.
"HOW FAR DID TESLA CARRY HIS PROTEST THAT THE EXPERIMENT
WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS FOR THE PERSONNEL?
"Bielek: He insisted that the Navy give Project Rainbow
more time before the experiments would be conducted. They told him to
forget it. There was a war going on. He was told to make the
experiment work.
"On a cold day in March, 1942, all the levers were
pulled to place the test ship - a battleship - into invisibility - and
nothing happened.
"I remain convinced that Tesla deliberately sabotaged
the experiment. The apparent failure of the experiment permitted him
to say, 'Well, it is obvious the experiment was unsuccessful. Now, I
have to get back to work on other projects. Good-bye.'"There was no
way that he would risk that many human lives.
"He left the project, and ten months later, on January
7, 1943, he was found dead in his hotel room in New York.
"WEREN'T YOU CONCERNED WHEN TESLA LEFT THE PROJECT?
"Bielek: Absolutely. My brother and I also had picked
up on a personal problem - for others and ourselves. Understand that
we would be in the hold of the test ship. We would not be watching
the experiment from the safety of the dock.
"Van Neumann was now in charge, and he switched to a
pulse modulation of energy. He lopped off a forward turret from the
Eldridge so that he could place two large generators in the hold. Four
transmitters were on deck. T. Townsend Brown placed a special
transmitter in the hold and an antenna on the 'tower'. Yet another
massive generator to power the system was brought on board.
"Early in June, a seaman who was helping us in the hold
was struck down by a huge arc of energy.
"In late June, they decided the Eldridge should be
tested for seaworthiness, and the vessel left with a temporary
captain.
"On July 20th, we were all ready and assembled for the
experiment.
"At 0900 hours, on July 22nd, someone flipped the main
switch, and for twenty minutes the Eldridge was invisible to
radar and to visual contact.
"We returned twenty minutes later with most of the crew
demented. My brother and I must have been spared because we were in
the hold, and most of the equipment was on deck.
"In spite of the heavy loss of personnel to hysteria and
near insanity, we were given twenty-one days to try it again.
"This time, they told us, we would try only for radar
invisibility, not optical invisibility. After all, the important
thing was to confuse enemy radar. It was not really necessary to be
invisible. Besides, what if invisible ships started ramming each
other with their radar ineffective?
"On August 12, with a new crew, the experiment began
afresh. For sixty to seventy seconds, the Eldridge was invisible to
radar.
"Then there was a blue flash - and the ship disappeared.
There was not even a waterline to mark its visible presence. It was
gone.
"For four hours it was gone.
"YOU CLAIM THAT YOU AND YOUR NEWLY DISCOVERED
HALF-BROTHER WERE ON BOARD. WHERE DID YOU GO FOR FOUR HOURS?
"Bielek: We saw crewmen all around us going crazy, so we
jumped off the ship. But instead of landing in the water of the
Philadelphia harbor, we landed on the grass at the Montauk Army Base
on Long Island, New York. Dr. Von Neumann was waiting for us. It is
said that he died in 1957. No way! He was there in Montauk in '83.
(Note: If Bielek is telling the truth, then Von Neumann most likely
became aware of the missing men after the
initial experiment, calculated that they had been caught in a
parallel though extremely swift 'time current', and to put it
simply 'pulled them from the river' by establishing some type of
electromagnetic 'window' through which he was able to pull them
out from the 'side-stream' back into the 'main-current' of our
time-space existence - Branton)
"We had somehow been sucked into hyperspace and been
pulled into the future.
"And guess what had been pulled along with us? Between
August 4 and August 12, we had sighted UFOs hovering over the
Eldridge. Well, a (remote controlled? - Branton) UFO was sucked along
with us to Montauk - and it was dismantled there!
"WHAT OF THE OTHER PERSONNEL?
"Bielek: Once again, it seems that Duncan and I survived
because we had been in the hold. But the terrible irony is that not
even one single member of the crew would have had to suffer if the
experiment had been one day earlier or later.
"WHAT DID THE DATE HAVE TO DO WITH IT?
"Bielek: Although no one knew it then, the most
important piece of equipment on the Eldridge was Tesla's Zero Time
Generator.
"This incredible device was created to lock into the
basic Zero Time of our galaxy. It provides a physical-cosmological
lockup that must be in place before one can attempt all of these
exotic experiments in teleportation and invisibility.
"The UFOs had been trying to warn us that we must not
attempt our experiment on August 12. It appears that the Earth has
its own biorhythm, just as we humans and all living things do. There
is a twenty year peak that occurred that year on August 12, 1943. We
were pulled into hyperspace and emerged
forty years later on 1982. (Apparently two 20-year 'cycles'
later. Note that this was FORWARD 'travel' rather than backwards
as the time 'stream' cannot flow back on itself - Branton)
"As Von Neumann explained, what he needed in 1943 to
ensure the experiment's success was a computer. Each individual had
his own Time Lock Reference. When this reference is disrupted by
extreme power, people can literally be torn away from their moments in
Time and drift away into another point of reference.
"Although Von Neumann believed that he had correctly
calculated the Zero Time Reference, only a computer could have done so
for each crewman. Therefore, some of the men did not come back to the
precise moment in the Past/Present of 1943 in which they had left.
And they only needed to be off (i.e. out of frequency or phase -
Branton) by a mini-second to find themselves embedded in a steel
bulkhead.
"Von Neumann did collaborate on Maniac One, an early
model of a very successful computer, which in spite of its massive
bulk and size, was very effective. Unfortunately, it was much too
late to help the crewmen of the Eldridge.
"When the warship returned to visibility in the Navy
yard, four men were embedded into various parts of the Eldridge. Some
had burst into flame. Others were glowing. Most of the rest were
insane. Only those shielded by steel walls or decking survived.
"WHY WASN'T THERE A GREAT PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER SUCH A
TERRIBLE MILITARY DISASTER?
"Bielek: Remember, this experiment was as classified as
the research on the atomic bomb. The whole incident was swept under
the Navy's rug. Cover stories were created. Men were placed in
asylums.
"You must also place this incident in time perspective
with the enormous war effort that was taking place. London was being
bombed. We were taking our lumps in the Pacific. The wounded were
coming back from everywhere.
"AS AN ASIDE, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WARSHIP THAT WAS USED
IN THE EXPERIMENT?
"Bielek: Strangely enough, they tried another experiment
with her somewhere around October 27th - this time without personnel.
Once again, the Eldridge disappeared. WHEN SHE RETURNED, IT WAS
DAMAGED AND HALF OF ITS EQUIPMENT WAS MISSING. I didn't say the
EQUIPMENT was 'damaged.' I said, 'missing!'
"After this incident the Powers That Be pronounced that
they had had enough of such experiments. The Eldridge was on active
duty until 1946. After she was removed from duty, she was
'mothballed' for a time. Then, later, in 1951, she was
transferred to the Greek Navy.
"WE'RE A BIT UNCLEAR AS TO HOW YOU AND YOUR BROTHER CAME
TO BE GIVEN TWO IDENTITIES.
"Bielek: Let me explain this way: In 1947 or '48, Dr.
Von Neumann, armed with a rudimentary, but effective, airborne system
caused a F-80 jet fighter to disappear from radar. Both pilot and
plane seemed just fine, but the scientist decided to ground the pilot
and keep him under wraps for a year, just to make sure.
"A year later, the pilot was taking an observer along on
a repeat test flight when the pilot simply disappeared from the
cockpit. Unfortunately, the observer was not an aviator, so the jet
crashed. Only the body of the observer has ever been found. The pilot
had totally disappeared.
"Perhaps our Zero Time Reference pulled us back again to
1983. MY BROTHER DIED IN THREE DAYS OF OLD AGE. HE HAD AGED ABOUT A
YEAR AN HOUR. I guess a similar thing must have happened to me.
"You may not believe this, but secret government
agencies have the ability to arrange new bodies FOR SOULS whose
previous physical bodies have died. My brother's soul was introduced
to a body that was born in 1951.
"EVEN IF SUCH MIND-BOGGLING TECHNOLOGY MIGHT EXIST, WHY
WOULD ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY WISH TO DO SUCH A THING?
"Bielek: For reasons that I cannot explain at this time,
they cannot allow my brother or myself to die. It was arranged that I
should have the body and background of Alfred Bielek, born in 1927.
"The C.I.A. and N.S.A. have all kinds of incredible
technology than can work with the individual's genetic blueprint and
external matrix that flows around it. They can do physical age
regression - and progression.
(Note: According to certain sources, some of the
para-scientific research taking place in the Dulce and other
underground labs include research into the possibility of
removing a soul-matrix from a human body [i.e. killing them] and
inserting another soul matrix into that same body. In order for
this experiment to work, it appears that someone must die in the
process. No wonder the Dulce labs and other similar bio-genetic
laboratories must keep their activities absolutely secret, as the
Federal medical regulation agencies would literally eat them
alive, and convict them on countless infringements of the
Constituted laws of the United States. Some even claim that the
'organization' operating in such laboratories have little in
common with the elected Constitutional Government of the U.S. As
for the Dulce Facility, there is also an allegation that a human
soul-matrix can be removed from a human body and replaced by an
'alien' energy matrix--possibly even malevolent 'alien' forms?
In essence, the person 'dies' and his/her body is taken over by a
supernatural non-human intelligence in what might be considered a
more complex version of the old 'zombie' traditions - Branton)
"WHEN DID YOU BEGIN TO 'REMEMBER' THIS WHOLE INCREDIBLE
STORY?
"Bielek: They had brainwashed me good, obviously
intending to bury me forever. As I mentioned, I first began
researching the Philadelphia Experiment in the 1960s, and I knew there
was something about that film as I saw it that really jogged my
memories.
"One day I walked into the home of the man I know now as
my half-brother, and I said to him and some other friends gathered
there, 'I was part of the Philadelphia Experiment. And so were you!'
"'We know it,' they said, 'We have just been waiting for
YOU to remember.'
"AND WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU, NOW THAT SO MANY MEMORIES
APPEAR TO BE RETURNING TO YOU?
"Bielek: More research. More investigation. I want to
be able to document all of this in a way that will satisfy the most
skeptical.
"I am beginning to find other crew members or personnel
who were associated with the experiment. They remember me and recall
my involvement.
"I am gaining more proof for my story all the
time..."
Edited by Branton