Awakening (1900-1920) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment. Video Documentary Produced by Sam Katz for History-Making Productions. Video used with permission for this Old Images of Philadelphia page. | Old Images of Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Experiment. It was October 1943. The day the US Navy mastered time travel, teleportation, and invisibility. Actually, they didn't master anything. The experiment had disastrous consequences. In the summer of 1943, two years after the US entered World War II, American destroyers were being decimated by the infamous German U-boat submarines and German mines were making combat... and commerce dangerous enterprises. The United States Navy knew something had to be done. A few months

19K views · 707 reactions | #OTD in 1984, "The Philadelphia Experiment" premiered. The movie is based on an alleged experiment conducted by the U.S. Navy during WWII to make ships invisible to radar. According to conspiracy theorists, the USS Eldridge briefly vanished and the crew went mad. #MovieMonday | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook