Reportedly, it was an experiment designed to shield U.S. ships from being picked up by Nazi radar systems. Something went wrong, though, explained Euton, who said that the ship became invisible
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The story continues that due to the fact that (a) we were at the height of the Second World War when the Philadelphia Experiment occurred and (b) no one fully understood how terribly wrong the experiment had gone, a decision was taken to put the whole thing on hold until such a time when the hostilities with the Nazis were over and normality had returned to the world. It was, Montauk researchers say, in 1952 that tentative steps were taken to resurrect the Philadelphia Experiment for a whole new team of scientists. Supposedly, though, the U.S. Congress—fearful of opening what may have been a definitive Pandora’s Box—got very cold feet and axed the program. That didn’t end matters, however. The U.S. military was determined to push on and funded the classified program in a very alternative way: they used a massive stash of gold that had been secured from the Germans when the war came to its end in 1945.
The money was now available. The scientific team was eager and ready to go. The Montauk program was about to begin. Reportedly, things began at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, which was situated on Long Island and under the control of the Atomic Energy Commission, later taken over by a powerful and shadowy elite that worked out of the Montauk Air Force Station, also on Long Island. It’s said by Montauk investigators that today, the research into time travel, invisibility, mind control, and much more is still going on not so much at the old base but a hundred feet below it in fortified bunkers. How much of this can be confirmed? Can any of it be confirmed? These are important and crucial questions.
Undoubtedly, such a military facility did exist on Long Island. Even as long ago as the latter part of the eighteenth century, the area was noted for its ability to provide the military with the perfect lookout spot for potential enemy navies attempting to invade via the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the Brits, at the height of the War of Independence. In the First World War, the military was using the area to keep watch for any and all potential German troops that might try to launch an assault. It was in 1942, however, that things really began to take off big-time.
It was a direct result of the terrible attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the Japanese in December 1941 that plans were initiated to create what was initially termed Camp Hero. It was ingeniously camouflaged as a pleasant little fishing port. In reality, it was one of the most strategically positioned military facilities in the entire country. When the war was over, the base became largely inoperative—that is, however, until it became clear that the Soviets were going to be the next big threat. Camp Hero was soon reopened as Montauk Point, followed by the Montauk Air Force Station. The base was said to have been closed for good in 1978 at the orders of then-President Jimmy Carter. Montauk theorists, however, suggest that the work continued way below the old base— regardless of the fact that nothing at all was afoot on the surface as the 1980s loomed on the horizon.
Yes, a military facility was certainly located at Montauk—and it was a place that, at various points in time, was integral to the arsenal of the Air Force. Let’s see what else can be verified.
It may come as a surprise to many to learn that the U.S. Navy of today does not deny that something may have happened at the Philadelphia Naval Yard in late 1943. It doesn’t—you may already have guessed—endorse the tales of invisible sailors and a teleporting ship. Rather, the Navy believes that the legends were born out of legitimate programs that became sensationally distorted over time.
Due to the fact that it is often contacted by people wanting to know about the Philadelphia Experiment, the U.S. Navy has a couple of user-friendly information sheets available, both of which outline what the Navy believes to have been the origins of the experiment. In part, it says: “Personnel at the Fourth Naval District believe that the questions surrounding the so-called Philadelphia Experiment arise from quite routine research which occurred during World War II at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Until recently, it was believed that the foundation of the apocryphal stories arose from degaussing experiments which have the effect of making a ship undetectable or ‘invisible’ to magnetic mines.” As for degaussing, it’s a process that involves cables strewn around a ship and then charged with an electrical current, which effectively “hides” the ship’s magnetic field.
The Navy continues: “Degaussing equipment was installed in the hull of Navy ships and could be turned on whenever the ship was in waters that might contain magnetic mines, usually shallow waters in combat areas. It could be said that degaussing, correctly done, makes a ship ‘invisible’ to the sensors of magnetic mines, but the ship remains visible to the human eye, radar, and underwater listening devices.” Notably, the Navy suggests that the story might have another explanation— a story it believes to be nothing more than a myth: “Another likely genesis of the bizarre stories about levitation, teleportation and effects on human crew members might be attributed to experiments with the generating plant of a destroyer, the USS Timmerman.