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One Of The Great Mysteries Of Our Time, March 22, 2001
This review is from: Philadelphia Experiment and Other Ufo Conspiracies (Paperback)
The Philadelphia Experiment is one of those legendary mysteries that continues to have believers and adherents almost sixty years after it was alleged to have happened. Even the normally staid History Channel has broadcast a documentary about the catastrophic results of the attempt to render invisible to radar a US Navy warship during the Second World War.
While much has been written on the subject over the years, perhaps the best source of reliable information comes from veteran paranormal researcher and author Brad Steiger, whose book "The Philadelphia Experiment and Other UFO Conspiracies" contains not only a history of what happened, but also features the confessions of a former Navy officer who was actually there--quite a coup when it comes to finding hard data on a secret so closely guarded.
What exactly was the Philadelphia Experiment? Steiger summarizes it as follows: "It is alleged that, in 1943, the US Navy secretly accomplished the teleportation of a warship from Philadelphia to a dock near Norfolk by successfully applying Einstein's Unified Field Theory. Then, the account has it, the Navy explored a further extension of this theory and caused the same warship, the 'Eldridge,' and its crew to become invisible. When the ship returned to visibility, it was learned that the experiment had been a success--for the 'Eldridge.'
"The crewmen and officers were trapped in hell. A number of the crew burst into flames in spontaneous human combustion. Some found portions of their bodies 'frozen' into the steel structures of the warship. Of the officers and members of the crew who survived, many spent the remainder of their lives committed to psychiatric wards."
It is not hard to see why the Navy would choose to keep such a bizarre disaster under wraps from that point on. But they failed to reckon with one of the experiment's survivors, a man named Al Bielek (who is listed as a co-author with Steiger and Steiger's wife Sherry). While Bielek's memory of that fateful day is somewhat hazy, returning to him in flashes and spurts, as one would expect given the mind-bending nature of what happened, he gives Steiger the kind of inside information and secret historical data that could only come from a sailor who was actually there. Were UFOs a part of the overall picture? Read the book and see.
As the title implies, Steiger's "The Philadelphia Experiment" also takes up the tale of other alleged UFO conspiracies, to include the rumored formation of Majestic-12 by the Truman administration to deal with the UFO threat in the wake of the Roswell Incident. A truly fascinating overview of many of the Inner Earth mysteries, like the tales of the "Dero" popularized by Richard Shaver and Ray Palmer, is worth the price of the book by itself.
If you're a serious student of the Philadelphia Experiment or are just looking for some marvelously entertaining reading on UFOs and the paranormal, "The Philadelphia Experiment and Other UFO Conspiracies" is a winner from beginning to end.
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THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS, January 13, 2002
This review is from: Philadelphia Experiment and Other Ufo Conspiracies (Paperback)
I just saw co-author Al Bielek on the CONSPIRACY ZONE and despite attempts by the host to ridicule his guest -- and the subject of time travel in general -- I thought Bielek did a good job of defending his story as told in this book. The Philadelphia Experiment subject is a hard one of pin down, but I feel this book does a better job than most in getting to the root of the mtter. After reading the bok and seeing Bielek on TV, I am more convinced than ever that the experiment took place. The book is a good read -- its hard to put down.
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WATCH OUT THIS BOOK DOES'T VANISH FROM YOUR BOOK CASE, January 11, 2001
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Since this book was published I have purchased several copies cause they keep disappearing -- just like the huge ship that was in the port in Philadelphia and supposedly disappearing TELEPORTING through time and space to Norfolk, VA and then returning. Now I know the Philadelphia Experiment is a controversial topic among paranormal investigators. Some are convinced it just never happened -- others insist it did. This is the only book that devotes a good amount of space to the story of a survivor. Al Bielek is a perplexing individual who can = at times = be hard to pin down. To Steiger he talk about his involvement in the experiment and what has happened to him over the years. Al - since this book was written - has become well known as part of the Montauk Experiment, and this sort of gives his early history which involves a lot of time and dimension jumping. Steiger has a way with words...thats why he is one of the most popular writers on the paranormal. This book will leave you breathless ...hopefully it will not vanish from your book case like my copies have!
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