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Philadelphia Experiment and Other Ufo Conspiracies

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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.

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.

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!

This is an eminently readable book, and one you may not be able to put down -- I know I couldn't! But when I finished, I felt slightly let down. Steiger brings forth a number of interesting theories, but fails to back them up with "facts". He puts forth Alfred Bielek's fantastic story, but nothing to corroborate that story. Statements are set down as "fact," but there's no backup for them. If you're looking for a definitive book on the Philadelphia Experiment, this ain't it. But if you're looking for a book that will put forth some interesting theories on UFOs and that will make you look at them in a new light, then this is the book for you. It's definitely worth a read!

This book has it's good points but veers too far away from the subject of the title. It contains things like:

-was Noah's arc a flying saucer
-are there people living under the earth
-who were the original people who lived in Atlantis.

These things are interesting but have absolutely nothing to do with UFO conspiracies.

The book jumps all over the place with stories about things like some guy who was enslaved in a cave in some desert somewhere by devils.

The book has some value mainly for the sparce input provided by Al Bielek. The experiences of Bielek related to the Philadelphia Experiment affected him deep within his soul. He disappeared and his wife and child never found out what happened to him. So much for the government's concern for those who participate in such dangerous activities.

Some of the things Bielek says are very thought provoking but you won't find any good expansion of those topics here.

Another problem is people try to speculate about the intentions of these weird alien creatures who impregnate females to create hybrid life forms. They are evil. That much is obvious. They are just one form of an evil force that can take any form.

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This book is about 100 pages of big type. Just a bunch of hearsay stories thrown together with no attempt made to validate them. It may be a good read for middleschool level reader; but it will never be worth the ... that I had to pay for it. This is a 3$ book that you buy at a book fair in a Junior High School.

I picked this book up nearly 10 years ago, and since then, it's been one of those books I like to scan through at least once a year. Brad Steiger has always been one of my favorite authors for those subjects that lie on the edge. I'd have to call this one a classic.
The overall problem with this entry lies in the believability of the co-autor, Al Bielek. Would you beleive someone who claims to have been age-regressed by some government agency, and tells the tale through a second identity? I'm not going to say it's completely impossible, yet it seems in all rationality, highly improbable. Al claims that he was a sailor on the Eldrige when the imfamous "Philidelphia Experiment" took place; an experiment with electro-magnetic energy that was supposed to act like the cloaking device from Star Trek (though more than 20 years before the Star Trek series was ever conceived), but instead, ripped open a dimentional portal. I have my own beliefs on this subject, but the way Al Bielek spins the tale, I just have to discount Al's version.
What I do enjoy about this book, however, are Brad's seperate stories in the last 1/3rd of the book. Strange tales about beings from middle Earth (the Dero) who have abduted humans, as well as strange places and wierd occrances. The second 1/3 of the book is almost like "The Best of FATE Magazine".
Truthfull or not, this book is a very interesting read. Depending on weather or not you believe the tale of Al Bielek, you ought to have plenty of fun with this title. Serious reserchers, you probably ought to stay clear of the first 2/3ds, unless you are reading it for fun. To the rest of you who read these subjects for fun or intrest, this entry will take you on one hell of a ride. 4 1/2 stars for Brad; Al, well...I'll allow the rest of you to pass judgement.

Especially this one, at least about the Philadelphia Experiment and Al Bielek . The center of the earth is NOT hollow, that is insane to think that people or demons dwell there. However if you want to find out what is up with the Philadelphia experiment, look here: http://www.bielek-debunked.com/Statements.html