Illuminating the Abyss

This story is part of naval lore, and it has spanned decades of speculation. While many view this as a conspiracy theory and an elaborate fictional tale, others believe it was real. And eventually connected to the work that was being done at Camp Hero in Montauk.  In simple terms, the Philadelphia Experiment was a World War 2 era military experiment aimed at finding a way to evade Nazi radar during the war by manipulating electromagnetic fields. While many discount the stories and chalk them up to lore, reports say there was a witness to the strange events that took place back in 1943. The witness, Carl M. Allen, was at the United States Navy's Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on or around October 28, 1943, when he witnessed the experiment, claiming that the United States Navy attempted to make one of its ships, USS Eldridge, disappear from port.  Allen’s account first surfaced around 1955, but was quickly dismissed as a hoax. And while several reports have surfaced through the yea...