10 Conspiracy Theories That People Are No Longer Believing

6. The Philadelphia Experiment

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In 1955, astronomer Morris K. Jessup received two letters from Carlos Miguel Allende. Jessup had just written The Case for the UFO, which argued that if aliens are indeed out there, they would require a new propulsion system.

Allende was stationed at a Philadelphia Shipyard. He claimed the Navy had managed to render the U.S.S. Eldridge invisible, teleported to New York, and then to another dimension where it encountered aliens. Several soldiers died, including many who were fused with the ship upon return.

Jessup brushed it off. Two years later, the Office of Naval Investigation got in touch. They had received a copy of his book, heavily annotated. The annotations appeared to be made by several people, talking of "Gypsies" and "Mr. A" and two people existing on different planes of existence. It was bewildering. They were communicating, but there was inconsistent use of capitalization. He got the letters out and matched the handwriting. Three different pens were used, but all the writing was mostly Allende's hand.

The unified field theory, coined by Albert Einstein, is too complex to justly unpack, but it allegedly provides the support for this kind of time travel.

It's possible the ship was simply trying to remain invisible from radar, leading to the essential misunderstanding.

The Eldridge was famous for it's time, eventually leading to two films, but interest has waned. Perhaps we assumed some time travelling entity would have shown up by now. That they haven't, if time travel does exist, we can expect worse.

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