Written by the "Bermuda Triangle" guy, this book explores the evidence relating to the "Philadelphia Experiment". What really happened, and why did all the crew involved meet mysterious ends?

Found in the free books box @ University of Newport.

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Left on shelf to right of door as you go in.

One of four that I picked up today from bookvole at coffee#1. I am going to put them at the top of my TBR pile and read as quick as I can so that they do not get lost among my other books.

Many years ago I saw the fim “The Philadelphia Experiment”. I thought that it was based on a real life account of an accident that happened on a ship that got blown out of proportion as people like their imaginations to run away with them. I did not believe that people really had been transported through space and time and enjoyed it as a science fiction movie.

The book does not imply that the events of the film happened (though it does mention the possibility of contact with aliens), however, in its own way it is just as fantastical. There is not even any evidence of a war ship in Philadelphia harbour at the time. The story is based on the letters of someone, who could have been mentally unstable, and was never properly tracked down/identified. ‘The evidence’ consists of the possibility that ships could have been there, descriptions of scientists who may have worked on such a project, and the use of the phrases ‘what if’, and ’could have been’.

Newspaper accounts of sailors going crazy in a bar at the right time and place is not evidence that they were badly effected by an experiment gone wrong, as I am sure that it was not the only occurrence of sailors on shore leave during a war causing difficulties in a bar. Also, the refusal of the government to answer questions if not proof that they are trying to cover something up; they could just be fed up of people doing what they see as a waste of their time.

At the end of chapter 8, there id the phrase “Did it really happen? At this point the affirmative evidence seems to be just tipping the scales towards credibility” At this point the scientist in me was screaming “NO IT DOES NOT!”

This book is an excellent example of how conjecture can be presented as evidence. The more it gets mentioned, the more people accept it a true account.

Enjoyable to read? Yes
Thought provoking? Yes
Provides evidence that The Philadelphia Experiment is more than an urban legend? NO!

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Left on the bookshelf in the cafe.

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