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- From: 01fortec@ac.dal.ca
- Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
- Subject: Re: Philadephia Experiment
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.084130.8921@ac.dal.ca>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 08:41:30 -0400
- References: <BxKLCs.37E@fc.hp.com> <1992Nov13.160609.18751@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Nov14.211805.8891@ac.dal.ca> <1e6kpeINN7cu@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
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- In article <1e6kpeINN7cu@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>, cm@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Charles Meo) writes:
- > 01fortec@ac.dal.ca writes:
- >
- >>According to the story (not the movie, quite), the ship appeared in
- >>her home port, then dissappeared again. When it reappeared, the crew was taken
- >>off. There were supposed to be some lingering side effects. Apparently, some
- > []
- >>This story was covered in some detail by Argosy magazine back in the 60s,
- >>along with other stories of the Bermuda Triangle and other curiosities. It
- >
- > I have always been quite curious about this tale. Is there any basis for it
- > whatsoever in fact, or just another urban legend? Anybody got a concrete,
- > available reference on the subject?
-
- Usually you'll find it researching the Bermuda Triangle, or such things. To
- my knowledge, the story is a legend. However, someone who did research did
- find out the ship existed (no big surprise there) and that it was sold to
- Greece after the war (I think, memory is a bit fuzzy here). A TV program
- back in the 70s found that the log books covering the period in question were
- missing from the archives.
- This doesn't mean it actually happened though. The missing log books might
- have been something as simple as damaged beyond recovery, or they covered
- something else highly sensitive, having to do with political affairs.
-
- >
- > On the subject of lots of mothballed ships, I recall seeing in a doco in my
- > very early youth a picture of some harbour on the US West Coast where about
- > half of the WW2 USN is laid up (I think this is where Iowa and New Jersey
- > were parked until reactivated). Anyone know where it is? Is this where
- > one of the Dirty Harry films was shot--you know, the one with David Soul
- > which ends with a shootout in and around what appear to be hulked CVLs?
- >
-
- Seems to me that's San Diego. There's another one over on the east coast, I
- think in Charlestown, or in New England somewheres.
-
- > Chuck
- > --
- > Chuck Meo
- > Solbourne Computer Australia
- > cm@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
- > 'SYS5R4: I am Your Density'
-
- Joe
- 01fortec@ac.dal.ca
-
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