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Certain individuals who have allegedly encountered the occupants
of UFO's have stated that some of the 'occupants' claim that they
are not 'trapped in time' like we on earth are.  Is 'time' a
substance that can be altered?  Even though most physicists agree
that reverse-time flow is quite impossible due to the 'paradox'
factor--as well as the fact that two separate 'realities' cannot
exist within the same space--and that time like a river must flow
ever forward, is it possible that the RATE of that forward flow
might change depending on the observers position in the Universe
or in the Electromagnetic Spectrum?  These entities who have been
encountered by certain individuals claim that they have the
ability to alter the forward flow of time by speeding it up,
slowing it down or even stopping it altogether.  For instance, a
civilization capable of near-light-speed travel could also
theoretically distort time using such a method, according to
Einsteinean theory.  There have already been experiments that
have taken place on earth however, which if true tend to support
the idea that a powerful electromagnetic energy field might
distort the forward flow of 'time', as well as the lateral flow
of 'space'.
     In his book, 'WITHOUT A TRACE', Charles Berlitz makes some
interesting comparisons between the time/space phenomena observed
in the Bermuda Triangle region (as well as other 'triangles' such
as the 'Devil's Triangle' off the coast of Japan, the Great
Lakes 'triangle' zone, etc.) and the so-called 'Philadelphia
Experiment.'  Berlitz stated that:
     "...In mid-October 1943, the United States Navy allegedly
conducted a series of tests at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, at
Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia, and at sea.  Although a certain
amount has been written about the 'Philadelphia Experiment' in
books, magazines, and both domestic and foreign newspapers, basic
sources of information remain clouded.  Witnesses have died,
other witnesses or informed personnel refuse to be quoted, and at
least one researcher has (supposedly - Branton) committed
suicide.  Even its Navy code name is apparently unknown; if it
were established, researchers would be able to consult the basic
documents, if they still exist or are not too highly classified.
Nevertheless, persistent reports and comment about the
Philadelphia Experiment follow the same pattern: an attempt to
make a Navy ship 'disappear' in a 1943 experiment was eminently
successful, except for the deleterious effect on the crew.
      "The connection between the Philadelphia Experiment and the
Bermuda Triangle stems from the reported use of an artificially
induced magnetic field to cause the temporary disappearance of a
destroyer and crew.  Its advantage to naval warfare lies, of
course, in the camouflage possibilities implied in rendering
warships invisible.  But its importance to scientific theory is
more profound: men and material were temporarily projected into
another dimension.
     "Dr. Manson Valentine, a friend and colleague of Dr,. Morris
Jessup, the prominent astronomer and selenographer who became
involved with the Office of Naval Research after the experiment
reportedly occurred, has outlined some of the more striking
incidents of the Philadelphia Experiment as he remembers them
through his conversations and correspondence with Dr. Jessup:
     "'According to Jessup the purpose (of the Philadelphia
Experiment) was to test out the effect of a strong magnetic field
on a manned surface craft.  This was to be accomplished by means
of magnetic generators (degaussers).  Both pulsating and non-
pulsating generators were operated to create a tremendous
magnetic field on and around the docked vessel.  The results were
as astonishing as they were important, although with unfortunate
after effects on the crew.  When the experiment first began to
take effect, a hazy green light became evident, something like
reports we have from survivors of incidents in the Triangle who
tell of a luminous greenish mist.  Soon the whole ship was full
of this green haze and the craft, together with its personnel,
began disappearing from sight of those on the dock until only its
water outline was visible.  The destroyer was subsequently
reported to have appeared and disappeared at Norfolk, Virginia,
which may have been the result of a trial invisibility run,
involving a related time-warp phenomena.
     "'It was reported...that the experiment was successful at
sea with an effective invisibility of spheroid shape extending
100 yards from each beam, which showed the impression made by the
ship in the water, but not the ship itself [One source claimed
that such 'displacements' of water have also been seen in the
Bermuda Triangle.  Possibly derelict ships lost in a similar EM
field? - Branton].  As the force field intensified some crew
members began disappearing and had to be recovered by tactual
(physical) contact and restored to visibility by a sort of laying
on of hands technique...full recovery could be a serious problem.
It was rumored that many were hospitalized, some died, others
were adversely affected mentally.
     "'Psychic ability (i.e. sensitivity to paraphysial
realities, whether for good or evil - Branton) seemed to have
been generally sharpened, while many retained the effects of
transmutation from the experiment, temporarily disappearing and
reappearing either at home, walking on the street, or sitting in
bars or restaurants, to the consternation of onlookers and
witnesses.  Twice the ship's binnacle suddenly burst into flames
while being taken ashore, with disastrous results to the
carrier.'
     "The connection between Jessup and the Philadelphia
Experiment." Berlitz continues, "was fortuitous or destined,
according to one's interpretation.  Dr. Jessup, who through his
career as an astronomer had consistently inclined toward the
study of UFOs, published an early book on the subject entitled
THE CASE FOR THE UFO--Citadel Press, New York, 1955.  Sometime
subsequent to publication he read, among what he first thought to
be letters in the normal run of fan mail, a two-part hand written
communication from a person who signed himself Carl M. Allen (but
Carlos Miguel Allende on the return address), containing
references to a Navy experiment, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
and at sea, with names, dates, and rather unusual details.
Consideration of some sections of this correspondence suggests
why Jessup, as a scientist, found it so interesting that he
replied with a request for more information.  In the first
letter, starting with a discussion of Einstein's 'unified field'
theory, the writer stated:
     "'...The "result" was complete invisibility of a ship,
Destroyer type, AND ALL of its crew, while at sea (Oct. 1943).
The field was effective in an oblate spheroidal shape, extending
one hundred yards (more or less, due to the lunar positions and
latitude) OUT from each beam of the ship.  Any person within that
sphere became vague in form BUT he too observed those persons
aboard THAT ship as though they too were of the same state, yet
were walking upon nothing.  Any person without the sphere could
see nothing save the CLEARLY DEFINED SHAPE OF THE SHIP'S HULL IN
THE WATER, providing, of course, that the person was close enough
to see, yet just barely outside of that field.  Why tell you now?
Very simple.  If you choose to go mad, then you would reveal the
information.  Half of the officers and crew of that ship are at
present mad as hatters.  A few are even confined to certain areas
where they may receive trained scientific aid when they either
"Go Blank" or "Go Blank and Get Stuck".  Going Blank i.e., an
after effect of the men having been within the field too much, is
not at all an unpleasant experience to healthily curious sailors.
However it is when also, they "Get Stuck" that they call it "HELL
INCORPORATED".  The man thusly stricken cannot move of his own
violation unless two or more of those who are within the field go
and touch him, quickly, else he "Freezes".
     "'If a man freezes his position must be marked out carefully
and then the field is cut off.  Everyone but the "frozen" man is
able to move; to appreciate APPARENT solidarity again.  Then, the
newest member of the crew must approach the spot, where he will
find the "frozen" man's face or bare skin, that is not covered by
usual uniform clothing.  Sometimes, it takes only an hour or so,
sometimes all night and all day long, and worse, it once took 6
months, to get a man "unfrozen".
     "'...DEEP "FROZEN MEN" ARE NOT AWARE OF TIME AS WE KNOW IT.
They are like semi-comatose persons, who live, breathe, look and
feel but still are unaware of so utterly many things as to
constitute a "Nether World" to them.  A man in an ordinary common
freeze is aware of time, sometimes ACUTELY so.  Yet they are
never aware of time precisely as you or I are aware of it.  The
first "Deep Freeze" as I said took 6 months to rectify.  It also
took over 5 million dollars worth of electronic equipment and a
special ship berth.  If, around or near the Philadelphia Navy
Yard you see a group of sailors in the act of putting their hands
upon a fellow OR upon "thin air", observe the digits and
appendages of the stricken man.  If they seem to waver, as though
within a heat mirage, go QUICKLY and put your hands upon him, FOR
THAT MAN IS THE VERY MOST DESPERATE OF MEN IN THE WORLD.  NOT ONE
OF THOSE MEN EVER WANT AT ALL TO BECOME AGAIN INVISIBLE.  I DO
NOT THINK THAT MUCH MORE NEED BE SAID AS TO WHY MAN IS NOT READY
FOR FORCE-FIELD WORK.
     "'You will hear phrases from these men such as "caught in
the Flow" (or the "push") or "Stuck in the Green" or "Stuck in
Molasses" or "I was going fast", these refer to some of the
DECADE-LATER after effects of force field work.  "Caught in the
Flow" describes exactly the "Stuck in Molasses" sensation of a
man going into "deep freeze" or "plain freeze", either of the
two.  "Caught in the Push" can either refer to that which a man
feels briefly when he is either about to inadvertently "Go Blank"
i.e., become invisible OR about to "Get Stuck" in a "deep freeze"
or "plain freeze".
     "'There are only a very few of the original Experimental D-
E's crew left by now... Most went insane, one just walked
"through" his quarters wall in the sight of his wife and child
and two other crew members (was never seen again), two "went into
the flame" i.e., they "froze" and caught fire while carrying
common small-boat compasses (Note: Is it possible that the
magnetic properties of the compasses somehow re-triggered the
electromagnetic process, which in turn brought them in contact
with underlying extremely powerful electrical currents which
literally fried them to death?  Admittedly, this is just
supposition and may not be the whole explanation, however the
possibility that this somehow ties in with the unexplained
phenomena known as 'spontaneous human combustion' should not be
ignored - Branton), one man carried the compass and caught fire,
the other came for the "laying on of hands" as he was nearest but
he too, took fire...(as in the case of the masts or beams of the
ship itself when it was being brought ashore, as was previously
mentioned - Branton).  The faith in "hand laying" died when this
happened and mens minds went by the score...
     "'...The experiment was a complete success.  THE MEN WERE
COMPLETE FAILURES....'
     "The balance of the original letter was concerned with
suggestions to Jessup of how the report could be checked and
other witnesses found.  Jessup, his interest aroused, replied to
the letter and asked for further proof of Allende's allegations.
Within several months 'Allen' wrote again, this time offering to
take sodium pentothal and subject himself to a hypnotist so that
he could recall names and facts involved in the incident, which
he, as an apparent witness, considered so important.  Allen
thought, however, that the Office of Naval Research would never
'let it be known that any such thing was ever allowed to be
done.'  In the second letter he added a theory of his own:
     "'I feel that if handled properly, i.e., presented to people
and science in proper psychologically effective manner, I feel
sure that man will go where he now dreams of being...to the
stars through the form of transport that the Navy accidently
stumbled upon (to their embarrassment) WHEN THEIR EXPERIMENTAL
SHIP TOOK OFF AND POPPED UP A MINUTE OR SO LATER SEVERAL HUNDRED
SEA-TRAVEL-MILES AWAY AT ANOTHER OF ITS BERTHS IN THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY AREA...'
     "While Jessup was still considering the contents of the
second letter, he received an invitation FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE NAVY TO COME TO THE OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH (ONR) for an
interview.  When he presented himself at the ONR Headquarters in
Washington, D.C., HE WAS, TO HIS CONSIDERABLE SURPRISE, GIVEN A
COPY OF HIS OWN BOOK FOR EXAMINATION.  It was explained to him
that the book had been sent by mail to THE CHIEF OF ONR, ADMIRAL
F. N. FURTH, IN THE SUMMER OF 1955 AND HAD BEEN EXAMINED BY
OFFICERS IN THE ONR SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE AS WELL AS THE
AERONAUTICS PROJECTS OFFICE.  The book was filled with
handwritten comments about Jessup's texts, apparently written by
three people who had passed or sent the book one to the other and
made their annotations in different colored inks.  When Jessup
started to examine the book, he found that the handwriting and
style of one of the commentators was evidently that of Allen, his
mysterious correspondent.  The comments themselves were unusual
for several reasons; THE COMMENTATORS OR CRITICAL REVIEWERS OF
THE TEXT SEEMED TO ASSUME THE ROLES OF REPRESENTATIVES OF A
SECRET AND ANCIENT CULTURE, HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF PREVIOUS
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT ON EARTH...
     "The comments were replete with references to force fields,
dematerialization (and) great and small space ships.
     "...However, along with these 'apparent' science fictional
fancies, these comments made specific reference to secret naval
experiments, especially the Philadelphia Experiment in 1943.
Thus Jessup found himself again involved, through his book, in
this curious affair, and, according to what he told several of
his colleagues, he began to investigate the subject through his
now established contact with the Navy.  HOWEVER, HIS UNEXPECTED
AND UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN 1959 ENDED HIS RESEARCH.
     "Meanwhile, a limited number of copies of Dr. Jessup's book,
mimeographed along with the complete series of puzzling
annotations by the unidentified commentators, HAD BEEN REPRODUCED
APPARENTLY AT THE REQUEST OF THE U.S. NAVY OR OF INDIVIDUAL NAVAL
OFFICERS, BY A TEXAS ELECTRONICS FIRM, THE VARO CORPORATION OF
DALLAS.  COINCIDENTALLY THIS COMPANY WAS PERFORMING SPECIAL (OR
SECRET) WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.
     "The reproduction of the annotated edition and subsequent
dissemination within naval and military circles contains the germ
of yet another mystery, for, if the information handwritten on
the original copy of the book were incorrect or imaginary, why
should a limited edition be circulated within the Pentagon?  The
original Jessup book, without annotations, had cause no special
stir, and apparently only the annotations with their 'informed'
references to naval experiments had provoked official interest...
     "Despite the scarcity of the reproduced annotated edition,
most of the copies having disappeared either by chance or by
design, (the late) Gray Barker (a former writer and UFO
researcher) was able to preserve a copy and has since reproduced
a small edition for sale to interested researchers--THE CASE FOR
THE UFO: ANNOTATED EDITION, Gray Barker Books., Clarksburg, West
Virginia.
     "The 'apparent' suicide of Dr. Jessup deserves an additional
comment.  During the time between his first call from the Navy
and his death he devoted a good deal of research to the
Philadelphia Experiment and, while carefully observing the lines
of security regulations, shared with Dr. Valentine some of his
general findings and theories.
     "Jessup told Valentine that the Navy had tried to find
Allende (or Allen) from the return address on his correspondence
with Jessup but had been unable to do so and, of course, had no
leads on the identity of the other two commentators.  Jessup was
convinced that the experiment had actually taken place and that
the attendant incidents had occurred as described.  He considered
that the unfortunate results as far as personnel were concerned
were probably due to insufficient preparation or screening.
Several experiments had already taken place, some at pierside and
a rather dramatic and perhaps inadvertent one at sea, when the
destroyer disappeared from convoy duty and reappeared at its
berth at Norfolk and then shifted back to its dock at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard.
     "Jessup was worried about the experiments and told Valentine
that the Navy had requested him to be a consultant on yet another
experiment but that he had refused.  He was convinced that the
Navy, in seeking to create a magnetic cloud for camouflage
purposes in October 1943, had uncovered a potential that could
temporarily, and if strong enough perhaps permanently, rearrange
the molecular structure of people and materials so that they
would pass into another dimension with further implications of
predictable and as yet uncontrolled teleportation.  When
Valentine, a student of the Bermuda Triangle Mystery since 1945,
suggested that what was happening within the Triangle was a
result of the same phenomena on a larger scale, Jessup
tentatively agreed.
     "Toward the middle of April 1959, Jessup told Valentine that
HE HAD REACHED WHAT HE CONSIDERED TO BE SOME DEFINITE CONCLUSIONS
ABOUT THE SERIES OF REACTIONS IMPLIED BY THE PHILADELPHIA
EXPERIMENT AND HAD PREPARED A ROUGH DRAFT THAT HE WISHED TO
DISCUSS.  Dr. Valentine suggested that he come to dinner.  The
invitation was for the evening of April 20.
     "He never came to dinner.  At some time before 6:30 P.M.,
Jessup, according to police records, drove his car into
Matheson's Hammock, a Dade County park in the Miami area, and
apparently committed suicide by carbon monoxide inhalation, after
attaching a hose to the exhaust and running the hose inside his
car.  NO NOTES OR MANUSCRIPTS were mentioned in the police
report, nor, according to a statement by a witness later given to
Dr. Valentine, WERE ANY FOUND INSIDE THE CAR.
     "Dr. Valentine has mentioned an aspect of the incident ALSO
NOT COVERED in the official report--that DR. JESSUP WAS STILL
ALIVE WHEN FIRST FOUND, adding: '...PERHAPS HE WAS ALLOWED TO
DIE.  His theories were very advanced and PERHAPS THERE
WERE...INFLUENCES THAT WISHED TO PREVENT THEIR SPREADING...'
     "The more one digs into this alleged experiment the more
curious it becomes.  Certain elements of information can be
verified but none referring directly to the experiment.  A number
of persons in and out of the Navy profess to remember the
incident and are even willing to furnish more information about
it, except that they are unwilling to be quoted by name.  The
circumstances are often considerably embellished; Navy Yard
personnel seem to remember stories and even short newspaper
articles about a sailors' brawl in a Philadelphia bar where some
of the participants vanished and reappeared out of a haze during
the fight, to the surprise and discomfort of their opponents.
The approximate date of the main incident is generally agreed on
and the consensus among people employed at the docks at the time
was that something very unusual was going on at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
     "Whatever the truth of the incident, the destroyer mentioned
as taking part in the experiment, the U.S.S. ELDRIDGE, D-173, DID
exist.  it was commissioned August 27, 1943, and was engaged in
escort and patrol missions around Bermuda, Chesapeake Bay, and
the seas between until early 1944, when it was sent across the
Atlantic and could therefore fit within the time frame indicated.
The ship was decommissioned in June 1946 and eventually
transferred, under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, to
Greece, where, one might hope, it ceased to display its
attributed propensity for disappearing.  The Liberty ship S.S.
ANDREW FURNSETH, from the decks of which the disappearance of the
D-173 was allegedly seen, was also actually in the area at the
time indicated, as was the S.S. MALAY, another cargo ship that
reportedly witnessed the same subsequent incidents.
     "Efforts to contact or interrogate some of the presumed
participants or observers of the incident have generally proved
unsuccessful, as many have disappeared, others have proved
uncommunicative, and others reply that they do not wish to get
involved or are protected by family members who relay the message
that they do not wish to talk about it.
     "If a confidential or secret freeze has really been
established over the Navy or merchant ships and personnel
involved directly or indirectly in the experiment at the time,
then the verification of the incident would be extremely
difficult to follow through, especially since it occurred so long
ago.  It should be observed in passing, however, that the full
import of an experiment is often not realized or apparent until
years after the initial tests.
     "It may also be possible that personnel who were involved
with other camouflage incidents during World War II may have
given rise to a series of rumors that contributed to the
Philadelphia Experiment legend...  Several other unusual
concepts, INCLUDING THE MILITARY USE OF ANTIGRAVITY, were also a
subject of experimentation.
     "An investigator working with the Navy and possessed of a
knowledge of Navy filing practices as well as a strong desire for
anonymity confided to the author that he had tried for months at
the Pentagon and elsewhere to locate ONR reports dealing with the
original experiment but he had been unsuccessful.  'However,' he
added, 'I DID FIND ONE UNUSUAL THING.  THE FRAMEWORK IS SET UP
AND THE EXPERIMENT IS STILL CONTINUING.'
     "Although Jessup's final conclusions may never be known,
some of the ideas exchanged by Drs. Jessup and Valentine during
their discussions of the Philadelphia Experiment and its relation
to the Bermuda Triangle are echoed in the following answers by
Dr. Valentine to some questions put to him by the author:
     "QUESTION: You have previously said that Dr. Jessup thought
that the U.S. Navy had inadvertently discovered the natural or
induced combination of circumstances that caused the
disappearances in the Triangle.  Could you comment on this more
fully?
     "'ANSWER: I DO NOT BELIEVE Dr. Jessup considered this an
'inadvertent' discovery.  For many years, so I have been told,
experiments involving high intensity magnetism have been
officially discouraged, JUST AS ION MOTORS, known for as far back
at least as 1918, have been denied public disclosure and their
inventors somehow silenced.  I therefore am convinced that top
ranking physicists must have some knowledge--AND UNDERSTANDABLE
DREAD--of phenomena that might be expected to emerge from the
generation of a high intensity magnetic field, especially a
pulsating or vortexual one.'

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