i heard its some sort of conspiracy. ( no wikipedia cheaters plz)
2006-08-07 03:11:26 · 12 answers · asked by brentmidger 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
As I understand it, it's an naval experiment to make ships "invisible" to magnetic mines by use of a magnetic field generated on board a naval ship. Popular misconceptions have it that the experiment sought to make ships invisible.
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Mark C: Wikipedia cheaters to me are people who find articles and copy & paste them directly, like YTechnoamitg just above. If you can't put what you understand from these articles in your own word, just a simple link would do. There's absolutely no need to copy & paste a 50 paragraph article.
2006-08-07 03:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by k² 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The so called Philadelphia experiment took place in the Norfolk naval yard early in World War II. Supposedly in a top secret plan it involved wrapping electromagnetic cables around the ship and then powering them up which would cause the ship to dissapear. Its nonsense. There have been books and articles and even a movie about it . All kinds of wild claims were made about how the crew went insane, etc. None of it is true. Surviving crew members still laugh when they are asked about it.
2006-08-07 03:19:44 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story is that the US navy conducted an experiment to make a ship invisible, and that it went wrong, causing the ship to genuinely disappear from Philadelphia harbour during World War II.
The US Navy denies this, possibly to cover up that they really found a way to make their ship invisible, or more likely because it's a load of old cobblers. There's a 1984 movie based on the story.
2006-08-07 03:22:19 · answer #3 · answered by Graham I 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by combining intense magnetic fields into a united phase, theory was that light could be bent thus making the object invisible, much the same way as a black hole in space is believed to behave. An experiment was carried out on USS Philidelphia and it went badly wrong as previously described here.
2006-08-08 06:14:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was meant to be an experiment for stealth that went wrong and caused a ship to shift in time and space! many people were supposed to have died as a result!! or something like that. Check out the movie!!
see also the link below
2006-08-07 03:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by i_b_moog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sci-Fi Film: Making warships invisible to radar, experiment goes wrong and causes a rip in time...
Based on allegedly real experiments from the 50's
2006-08-07 03:19:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK,
this is the "OFFICIAL" US NAVY response to the Philadelphia Experiment.
Some believe it and some don't - go check out the movie if you don't beileve the reports.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq21-1.htm
Jewells
30 months and still here
2006-08-07 03:22:01 · answer #7 · answered by jewells_40 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This should help - too long to write all in here, but click on:
http://www.thothweb.com/content-73.html
2006-08-07 03:16:37 · answer #8 · answered by Velociraptor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's a test run to see what it would be like "without" gun violence.
2006-08-07 04:41:48 · answer #9 · answered by WOW! Miss Anissa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't involve spreadable cheese, that's for sure.
2006-08-07 03:15:15 · answer #10 · answered by sephjnr1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋