The Philadelphia Experiment Timeline

T. Townsend Brown signed on with the NRL as a specialist in radiation, field physics, and spectroscopy. {1}

Tesla claims to a New York Times reporter that he is working on a particle beam weapon that will “bring down a fleet of 10,000 enemy air planes at a distance of 250 miles”. The report gains enormous amounts of publicity.

Late in 1939 Dr. Rinehart / Franklin Reno (pseudonyms) recalls that it was probably von Neumann that presented the idea for the experiment to NDRC. {1}

Proposing the “death ray” for defense – Philadelphia Inquirer Tesla states; “It is based on an entirely new principle of physics that nobody ever has dreamed of. It is different. from the principle. embodied in my inventions relating to the transmission of electrical power from a distance, for which I..Read More

Townsend Brown is Radio Officer, Ship’s Service Officer and Educational Officer at Atlantic Fleet Radar School Norfolk, Virginia.

USS Eldridge DE-173 construction commenced Newark, NJ

S.S. Andrew Furuseth launched {1}

Tesla died of heart failure alone in room 3,327 of the New Yorker Hotel. Soon after his death Tesla’s safe was opened and all Tesla’s papers and other property were impounded by the United States Government. Dr. John G. Trump was the main government official who went over Tesla’s secret papers.  Trump..Read More

Carl Allen discharged upon report of medical survey of disability at Charleston, South Carolina. {1}

USS Eldridge DE-173 launched according to the Greek records, a full 30 days earlier than the official history. {1}

Einstein writes Lt. Stephen Brunauer / Navy Dept.  “…I have been asked by Dr. Vannevar Bush to accept an appointment as a consultant to Division 8 of the National Research Committee. I do not know whether this activity is compatible with my Navy appointment…” {17}

Carl Allen spent the weekend in Philadelphia. “It does not appear that Allen was in Philadelphia in October 1943 either {The Eldridge was not there}; but he was there in August-coincidentally at about the same time that the Eldridge was supposedly at Newark awaiting orders to transfer to New York..Read More

S.S. Andrew Furuseth sailed from Norfolk bound for Casablanca, North Africa. First time Carl Allen was aboard ship{1}

Carl Allen Received his Seaman’s Certificate of Identification

USS Eldridge DE-173 Moored Starboard side to Pier F, Berth 16, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn NY. Receiving Fresh water, salt water, electricity, steam and telephone services. Ship being outfitted, with no ammunition an board. Moored till 00:04 October 1st. {16}

The Deadly Experiment with crew on board, executed between 17:05 and 17:20 hours. {1,5,6,7,9} (One of two possible dates given) “To the best of Allen’s recollection, the disappearance of the DE-173 occurred between 17:05 and 17:20 hours on, possibly, the 27th or, more likely, the 28th or 29th of October..Read More

1943-Nov-01-Nov-07 The Furuseth and Eldridge could have been within visual distance of each other in the Atlantic.

Report filed by Eldridge commander stating its position just 200 miles off the coast of Casablanca, North Africa, and heading towards the U.S. {1}

The BBC aired a radio series called “Brains Trust” which dealt with strange phenomena. The program featured a discussion with various people including a navel commander A.B. Campbell. Campbell told the story of the sailor walking through walls, etc. Note: this is only 55 days after the experiment is suggested..Read More

(NRL) transferred to Office of Research and Inventions (ORI)

Captain Teague read a memo to his crew about the PX, this event was entered into the log of the Antietam. {1}

Office of Naval Research (ONR) succeeded ORI

On 8 July 1947 the Roswell Daily Record newspaper published a front page article with the headline “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region”, and the legend of America’s most famous brush with aliens was born. Today, many conspiracy theorists consider the so-called “Roswell incident” to be one..Read More

Ceremony at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, transferring the ships to the Royal Hellenic Navy. Eldridge transferred to Greek Navy, and renamed the Léon (D 54)

Albert Einstein whose theories exploded and changed our ideas of how the universe works, died in Princeton, N.J. of heart failure at the age of 76.

Carl Allen says in late 1956 the experiments were discontinued {6}

Carl Allen’s first (second) letter received by Mr. Jessup {1,9}

Carl Allen’s second (third) letter received by Mr. Jessup {1,9}

Mr. Jessup turned over his information to Dr. Ivan Sanderson in NY, for safekeeping. {7}

Mr. Jessup told Dr. J. Manson Valentine that he had reached definite conclusions about the series of events surrounding the PX.

Dr. Valentine suggested that he come to dinner. The invitation was for the evening of April 20

No published obituaries were found about Jessup’s death, not from his local home town paper or any other source. However in 2017 I was able to locate a easy to miss little article “Saucer Man Suicide” that appeared on the front page of the “Fort Myers News-Press” Newspaper on Wed..Read More

Dr. Reilly H. Crabb First published Carl Allen’s letters to Morris Jessup. {1}

Carl Allen’s first letter received by Jacques Vallee. {7}

Carl Allen’s confession to the Aerial Phenomenon Research Organization (A.P.R.O.) the he was the one that wrote all three sets of comments in the Varo Edition. {1}

In a letter to his parents Carl Allen omits writing all three sets of annotations in the varo edition {14}

Receives a letter from Carl Allen stating that there was an still is two DE-173’s outfitted with the experimental equipment. {14}

Easter Greeting Card From Carl Allen to his Parents where he talks about the Navy Ships Teleportation Event

By Moore, William L. And Berlitz, Charles “The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility” was released in 1984 this was one of the first books that was written entirely about the PX

Carlos Allende’s “death bed statement” is “THE NEWS of Colorado Centennial Country” Published in Volume 2, Number 31, dated August 22nd, 1986, page 1 and page 8

Carl died on Saturday, March 5th, 1994 at the age of 68 in Centennial Heath Care Center, Greeley CO. His obituary appeared a few days later in the Greeley Tribune.