Philadelphia ExperimentAtlas

Evidence

16 cited sources · both-sides readings on each item

• Navy.mil

  U.S. Navy · primary

  • Pos A · Read as offering no verified program page for a teleportation experiment.“Navy”
  • Pos B · Read as public affairs silence consistent with cover claims for adherents.“Navy”
• NARA Titanic records

  NARA · primary

  • Pos A · Read as the archival environment where supporting logs would be expected if the legend were ordinary fact.“Navy”
  • Pos B · Read as incomplete if the test was compartmented beyond standard yard files.“Navy”
• Naval History and Heritage Command

  U.S. Navy · primary

  • Pos A · Read as presenting the experiment story as undocumented folklore.“Philadelphia”
  • Pos B · Read as institutional denial expected by suppressed-technology accounts.“Philadelphia”
• Philadelphia Navy Yard Site Spotlight | US EPA

  19january2021snapshot.epa.gov · primary

  • Pos A · The EPA spotlight is cited as covering shipyard history and reuse without mentioning invisibility or teleportation trials, read as aligning with treatments that keep such leaps outside deck logs and yard files while noting ordinary naval work.“center of innovation and employment in the City of Philadelphia”
  • Pos B · The EPA spotlight is cited as covering a historic innovation center at the yard, read as aligning with treatments that keep wartime testing inside classified cores beyond public summaries while noting ordinary naval work.“center of innovation and employment in the City of Philadelphia”
• The Philadelphia Experiment (1993 UK VHS) : VCI/Cinema Club : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

  archive.org · secondary

  • Pos A · This archive listing of the 1993 VHS is treated as evidence of popular dramatization, cited as aligning with storytelling accounts outside deck logs while the film title keeps the experiment label in public circulation.“Full VHS Tape of The Philadelphia Experiment”
  • Pos B · This archive listing of the 1993 VHS is treated as evidence of popular dramatization, cited as aligning with wartime testing accounts inside witness clusters while the film title keeps the experiment label in public circulation.“Full VHS Tape of The Philadelphia Experiment”
• The Philadelphia Experiment: The bizarre WWII urban legend about an invisible Navy destroyer

  taskandpurpose.com · secondary

  • Pos A · The Task & Purpose piece is cited as aligning with naval-history treatments that place invisibility claims outside deck logs and yard files, reading the Office of Naval Research line as ordinary non-support for teleportation leaps while degaussing stays acknowledged as routine work.“has never conducted any investigations on invisibility”
  • Pos B · The Task & Purpose piece is read as a public-facing summary that leaves sailor witness clusters and classified-core possibilities unexamined, treating the Office of Naval Research line as routine non-confirmation rather than a full catalog of wartime testing files.“bizarre WWII urban legend about an invisible Navy destroyer”
• The Philadelphia Experiment Explained: Teleportation, Invisibility & WWII Military Conspiracy | House of Weird

  houseofweirdpod.com · secondary

  • Pos A · This podcast segment is cited as framing Philadelphia Experiment invisibility accounts as storytelling checked against deck logs and yard files, while degaussing is treated as ordinary naval research and teleportation leaps remain outside those archive catalogs.“documented USS Eldridge service records”
  • Pos B · This podcast segment is cited as framing Philadelphia Experiment invisibility accounts as wartime testing tied to sailor witness clusters, while degaussing is treated as ordinary naval research and teleportation leaps remain inside classified cores in archive catalogs.“alleged electromagnetic invisibility testing, teleportation claims”
• Philadelphia Experiment_text.pdf

  ia801601.us.archive.org · secondary

  • Pos A · The archive excerpt is read as treating Philadelphia Experiment invisibility claims as storytelling spun from ordinary degaussing and generator research, with naval personnel cited as locating no confirming documents in operational files while teleportation details stay outside those logs.“no documents have been located which confirm the event”
  • Pos B · The archive excerpt is read as treating Philadelphia Experiment invisibility claims as wartime testing whose traces sit beyond open catalogs, with naval personnel cited as discussing routine degaussing while teleportation details are treated as remaining inside classified cores sailors described.“arise from quite routine research which occurred during”
• World War I and the Philadelphia Navy Yard: Modernization of the US Navy (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service)

  nps.gov · primary

  • Pos A · NPS teaching materials on the Philadelphia Navy Yard are read as cataloging ordinary shipbuilding modernization and documented yard work, treated as aligning with naval-history views that place invisibility claims outside deck logs while degaussing stays acknowledged as standard research.“The technology used by the U.S. Navy is always changing”
  • Pos B · NPS teaching materials on the Philadelphia Navy Yard are read as cataloging a hub of advancing naval technology under war demands, treated as aligning with witness-centered views that place invisibility claims inside classified cores while degaussing stays acknowledged as standard research.“The technology used by the U.S. Navy is always changing”
• USS Eldridge - Wikipedia

  en.wikipedia.org · secondary

  • Pos A · The Eldridge article is treated as a naval-history summary of routine service, and is read as locating experiment claims in popular culture rather than in deck logs or yard files.“United States Navy destroyer escort ship (1943–1951)”
  • Pos B · The Eldridge article is treated as a public-history summary of routine service, and is read as locating experiment claims outside opened files rather than in sailor witness clusters or classified cores.“United States Navy destroyer escort ship (1943–1951)”
• The Philadelphia Experiment: Military Breakthrough or Conspiracy Myth?

  youtube.com · tertiary

  • Pos A · The title is treated as presenting competing frames of breakthrough versus myth, and is read as compatible with naval-history cataloging that keeps teleportation claims outside deck logs and yard files while noting ordinary degaussing work.“Military Breakthrough or Conspiracy Myth”
  • Pos B · The title is treated as presenting competing frames of breakthrough versus myth, and is read as compatible with witness-centered cataloging that keeps teleportation claims inside classified wartime cores while noting ordinary degaussing work.“Military Breakthrough or Conspiracy Myth”
• Philadelphia Navy Yard Site Spotlight | US EPA

  epa.gov · primary

  • Pos A · The EPA Navy Yard spotlight is cited as ordinary facility history and cleanup reuse, read as silent on invisibility trials and treated as aligning with deck-log absence of teleportation claims outside yard files.“center of innovation and employment in the City”
  • Pos B · The EPA Navy Yard spotlight is cited as historic innovation-center framing of the yard, read as compatible with wartime trials and treated as aligning with sailor-cluster placement of teleportation claims inside classified cores.“center of innovation and employment in the City”
• The Navy Once Tested ‘Invisible’ Ships. Now, One Man Sits at the Center of the ‘Philadelphia Experiment’ Conspiracy.

  popularmechanics.com · secondary

  • Pos A · Popular Mechanics coverage is cited as framing the Philadelphia Experiment as an urban legend that military sources treat as undocumented storytelling, with invisibility and teleportation claims read as outside yard files and deck logs while degaussing stays ordinary naval research.“thoroughly debunked by top military brass”
  • Pos B · Popular Mechanics coverage is cited as noting the account's lasting specificity and a central witness figure, with invisibility and teleportation claims read as wartime testing held inside classified cores while degaussing stays ordinary naval research acknowledged in open materials.“remains remarkably persistent, in part due to its immense specificity”
• Philadelphia Experiment - Wikipedia

  en.wikipedia.org · secondary

  • Pos A · The Wikipedia entry is cited as framing the account as a supposed experiment under paranormal topics, with sections on story origins, misunderstandings of documented naval experiments, and timeline inconsistencies read as aligning invisibility claims with storytelling outside deck-log support.“Misunderstanding of documented naval experiments”
  • Pos B · The Wikipedia entry is cited as recording a supposed 1943 US Navy experiment and general synopsis material, with origins and evidence sections read as preserving wartime testing claims tied to sailor accounts inside broader archive discussion.“Supposed 1943 US Navy experiment”
• Full text of "Philadelphia Experiment"

  archive.org · secondary

  • Pos A · The archive.org full text listing is read as cataloging a folklore narrative volume, treated as storytelling material rather than operational naval records when weighed against deck-log standards.“Full text of "Philadelphia Experiment"”
  • Pos B · The archive.org full text listing is read as preserving wartime test accounts, treated as witness-linked source material rather than mere fiction when weighed against classified-core claims.“Full text of "Philadelphia Experiment"”
• Library of Congress

  Library of Congress · primary

  • Pos A · Read as a cultural home for tracking the legend’s print history.“folklore”
  • Pos B · Read as preserving adherent books beside skeptical treatments.“folklore”