Selects: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?

This classic episode dives into the Philadelphia Experiment, one of the most enduring conspiracy theories that claims the U.S. Navy secretly teleported a destroyer ship called the USS Eldridge in 1943 using Einstein's unified field theory. Josh explores the origins of this wild tale, tracing it back to a mysterious letter writer named Carl Allen who contacted author Morris K. Jessup with increasingly fantastical claims about witnessing the impossible event firsthand. Through interviews with actual Navy veterans and researchers, Josh systematically debunks each element of the legend—from the ship's actual location to the degaussing experiments that probably sparked the whole thing—while explaining why this particular conspiracy theory has managed to capture imaginations for decades despite being completely fabricated.