The Philadelphia Experiment - In My Own Backyard

Kinda. I live not too far from the Philadelphia Navel Shipyard which this urban legend is based out of. Who knows if its really true but there are several key things that will make you go hmmmmm.

The Philadelphia Experiment refers to an event that may or may not have happened in the fall of 1943. According to the story, the USS Eldridge and her crew were subject to experiments in time travel. As the experiment progressed, it appeared that the Eldridge faded away, only to reappear in Norfolk, VA and the return to Philadelphia. Depending on the reports, there were crew members that were found embedded into the ship upon its return to Philadelphia.

Fact 1: The Philadelphia Navel Shipyard does exist and is STILL OPEN to this day for both commercial and navel operations.

Fact 2: Albert Einstein worked at Princeton University, which is about an hour to hour and a half from the Philly Ship Yard and the closest Navel Shipyard to Princeton. Einstein came up with the Unified Field Theory. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Field_Theory)

Fact 3: The Philadelphia Experiment is sometimes referred as Project Rainbow.

Fact 4: In 1943-44, Einstein worked part time for the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance. There he officially worked on theoretical research on explosives and explosions.

Now, for every fact there are several counter facts and theories to prove and disprove this amazing event.

...But, one last thing to ponder. If the Philadelphia Experiment is only an amazing science fiction tale, then why did L Sprague de Camp, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov (all classic authors of science fiction) work as ENGINEERS at the Philly Ship Yard at the same time and then write such fantastic stories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Heinlein-decamp-and-asimov.jpg