Ep. 277 - The Philadelphia Experiment
The Conspirators Podcast
The Conspirators Podcast
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Sanjeeves just received a decent bonus. |
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| 0:27.6 | eligibility criteria apply for HSBC Premier. |
| 0:33.7 | On October 28, 1943, a young sailor named Carl Allen was serving aboard a cargo ship docked in a Philadelphia shipyard. |
| 0:42.5 | From Allen's position on the ship's deck, he had a clear view of a neighboring vessel, the USS Eldridge. |
| 0:48.6 | Alan knew the Navy was up to something unusual with the Eldridge. |
| 0:52.5 | The massive destroyer was covered with the electrical cables |
| 0:55.2 | and other high-tech equipment that looked out of place on a warship. |
| 0:59.8 | Something about this scene made Alan feel uneasy. |
| 1:03.4 | Just as the sun began setting along the horizon, |
| 1:06.5 | a dense green fog began to envelop the USS Eldridge. |
| 1:11.1 | Alan had to rub his eyes to make sure they weren't playing tricks on him. |
| 1:15.2 | The Eldridge began to appear as if it were fading in and out of existence, |
| 1:19.2 | like someone was flicking a light switch on and off. |
| 1:22.5 | This flickering grew more rapid before it culminated in a brilliant flash of light. |
| 1:27.4 | Then, when Alan's vision cleared, he realized the ship was gone. |
| 1:33.3 | According to some versions of this story, at the same moment the USS Eldridge vanished. |
| 1:38.3 | It actually teleported 200 miles away and reappeared in another naval shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia. |
| 1:49.2 | Minutes later had vanished again, only to reappear once more, right back where it started from in Philadelphia. But this sudden reappearance of the vessel also brought with it a horrific |
| 1:54.1 | chorus of blood-curdling screams. Alan could see dozens of sailors, all screaming in agony, |
| 2:03.1 | but that wasn't the real horror of it, because several of the men had somehow become fused with the ship itself. |
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