The Philadelphia experiment must rank among the greatest of all urban legends.

Allegedly, the Navy took an active duty ship and, using some high-tech equipment,

was actually able to make it not only Vanish, but also Teleport.

Surely we all assume there is some grain of truth to this?

Today we're going to find out what the Navy actually did with the USS Eldridge in 1943.

That's up next on Skeptoid.

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The Philadelphia Experiment.

Today we're going to pull a giant switch on the wall and activate powerful generators,

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