The Philadelphia Experiment Fact or Fiction?

Question

How many people believe The Philadelphia Experiment (An experiment where the military tried to create a way of making a ship entirely invisible not only to radar but to the naked eye) was a reality and about the accidental time travel involved.

Answer 1

What I have heard is that unlike the movie it was an airplane.  In the movie they used an aircraft carrier.  If there was a "real" one it was an airplane.  

Answer 2

I think it happened.  There is a lot the government does that no one knows about otherwise they wouldn't have to have a base like area 51.  

Answer 3

this seems impossible

Answer 4

there was an experiment about creating an electromagnetic field around a ship to try and hide it from enemy radar/sonar.  just one of thousands of military idea that don't pan out.  every single factoid you read about the "Philadelphia Experiment" has been disproven long ago.

Answer 5

This is fiction based on fact.

This comes from the method of using electrical cables around a steel ships hull to neutralise the natural magnetism of the steel. It was being tried to prevent mines from detecting the presence of a ship based on the change in magnetism. These magnetic mines are still in use today, and I've actually been on board a minesweeper vessel that has these cables built in.

The rumor got out that it made the ship invisible to U boats and mines - and it snowballed into being completely invisible. / time shift etc.

In all the history of mankind - time travel is not possible using 1940's electric cables. As to being able to stay put during time travel, considering earths rotation - it's more likely to end up on land or in the air.

Makes a good movie though - I liked the original - all those light-bulbs.

If you research time travel, they nearly all involve altering gravity - not frequency or magnetism.

Btw it is possible to make aircraft with low or confusing radar signatures, by using linear angles, and absorbant surfaces to reduce the reflection, and by correct lighting, can dissapear.