# The Philadelphia Experiment **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 14, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philadelphia-experiment/136662 "2002-11-14T01:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wulfgar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Wulfgar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wulfgar)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philadelphia-experiment/136662/1 "2002-11-14T01:56:57Z")
Hello. I hear this is the place to ask questions of all kinds. So I’m watching the History Channel and they have a special on [The Philadephia Project.](http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq21-1.htm) I couldn’t find any information about the science on how they supposedly made the ship invisible/teleport other than _“Supposedly, this incredible feat was accomplished by applying Einstein’s “unified field” theory.”_ Doe anyone have any more detailed information? Thanks -Wulfgar ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philadelphia-experiment/136662/2 "2002-11-14T02:03:15Z")
um, it’s bullpucky. The Master Speaks: URL: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_293.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_293.html) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philadelphia-experiment/136662/3 "2002-11-14T02:06:06Z")
Oh, and that link you posted from the Navy’s spokesoffice covers the issue almost as well as Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philadelphia-experiment/136662/4 "2002-11-14T05:39:44Z")
The ship was equipped with a Romulan cloaking device installed by a Tal Shiar operative sent back in time to make the United States Nation/State powerful enough so that the nations of Earth would destroy each other, thus no future UFP. A Klingon operative was sent to destroy the vessel, but a Section 31 operative realized that on the ship was a direct ancestor of Zephraim Cochraine, sooooo…a transporter ship was sent back in time to “beam” the ship elsewhere, then back again, after the Klingon thought the “cloaked ship” was destroyed. Future history is restored!:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philadelphia-experiment/136662/5 "2002-11-14T12:52:22Z")
Also, I thought that the Unified Field Theory is still a pipe dream, so how can it form the theoretical basis for anything? ---
**Author:** ![Wulfgar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Wulfgar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wulfgar)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philadelphia-experiment/136662/6 "2002-11-14T15:34:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enola Straight \* > \*\*The ship was equipped with a Romulan cloaking device installed by a Tal Shiar operative sent back in time to make the United States Nation/State powerful enough so that the nations of Earth would destroy each other, thus no future UFP. \*\* Figures. Damn Romulans.:mad: