According to legend, on 28 October 1943 the US Navy conducted an electromagnetic invisibility experiment on the destroyer USS Eldridge. The ship was enveloped in green fog, vanished, and reappeared hundreds of miles away at Norfolk minutes later, then returned. Crew members were reportedly fused into the hull, and time itself was disrupted. The follow-up Montauk Project allegedly used children for time-travel experiments on Long Island, causing psychological breakdowns and disappearances.
Account
According to legend, on 28 October 1943 the US Navy conducted an electromagnetic invisibility experiment on the destroyer USS Eldridge. The ship was enveloped in green fog, vanished, and reappeared hundreds of miles away at Norfolk minutes later, then returned. Crew members were reportedly fused into the hull, and time itself was disrupted. The follow-up Montauk Project allegedly used children for time-travel experiments on Long Island, causing psychological breakdowns and disappearances. The story became one of the most famous conspiracy theories through numerous books, documentaries, and film adaptations.
Debunked
Mainstream science and the US Navy both deny the experiment's existence. Navy records show the USS Eldridge was docked in New York Harbor on that day and did not conduct any invisibility experiments. The Montauk Project has no government archival support and is classified as an urban legend and pseudo-archaeological conspiracy theory.
Sources
- Carl Allen letters (from 1955 to UFO researchers)
- Howard Strieber's Montauk Project book series