The Philadelphia Experiment Hoax
The USS Eldridge DE-173
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John Eldridge, Jr., born October 10, 1903 in Buckingham County, Virginia, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1927. After flight training at Pensacola, Florida, he served at various stations on aviation duty. From September 11, 1941 he was Commander, Scouting Squadron 71, attached to Wasp (CV-7). Lieutenant Commander Eldridge was killed in action in the Solomons November 2, 1942. For his extraordinary heroism in leading the air attack on Japanese positions in the initial invasion of the Solomons, August 7 and 8, 1942, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. Source: US Navy Historical Center.
The Cannon Class destroyer escort USS Eldridge DE-173 being launched July 25, 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Newark, New Jersey. The USS Eldridge is the boat claimed to have been used in the Philadelphia Experiment, where it was said to become invisible, teleport, time travel, and devastate the crew in horrific ways. None of this happened to the Eldridge because the Philadelphia Experiment never happened. It is, and always was, a hoax. Photo courtesy US Navy.
The Cannon Class destroyer escort USS Eldridge DE-173 underway circa 1943. The USS Eldridge is the boat claimed to have been used in the Philadelphia Experiment, where it was said to become invisible, teleport, time travel, and devastate the crew in horrific ways. None of this happened to the Eldridge because the Philadelphia Experiment never happened. It is, and always was, a hoax. Photo courtesy US Navy.
The Cannon Class destroyer escort USS Eldridge DE-173 underway circa 1944. The USS Eldridge is the boat claimed to have been used in the Philadelphia Experiment, where it was said to become invisible, teleport, time travel, and devastate the crew in horrific ways. None of this happened to the Eldridge because the Philadelphia Experiment never happened. It is, and always was, a hoax. Photo courtesy US Navy.
The Cannon Class destroyer escort USS Eldridge DE-173 [along with the USS Slater DE-766, USS Ebert DE-768, and USS Garfield Thomas DE-193] is transferred to the Greek Royal Hellenic Navy on July 15, 1951. The USS Eldridge became the HNS Leon D-54. The ceremony took place at the Boston, Massachusetts Naval Shipyard. Photo courtesy US Navy.
The HNS Leon D-54, formerly the USS Eldridge DE-173, is seen with the HNS Panthir II, formerly the USS Garfield Thomas DE-193, shortly after the July 25, 1951 transfer at the Boston, Massachusetts Naval Shipyard. Photo courtesy US Navy.
The HNS Leon D-54, formerly the USS Eldridge DE-173, underway circa 1952. If the USS Eldridge had endured, what the claims in the Philadelphia Experiment say it endured in 1943, the US military would never have transferred the Eldridge to a foreign country. Photo courtesy US Navy.
The HNS Leon D-54, formerly the USS Eldridge DE-173, underway circa 1957. If the USS Eldridge had endured, what the claims in the Philadelphia Experiment say it endured in 1943, the US military would never have transferred the Eldridge to a foreign country. Photo courtesy US Navy.
The HNS Leon D-54, formerly the USS Eldridge DE-173, underway circa 1960. If the USS Eldridge had endured, what the claims in the Philadelphia Experiment say it endured in 1943, the US military would never have transferred the Eldridge to a foreign country. Photo courtesy US Navy.
Here Are All The Links To All The Pages Of Starfire Tor's Report
On The Philadelphia Experiment Hoax
Starfire Tor Report: Exposing The Lies and Repairing The Damage
The Beginning: The Carl Allen - Carlos Allende Letters to MK Jessup
The USS Eldridge DE-173 History and Statistics
The USS Eldridge DE-173 Photos
The Philadelphia Experiment Hoax Report Main Table of Contents
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