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While stories are generally hearsay, one of the more likely alternative theories of what may have morphed into the so-called "Philadelphia Experiment" is noted in the Wikipedia entry: "Researcher Jacques Vallée[19] describes a procedure on board USS Engstrom, which was docked alongside the Eldridge in 1943. The operation involved the generation of a powerful electromagnetic field on board the ship in order to deperm or degauss it, with the goal of rendering the ship undetectable or "invisible" to magnetically fused undersea mines and torpedoes. This system was invented by a Canadian, Charles F. Goodeve, when he held the rank of commander in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, and the Royal Navy and other navies used it widely during World War II. ..." See more