glassner (03/08/83)
A friend came to me about a year ago with the same story, claiming he had just read the book and was fascinated by the idea. I claimed that it was certainly flim-flam, but he insisted that the book made an undeniable case for the reality of the "transporting" ship. So I borrowed his copy of the book and read it. I was not swayed at all. The book read like all of those other "something-really-strange-happened- somewhere-and-the-government-is-suppressing-it" books. The prime source of information is a fellow who refused to identify himself, even to the author, except to say he was a seaman on the boat. The whole book reeked of "suppose this" and "perhaps that", along with a lot of pseudo-physics to make the idea believable. I have nothing against such ideas as speculation, and I've got an open mind about paranormal phenomena; despite Mr. Randi's still-standing offer. But books like the "Philadelphia Experiment" strike me as a mechnism for making money for a writer and a publisher. In summary, perhaps something did go on in relation to some ship, but the book "The Philadelphia Experiment" is worthless to anyone who would like to seriously investigate the situation. Of course, the whole transportation thing really happened and the government is suppressing it by slipping LSD into our water supply and digging tunnels under our houses to wiretap our telephones and discover who REALLY knows so they can be taken away and forever removed from the net so they don't let anyone else know....etc, etc, etc. -Andrew +--------+ +----------+ {usenet} -->| decvax |-->| cwruecmp |--> glassner +--------+ +----------+
ltn (03/10/83)
Or maybe they slipped LSD into the AUTHOR'S water....