June 20, 1993: The Philadelphia Experiment - Al Bielek
The Art Bell Archive · Arthur William Bell III
February 14, 20234h 53m
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Show Notes
Al Bielek joins Art Bell for a riveting three-hour interview in which the self-described electronic engineer and alleged participant claims firsthand involvement in the Philadelphia Experiment, the Navy's classified World War II project to render a warship invisible.
Bielek traces the project back to 1931 and the work of Nikola Tesla, Dr. John Hutchinson, and Dr. Emil Curtinow at the University of Chicago. He describes how rotating electromagnetic and electric fields, driven by massive generators and Tesla coils, were designed to bend light and radar around the USS Eldridge. The first test on July 22, 1943, achieved radar and visual invisibility for twenty minutes. Bielek explains in remarkable technical detail the ship's quadraphase antenna, the 160 megahertz RF transmitters, and the 8-megawatt diesel generator that powered the system. The catastrophic second test on August 12, 1943, allegedly caused the ship to physically vanish from Philadelphia harbor for four hours. Bielek claims crew members were found fused into the ship's steel, others went insane, and he and his brother Duncan were transported through time to 1983 Montauk, Long Island.
A deep dive into one of the most controversial military legends ever told on late-night radio.
Bielek traces the project back to 1931 and the work of Nikola Tesla, Dr. John Hutchinson, and Dr. Emil Curtinow at the University of Chicago. He describes how rotating electromagnetic and electric fields, driven by massive generators and Tesla coils, were designed to bend light and radar around the USS Eldridge. The first test on July 22, 1943, achieved radar and visual invisibility for twenty minutes. Bielek explains in remarkable technical detail the ship's quadraphase antenna, the 160 megahertz RF transmitters, and the 8-megawatt diesel generator that powered the system. The catastrophic second test on August 12, 1943, allegedly caused the ship to physically vanish from Philadelphia harbor for four hours. Bielek claims crew members were found fused into the ship's steel, others went insane, and he and his brother Duncan were transported through time to 1983 Montauk, Long Island.
A deep dive into one of the most controversial military legends ever told on late-night radio.