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TIL The Philadelphia Experiment is a military experiment carried out by the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime around October 28, 1943. The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Eldridge was rendered invisible. Lots of docus and movies

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