The experiment was successful- almost. The ship completely disappeared,
along with the crew members for about 15 minutes. When the ship
re-materialized, many of the crew members suffered from heightened
psychic abilities and insanity, and some unlucky ones were fused
within the metal of the ship. This event gave birth to the more
famous Philadelphia Experiment conspiracy. Two of the Eldridge
crew members were transported to the coast of Long Island 40 years
into the future and were brought in to the Camp Hero Air Force
base to become involved with some of the most legendary science
experiments ever fantasized by theorists or, in some way or extent
actually occurred there. Some time in the 1950's, Project Phoenix
began focusing less on experiments for controlling weather and
more on human psychic applications for warfare, or PSI Corps,
all supposedly being performed on the base in Montauk. The idea
was to combine the power of human though with the new power of
the
growing computer technologies quickly advancing around this time.
Supposed Alien involvement developing these technologies has been
widely discussed. There was even a machine built called a "Montauk
Chair". A subject with great psychic abilities, such as the
survivors of the U.S.S. Eldridge, was placed in the chair and
through computing technologies and could materialize his very
thoughts. It was one of these thoughts, imagined by a fed up test
subject, that materialized in the form of a beast. The beast is
said to have ended the project in 1980 by destroying the machines
throughout the labs. It is believed that this beast, named "Junior"
is still roaming the wilderness surrounding the base. There are
even Bigfoot type photos out there of Junior. Pretty hilarious,
right? And that's just the basic description of what supposedly
went down there (I don't have the time or disc space to get to
it all!) But take a trip out there and imagine this story. It
is a fascinating historic facility, surrounded by strange colored
buildings, mysteriously designed bunkers, HUGE gun batteries and
a striking 30 ton reflector antennae atop a tall concrete tower.
These buildings are fenced off and protected these days but much
of the park is open to the public. Those lucky enough to go there
anywhere from 25 to 4 years ago could sneak into these structures
and see the weirdness inside. Up until 1995 there was much left
over, such as out of date computers and machinery, but most has
been cleared out by now. Even stranger was that up until then,
despite from being shut down for almost 15 years, the radar dish
was still moving! When in the area of 50 South Fairview Avenue
Montauk NY, stop in and check it out. May I suggest even that
you do a little research on the dubious functions Camp Hero served
before you visit. Maybe if you are brave enough, perhaps hop a
fence and explore inside some of the odd structures.
For more info on The Montauk Project read the books "The
Montauk Files" by
K.B. Wells, Jr. and "The Montauk Project: Experiments in
Time" by Preston B.
Nichols and Peter Moon.
