Good contra!One person's imagination is all it takes... and in the case of the Philadelphia Experiment that seems to be all it was.
From what I understand there was a single record of a story, some 10+ years after the event, by someone who suffered from psychiatric illnesses, who embellished upon someone else's story that was trying to find evidence of UFOs.
Everything since that point appears to be just retelling and embellishment... a case of rumour and heresay.
There was no evidence of anyone being "integrated" with steel... just one person's account.
If you think that it would be virtually impossible for people to "imagine" it, and it is upon this that you seem to base the strength of your belief in actuality of the "hoax", then Occam's razor would suggest that it is your assumption that is in error rather than the reality of the Experiment. Which is more likely: defiance of currently known laws of physics... or your assumption that it would be virtually impossible to make it up?
Bear in mind:
Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) was written in 1818.
The Invisible Man in 1897
The Time Machine in 1895
People have never been devoid of imagination.
Well at least I can see that you have understood my argument.
In all the research I have done on the P.E. I have not come across your version. If you have a link, please, would be great!
Is it worth noting that you date the publishing of the hoax as of later than 1953?
Are you aware that the first popular/published contemporary UFO sighting was in 1947 by Kenneth Arnold [private pilot]?
It was an interesting time and I believe [ unsupported ] that it was during this time that the field of "Psychiatry" started to formalize it's diagnostic and treatment programs.
Taking advantage of your assessment, the P.E. most probably was an exercise in nasty science fiction using the "science of the day's" possibilities to fuel it. [As was the contemporary interest in UFO's]
I guess one could surmise that it was due to the rapid expansion in scientific understanding at the time [ Nuclear, QM, QED, Computing, Communications, etc ] that could have been fueling the imaginations at the time. >1953 but not necessarily 1943 which is the actual supposed date of the experiment.
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