I-Project Rainbow: Kwenzekeni ngempela ekuhlolweni kwePhiladelphia?

Owesilisa ogama lakhe lingu-Al Bielek, owathi wayezohlolwa ngemibuzo ehlukahlukene eyimfihlo yase-US, wathi ngo-Agasti 12, 1943, uMbutho Wezempi wase-US wenza isivivinyo esibizwa nge- “Philadelphia Experiment” e-USS Eldridge, ePhiladelphia Naval Isikhumulo semikhumbi, ngemuva kokufaka imishini ekhethekile kuso. Kulesi sivivinyo, kusolakala ukuthi bathumela umkhumbi nabo bonke abasebenzi bawo emizuzwini eyishumi emuva, okwenza ukuthi kubonakale kungabonakali, bese bebabuyisa esikhathini samanje.

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Ngenxa yalokho, amatilosi amaningi ayesemkhunjini aphambana ingqondo, abaningi balahlekelwa inkumbulo, abanye bashiswa amalangabi baze bafa, kanti abanye bahlanganiswa ngamamoleksi nensimbi yomkhumbi. Kodwa-ke, ngokusho kukaBielek, yena nomfowabo, ababesemkhunjini wokulinga ngaleso sikhathi, bagxuma ngaphambi nje kokuba kuvulwe i-warp futhi basinda ngaphandle kokulimala. Kunempikiswano enkulu yokuthi lo mcimbi uyiqiniso noma cha. Kepha uma lokho kuhlolwa kwenzeka ngempela-ke ngokungangabazeki kungenye yezimfihlakalo ezesabekayo emlandweni wesintu.

Isilingo sePhiladelphia: I-Project Rainbow

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Ngokusho kuka-Al Bielek, Agasti 12, 2003, usuku olubaluleke kakhulu lokugubha usuku lokungabonakali kwephrojekthi ye-US Navy eyimfihlo ye-World War II eyaziwa nge-Philadelphia Experiment. UBielek wathi - ngo-Agasti 12, 1943 - amaNavy, ngemuva kokufaka imishini ekhethekile e-USS Eldridge, enza umkhumbi nabasebenzi bawo banyamalala ethekwini laseFiladelphia isikhathi esingaphezu kwamahora amane.

Uhlobo oluqondile lwalesi sivivinyo luvulekele ukuqagela. Ukuhlolwa okungenzeka kufaka phakathi ukuhlolwa kokungabonakali kukazibuthe, ukungabonakali kwe-radar, ukungabonakali kwamehlo noma ukwenza okwehlukile - okwenza umkhumbi uvikeleke ezimayini zikazibuthe. Ukuhlolwa kwenziwa, kwaveza imiphumela engathandeki kuphela. Ngemuva kwalokho, iphrojekthi - okuthiwa ibizwa nge- “Project Rainbow” - ikhanseliwe.

Kwenzekeni Ngempela Ngesikhathi Sokuzama kwePhiladelphia?

Amasethi amabili ahlukene emicimbi exakile akha “Isilingo saseFiladelphia.” Kokubili kuzungeza umgadli weNavy Destroyer, i-USS Eldridge, ngemicimbi eyenzeka ezinsukwini ezimbili ezihlukene ehlobo nasekwindla lika-1943.

Esivivinyweni sokuqala, indlela okusolakala ukuthi isetshenziswa ngokukhohlisa ugesi yavumela i-USS Eldridge ukuthi ingabonakali ngoJulayi 22, 1943, ePhiladelphia Naval Shipyard. Isilingo sesibili esasinamahemuhemu kwakuwukuthunyelwa kwezingcingo kanye nokuhamba isikhathi esincane (ngomkhumbi wathumela imizuzwana embalwa edlule) ye-USS Eldridge isuka ePhiladelphia Naval Shipyard iya eNorfolk, eVirginia, ngo-Okthoba 28, 1943.

Izinganekwane ezesabekayo zamatilosi aminyene namatilosi anamathele ngaphakathi kwensimbi ye-USS Eldridge imvamisa ihambisana nalokhu kuhlolwa, lapho i-USS Eldrige iphinde ivele ngemuva kwemizuzwana emanzini azungeze iPhiladelphia. Ukukhumbula imicimbi ezungeze Isilingo se-Philadelphia sesibili imvamisa kufaka umkhumbi wezokuthutha imithwalo kanye namabutho, i-SS Andrew Furuseth. Isilingo sesilingo sesibili sithi labo abasemkhunjini u-Andrew Furuseth babuke i-USS Eldridge kanye nabasebenzi njengoba bethumela eNorfolk isikhashana ngaphambi kokuba umkhumbi ubuyele emanzini asePhiladelphia.

Ngaphambi maphakathi nawo-1950, akukho mahemuhemu omsebenzi omangazayo azungeze noma yikuphi ukuhlolwa kwe-teleportation noma ukungabonakali eNyakatho Melika phakathi nawo-1940, ingasaphathwa eyendawo ezungeze iPhiladelphia.

UCarl Meredith Allen, esebenzisa igama elaziwa ngokuthi uCarlos Miguel Allende, uthumele uchungechunge lwezincwadi kusazi sezinkanyezi nomlobi uMorris K. Jessup. UJessup wabhala izincwadi eziningana zokuqala ze-UFO kufaka phakathi ngempumelelo iCase For The UFO. U-Allen uthi ubekwi-SS Andrew Furuseth ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwesibili, wabona i-USS Eldridge iqhuma emanzini aseNorfolk futhi inyamalala ngokushesha emoyeni omncane.

UCarl Allen akabunikanga bufakazi bokuqinisekisa lokho athi wayekufakaza ngo-Okthoba 28, 1943. Wawuthola umqondo kaMorris Jessup, owaqala ukusekela umbono ka-Allen we-Philadelphia Experiment. UJessup, nokho, ushone eminyakeni emine ngemuva kokuxhumana kwakhe okokuqala no-Allen ngenxa yokuzibulala.

Ukuhambisa umkhumbi onesisindo samathani ayizinkulungwane eziningana kushiya umzila wephepha ongenakugwemeka. Ngosuku lwePiladelphia "Ukungabonakali" Isivivinyo, ngoJulayi 22, 1943, i-USS Eldridge kwakungakafanele ithunyelwe. I-USS Eldridge ichithe usuku lwezinsolo zokuhlolwa kwe-teleportation, ngo-Okthoba 28, 1943, ngokuphepha ngaphakathi ethekwini laseNew York, ilinde ukuhambisa udwendwe lwasolwandle oluya eCasablanca. I-SS Andrew Norfolk yachitha u-Okthoba 28, 1943, inqamula i-Atlantic Ocean ibheke ethekwini laseMedithera i-Oran, yaqhubeka nokuhlambalaza ukuphawula kukaCarl Allen.

Futhi ekuqaleni kwawo-1940, uMbutho Wezempi Wempi wenza izivivinyo zokwenza imikhumbi yasolwandle “ingabonakali” eFiladelphia Naval Shipyards, kodwa ngendlela ehlukile nangeqoqo elihluke ngokuphelele lemiphumela oyifunayo.

Kulezi zivivinyo, abacwaningi basebenzisa amandla kagesi ngamakhulu amamitha wentambo kagesi ezungeze isikebhe somkhumbi ukuze babone ukuthi bangayenza yini imikhumbi "ingabonakali" ezimanzini zamanzi nezingaphezulu. IJalimane yasebenzisa izimayini zikazibuthe ezinkundleni zemidlalo yaseshashalazini zasolwandle - izimayini ezazizongena esikhunjeni sensimbi semikhumbi njengoba zazisondela. Ngokomqondo, lolu hlelo luzokwenza imikhumbi ingabonakali kumandla kazibuthe ezimayini.

Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisikhombisa kamuva, sishiywe ngaphandle kobufakazi obunokwethenjelwa beSilingo (s) sePhiladelphia, kepha amahemuhemu ayaqhubeka. Uma ungakaqiniseki, cabanga ngesimo ngombono ohlukile. Asikho isigameko, noma ngabe sinjani isimo esesabekayo, esingavimba ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe bezokuxhumana ngocingo uma amasosha ekholelwa ukuthi kungenzeka. Isisetshenziswa esinjalo sizoba yisikhali esibaluleke kakhulu empini nomgogodla wezimboni eziningi zezentengiselwano, kepha emashumini eminyaka kamuva, i-teleportation isafakwe emkhakheni wezindaba eziqanjiwe zesayensi.

Ngo-1951, i-United States yadlulisela i-Eldrige ezweni laseGrisi. IGrisi yabhabhadisa umkhumbi i-HS Leon, isebenzisa lo mkhumbi ekusebenzeni ngokuhlanganyela kwe-US phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi. I-USS Eldridge yahlangabezana nesiphetho esingahlonipheki, lapho umkhumbi owawususuliwe wathengiselwa inkampani yamaGrisi njengemfucumfucu ngemuva kwensizakalo yeminyaka engamashumi amahlanu.

Ngo-1999, amalungu ayishumi nanhlanu e-USS Eldridge crew abamba ukuhlangana e-Atlantic City, omakadebona bekhala ngamashumi eminyaka okubuzwa okuzungeze umkhumbi ababesebenza kuwo.