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"Interested to discover whether these early deguassing experiments may in fact have been forerunners of the far more complicated Philadelphia Experiment, Moore attempted an investigative ploy with another scientist known to have been heavily involved in the Navy's early deguassing efforts [confirmed as being Townsend Brown by the Townsend Brown family-ed.]. Having previously written a brief account of that scientist's life as part of a projected magazine article [Wizard of Electrogravity, 1978-ed.], he hit upon the idea of trying to determine whether he knew anything about Allende's ship experiment by arranging to have him edit and approve a draft of that article, and then loading the draft with a specially prepared paragraph before submitting it to him. Thus the draft manuscript which he recieved [confirmed by the Townsend Brown family-ed.] contained the following 'planted' paragraph... ...The object of this , of course, was to observe this man's reaction to the planted material by watching what he did with it in the editing process. The surprise came with the return of the edited document. As requested the scientist had indeed penciled in numerous suggestions, corrections, additions, and delletions...but had allowed to stand without change or comment the entire test paragraph !... ...The cover letter letter which came with the manuscript seemed to clinch it. "As to the draft of your article," it said, the information "appears to be essentially correct [ed.]."Interestingly enough, quoting from a reliable source assigned as an escort to Townsend Brown for a number of years off and on from the 1940's through 1980's:
"Dr. Brown was an accurate speller and an excellent wordsmith. His penmanship, if you have a chance to notice it, was controlled and elegant. I personally have experienced his " proofreading skills" and his abundant use of a red pen to correct mistakes, and I made plenty and still do. The phrase he used to use with me was that my report was "substantially correct [ed.]" (which was his code phrase meaning that there was a hole in the report big enough to drive a truck through. "Substantially correct "for him was not good enough and if you thought that was a phrase used as a compliment you were WAY off base)."This information casts significant doubt on the reliability of the included chapter and book as a whole. Although "The Philadelphia Experiment" was one of the first books to investigate the TPX, the legend really began with one man, Mr. Carl(os) Miguel (Merideth) Allen(de), a sailor claiming to have been on an accompanying ship, the S.S. Andrew Furuseth, during one experimental attempt. If anything is to be made of the legend, it seems reasonable to go back to the original source. Qualight Systems does not take any official position on the existence or non-existence of the TPX, and any potential scientific aspects of such an experiment seem to be clouded by the legend that has grown up around it. The following are a few of the voluminous letters sent to Mr. William Moore by Mr. Carlos Allende during the 1970's.
Relevant Documents:
Additional documents by Mr. Carlos Allende can be found in the University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center repository. The Carlos Allende Papers,
created by Mr. Carlos Allende, covers 1943-1994 (bulk 1957-1984), contains the following documentation as described at the
Rocky Mountain Online Archive:
"The collection contains correspondence and other materials on theories of interstellar travel and UFOs compiled by Carlos Allende, who claimed to have witnessed the "Philadelphia Experiment" of 1943."
Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library, Gray Barker Collection:
The Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library, located in Clarksburg, West Virginia, has been kind enough to allow us
to present a number of documents from the Gray Barker Collection. Gray Barker, the legendary UFO writer and publisher, was a
Braxton County native and for many years a Clarksburg resident.
The Gray Barker Collection is open to the public and their website with location, hours, and contact information can be
found here.
Please note that some of the documents below may be under copyright by the Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library.
Mr. Carlos (Carl) Allende Correspondence:
General Correspondence:
Official Correspondence:
General Documentation:
The documents above were scanned onsite by the Quonset Hut Forum
member known as Pladuim, who wishes to remain anonymous at this time. We are grateful for the significant time Pladuim has
put into researching, sorting and scanning documents for this project.
