Carl Meredith Allen

Carl Meredith Allen
BornMay 31, 1925
Springdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 5, 1994(1994-03-05) (aged 68)
Greeley, Colorado, U.S.
Other names
  • Carlos Miguel Allende
  • Carlos Miguel Christofero Allende
  • Karl Merditt Allenstein
OccupationMerchant marine

Carl Meredith Allen (1925–1994)[1] was an American merchant mariner who claimed that during World War II he witnessed the "Philadelphia Experiment", a supposed paranormal event where the United States Navy made a ship invisible and accidentally teleported it through space. The story is widely understood to be a hoax perpetrated by Allen,[2][3]: 300–301 [4] something he confessed to several times over the years, then recanted, then confessed to again.[5]

  1. ^ Starfire Tor, The Philadelphia Experiment Hoax, Biographies and Photo Gallery, starfiretor.com
  2. ^ Carroll, Robert Todd (November 21, 2015). "Philadelphia experiment". The Skeptic's Dictionary. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Dash, Mike (2000) [1997]. Borderlands. Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press. ISBN 978-0-87951-724-3. OCLC 41932447.
  4. ^ Adams, Cecil (October 23, 1987). "Did the U.S. Navy teleport ships in the Philadelphia Experiment?". The Straight Dope. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Starfire Tor, The Philadelphia Experiment Hoax, Biographies and Photo Gallery, starfiretor.com