The Allende Letters

This document is a blog post written by Kevin D. Randle on July 5, 2009, detailing his investigation into the 'Allende Letters' and the associated legend of the Philadelphia Experiment. The narrative begins with the story of Morris K. Jessup, author of 'The Case for the UFO,' who received annotated copies of his book from three mysterious individuals. These annotations and subsequent letters suggested that the U.S. Navy had successfully teleported a ship, the USS Eldridge, during World War II using Einstein’s Unified Field Theory, resulting in severe side effects for the crew. Randle recounts his own efforts in the early 1970s to obtain a copy of the annotated book from the Navy. He contacted the Office of Naval Research and was directed to Sidney Sherby at Varo Manufacturing. Sherby informed Randle that the Navy had no interest in the letters or the annotated book, and that any investigation conducted by officers like Sherby and George Hoover was not officially Navy-sponsored. This revelation, according to Randle, undermined the credibility of the Allende Letters. The document further explores the history of the hoax, noting that Carlos Allende (also known as Carl Allen) later claimed the story was a fabrication, though he later retracted this, blaming the CIA for coercing his confession. Researcher Robert A. Goerman later investigated Allende’s family and concluded the entire saga was a hoax, noting that Allende had a habit of annotating everything he touched. Randle also addresses a newspaper clipping allegedly corroborating a tavern brawl involving the teleported sailors, dismissing it as lacking provenance and being an anonymous, undated, and unverified piece of evidence. Finally, Randle discusses Jacques Vallee’s analysis in the 'Journal of Scientific Exploration,' which included the testimony of Edward Dudgeon regarding the USS Engstrom. Randle rejects Dudgeon’s claims, citing Navy logbooks that place the Eldridge elsewhere during the alleged experiment, and reiterates that there is no evidence to support the occurrence of the experiment.