Marla Blakney’s fifth-grade classroom is the front line in the nation’s largest experiment in privately run public schools. And on a muggy fall morning in Room 308 at Harrity Elementary School, the ...

Back in October 1943, a merchant seaman named Carl M. Allen allegedly witnessed something remarkable. The so-called "Philadelphia Experiment" is the story of how the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Eldridge ...

Much has been made of unidentified flying objects over the years, including a testimony before Congress last year. But what about unusual floating objects? One supposed supernatural event focuses on ...

Schoolkids aren’t the only ones in Philadelphia praying for a good report card this month. Last fall, with most of the city’s students testing well below state averages in reading and math, ...

For decades, stories about invisible warships have captured public imagination. One of the most famous is the so-called Philadelphia Experiment of 1943, a legend that claims the US Navy made a ship ...

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The story goes like this: During World War II, the Navy was experimenting with making a cannon-class destroyer escort invisible. The tale focuses on two occasions: Once, the USS Eldridge was rendered ...