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Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-09-18

Books mentioned on SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?

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The Philadelphia Experiment is a bad movie from the 1980s, and also the conspiracy theory that refuses to die, despite virtually zero evidence of its occurrence. Learn all about this strange non-event in today's show.

Josh Clark discussed The Case for the UFO: Unidentified Flying Objects by M. Jessup. Also mentioned: The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility by William Moore and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Case for the UFO: Unidentified Flying Objects

    M. Jessup · at 16:52 · mentioned 3 times

    Discussed
    “Allende sent a letter and he would go on to send about 50 more letters to an author named Morris Jessup who wrote a book a year earlier called The Case for the UFO.”
    Josh Clark SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment? 2026-09-18
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility

    William Moore; Charles Berlitz · at 45:46

    Discussed
    “there was a book in 1979 and it was called the Philadelphia Experiment colon Project Invisibility and it was reprinted in excerpts in papers around the country as fact or non-fiction in 1979”
    Speaker SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment? 2026-09-18
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible
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