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) 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,: 300–301  something he confessed to several times over the years, then recanted, then confessed to again.

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