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Jessup authored 'The Case for the UFO' (1955), a speculative work onto which Allen grafted the Philadelphia Experiment narrative through handwritten marginalia. Jessup received Allen's annotated letters and the annotated copy of his book was ultimately forwarded to the Office of Naval Research.
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Jessup's book 'The Case for the UFO' contains no reference to the Philadelphia Experiment, naval invisibility, or the USS Eldridge; the experiment narrative was entirely grafted onto his text by Allen's annotations.
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Born
March 20, 1900 · Rockville, Indiana, USA
Died
April 20, 1959
Nationality
American