Time travelling is very common… in science fiction movies. The concept, as of yet, has not been perfected, researched or even considered possible by modern-day scientists but a man named Al Bielek is changing all that.
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The self-proclaimed time traveller was the bud of jokes until he started listing accurate dates of future events did people finally take him seriously. Read on to learn about his theory on government experiments and what it means for the rest of us.
The Philadelphia Experiment
Al Bielek claims all started and ended during World war II. This was a time when the allies were desperate to outsmart the Germans and the United States, in particular, began experimenting with ways to hide their submarines from radar.
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The Philadelphia Experiment was done aboard the USS Eldridge and all theories under the sun were considered and yes, even time travel. While officially nothing came out of it. Bielek claims that in reality, things were/are very different.
His Claims
The 61-year-old man not only claims that the United States government figured out how to time travel but went to extreme methods to prevent him from never speaking about it. He claims that he has time travelled several times.
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But to find any real weight in any of these statements, we have to look back at Al Bielek’s life. Born in 1927 to an average family, Al had a normal life or at least that is what it seemed from the outside.
A Look-Back
Al Bielek, however, recounts his childhood very differently. He claims that ever since he was a baby he was able to fully comprehend and understand the human conversation and could even recall specific memories from before he could walk.
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Things only got worst as he grew up. The young Bielek was self-conscious about his “abilities” and was often mocked for being a “walking encyclopedia” by his classmates. He always felt out of place.
The Movie
He lived his life quietly and without much to talk about but all this changed when he went to go see a movie in 1988. The Philadelphia Experiment, a sci-fi film based on the World War II government experiment of the same name.
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The film was like a blast from the past for Bielek. He was speechless, it wasn’t like he was seeing a film but more so, his own life reflected back at him. He had never felt this way before and knew that somehow his life was connected to the USS Eldridge.
The Real Truth
In the film, the USS Eldridge goes invisible for a split second after an army experiment goes wrong. This is vastly different from reality but not for Bielek. He felt it in his bones that the movie was far closer to the truth that the government would like to admit!
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And he was going to figure out a way to prove that. After the movie, it was like a flood gate had opened inside of him. He started having flashbacks from his “old life” and used New Age Methods of memory retrieval to understand them.
His Real Identity
During one of these sessions, he came to a deep realization. His real name wasn’t Al Bielek, it was Edward Cameron and he was born in 1916. He claimed that he had a brother, Duncan Cameron.
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And both of them had been drafted into the United States Navy in 1939. They grew amongst the ranks and finally, in 1943 had landed themselves on the fated USS Eldridge, a ship that was about to change their lives forever.
The First Time Jump
Just like the movie, he claimed that the ship did manage to disappear in real life but as it was happening the brothers in panic tried to jump off the ship. But doing this left them suspended in time and space.
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When they woke up, they were covered in radiation burns and were surrounded by doctors and army personals. At first, they had thought everything was normal until they realized they were in the year 2137!
A Strange Future
The brothers had time travelled 194 years into the future and had no idea what to do. Al Bielek or Edward Cameron should we say with his brother Duncan were left stranded in the future with no way to go home.
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He recounted how he had seen a map of the United States Of America and saw that the Southeast and West Coasts were completed submerged in water and Atlanta on the coast.
The Next Stop
The brothers spent most of their time recovering and being asked questions about the past but before they could learn more, just six weeks after their first “jump”, the brothers began to time travel again!
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This time they landed in the year 2749. 806 years in the future now, life in that time was nothing they could have imagined. The human race was unrecognisable to them and Artificial Intelligence seemed to rule the world.
New Medical Treatment
James/Bielek and his brother were transported to a hospital in 2749 where their injuries, which had healed a lot were completely cured with “advanced surgical materials” and “vibrational and light treatment therapies.”
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With both of them healthy, the brothers found employment and tried to make the most of their sudden time travel. James/Bielek said he became a tour guide in the 28th century for the next two years!
New Rulers
And if James/Bielek’s story weren’t crazy enough. He recounted how the world was being ruled by a synthetic computer system shaped like a giant crystal ball. This “ball” had the ability to control humans!
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It also could telepathically send messages to everything alive, human and computer, around the globe – instructing everyone on how to live. James/Bielek declared that in the future, democracy was all but extinct and there was no government as we see it today.
Human Race
In his two years living in the future, he also found out the destructive history of the world. He claimed that the human race had caused itself to be shrunk from 7.1 billion down to no more than 300 million.
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The human loss wasn’t because of Artificial Intelligence but due to the several world wars which were fought against nuclear-powered nations. He claimed that Russia and China were glorified ruins and that the United States and Europe were mortal enemies and had fought many wars.
Floating Cities
Sounds like the plot of the next Star Wars movie to our ears but there is more. So much more. James/Bielek said that things were pretty dire in the future but one thing he enjoyed was Anti-Gravity Technology.
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Apparently, The United States had floating cities which were 2 miles above the ground. The floating cities actually travelled around the globe and things such as “borders” were not understood in 2749.
A Strange World
While some people still lived on the ground, these were lower-class citizens who were very poor and most preferred to live in the sky to avoid the flooding and unpredictable weather. He also mentioned that Florida had been destroyed and was underwater.
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Of course, again everything was controlled by computers but before James/Bielek could learn more about this new strange world he and his brother again time travelled to a new year.
New Year
The brother’s blacked out again and this time woke up in 1983. 40 years into the future but unlike the rest of the “jumps” where no one seemed to bother them with much and allowed them to live their own lives, this year was going to be different.
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And also their last year. The brothers didn’t wake up in a hospital but inside a secure government facility with high ranking military members. They were forced to disclose all that they knew about the future and what had happened there.
Last Mission
After intense debriefing, the brothers were sworn to keep their mouth’s shut or else they would be executed. Apparently, the U.S.A’s military did not want anyone to know that time travel was possible.
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And to ensure that the brothers would stay quiet, they decided to undergo one last risky experiment. The government transported James into Al Bielek’s body. This meant that he had forgotten all his old memories and the slate would be “wiped clean”
His Brother
The same fate was meant for his brother Duncan but according to James, something went wrong and rather than being born into someone else’s body, he aged rapidly to the point that he didn’t survive the journey.
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James/Bielek had a lot more to say about his past and future and at the 1990 Mutual UFO Network Conference (MUFON) in Texas, Bielek recounted everything in front of a live audience.
Their Reaction
As you can imagine, the conference attendees were of a sympathetic nature to James/Bielek wild stories and revered his tales and knowledge. Many instantly believed him while others weren’t so sure.
Some parts of James/Bielek life story was so bizarre that it did feel like it was made up but there was something about the man which had captivated the audience. He had a ghostly aura around him which made people WANT to believe him.
Government’s Response
James/Bielek warns his followers to not trust technology and the government. He condemns all military surveillance and urges everyone to live as simple a life as they can to protect themselves.
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But what does the government have to say about James/Bielek’s opinions? Well, nothing. It seems officials have much better things to do than to give credence to James/Bielek’s time travelling stories.
The Truth
While we may never know if what James/Bielek experienced is the truth. We do have to admit that, Global Warming is real and with more and more reports predicting sea levels rising it isn’t that far fetched to believe that parts of the United States will disappear.
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But this conclusion is one which is obvious to make and gives no weight to James/Bielek’s claims that it is proof that he has seen the future. But without any real proof, the man has become a known icon amongst Conspiracy Theorists around the world.