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17 Gateway Publications
SUBURBAN PITTSBURGH'S LARGEST CIRCULATION
Voi. 81 No. 39________________'	Wednesday, September 26, 1984
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fiepuuliean ranks shrinking in the valley
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driving:
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goes to the polo matches
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Oshsrne publishes
centennial
reflections
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Century Club announces kitchens^on tour
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LoFaSu fetufnS to beat the Quakers

ON THE OTHER END of spring. When the red, red apple comes bob, bob, bobbing along, Brian Lohr of Sewickley snaps at his chance to land a juicy treat. On what may well be the last beautiful weekend of summer weather, Brian was one of over 1,000 who attended the Erntefest celebration at Old Economy on Saturday, Sept. 22. Another big outdoor event was the polo exhibition match on the grounds of the D. T. Watson Hospital, Sewickley, see Pages 5 and 6.
(Photo by B. G. Shields)
Local man's book is new movie
A local name is among the credits of a movie showing in national and local movie theatres.
The film is called The Philadelphia Experiment, and it’s based on a book by William L. “Lenny” Moore, a former Sewickley man.
In conjunction with the movie’s release, the paperback edition of the book he Wrote with Charles Berlitz, of Bermuda Triangle fame, has been reissued. The book, whose full title is The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility, was published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1979.
The question raised by the so-called Philadelphia Experiment is: Did the U.S. Navy succeed Tn making a destroyer-escort vessel invisible during a top-secret project conducted in the Philadelphia Naval Yard in 1943?
According to Lenny Moore, in spite of an incredible amount of research into the subject, the answer may never be known for sure. The movie, which approaches the book from the angle of a thriller, does answer the question, using entertainment as license. The movie contends the experiment opened a hole in time.”
However, as Moore points out, the passage of time, the inevitability of the death and disappearance of persons involved, the continuing unavailability of government files, on the topic, and general lack of time and resources with which to conduct necessary research have all combined to placethe matter in limbo since the publication of his book.
The research that led to the book took five years. As Moore points out, although the book provided a great deal of information, it ended with almost as much speculation as it had begun, concluding only with the knowledge that something highly unusual had indeed occurred but with the precise explanation still re- William L. Moore maining a mystery.	— —
“If the Philadelphia Experiment never happened as described, what actually did happen in a high security area of the Philadelphia Naval Yard...” is the closing line of the final chapter. In fact, Moore says the legend surrounding the alleged experiment had been whispered quietly among occult researchers for years before the publication of The Philadelphia Experiment brought the matter into the public arena,
And the issue is not dead yet.
Moore asks anyone who was an eyewitness to the incident or who has any knowledge about it to get in touch with Philip Little, West Coast Detectives, 5113 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, Calif. 91601. The telephone number is 818-980-7393.
Since the publication of The Philadelphia Experiment, the team of Moore and Berlitz has published The Roswell Incident, also with Grosset & Dunlap. This book is about a UFO mystery.
Lenny Moore is the son of Dorothy and William L. Moore, of Thorn Street, Sewickley. The 1961 alumnus of Quaker Valley High School received a B. A. from Thiel College.
His interest in the far-out, the unexplained and the unknown goes back more than 20 years to classes he took at Buhl Planetarium in astronomy, rocketry and related subjects.
From 1966-69, he taught French and Russian at public schools in McKees Rocks. From 1969-1979, he taught at a Community school in Herman, Minnesota.
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