1941 was based on the Battle of Los Angeles in which US anti-aircraft guns fired on what was thought to be a Japanese air attack on Los Angeles in February, 1942. The military later attributed the Japanese bombers to really being a US weather balloon.
THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT was based on the urban legend that in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, the Navy tried to make the destroyer escort USS Eldridge stealthy by using massive amounts of electricity which caused the ship to be enveloped in a bluish-green light and then vanish and reappear in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and then reappear again back in Philadelphia. Supposedly, some of the warship's crew were driven insane and others had their bodies fused within the warship itself. The experiment was later found to be a hoax by ex-merchant marine Carl M. Allen, a known prankster.
In 1941, Nancy Allen played Donna Stratton and Bobby Di Cicco played Wally Stephens.
1941 was based on the Battle of Los Angeles where US anti-aircraft guns fired on Japanese bombers that turned out to be a US weather balloon.
In THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT, Allen played Allison Hayes and Di Cicco played USS Eldridge crewman Jim Parker.
THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT was based on the urban legend that in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, the Navy tried to make the destroyer escort USS Eldridge stealthy by using massive amounts of electricity which caused the ship to be enveloped in a bluish-green light and then vanish and reappear in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and then reappear again back in Philadelphia.
