July 22, 1943
On the date of July 22,1943 the first tests had begun. Dr. Franklin Reno had got together with a group of military officers and a Navy destroyer, the USS Eldrige with its crew out in the ship yards of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The crew wre told that it would be just a simple weapons test. Tesla Coils were attached to the front, back, and each side of the ship that would generate the "cloak". When the equipment was turned on a greenish fog started to appear around the vessel. As time carried out the greenish fog grew more thick and harder to see through. Dr. Franklin Reno stopped the test believing it was successful to a limited degree. The crew that were on the ship complained of sever head aches and mental sickness. The project was stopped, the Navy deciding to make the ship invisible to radar, not the human eye because of the crews complaints.
Naval crew of the USS Eldrige