Conducted in 1943, the experiment employed a Piece of Eden in an attempt to either render the USS Eldridge, a Cannon-class destroyer escort, invisible or transform it into a vessel for time travel. The latter proved marginally successful, as the ship manifested itself in a future state for approximately 18 minutes, but the Piece of Eden was severely damaged in the process. On September 7, 2012, the CEO of Abstergo Industries, Alan Rikkin, sent an email to Warren Vidic summarizing their findings on various artifacts, which included the one used as part of the Philadelphia Project.