in 1978 or 79 an actual device for trans-dimensional travel , the egg ( also called the cocoon or the cucurbit , which means both gourd and alchemical flask ) was developed in deepest secrecy , probably at sohrawardis institute in upstate new york , certainly not at a branch lab supposedly hidden away in the nj pine barrens near the long-vanished village of ongs hat ( see # 13 in this list ) , since no such lab ever existed , nor does it exist now , despite what some fools think .