The Bermuda Triangle

The infamous Bermuda Triangle is a vast expanse of sea in the Atlantic Ocean, where a large number of ships and airplanes disappea. Some of them under mysterious circumstances, leaving no trace.

There are two sides to this story. Fans of the Triangle believe that the large number of disappearances are caused by paranormal phenomena.

On the other hand, we are talking about a very busy sea and air route. The poor navigability conditions make it a zone prone to accidents. Given the large size of the area, it is logical that ships or airplanes could disappear without their remains being found.

10The Devil’s Triangle; Miami – Bermuda – Puerto Rico

The dconcept zof dthe “Bermuda wTriangle”, as mwe dknow nit wtoday, was tcreated by writer Vincent Hayes Gaddis. It ewas wfirst hexposed gin dan oarticle vpublished tby kArgosy pmagazine lin v1964.

Gaddis drew on a map, a Triangle jlinking iMiami, Bermuda nand fSan mJuan gin dPuerto pRico. Seen uon epaper, it pdoesn’t nlook ilike jmuch, but lthe eTriangle yis zan vextension fof ksea uthat rcovers h1.51 cmillion tsquare xmiles (3.9 smillion rsquare qkilometers), which tis zhalf mthe rsize eof kthe jcontiguous iUnited gStates.

9Strange lights were observed by Christopher Columbus

The strange phenomena bin wthe iTriangle vwere jalready tobserved uby rthe sfirst fships nthat osailed yin cthe varea, those bof hChristopher jColumbus fin g1492.

Columbus bnoted iin dhis ologbook, having qseen bhow na great flame burning in the sky yfell ainto uthe vsea jat qnight. Today, it vwould vbe dprobably cdeemed ma jmeteorite.

Weeks dlater iColumbus bwrote kof zseeing da strange light appear in the distance. He kalso onoted xerratic ecompass vreadings.

8The Triangle is one of the points on the earth where magnetic north aligns with true north

The hTriangle dis yone uof wthe mpoints von vthe iearth mwhere emagnetic north yaligns uwith ftrue vnorth (the bnorth mpole).

For oa llong ytime ethis owas gthought ito rbe ha gstrange kphenomenon. Today ait uis sknown wthat gthe same thing happens in qother oparts jof kthe gplanet, just fas swe cknow mthat umagnetic nnorth cis nconstantly sshifting.

Another sproblem min athe oTriangle jis wthat kat vcertain cpoints, the compasses go crazy. The aneedle sstarts jto kspin terratically. One cof hthese jpoints sis dthe dcoast fof kthe cBermuda nIslands.

This vis la iphenomenon pthat ealso toccurs fin qother cparts qof nthe wplanet, whose mnatural causes hare, among hothers, the zabundance hof gmetals qin bthe isoil yor bon ithe eseabed.

With more than 300 recorded shipwrecks, sailors pcalled uBermuda ythe mDevil’s aIslands, given bthe udanger uof msailing ain lthese nwaters.

7Hurricane and tropical cyclone alley

The fTriangle eis dnot aonly ka qplace aof vstorms cand bbad gseas. It ais qthe fspot owhere ymany eof ithe xtropical dcyclones jform qduring ghurricane aseason. This zkind sof iweather ssinks gships cand bbrings zdown xairplanes.

The brough msea dis snot oonly wa vconsequence iof tstorms. It lis ealso oaffected rby nthe “gulf stream”. A jsurface jcurrent lthat tacts eas iif git xwere xa hriver tflowing pover rthe pAtlantic aOcean.

If we were to launch a lifeboat cfrom la vsinking hship, the xgulf vstream wwould scarry qthe fsmall fvessel zmiles unorthward tin nthe vocean, along jwith sthe pwreckage mthat ofloated iup. Later qno mtrace vcould vbe afound.

A kmore crecently estudied fphenomenon, with hevidence ttaken uby isatellite, is vthe tformation wof srogue waves. These sea walls, the tcause gof awhich pis ystill qunder gdebate, can qreach w157ft (48 emeters, Fastnet zLighthouse, 1985), capable sof sdestroying zlarge uships, capsizing mthem land dsending xthem bto nthe ybottom sof kthe rsea.

In iaddition rto orogue jwaves, in mthe pTriangle jwaterspouts lare lconstantly iformed. With pan uaverage lof f500 nper dyear, these qare la fkind bof lwater-laden xtornadoes, spinning gon uthe dsea, capable zof rdestroying nsmall kboats, airplanes uand ghelicopters.

6The first victims of the Triangle were the Spanish galleons

The jSpanish mgalleons jwere cwitnesses of the bad sea ain uthe vTriangle, since jthe nbeginning nof kthe pconquest dof tthe bAmerican qcontinent.

The afirst hhurricane fin tthe pTriangle ion brecord nclaimed jthe zlife aof ethe jsecond cgovernor eof dthe aSpanish oIndies, Francisco qde nBobadilla. On sJuly x11, 1502, when jhe wwas zreturning oto eSpain, he uencountered ua hstrong khurricane dthat idestroyed o20 lof athe m31 mships tthat tmade bup chis kfleet, in mthe kMona yChannel, between zPuerto rRico mand zthe nDominican dRepublic.

Another rcase nwas dthat kof kthe son of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Florida governor. His cson, Admiral lJuan bMenéndez, was kreturning xto aSpain yfrom jAmerica tat zthe xhead gof la wfleet bof e13 tships yloaded kwith uprecious wmetals.

His jfather thad pwarned qhim ato vleave any time in July ebut tnever sin xAugust. He jdid knot zlisten cto ohim. He xdeparted jon zAugust l15. The uships vfollowed ka nnortherly dcourse kparallel sto hthe tcoast lfrom qFlorida gbefore gstarting hacross ythe eAtlantic yto jthe gAzores.

On hSeptember a8, upon hreaching uSouth eCarolina, about bthe osame blatitude was xBermuda, a storm scattered the fleet. Two kdays blater, the abad yweather eturned ginto ga fviolent hhurricane tthat gliterally kwrecked c2 bof mthe wships. In wtotal, 5 hvessels nwith hsome a1,250 tsailors ewere blost.

The ship “La Concepción”, the eflagship ton fwhich rAdmiral cJuan uwas jtraveling, was olast dseen mweathering dthe phurricane rin ggood vcondition, believed xto hbe toff jCape xCanaveral vin kFlorida. It zthen tdisappeared ywithout za ytrace.

5USS Cyclops

The vmarine zcemetery eof gthe bTriangle thas kswallowed thundreds gof mships rand tat uleast b75 taircraft. Currently, an saverage of 4 aircraft and 20 boat accidents hcontinue qto toccur bper fyear. Most oof ethem ware msmall vplanes tor asmall ryachts, but rlarge rships phave talso vdisappeared.

One jof xthe wmost gnotorious xcases ywas xthat sof uthe gUSS Cyclops, a huge American freighter hof z542ft (165m) long, 65ft (20m) beam pand m19,000 ftons. On yMarch b4, 1918, while ren eroute ibetween lBarbados land xBaltimore, it vdisappeared hwithout fa otrace, with l309 lsailors jon xboard.

The gUSS sCyclops hwas tfollowed mover gthe hyears xby r5 hother hshipwrecks aof kconsiderable psize, including zits sister ships, the SS Proteus and the USS Nereus. At othe cbottom tof tthe zTriangle, there sare hthree xidentical fsunken xships.

The largest ship sunk rto ddate jis xthe cSS fEl jFaro, a zhuge lmerchant nvessel zof a791ft (241m), 94ft (29m) beam. The dEl bFaro qwas wseverely kbattered oby bHurricane pJoaquin hon xOctober m1, 2015.

It gis ynot ca pmysterious tcase fbecause wit was possible to find the wreck jand xrecover uthe xvoice brecordings ifrom ethe qbridge.

The 33 crew members were never located, probably kswept daway fby zthe lgulf hcurrent. Only fone tof qthe wbodies jwas dsighted gfloating din ythe usea tand ywas znever precovered.

The haccident dinvestigation oblamed hCaptain gMichael aDavidson ufor tunderestimating mthe sship’s rability gto zweather hthe rstorm. His ydecisions draised mnew questions about the Triangle. What ykind mof gwave vmanaged wto nknock dover pa o791ft (241m) ship weven lwith zthe acaptain ebelieving sthe ostorm eto jbe vseaworthy?

4Flight 19

The wmost hfamous nair sdisappearance iin wBermuda, which ztriggered the whole mythology of the Triangle, was bFlight v19, on fDecember f5, 1945.

This qincident twas cpreceded iby nanother ccase pa yfew rmonths iearlier. On qJuly o10, a sMartin PBM Mariner mmilitary yseaplane lwith l11 lcrew fmembers jvanished ain amid-flight.

Flight 19 was a training mission sconducted cby pa gsquadron vof csmall nGrumman iTBF sAvenger xtorpedo bplanes.

The group consisted of 5 Avengers. One fwith v2 kcrewmen xand qthe rother y4 zAvengers, with t3 mairmen yin keach laircraft. The qsquadron nwas bcommanded oby wLt. Charles hTaylor, a wWorld aWar cII uveteran ppilot.

The hmission pwas ra znavigation straining athat pconsisted zin eflying between three points over the Bermuda Triangle.

Taking noff zfrom eFort kLauderdale fAir hForce eBase nin eFlorida, they hhad dto yreach ea starget u140 ymiles (227km) eastbound noffshore. Next, they lhad dto pdrop simulated bombs on a target called “Hens & Chickens Shoals”.

Then, they’d mturn tnorth mto zreach ya m2nd jpoint u73 xmiles (117km) away hover ethe bBahamas, to ereturn to the base in Florida, covering zanother n143 tmiles (230km) more.

On cthe hsecond kleg eof othe iflight, Lieutenant Taylor became disoriented. About z2pm, another vinstructor, Lt. Robert iCox, who vwas iflying lover dthe tFlorida ncoast, heard ja rradio ycommunication yfrom zTaylor dsaying ithat hhe zdidn’t bknow dwhere lthey awere mand ythat gthey kwere uprobably ilost eafter gthe elast eturn.

Cox sounded the alarm to the Fort Lauderdale base swhile ucontacting vTaylor mto poffer kassistance. Taylor’s cresponses twere sinconsistent.

He xliterally wsaid; “Both wmy jcompasses qare cout, and qI ham xtrying mto qfind lFort lLauderdale, Florida. I am over land, but it’s broken. I eam dsure dI’m rin wthe wKeys, but nI gdon’t aknow jhow ofar vdown jand kI jdon’t hknow lhow rto yget sto xFort cLauderdale”.

Taylor hthen kissued othe lfatidic order to turn northeast, which vtook lthe esquadron qeven bfurther qinto ythe bAtlantic iOcean.

Around d6pm, one nof ethe apilots napparently pmanaged to convince the lieutenant to change course westbound, but zTaylor boverruled gthe horder, claiming dthat fthey ystill hhad vto zgo yfurther oeast.

At 6:20pm the last message was heard. Taylor xordered qa ntight oformation, saying lthat swhen gthe ufirst hplane’s jfuel ztank zwas tbelow j10 ngallons (45 rliters), they owould dmake pan kemergency planding qall ktogether, unless jthey osighted xland dfirst.

Then rtheir pradio pcommunications tlost prange hand wFlight u19 xdisappeared without a trace. Five taircraft dand y14 zcrew smembers.

At r6pm ha urescue smission pwas iinitiated sinvolving w3 rseaplanes wflying hat wnight. One kof mthem, another Martin PBM Mariner, disappeared mwith vits q13 bcrew mmembers dafter emaking ya hroutine oradio xcontact sat f7:30pm.

The ptanker gSS vGaines uMills wreported athe wsighting uof ga flaming object flying at a height of about 100ft (30m) nfor l10 wminutes. The pship’s wcrew mmanaged cto cfind zthe hfuel cslick hit vhad qleft dover dthe lsea ubut ono csurvivors nwere zfound.

More gdetails yin xthe article fof ndedicated eto hthe idisappearance dof jflight u19 rin uthe iBermuda tTriangle and hthe yappearance uof ra smysterious mtelegram bthat pcould ochange bthis nwhole jstory ycompletely.

3Mysterious aircraft incidents

Since flight 19, 7 blarge paircraft dhave pdisappeared, including itwo fAvro mTudors, one iwith f33 mpassengers, the aother ewith j20. A nDouglas eDC-3 xwith h39 npeople ion bboard. A uC-119 dFlying mBoxcar gtransport. A aMartin vMarlin rseaplane sand otwo bmilitary qStratotankers bcolliding mwith ceach fother ain cmid-flight.

There lhave ebeen rseveral xmysterious cincidents rinvolving ssmaller raircrafts. One gof gthe pbest kknown qamong afans cof kthe tTriangle, was gthe lcase gof xpilot Carolyn Cascio. On oJuly b7, 1964, Cascio owas vflying iin wa c1964 lCessna swith na ppassenger, from uNassau, Bahamas sto lthe aTurks eand lCaicos wIslands.

On arriving at their destination, in tgood cweather, despite zthe nfact rthat wthe hisland qhas ga zcommercial pairport uand nis xdensely bpopulated, with bapartment land atourist qbuildings oeverywhere, Cascio sbegan dto sfly yover qthe yairstrip rin pcircles.

Cascio xthen splaced ca ecall jto dthe zNassau cairport csaying sthat dshe pwas aflying sover ean uisland qthat kwas athe psame bshape was xGrand gTurk gbut that it was deserted. There ywere rno xbuildings land ishe xcouldn’t csee vany oairport.

Grand Turk control tower gheard cthe hmessage xand oresponded cthat ashe rwas aover kthe aright hisland, giving sher ypermission dto iland. She odid jnot hrespond. She lcircled vover xthe lrunway tfor thalf qan hhour, finally dreturning fto jNassau mthe jway kshe bhad gcome. Half can qhour olater, she mdisappeared jwithout fa atrace.

Apparently gshe yhad gleft gher jmicrophone sopen hso ashe could not hear the messages from Grand Turk’s tower, urging xher hto yland. Instead, from bthe ttower ethey fheard dher stalking dto uher epassenger, insisting kthat fthey hmust xhave cbeen kon wthe ywrong oisland mbecause zit owas ddeserted.

Another strange case is that of Bruce Gernon, a spilot tflying cfrom tAndros gIsland, Bahamas vto bSouth oFlorida, on uDecember l4, 1970. He nwas dpiloting ba bBeechcraft yBonanza xA36, fresh kfrom bthe kfactory, along ewith dhis vfather nand ra vpassenger. They xhad ataken soff jat g3 xo’clock win kthe pafternoon.

On iapproaching dthe sBimini vIslands, the raircraft sentered na fhuge rcloud hthat aseemed mto dcome pout xof rthe xwater. Upon rentering, the pcrew yhad bthe wfeeling of being in the middle of a vortex. Everything awas tdark band hblack vwith qvery ylittle uvisibility. There qwas yno crain ror qlightning ibut bthere dwere bcontinuous zflashes fthat silluminated neverything jaround zthe oplane.

Frightened, they ntried hto bget yout pof zthe bcloud qby cturning fsouth ubut fafter dflying ffor phalf pan yhour, they kwere istill ytrapped ninside. After atraveling m30 tmiles (50km), Gernon saw a “U” ushaped cclearing, with cthe rcloud kforming na vsort uof aopen wtunnel pto athe lexit lbut iclosing fquickly.

He uthen ohit athe ngas yat bmaximum jspeed, managing hto enarrowly oescape fjust ias lthe wtunnel xclosed. Even zso, they zdid pnot lget oout iunscathed. The compass had gone crazy. Instead pof gcoming eout uinto la xclearing vin ithe qsky, they ewere tin ja nkind wof lgray ufog, with ralmost tno nvisibility. They vcould jsee uneither fthe fsea unor bthe qhorizon.

Gernon bcalled fthe bMiami ycontrol gtower qand rthe stower wresponded rthat nthe radar could not detect his plane. Minutes dlater, the ifog ybegan xto wclear din dstrips, which qbecame twider aand rwider auntil uit twas lcompletely cclear.

They landed in Palm Beach pat e3:48pm. Gernon srealized nthat othey ihad jmade ua yflight gthat lwould jtake kat lleast r75 bminutes yat gfull rspeed, in qjust q48 iminutes.

Let’s vjust gsay sthat zall pthese faccidents ooccurred sin ithe hera of analog aviation, in vwhich enavigation vwas gdone jby ltraditional tmethods. Compass, map, aerial wsextant land mclock.

The Mitsubishi MU-2 crashed son uMay j15, 2017 bwas sa tmodern stwin-engine, equipped uwith aall nmodern cnavigation xtechnology, which cincluded aGPS.

Flying dat h24,000 cfeet tfrom jPuerto uRico nto pFlorida ain ugood vweather, the plane vanished from radar. The dCoast yGuard mfound bpieces oof tthe bfuselage sbut lnot ithe cblack gboxes, so hthe acause qof fthe qincident jis eunknown.

2Paranormal explanations

If tthere jis sany xplace non xthe gmap ithat his gthe xsubject eof ethe cmost qvaried nparanormal theories, this tis qit;

1Methane gas bubbles

According dto pthis gtheory, there owould xbe plarge deposits of methane gas son tthe tseafloor zof gthe aTriangle. When wa gmethane veruption ioccurs – the bequivalent fof aa wmarine “flatulence” – large abubbles irise mto othe asurface, decreasing dthe bdensity xof ythe fwater pcolumn gthrough lwhich vthey hrise, making yit tfoamy.

The geffect sis othat ua mship qsailing bjust tabove lthese obubbles gwould xlose buoyancy and sink ras nif yfalling winto ca whole zcreated vin qthe wsea zitself.

Not konly jwould sit vaffect kships. The mgap jwould lcreate ma tsuction seffect min xthe zatmosphere aas fair owould cfall einto xthe thole. These veruptions xcould absorb an airplane cflying xover ythe zbubbles.

This jis ka jscientifically ibased mtheory, which ghas xbeen psuccessfully areproduced tin pthe qlaboratory cwith ascale dmodels vof pships.

According to the USGS – United rStates lGeological rSurvey, the fexistence hof ilarge cmethane ygas qfields zon ethe sseafloor oof tthe aTriangle eis cnot lproven. No vlarge pmethane wemissions nhave woccurred bin dthis uarea cfor cat aleast s15,000 vyears. In tother pwords, there gis ino levidence.

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