Asked on 25th Jan, 2017

What is the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle?

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Vineet

Answered on 25th Jan, 2017, 72 Views

For years, The Bermuda Triangle has been one of the most fascinating mysteries to the world. Made famous by Charles Berlitz in the 70s through his book "The Bermuda Triangle", it's the triangulated region between Miami, Puerto Rico, and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda. Numerous boats, ships, and flying planes have disappeared while passing through that region, with no debris recovered, and no trace left behind.

From the earliest cases of disappearance of these vessels, people have speculated that the infamous region is associated with paranormal powers, while some have suggested that it could possibly be a vortex to another dimension which takes us to another universe. However, recent scientific research and analytical reasoning has narrowed the causes of the disappearances down to three plausible explanations:

Methane Cavities:

Researchers have recently discovered huge methane-filled sea craters- half a mile wide and 150 ft deep- in the Barents Sea. Scientists say that these craters were formed because of methane gas leaking from a deeper deposit of natural gas. This sudden release of gas can cause massive explosions and create cavities. Any ship passing through the region during such explosions will be sucked to the bottom of the ocean.

Air-bomb Clouds:

In addition to boats and ships, around 75 planes have also disappeared in the region in the last 100 years. Scientists such as Dr. Steve Miller, who have been studying the phenomenon for years, have now claimed that they have spotted strange-looking, hexagonal-shaped clouds with straight edges (a rare thing with clouds) at the tip of Bermuda islands that create "air-bombs" in that region.

An air-bomb is a short, but strong spurt of wind that is released from the bottom of a cloud and hits the ocean directly below at speeds up to 170 miles per hour. Air travelling at such high speeds act like some sort of a cannon, and is sufficient to plummet a ship or a plane straight to the bottom of the ocean, leaving no traces behind.

Analytical Skepticism:

There are some skeptics, most notably Larry Kusche (in the image above), who researched the claims of the sailors, pilots, their journals, log-entries, and official records and came to the conclusion that most of the "disappearances" were actually due to faulty compass readings, fuel-shortages, and in some cases, hearsay and irresponsible journalism, rather than any supernatural phenomenon.

He mentioned that the number of disappearances in the area is not extraordinary, given the large size it covers and it being one of the busiest ship routes. In addition to that, many ships and planes reported as "mysteriously disappeared" weren't even in the Bermuda Triangle! According to such skeptics, the real mystery is how Bermuda Triangle became a mystery at all!

Kirthi

Answered on 25th Jan, 2017, 6 Views

Bermuda Triangle also known as Devil's Triangle, which is located in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is the triangular space between Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico as seen in the below image. Number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Many ships sail, and aircraft's regularly fly over it. Answer Image

Flight 19:

On 5th December, 1945 Flight 19, five Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers disappeared in the traingular area with 14 member team where none of them were survived, and no debris found. To search for the missing, Martin PBM Mariner flying boat with 13 member crew was launched from Naval Air Station Banana River which never returned nor neither of them on board survived, which might exploded in mid-air.

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The flight leader was "Charles Carroll Taylor" with other student pilots, and a trainee pilot had the role of leader out front. Each flight was fully fueled, and during pre-flight checks it was discovered they were all missing clocks. Almost after completion of training, Taylor who lost his direction, as two of his compasses which stopped working. He got confused and believed to travel till fuel was exhausted, went missing. Later the incident, several other planes too went missing in the triangular area.

Cruise:

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Incidents happened with cruise as well. USS Pickering, USS Wasp, USS Wild Cat etc were missed for unknown reasons, people on board too disappeared. I think there are no paranormal activities in with Bermuda Triangle. But could notice compass variations because of unusual local magnetic anomalies which may exist in the area.

Human Error:

Most of the explanations in official inquiries on loss of any aircraft or vessel are found to be "Human Error".

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