A mystery that remains unknown to theorists and scientists. A place where people go missing not alone, but in crews and teams. Experienced sailors and pilots refuse to take tourists to these parts. However, one must be a desperate extreme sportsman to dare such a dangerous journey. They say that not a single victim of the anomalous zone has ever managed to get out of there or even send a radio distress signal.
We are talking about the Bermuda Triangle. And although the hot and desirable Bermuda Islands are nearby, yachts with tourists do not go through the mystical anomalous zone. This may have been done for safety reasons due to rapidly changing weather conditions and water conditions. Or perhaps local sailors believe in the unearthly power of the mysterious Triangle and do not want to pay with their lives for a dangerous cruise.
Some supporters of purely reliable facts deny the anomaly of this place. Allegedly, ships and planes are disappearing all over the world, but the attention of the majority is constantly focused only on the Bermuda Triangle. Yes this is true. However, in this zone there are hundreds of missing pilots, ship crews and groups of tourists.
And here the thought reluctantly creeps in about why not a single SOS alarm has been recorded. The mysterious zone hides many things that will be a source of debate for both ordinary people and experienced researchers for a long time. But whether these discussions will lead to a concrete answer remains a mystery.
Bermuda Triangle - what is known
Where no tourist should go is the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, or rather, an imaginary triangle with corners from Florida, Puerto Rico and, in fact, Bermuda. Be careful because... it is not marked in any way on the map and you can only navigate by photos on the Internet. After all, this zone is called the Bermuda Triangle, which does not spare those desperate who challenge it.
The weather here seems to warn of danger. For a calm sunny day in half an hour gives way to a force seven storm, hurricane winds, thunderstorms and fog. Such weather “changes” are caused by frequent cyclones, which are attracted here like a magnet, which, again, leads to specific questions.
Underwater, the Devil's Triangle (another name for Bermuda) has a mountainous terrain with hills up to 200 meters high. The bottom is covered with a layer of loose chalk rocks up to 5000 meters thick. Because of this, searching for sunken ships is considered futile. The depth of the deadly depression of the “devil sea” is 8000 meters. It is unlikely that the remains of the missing objects will be found there. This anomalous place contains the deepest point of the Atlantic Ocean.
Some explain the anomaly of this place by the intervention of alien creatures. As adherents of this theory say, aliens singled out this zone as one of the most favorable for selecting people for their own experiments. Few people support this judgment. But supporters argue that fragments of the missing ships and planes were not found, therefore, they were taken by aliens to study life on Earth. This hypothesis is adhered to by ufologists - scientists who study everything about UFOs.
Another reason that paranormal incidents are explained is weather conditions and bottom topography. In fact, the unpredictable weather and rocky terrain could have killed dozens of crews. But blaming nature for hundreds of missing ships and planes is wrong. We should not forget that in the entire history there is not a single case when an SOS signal was received from the “deadly” triangle. This means that either the radio signal was jammed, or the “victim” of the mystical zone did not have time to send a signal due to rapid “absorption”.
Some physicists adhere to the theory of space curvature. For someone who has never heard of this hypothesis before, such thoughts will seem like science fiction or even crazy nonsense. The fact is that a large amount of quartz rising from the water disables compasses.
In addition, quartz creates streams of ionized air, which turn into a kind of “magnetic fog.” In such fog, the maximum speed of the aircraft increases tens of times. Theoretically, the creation of such a phenomenon is impossible, because the required energy is equal to the power of 2 billion hydrogen explosions. But this judgment exists.
The popular gas hypothesis also inspires confidence among researchers. According to the judgment, bubbles of methane are formed in ocean water that exceed the size of the ship. When a ship falls into such a bubble, it seems to be sucked under water in a matter of moments. After conducting experiments, scientists confirmed the fact that in this case it is impossible to have time to send a distress signal.
The last suspected cause of shipwrecks in this area is infrasound. When exposed to such sounds, a person does not realize what is happening to him. Auditory and visual hallucinations begin, and the crew of the ship is thrown overboard. The reason for these infrasounds has not yet been substantiated.
The only time a message for help was received from the anomalous zone occurred in 1945. When five American planes crashed at the same time - a flight of five Avenger torpedo bombers - specialists managed to obtain a recording of the conversations between the team members. Before the crash, they informed each other about the failure of the navigation and control systems. The pilots also said that the ocean looked suspicious, and the water changed its color either green or white.
Riddles and secrets
The mystery of the anomalous area is underwater structures that raise no less questions than the Bermuda Triangle itself. They were discovered by researchers who are studying the bottom near the mysterious place.
The buildings themselves consist of pyramids, streets, squares and monuments. It is interesting that on specific structures there are hand-made inscriptions of specific symbols. One pyramid is completely similar to the Egyptian Sphinx. Glass buildings were also found.
As the researchers themselves say, such symmetry is impossible to find in nature. Therefore, the found fragments of the sunken city are considered a man-made Atlantis, which sank 9,000 years ago. Some opponents of any judgments on this matter completely deny the relationship between the disappearance of objects and the mysterious underwater city.
They say that the borders of the sunken state do not coincide with the “devil sea” of the Bermuda Triangle. But the researchers published the exact coordinates of the found architectural structures, and skeptics can independently verify these data.
"Victims" of the Devil's Triangle
Often this mystical place is blamed for disappearances to which it is not really involved. This is done to divert suspicion from the real culprit and at the same time once again remind of the merciless triangle. Yes, there are those who managed to successfully cross the anomalous terrain. But the number of missing people in this area simply makes it impossible to ignore such numbers and stories.
In total, the Bermuda Triangle claimed the lives of 25 ship crews between 1840 and 1999. These are not just small pleasure boats. This figure includes charterers, cruise yachts, frigates, heavy transport vessels and even oil tankers. During the same period, the airspace of the Devil's Triangle carried away 20 aircraft, including both simple seaplanes and military bombers.
It is worth paying attention to the disappearance of the large ship “Cyclops”, the length of which reached almost 200 meters. This happened in March 1918. Fragments of the Cyclops have not been discovered to this day. The disaster was initially thought to have been caused by a German submarine. However, on the day of the mysterious disappearance, there was not a single German ship in the waters of Bermuda. The mystery of the disappearance has not yet been solved.
The mystical lonely schooner "Ellen Austin", wandering in the waters of the "deadly sea", in 1881 claimed the lives of two crews. As you know, this ship was found in the Bermuda Triangle without a single soul on board. Then a team of unsuspecting rescuers decided to moor the schooner to the shore. However, after the crew boarded the Ellen Austin, the ship disappeared forever without a trace.
In 1944, a ship was found without a single crew member on board. The presence of a specific crew was evidenced by the personal belongings of the sailors and captain. “Rubicon” was the name of the yacht on which only a dog was found. The lifelines on the schooner were cut off and the lifeboats were missing.
A 120-meter-long cargo ship also disappeared without a trace in 1950. The search began after a 6-day delay to the destination port. However, there is still no information about the ship and crew.
In total, the waters of the Bermuda Triangle claimed more than 1,000 lives. Traces of most objects have not yet been found, which makes these disappearances not mere statistics, but a real mysticism and anomaly.
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The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
Bermuda, part of that area of the Atlantic Ocean located between Florida and Puerto Rico, according to many researchers, is associated with many unexplained phenomena. In fact, there are quite a large number of examples of drifting ships encountered on the way of sailors, both with dead crew members and without them at all (see Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle, glass pyramids).
Also noted:
- Disappearance of aircraft and ships.
- Failure of navigation devices, radio, clock.
- Inability to take photographs or shoot a video report.
- Losing aircraft or ships from radar and then returning them.
- Loss of time or, conversely, its slowdown, and sometimes its complete stop.
British researcher Lawrence J. Kushe collected and analyzed several dozen cases related to the disappearance of aircraft and ships in this part of the ocean. All this data was arranged in chronological order, which led to the conclusion that the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle is nothing more than beautifully packaged stories that fell into the hands of journalists and freelance writers.
Soviet academician L.M. Brekhovskikh, together with many other researchers, came to exactly the same conclusion. In support of this official point of view, it can be added that in fact disasters occurred not only through this area of the Atlantic, which, by the way, constantly receives a huge amount of air and sea transport. But for lovers of mysterious stories and situations, such a course of affairs was not enough, and it was as a result of this that all kinds of insinuations and simple deception were used (see What is the secret of the Bermuda Triangle).
Note. Instead of the Japanese ship Raifuku Maru, around which the legend arose, in 1924, another ship crashed due to a strong storm. It was the three-masted schooner Star of the World. In the blink of an eye, a diesel engine exploded on the lower deck.
There are other controversial issues that still mislead both the researchers themselves and, to a greater extent, ordinary people who follow events in the world. For example, the German ship Freya, also declared missing in 1902 in the Bermuda region, actually sank in the Pacific Ocean. At the end of the 19th century, many lines of various media were filled with announcements and disappearances of ships.
Note. The trimaran "Tinmouth Electron" was also attributed to the number of these incidents, although in reality it was abandoned by the crew, as much as 1800 nautical miles from the place where the Bermuda Triangle is located .
In addition, sometimes even sunken buoys that were installed in the ocean by “Academician I.V.” were included among the mysteriously disappeared ships. Kurchatov" in 1978. Registered actual disappearances of ships can barely reach about 10-15% of all those announced by the media (see Bermuda Triangle under water, stories of missing ships).
Bermuda Triangle underwater and in the air, unexplained facts
However, even these studies have some flaws. For example, some books by the same English researcher Kushe were declared to distort reality and ignore most mysterious incidents. A number of researchers who do not agree with this position have not received a clear explanation for this particular conclusion made by the researcher. Moreover, some accused him of unscientific methods and approaches used.
Among these phenomena we can particularly highlight:
- Sudden disappearance and then reappearance 10 minutes later on the radar screens of an airplane in the Miami area.
- Glowing "white water" in the Sargasso Sea.
- Sudden failure of the most reliable equipment on ships that are in good condition.
- The disappearance of entire crews along with ships.
Of course, among different groups of scientists there is no common view on the options for substantiating all the questions that arise.
Note. For example, Academician Shuleikin explains the fact that some ships are abandoned by their crews by generated infrasonic vibrations in the water. Due to the impact of these infrasonic waves on crew members, the latter may fall into a state of panic and, as a result, they begin to abandon the ship.
In addition to the scientific approach to explaining these facts, there are also those that are quite difficult to believe:
- Versions of abduction by foreign intelligence groups.
- UFO abductions.
- And even speculation about mafia involvement in the disappearance.
A significant misconception is also the result of the fact that there is no reliable evidence that the anomalous zone is located exactly where the Bermuda Triangle is located - there are no photos or videos confirming, for example, the words of pilots or captains (see Anomalous phenomena, what they are connected with). The only thing the researchers base their assumptions on is radar readings and audio recordings of conversations with the crew.
The disappearance of the Avengers off the coast of Florida
The most mysterious case is associated with the disappearance of 5 “Avengers” military aircraft that took off for exercises on December 5, 1945. Having reached the training base and destroyed the target, the planes turned around and moved in the opposite direction - to the southwest. Approximately 1 - 1.5 hours after the turn, the captain received a signal that an unforeseen situation had arisen. The controllers reported that, most likely, the planes had lost their route and could not find the ground. When asked for coordinates, the pilots replied that they could not determine where exactly they were (see Bermuda Triangle, why planes disappear).
Having given the command to head west, the controllers were discouraged by the experienced pilot’s response: “We don’t know where west is. Nothing works.” According to the pilots, the terrain below was unfamiliar to them, the ocean seemed completely different, and land was nowhere to be seen. Directions and commands coming from the ground do not reach the pilots due to a sharp increase in atmospheric interference.
A little later, the controllers picked up the radio wave again and heard snippets of the pilots saying: “We must be 225 miles northeast of the base... We are over the Gulf of Mexico.” While the Bermuda Triangle is located approximately 1000 km from this mark. After a few more minutes, the crew reported that they could see land. Captain Taylor's last words, recorded by dispatchers, were as follows: “Below me is a land of rough terrain. I’m sure it’s Kis...”
Note. The resulting perception was that controllers simply couldn't imagine that the planes had actually passed in style west of the Gulf of Mexico, where the Florida Keys actually are located.
And it was in the Gulf of Mexico that several decades later the wreckage of one and 5 of the above-mentioned aircraft were found. It is quite possible that the other 4 are also somewhere nearby. Only one question remains unanswered - how could the planes, unnoticed by all sensors and radars, end up 700 kilometers west of the intended route?
Watch the video “Secrets of the missing planes.”
The Bermuda Triangle is an area in which ships and planes supposedly disappear every year and other anomalous phenomena occur.
Also, storms and cyclones occur more often in this region than in others.
At this point in time, there are many versions trying to explain the cause of the mysterious anomalies in the Bermuda Triangle.
Let's try to figure out what the ill-fated Bermuda Triangle is.
The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
It may seem to some that the anomalous phenomena occurring in the Bermuda Triangle have been known for a very long time. However, it is not.
Journalist Edward Jones first reported on the mystical disappearances in 1950. He published a short article about various mysterious incidents in the Bermuda Triangle, calling the area “the devil’s sea.”
But no one took his note seriously. However, since that time, unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft have become increasingly recorded in this region.
In the late 60s, articles about the Bermuda Triangle began to appear around the world. This topic began to arouse increasing interest among both ordinary people and many scientists. Around the same time, he wrote his famous song about “The Secret of Bermuda.”
In 1974, Charles Berlitz wrote the book “The Bermuda Triangle”. He described in vivid colors many mystical disappearances in this zone.
The book was written in living language, since the author himself deeply believed in the mystical secret of the Bermuda Triangle. Soon this work became a real bestseller.
And although some of the facts presented in it were very dubious and sometimes scientifically incorrect, this could not in any way affect the popularity of both the Bermuda Triangle in general and Berlitz’s book in particular.
Where is the Bermuda Triangle
The boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle are considered to be the peaks of Puerto Rico, Florida and Bermuda.
It is worth noting that the “triangle” has only a symbol on the map, and its boundaries are periodically adjusted.
Bermuda Triangle on the map
This is what the Bermuda Triangle looks like on a world map:
And here it is in approximate form:
The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
Today, there are many theories with which scientists are trying to explain the anomalous phenomena in the Bermuda Triangle.
We will look at the most popular versions to help you decide for yourself which one looks the most convincing.
Mysterious gas bubbles
At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of scientists managed to conduct a very interesting experiment. They wanted to find out what would happen to the object while it was on the surface of boiling water.
It turned out that when bubbles were present in the water, its density decreased and the level rose. At the same time, the lifting force exerted by the water on the object decreased.
It was also possible to prove that if there are enough bubbles in it, this may well lead to the sinking of the ship.
It is important to understand that the experiment was carried out only in laboratory conditions, so whether the mysterious bubbles are related to the sinking of ships remains a mystery.
Rogue waves
Rogue waves in the Bermuda Triangle can reach up to 30 meters in height. Interestingly, they form so quickly and unexpectedly that they can easily sink even a large ship.
Practice shows that the team simply does not have time to react to such a rapid appearance of a mysterious wave.
One of these tragedies occurred in 1984 during the regatta.
The forty-meter ship "Marquez" was the leader in this sports race. While he was in the Bermuda Triangle, a sudden squall began.
The result was a huge wave that sank the ship almost instantly. 19 people died in this tragedy.
Scientists studying the behavior of wandering waves explain their appearance as follows: when the hot waters of the Gulf Stream meet a storm front, waves arise, resulting in a gigantic mass of water rising upward.
What is surprising is that initially the wave height does not exceed 5 m, but very soon they reach 25 meters.
Alien Intervention
According to some people, the territory of the Bermuda Triangle is under the control of alien creatures exploring the Earth.
After contact with people at sea or in the air, the aliens allegedly destroy ships so that no one knows about them.
Weather
This theory is very plausible and rational. According to it, disasters occur in the Bermuda Triangle area due to the fact that storms and hurricanes begin there very unpredictably.
Clouds with mysterious charges
Quite a lot of pilots flying over the Bermuda Triangle said that during the flight they were for some time in a black cloud, inside of which electrical discharges and blinding flashes occurred.
Infrasound
According to this hypothesis, a sound may appear in the Bermuda Triangle, forcing passengers to leave the vehicle.
And although infrasonic vibrations are indeed present on the ocean floor, they still do not pose any threat to human life.
Relief features
Some scientists suggest that the cause of the anomalous phenomena is the relief of the Bermuda Triangle.
Indeed, in this zone on the seabed there are many hills reaching 100-200 m and underwater cliffs up to 2 km high.
In addition, Bermuda has a continental shelf divided by the Gulf Stream. All these factors may indirectly explain the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.
Mysticism at the bottom of the triangle
Recently, traces of a sunken city were discovered at the bottom of the sea, in the Bermuda Triangle area. After studying his photographs, scientists were able to examine various structures with mysterious inscriptions.
According to experts, the buildings represent ancient architecture.
An interesting fact is that among the buildings in the photographs there were also . There is an opinion that American scientists actually knew about this find for a long time, but deliberately kept it silent.
Perhaps in the future we will learn a lot of interesting information about what really happens at the bottom of the Bermuda Triangle.
Disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle
It has been known for a long time that not only sea vessels, but also planes disappear in the Bermuda Triangle. One of these cases occurred in the post-war years, and immediately became a real sensation.
On December 5, 1945, five American Avenger-type bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale Airport. From that time on, no one saw them again.
Initially, the flight went quite normally, but later the crew of one of the planes informed the dispatcher that they had lost their route.
Then the pilots reported that all their navigation instruments simultaneously failed. After a while, information was received about a sharp deterioration in weather conditions in the flight area.
And although the dispatchers tried to direct them along the right route, for unknown reasons the crew did not respond to commands.
For some time, planes circled over the Bermuda Triangle, claiming that they saw a certain “white wall” and “strange water”. Then the connection was lost.
The next day, other aircraft were sent to search for the bombers, but this did not yield any results. It is still unknown what happened to the American squadron and 14 members of its crew.
In the early 1990s, scientist Graham Hawkes claimed to have found the remains of bombers on the seabed. To prove his words, he provided photos taken with a special camera at great depths.
However, this evidence was not enough to accurately identify the bombers.
In addition to the very fact of the disappearance of planes in the Bermuda Triangle, many questions remain. For example, what explains the strange behavior of pilots who deliberately ignored the instructions of air traffic controllers?
After all, they could have landed after only 20 km, but instead the pilots turned in the opposite direction.
According to the opinion, some powerful influence was exerted on the crews, as a result of which they were unable to make decisions of common sense.
Ship in the Bermuda Triangle
In 1918, the American cargo ship Cyclops suddenly disappeared in the waters of the Bermuda Triangle, with more than 300 people on board.
The 165-meter ship was last seen in Barbados. The Navy soon organized a large-scale search operation, but failed to locate the Cyclops or its wreckage.
A version was put forward that the ship was sunk when it collided with a huge wave. But in this case, a lot of things and oil stains should have remained on the water, which was not found.
Whether people will be able to unravel the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle or not, only time will tell.
Perhaps more advanced equipment will help scientists figure out the true causes of the anomalous phenomena occurring in Bermuda.
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Surely most people have at least once thought about what is happening in the notorious Bermuda Triangle.
There are many misconceptions and myths, as well as theories and facts, associated with this ominous place.
Here are some of them.
1. "Devil's Triangle"
The Bermuda Triangle is also known as the Devil's Triangle. It got its name because of all the mysterious events and supposed disasters that happened in the area.
2. "Big Fire"
Christopher Columbus was the first to record strange incidents in the area. One of his notes says that one night, not far from the ship, a “Big Fire” (probably a meteor) fell into the sea with thunder.
3. Compass
Columbus also noted strange compass readings. Today, some scientists suggest that the reason for this may be the alignment of the North Pole and the magnetic North Pole.
4. Sense of time
Some pilots claimed that they "lost any sense of time" while flying over the triangle. This has led some people to speculate about possible time distortions and travel in parallel dimensions.
5. USS Cyclops
The Bermuda Triangle did not attract widespread attention until 1918, when the American ship USS Cyclops sank there with 300 people on board. The ship did not send an SOS signal and was never found.
President Woodrow Wilson said, “Only God and the sea know what happened to the great ship.” In 1941, two ships of the same series as the USS Cyclops also disappeared without a trace... while following the same route.
6. Loss of 5 Navy aircraft
The Bermuda Triangle anomaly gained notoriety in 1945, when 5 Navy aircraft went on a mission off the coast of Florida. The pilots were confused by the faulty compass and the planes eventually ran out of fuel. At least that's what the mainstream theory says.
7. "Bermuda Triangle"
It wasn't until 1964 that Vincent Gaddis coined the term "Bermuda Triangle" when he mentioned the name in a magazine article. Since then, science fiction authors have offered a variety of explanations, including aliens, reverse gravity fields, and even sea monsters. One scientist has aptly pointed out that trying to find the cause of all the accidents in the Bermuda Triangle is like trying to find the cause of all the car accidents in Arizona.
8. Miami, Puerto Rico, Bermuda
The area was called a triangle for a reason. It is located roughly in the shape of a triangle between Bermuda, Miami and Puerto Rico.
9. Abandoned, drifting, unidentified...
There have been several reported sightings of abandoned ships drifting in local coastal waters. In most cases, these ships could not be identified, and the fate of their crews remained a mystery.
10. “The plane seemed to fly to Mars”
In 1945, a search and rescue aircraft was sent to the Bermuda Triangle to search for and rescue missing sailors. He disappeared with 13 people on board. After a massive search, navy officials said: “The plane seemed to have flown to Mars.”
11. Average norm
Scientists once conducted a study. Despite all the mysterious disappearances, they found that, given tropical storms and other weather conditions, the number of missing ships and planes actually did not go beyond what would be expected statistically.
12. Gulf Stream, reefs, storms...
It is also worth noting that, along with scientists, the US Coast Guard and even leading shipping companies do not believe that the Bermuda Triangle is inherently more dangerous than any other part of the ocean. Most likely, accidents are caused by a combination of storms, reefs, the Gulf Stream and other factors.
13. Huge bubbles of methane
One of the craziest explanations for the disasters is that huge bubbles of methane rising from the seabed cause ships to sink. As for why most of the shipwrecks could not be found, it is assumed that all the wrecks of the sunken ships were carried away by the Gulf Stream.
14. "12 Evil Whirls"
Another popular science fiction explanation is that the Bermuda Triangle is one of the "12 Evil Vortexes" located near the Earth's equator. These vortices are the site of numerous unexplained events and disappearances.
15. ~ 20 yachts and 4 aircraft per year
How many disappearances are recorded in the Bermuda Triangle every year? Regardless of the reasons, about 20 yachts and 4 planes still go missing here every year.
BONUS
IN Have you ever wondered what is really going on in this fatal Bermuda Triangle? Maybe it's time to dispel all the myths once and for all? It sounds somewhat ambitious, although researchers still managed to challenge some of the widely circulated legends. In addition, new theories have emerged to explain the mysteries of the past. Get ready, 25 very interesting facts about the Bermuda Triangle await you ahead. Go!
25. The Bermuda Triangle is sometimes called the Devil's Triangle, an ominous reputation it has earned due to mysterious occurrences and supposedly bad energy concentrated in the area.
24. The first person to notice the oddities was Christopher Columbus himself. He once wrote that he saw a huge object, engulfed in flames, fall into the sea (possibly a meteor).
23. Columbus also noted that in this area even the compass does not work properly. An explanation for the anomaly can be found in the fact that the Bermuda Triangle is one of the few places on Earth where the North Geographic Pole and the North Magnetic Pole intersect.
22. It is said that in Shakespeare's play The Tempest, the shipwreck occurred right in the Bermuda Triangle area, and the plot of the dramatic work served to a large extent to demonize this place.
21. Some pilots claim that this is where they often lose track of time, which is why many crews don't like to fly in this area. Because of such statements, a legend arose according to which the Bermuda Triangle contains a curvature of the space-time continuum and portals for traveling to other dimensions.
20. Until 1918, practically nothing was known to the general public about the Bermuda Triangle. That was until the American warship USS Cyclops sank. There were 306 people on board the ship, and for some reason none of them gave a distress signal. In 1918, the ship simply went missing and was never seen again. US President Woodrow Wilson then said: “Only God and the sea know what happened to the great ship.”
19. In 1941, 2 ships from the same series as the USS Cyclops also disappeared without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle area. By the way, they sailed along the same route...
18. The Triangle became especially famous in 1945, when 5 US Navy ships left the coastal waters of Florida and went to sea in the direction of Bermuda. During the mission, the crew had navigation problems, the compasses stopped working, and the ships ran out of fuel.
17. The term "Bermuda Triangle" was first coined by Vincent Gaddis (American writer) in 1964 in a printed article. Since then, science fiction writers have repeatedly used this phrase in their books about aliens, sea monsters and gravitational fields. However, scientists believe that trying to find a common cause for all the shipwrecks and disappearances that have occurred in the Bermuda Triangle area is the same as looking for a common cause for all car accidents anywhere else. There is no meaning and there is no connection. It's just statistics.
16. The Triangle includes the area located strictly between Bermuda, Miami and Puerto Rico.
15. More than once there have been reports in the press about the discovery of completely empty and abandoned ships floating somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle area. In several cases, the ships could not be identified, and the disappearance of the entire crew remained an unsolved mystery.
14. In 1945, search and rescue teams were sent to the Bermuda Triangle area and combed the region, both at sea and from the air. Then a ship with 13 crew members disappeared without a trace. They were never found, and a Navy spokesman admitted that “it was as if they had floated off to Mars.”
13. Contrary to the bad reputation of the mysterious zone, scientists have found that taking into account all the tropical storms and other objective factors, the number of missing ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle area does not exceed statistical norms.
12. It is worth noting that not only theoretical scientists, but also the US Coast Guard, along with the local leading insurance agency, do not consider the Bermuda Triangle region to be more dangerous than other ocean areas in this part of the world.
11. Most likely, accidents are associated with a number of objective factors, including difficult weather conditions, reefs, Gulf Stream currents and the vulnerability of navigation equipment.
10. There is a crazy version according to which ships sink due to floating methane bubbles.
9. Many people wonder why no one ever finds the wreckage of the ships that crashed here. According to one of the most probable theories, these remains are carried away by powerful currents of the Gulf Stream (the largest ocean current).
8. One of the craziest versions is that ships are being pulled to the bottom by a crashed spaceship. For what? Fans of conspiracy theories suggest that aliens either conduct cruel experiments on crew members, or in this way collect the spare parts they need to repair their aircraft.
7. There is another interesting version put forward by fans of science fiction literature. According to followers of the theory about the supernatural nature of this area, the Bermuda Triangle is one of 12 vortex funnels located throughout the Earth at the same latitude. As these theorists claim, mysterious sinkholes have more than once become places where inexplicable incidents and traceless disappearances occurred.
6. In 2013, the World Wide Fund for Nature released a list of the 10 most dangerous sea routes in the world, but the Bermuda Triangle was not included in this ranking.
5. Scientists are confident that the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle is an ordinary hoax, and the notoriety of this region has been earned solely through the efforts of writers and the media trying to make money on high-profile stories and scandalous sensations.
4. In 1955, a yacht was discovered in the Bermuda Triangle area that survived as many as 3 hurricanes. There was not a single person on board the ship. Their fate is still unknown.
3. The US Coast Guard reported that the number of ships missing in the Bermuda Triangle is negligible compared to the number of ships that sailed across this fatal area without any problems.
2. Psychologists suggest that the popularity of the Bermuda Triangle phenomenon is due to a common cognitive bias called “confirmation bias.” In fact, everything is explained like this: a person tends to pay attention only to those facts that confirm his already formed point of view. For example, if a ship disappears in the Bermuda Triangle, lovers of conspiracy theories are once again strengthened in their belief in the mysticism of this place.
1. Now let's turn to dry and impartial statistics. How often do you think something bad happens in the Bermuda Triangle area? According to official data, an average of 20 yachts and 4 aircraft disappear here every year.
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