What Happens Inside the Bermuda Triangle !

The Bermuda Triangle (sometimes known as Devil's Triangle)
is a 1.5-million-square-mile (4,000,000 km²) area of ocean
roughly defined by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and the southern
tip of Florida. Some believe it is a paranormal site in
which the laws of physics are either violated, altered, or
both.
Some claim that within this area a number of ships
and airplanes have disappeared under highly unusual
circumstances and conditions. The United States Coast Guard
and others disagree with the assessment of paranormal
activity, citing statistics demonstrating that the number
of incidents involving lost ships and airplanes is no
larger than that of any other heavily traveled region of
the world. Many of the allegedly mysterious cases have,
upon closer examination, proved not so unusual, with
innacuracies and misinformation about the cases often
circulating and recirculating over the decades.
Original
research by investigators in the last two decades has
focused on examples of several of the claims presented by
the "Triangle myth," including disappearances while within
sight of land, coming in for landings or having just
departed, and on occasion between single sweeps of a
radarscope (or in periods of less than forty seconds);
other disappearances have occurred over shallow waters of
depths less than ten feet, yet without trace or silhouette
to mark their positions, while others have vanished after
transmitting messages discernable as cryptic, at
best.
Another area that is classified by many as having
the same paranormal effects is the Devil's Sea, located
near Japan.
Research has shown that freak, or rogue
waves can reach up to up to 30 m (100 feet) in height and
are capable of sinking the largest ships within moments.
Although these are very rare, in some areas ocean currents
mean they happen more often than the norm. Such waves have
now been hypothesized as a cause for many unexplained
shipping losses over the years.
One of the best known
Bermuda Triangle incidents concerns the loss of Flight 19,
a squadron of five U.S. Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers on
a training flight out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on
December 5, 1945. According to Berlitz, the flight
consisted of expert Marine Corps aviators who, after
reporting a number of odd visual effects, simply
disappeared, an account which isn't entirely true.
Furthermore, Berlitz claims that because the TBM Avenger
bombers were built to float for long periods, they should
have been found the next day considering what were reported
as calm seas and a clear sky. However, not only were they
never found, a Navy search and rescue seaplane that went
after them was also lost. Adding to the intrigue is that
the Navy's report of the accident was ascribed to "causes
or reasons unknown".
If the disappearance of Flight 19
had been isolated as an incident, it would remain a great
mystery of aviation. However, aircraft disappearances
continued to occur and be reported both to and by
authorities, some near the same location, and/or with
equally extended and confusing radio traffic, indicating
that Taylor's flight may have been only one example among
many disappearances including that of a four-engined Tudor
IV airliner named Star Tiger, in the predawn hours of
January 31, 1948.
Piloted by Captain B. W. McMillan, the
airliner, which carried twenty-nine passengers and crew on
board, had left hours earlier from Santa Maria, Azores, one
of numerous scheduled fuel stopovers from London, England
to Havana, Cuba. While approaching Bermuda, McMillan made
the expected contact with Kindley Field, the next stopover,
requesting a radio bearing to calibrate his navigation and
ensure he remained on course. With the response indicating
that the plane was slightly off course, its position was
corrected after Bermuda relayed a first-class bearing of 72
degrees from the island. Atpoint, with Star Tiger
less than two hours flight away, McMillan gave confirmation
of an ETA of 05:00 hours, an hour late due to strong
headwinds; no further transmission from the aircraft was
ever received.
With the plane's last known position
report precise, placing the disappearance within a confined
flight range of the position northeast, rescue operations
were launched after the plane went overdue for arrival; in
spite of the aid, no trace was ever found, and the search
eventually discontinued with negative results. I suppose we
will never know the truth !
I An
Old
song ,
"B
ermuda Triangle, it makes people disappearBermuda
Triangle, don't go too nearBut look at it from my
angleAnd you'll see why I'm so gladNow Bermuda Triangle
not so bad!"
—
My Next Article would be the tales of
the survivors of the Burmuda Triangle !