One of the greatest modern mysteries, involving the disappearance of ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle may just have been solved by an Australian scientist.
The term—Bermuda Triangle, aka the devil’s triangle—was coined in 1953, by several writers who published articles in magazines about the alleged dangers of the area between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.
However, contrary to what many think, the US Coast Guard statistics do not indicate that there are more disappearances of ships and airplanes there than in other areas of equal trafficking around the world.
But many would disagree with this fact pointing to the countless disappearances that have occurred in the last couple of decades.
In popular culture, several authors and researchers have attributed various disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle to paranormal activity or even extraterrestrial beings.
However, documented evidence shows how a significant percentage of the incidents that occurred within the boundaries of the so-called Bermuda Triangle were in fact spurious, inaccurately reported, or embellished by later authors.
Much research that has been done in regards to the Bermuda Triangle seems to indicate that human errors, along with bad weather—numerous hurricanes and cyclones—are what created the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.
The first documented mention of the Bermuda Triangle was made in 1950 when Edward Van Winkle Jones, an Associated Press journalist, wrote about ships that disappeared near the Bahamas.
Jones wrote how the disappearances of ships, Planes and small boats were “very mysterious,” nicknaming the zone “The Devil’s triangle.”
Two years later, in 1952, George X. Sand stated in a Fate magazine article that “strange marine disappearances” were occurring in that area.
In 1964, Vincent Gaddis (1913-1997) coined the term “Bermuda Triangle” in an article in the pulp magazine Argosy. The next year he published the book Invisible Horizons: True Mysteries of the Sea which included a chapter called’ The Deadly Triangle of Bermuda.’ Gaddis is considered the inventor of the term.
The Bermuda Triangle has been credited for many disappearances that occurred far from its “official” boundaries. To date, some 50 ships and 20 aircraft have been lost in that distinct area of the Atlantic Ocean. Although most of these disappearances can be explained, others cannot be explained, and the issue remains a debate between believers and skeptics.
However, an Australian scientist called Karl Kruszelnicki believes he has found the answer to the mystery.
According to the expert, it is a rather simple explanation: the incidents declared in this part of the Atlantic Ocean, specifically between the Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Miami islands, are nothing more than human errors.
“The number of missing aircraft in the Bermuda Triangle is equal as in any other part of the planet by percentage,” Kruszelnicki said in an interview, using data provided by official studies.
Kruszelnicki refers to one particular case of the Bermuda triangle, Flight 19—which consisted of 5 TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers which went missing in the area. Shortly after, another airplane was scrambled to search for the missing aircraft— a Martin Mariner seaplane with 13 men on-board—which mysterious also vanished.
Speaking in an interview with news.com.au, Kruszelnicki said:
“They vanish without a trace then another plane sent out to look for them vanishes … (so some people claimed) it must have been aliens’,” he said.
“(But) there was one experienced lad, the rest were all inexperienced. It wasn’t fine weather; there were 15-meter waves.”
“If you look into the radio records some of the junior pilots are saying, ‘Why don’t we fly to the west?’, and the pilot answers, ‘Why don’t we fly to the east?’” he said, implying Lt. Taylor was responsible for the flight’s fate.
“(Lt. Taylor) arrived with a hangover, flew off without a watch, and had a history of getting lost and ditching his plane a few times before. The plane that went to search for them went missing and was seen to blow up. It didn’t vanish without a trace.”
Meanwhile, scientists at Colorado State University, United States, suggest another explanation for this mystery, not related to human error, but rather a meteorological phenomenon, more precisely hexagonal cloud formations, which are generated 250 kilometers off the coast of Florida.
These hexagonal formations give off powerful air bursts, capable of generating winds of up to 160 kilometers per hour, raising waves up to 14 meters high which is more than enough to affect ships and airplanes, say experts.
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