A trip to the Bermuda Triangle

            Bermuda triangle myth and reality.

Bermuda triangle is one of the most important points of the planet Earth. This area, located in the Atlantic Ocean and Sargasso Sea, got its name because it is located in a triangle surrounded by the islands of Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.

Its specialty is that ships flying or sailing through this area mysteriously crash. These disasters are attributed to various natural phenomena and aliens.

Associated Press reporter Edward Van Winkle Jones first proposed the idea of ​​the "mysterious disappearance" of water and airships in the Bermuda Triangle in 1950 and called this area the "devil's sea".

The term "Bermuda Triangle" was used by writer Vincent Gaddis in 1964 - he published an article in "Agrosi" magazine entitled "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle", in which it is told that the 19th military aircraft belonging to the US Air Force disappeared without a trace in this area.

Thus, in the 1960s and 1970s, various unfounded rumors about the Bermuda Triangle increased.

Human nature is such that he can't stop himself from going to interesting places, he always tries to find out what's new. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. Because people who go to such places don't come back, they disappear without work.

Those who believe in the theory that the Bermuda Triangle has a paranormal industry say that in the 20th century more than 100 airships and ships disappeared without a trace in the area.

In addition to mysterious disappearances, ships appear instantly from one area to another, and anomalous changes in time are reported.

Skeptical-realist scientist Lawrence David Kusche points out in his book Bermuda Triangle: Myth and Reality that some of the accidents attributed to this place actually happened in other areas. Official sources do not have reliable facts and evidence that some accidents really happened.

In search of truth

In 2018, a group of researchers from the University of Southampton, Great Britain, will conduct research to find a scientific basis for the rumors surrounding the Bermuda Triangle.

According to the conclusion of the study, the reason for the loss of ships in this area is waves.

It is known that there are very steep waves up to 30 meters high in this area. Such waves appear as a result of the movement of a strong storm at several points at the same time.

To prove this in practice, Simon Boxall, an oceanographer of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, conducts an interesting experiment - he makes a small prototype of the wrecked ships, puts them in a special container and activates the model of water movements recorded in the Bermuda Triangle. As a result, it turns out that the ships cannot resist such a movement of water, and the waves pull the ship into a whirlpool.

Also, the researchers shed light on other hypotheses related to the anomalies in the Bermuda Triangle.

Magnetic anomalies. There are indeed magnetic anomalies in the Atlantic Ocean, which are associated with movements in the Earth's mantle, but these anomalies are observed 1,500 km south of Bermuda - around Brazil.

Gases accumulating under water. It is assumed that the anomalies observed in this area are the accumulation of flammable gases under the water, their coming to the surface with the movement of waves and the sinking of the ship. But scientists say that even this assumption is not justified.

The main culprit is the human factor.

According to Boxall, the destruction of planes and ships in this area occurred as a result of human error.

According to the US Coast Guard, 82 percent of the accidents in Bermuda were caused by people who did not have enough skills to navigate the ocean.

"One of the main factors of accidents is the lack of radio receivers and navigation devices on ships. In the process of conducting research in the ocean, we also met people who relied on a simple road map or a navigator on a mobile phone. After moving 50-60 km from the coast, the signal of mobile phones disappears," says Simon Boxall, an oceanographer of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Changeable weather conditions and short-term storms also play a role in accidents.

"In general, the Bermuda Triangle is not limited to a specific area. Any point in the world can be a potential Bermuda Triangle. With storms, wave action, dangerous gas accumulations under water, inexperienced pilots and shipmasters, it is not impossible to observe "unnatural" anomalies at any point.