A Research Paper on The Bermuda Triangle

Introduction

The Bermuda Triangle Also known as the Devil's Triangle or Hurricane Alley, is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean approximately bounded by Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, the exact boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle are not universally agreed upon. The total area approximations vary between 500,000 and 1,510,000 square miles. According to all approaches, the region has a vaguely triangular shape. The term was created in 1953 by several writers who published articles in magazines about the supposed danger in the area. However, scientists have recorded waves in that area 18 meters high and theorize that they could reach 30 meters high, which at least explains the fear of maritime traffic.

This area of ​​the Atlantic Ocean has been credited for causing massive disappearances and several accidents over the years, which has led to the origin of a series of myths about this area. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, it is not known how many ships or airplanes have 'disappeared' in this triangle, but some estimate that there were about 50 ships and 20 airplanes. Despite these figures, the Bermuda Triangle does not have a high incidence of disappearances, since disappearances do not occur more frequently on this site compared to other regions of the ocean. Even so, superstition continues around this relatively small portion of the ocean, so much that some people refuse to travel around it; And over the years it has become a popular belief that the sinking of ships and the collision of airplanes in the area is the result of a paranormal activity.

Content

Reports of unexplained events in the region date from the mid-19th century. Some ships were discovered completely abandoned for no apparent reason; others did not transmit distress signals and were never seen or heard again. Airplanes have been reported and then disappeared, and it is said that rescue missions disappeared when they flew in the area. However, no remains have been found; and some of the advanced theories to explain repeated mysteries have been fanciful. Although theories abound about the supernatural causes of these disappearances, geophysical and environmental factors are the most responsible.

Investigations of these claims by news teams and scientists have discovered that claims of paranormal activity are unfounded and that confrontations can generally be recognized by natural causes.

There are two incidents that are considered mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle, specifically the disappearances of Flight 19 in 1945 and the USS Cyclops in 1918. There are no clear indications that these disappearances have anything to do with the supernatural, but it is not yet explained, which was what really happened.

In March 1918, the USS Cyclops collider, en route to Baltimore, Maryland, from Brazil, disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. No explanation was given of his disappearance, and no remains were found. Approximately 27 years later, there was the incident that popularized the Bermuda triangle and gave rise to the myths that revolve around it, was a squad of bombers collectively known as Flight 19, was a gang of five airplanes of the U.S. Navy , flying over the area, it disappeared. Even a sixth device disappeared, a Martin Mariner emergency plane that came to the rescue of the first five, so 27 people disappeared without a trace. One of its members said they were completely lost and did not know which direction to take. Charles Carroll Taylor disappeared in airspace over the Bermuda Triangle. As in the Cyclops incident, no explanation was given and no remains were found.

Many strange theories have been exposed as an attempt to explain the disappearances of ships and planes. UFO abductions, time distortions, portals that lead to other dimensions, magnetic field anomalies, geophysical phenomena and massive methane gas bubbles are the most prominent arguments of lovers of the supernatural. A popular theory is also that the legendary lost city of Atlantis is located at the bottom of the Bermuda Triangle, and its advanced technology interferes with nearby ships.

Popularization

In 1964, Vincent H. Gaddis, who coined the term 'Bermuda Triangle,' wrote an article claiming that more than 1,000 lives were lost in the area, and also said he agreed that it had been 'a set of strange events. '. The obsession with the Triangle added its high point in the early 1970s, with the publication of several more books on the subject, including the bestseller The Bermuda Triangle, written by Charles Berlitz popularized the legend of the Bermuda Triangle in his best-selling book.

It was not until 1975 when one of the greatest critics of these theories, Larry Kusche, published the book The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle: Resolved, in which he responded how other authors have exaggerated their figures and have not had any serious research. They had presented some disappearances as 'mysteries' when in reality they were not mysteries at all, not counting the cases that had not even occurred within the Bermuda Triangle. After investigating the issue, Kusche concluded that the number of disappearances that had taken place in the Bermuda Triangle was not really greater than that produced at another point on the planet with similar maritime and air traffic. In addition, he showed that other writers had misinformed public opinion, by not explaining, that they had had severe storms on the days of disappearances and even making the weather conditions normal, only with the aim of fabricating a sensationalist story.

Reality about the Bermuda triangle

Since the disappearances in the Triangle are not greater than those of another point with similar traffic. Statistics show that the area is no more dangerous ,than any other region of the world's oceans. It is also a place frequented by ships and airplanes that travel from the American continent to Europe. Its strong winds and Gulf currents make navigation with flights faster. It is a kind of 'shortcut' or 'quick route' to travel to Europe. And, the greater the number of ships or planes that pass through this area, the greater the likelihood that the number of subsidence will also increase.

Most disappearances can be attributed to the specific characteristics of the area. The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico around the Florida Strait to the northeast to Europe, it is extremely powerful and turbulent, which can quickly eliminate a vessel and any remnants of a disaster.

Most likely theories

These are some of the theories analyzed by scientists, which could be the most likely causes of these incidents

· Human mistakes

Many of the accidents that have taken place in these areas have to do with calculation errors or due to technological failures typical of large devices. Some of the pilots who disappeared in this area were prone to commit catastrophic mistakes, such as getting lost frequently, drinking a lot of alcohol before flying and even leaving without the proper aviation equipment on board.They never found bodies and remains in most cases, because this is a great body of water, incredibly deep.Even today, wreckage of airplanes and ships are rarely found despite massive advances in reconnaissance and tracking technology

· Meteorology

Another of the possible theories goes through the weather. Typhoons, hurricanes and large storms that cause waves of hundreds of meters can easily be the cause of accidents involving large ships at sea and aircraft in the sky.

· The rebel waves

The researchers called this phenomenon 'rebel waves', which are so high that they can measure more than 30 meters. To test their theory they made a replica of the USS Cyclops, which was easily shot down during the simulation of these giant waves.

· Magnetic variations and electronic fog

This concept was coined by Rob MacGregor and Bruce Gernon in his book The Fog. Both, survivors of a rugged trip through the area, said that an electronic vortex in the middle of a thick fog hit the wings of his plane. Due to this electronic fog all the technological devices of the apparatus - of the seventies - broke down leaving the couple aimlessly and without vision.

· Methane explosions

In this area, in very deep craters - similar to blue holes - there would be large concentrations of methane gas. In the area of ​​the Bahamas, the heat of the tropical waters and that of the ships themselves would cause this methane to explode, forming not only virulent sea currents but also destroying ships and ships as if they were paper.

Conclusions

1. The Bermuda triangle is really not as dangerous as everyone thinks, it is even an area frequented by airplanes and ships, which are heading from the American continent to Europe.
2. Many of the disappearances of ships and planes that are accredited in this area, have been analyzed and explained by different scientists
3. Larry Kusche was able to demonstrate that in the Bermuda triangle really there are no paranormal things as assured by Charles Berlitz and Vincent H in their respective books, who had only misinformed the public.
4. The incidents with airplanes and ships are not due to paranormal phenomena but rather due to the different weather conditions that usually occur in the area.
5. Not all ship disappearances had really happened in the Bermuda triangle, but some of them had actually happened outside their limits, however there are still people who prefer to avoid crossing this area, due to the fear that this cause.

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