Into the Bermuda Triangle: Pursuing the Truth Behind the World's Greatest Mystery (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP)

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Although reports of unexplained occurrences in the region date to the mid-19th century, the phrase “Bermuda Triangle” didn’t come into use until 1964. The phrase first appeared in print in a pulp magazine article by Vincent Gaddis, who used the phrase to describe a triangular region “that has destroyed hundreds of ships and planes without a trace.” Collier Cyclops Is Lost; 293 Persons On Board; Enemy Blow Suspected", The Washington Post, April 15, 1918. The Devil's Triangle (1974), Richard Winer ( ISBN 0-553-10688-0); this book sold well over a million copies by the end of its first year; to date there have been at least 17 printings.

The Gulf Stream ( Florida Current) is a major surface current, primarily driven by thermohaline circulation that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and then flows through the Straits of Florida into the North Atlantic. In essence, it is a river within an ocean, and, like a river, it can and does carry floating objects. [31] It has a maximum surface velocity of about 2m/s (6.6ft/s). [32] A small plane making a water landing or a boat having engine trouble can be carried away from its reported position by the current. [33] Human errorSince then, scores of fellow paranormal writers have blamed the triangle’s supposed lethalness on everything from aliens, Atlantis and sea monsters to time warps and reverse gravity fields, whereas more scientifically minded theorists have pointed to magnetic anomalies, waterspouts or huge eruptions of methane gas from the ocean floor. a b c d e f g h i j k l McDonell, Michael (June 1973). "Lost Patrol" (PDF). Naval Aviation News: 8–16. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012 . Retrieved January 8, 2014. {{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) Larry Kusche, author of The Bermuda Triangle Mystery: Solved (1975), [1] argued that many claims of Gaddis and subsequent writers were exaggerated, dubious or unverifiable. Kusche's research revealed a number of inaccuracies and inconsistencies between Berlitz's accounts and statements from eyewitnesses, participants, and others involved in the initial incidents. Kusche noted cases where pertinent information went unreported, such as the disappearance of round-the-world yachtsman Donald Crowhurst, which Berlitz had presented as a mystery, despite clear evidence to the contrary. Another example was the ore-carrier recounted by Berlitz as lost without trace three days out of an Atlantic port when it had been lost three days out of a port with the same name in the Pacific Ocean. Kusche also argued that a large percentage of the incidents that sparked allegations of the Triangle's mysterious influence actually occurred well outside it. Often his research was simple: he would review period newspapers of the dates of reported incidents and find reports on possibly relevant events like unusual weather, that were never mentioned in the disappearance stories.

The incidents cited above, apart from the official documentation, come from the following works. Some incidents mentioned as having taken place within the Triangle are found only in these sources: National Geomagnetism Program | Charts | North America | Declination" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-27 . Retrieved 2010-02-28. a b "Online Video Extract from 'The Bermuda Triangle: Beneath the Waves' ". YouTube. 2004. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016 . Retrieved September 10, 2014. Golden, Tim (June 5, 1991). "Mystery of Bermuda Triangle Remains One". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017 . Retrieved September 10, 2014. The undersea explorers who announced last month that they might have discovered five Navy planes that vanished mysteriously in 1945, laying a foundation for the myth of a craft-swallowing Caribbean twilight zone, said that on closer inspection, the planes they found turned out not to be those of the fabled 'Flight 19.' ... Mr. Hawkes said at a news conference that in four of the five cases, the tail numbers of the planes his team had found did not match those of the lost aircraft.This satellite image of the large disturbance centered east of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean. (Image credit: National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS).) The Bermuda Triangle is a best-selling 1974 book by Charles Berlitz which popularized the belief of the Bermuda Triangle as an area of ocean prone to disappearing ships and airplanes. The book sold nearly 20 million copies in 30 languages. [1] Another common explanation for the Bermuda Triangle rests on magnetism. The Earth’s magnetic North Pole isn’t the same as its geographic North Pole , which means that compasses usually don’t point exactly north. Only along what’s known as agonic lines, which line up magnetic and geographic north, are compasses truly accurate. The Bermuda Triangle is a best-selling 1974 book by Charles Berlitz which popularized the belief of the Bermuda Triangle as an area of ocean prone to disappearing ships and airplanes.