Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Facts and Myths

Bermuda Triangle is a strange triangular area on the Atlantic ocean where

many ships sailing through it or planes passing over it have disappeared
without a trace. In few of such cases where wrecks could be found, the
crew had vanished. And such incidents have been happening since
centuries.
So looking for the facts behind the mystery of Bermuda Triangle? More
than 1000 ships and planes have disappeared in the triangle area over the
past five centuries and continue to do so. And all these happen when
apparently there are no human errors, equipment failures or even natural
disasters. Strangely, the ships and aircraft just vanish when everything
seems to be okay. Many believe that Devil is at play here and therefore
call the area also as Devil's Triangle.
The facts however are quite far from what is generally known or believed
to be true. There are many stories and myths created through sheer
imagination by writers who have used them rampantly to draw publicity to
their books. In many cases, the facts got blurred. But one thing which is
beyond doubt is, far too many incidents have taken place in this area for it
to be ignored casually or interpreted to be just another normal ocean
area. Well, I have been digging deep into the incidents and analyzing the
facts and evidences. This section is an account of those findings.
So where is Bermuda Triangle located and how large is the area? Is there a
map? And do you get to know when exactly you cross the line and enter
the area? By the simplest of all definitions, Bermuda Triangle is located of
the South-Eastern coast of the United States and in the Atlantic Ocean.
The three corners of the triangle are: Miami (in Florida); San Juan (in
Puerto Rico); and Bermuda (a north-Atlantic island)
The disappearances have mostly taken place near the southern boundary
of the triangle between Florida and Puerto Rico. You can always argue that
it's obvious because that's where the area of the triangle is widest and
therefore such possibilities should be more anyway! But the area is not as
simple as it appears in the picture above. In order to know more about its
location, how the area is actually laid out in the Atlantic, and whether you
will ever know when you are entering the dreaded Bermuda triangle area
as you take a cruise or flight, Visit Triangle Location & Map.
So what caused the ships and aircraft to disappear mysteriously? There
have been many research and explorations done to uncover the mystery.
There is no single theory that can explain all the incidents of
disappearances. The ships and aircraft have been victims of diferent

circumstances and situations. Things happened quickly and unexpectedly.

While many theories have come out, there are few that come close to
solving the Bermuda Triangle Mystery.
Methane Gas trapped under the sea floor can erupt, and as a result can
lower the water density and cause ships to sink like a rock. Even planes
flying over it, can catch fire and get completely destroyed during such gas
blowout.
Sargasso Sea is a strange area that has no shores and bounded only by
water currents on all sides. Many ships passing through it have been
stranded and made motionless.
Electronic Fog, a strange thick cloud appears from nowhere and engulfs a
ship or a plane. Instruments begin to malfunction, and finally the ship or
the aircraft vanishes without a trace.
Compass variations-Compass problems are one of the cited phrases in many Triangle
incidents. While some have theorized that unusual local magnetic anomalies may exist in the
area,[28] such anomalies have not been found. Compasses have natural magnetic variations in
relation to the magnetic poles, a fact which navigators have known for centuries. Magnetic
(compass) north and geographic (true) north are only exactly the same for a small number of
places for example, as of 2000 in the United States only those places on a line running
from Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico.[29] But the public may not be as informed, and think there
is something mysterious about a compass "changing" across an area as large as the Triangle,
which it naturally will.[18]
False-color image of the Gulf Stream flowing north through the western Atlantic Ocean. (NASA)

Gulf Stream-The Gulf Stream is a deep ocean current 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. It has a surface
velocity of up to about 2.5 metres per second (5.6 mi/h).[30] A small plane making a water
landing or a boat having engine trouble can be carried away from its reported position by the
current.

Human error-One of the most cited explanations in official inquiries as to the loss of any
aircraft or vessel is human error.[31] Human stubbornness may have caused businessman
Harvey Conover to lose his sailing yacht, the Revonoc, as he sailed into the teeth of a storm
south of Florida on January 1, 1958.[32]

Violent weather-Tropical cyclones are powerful storms, which form in tropical waters and
have historically cost thousands of lives lost and caused billions of dollars in damage. The
sinking of Francisco de Bobadilla's Spanish fleet in 1502 was the first recorded instance of a
destructive hurricane. These storms have in the past caused a number of incidents related to
the Triangle.
A powerful downdraft of cold air was suspected to be a cause in the sinking of the Pride of
Baltimore on May 14, 1986. The crew of the sunken vessel noted the wind suddenly shifted and
increased velocity from 32 km/h (20 mph) to 97145 km/h (6090 mph). A National Hurricane Center
satellite specialist, James Lushine, stated "during very unstable weather conditions the downburst of

cold air from aloft can hit the surface like a bomb, exploding outward like a giant squall line of wind
and water."[33] A similar event occurred to the Concordia in 2010 off the coast of Brazil.