3. Things we will discuss today
Introduction
Research Work
History
Scientific Reasons
Incidents
Arguments
Is It Really True?
4. INTRODUCTION
1. The Bermuda Triangle is also know as “The
Devil’s Triangle”.
2. It is the region situated in the Western part of
North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft
and ships are said to disappeared mysteriously.
3. The Triangles three vertices are Florida,
Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.
4. As per different writers the area varies from
1,300,000 to 3,900,000 km (500,000 to 1,510,000
sq mi).
5. In spite of mysterious disappearance it is one of
the busiest shipping lane in the world.
6. The Legends says when CHRISTROPHER COLUMBUS sailed through that
area on his first voyage to the NEW WORLD, he reported that a great flame
of fire crashed into the sea one night.
He also wrote about the Erratic compass reading perhaps because at that
Time A Silver of the Bermuda Triangle was one of the few places on the Earth
where the true North and Magnetic North lined up.
Bermuda Triangle got public attention in 1918 when the USS CYCLOPS, a
542-foot-long Navy Cargo sank .
On the ship 300 men and 10,000 tones of Manganese Ore onboard . This
was one of the biggest incidents.
7. SCIENTIFIC REASONS
The different Scientific Reasons :-
1. Compass Variation
2. Gulf Stream
3. Rouge Wave
4. Methane Hydrates
5. The Lost City Of Atlantis
Compass Variation: The area of the Bermuda Triangle has some
“magnetic abnormalities”. It can differ “ by such 20 degrees in TRUE
NORTH AND MAFNETIC NORTH". With their compasses out of
track it would be very easy for ships to get lost.
Gulf Stream : It is a deep ocean current that originates in the Gulf
of Mexico. It has a surface velocity of up to 2.5 m per second (5.6 m). A
boat having a engine trouble can be carried away from its reported
position by the current.
8. Rogue Waves: Another interesting consideration would be Rogue
waves. Rogue waves are spontaneous, deadly waves that occur far in the
ocean. These could explain how ships can be toppled over suddenly. We
can never forget to include hurricanes as possible causes for the missing
ships in the Bermuda Triangle.
Methane Hydrates: An explanation for some of the disappearances
has focused on the presence of large fields of methane hydrates (a form of
natural gas).Laboratory experiments prove that bubbles can indeed, sink a
scale model ship by decreasing the density of water.
9. THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS
Two scientists, Paul Weinzweig and Pauline Zalitzki, working off the coast
of Cuba and using a robot submersible, have confirmed that a gigantic city
exists at the bottom of the ocean.
A popular theory put forward for the mysterious goings-on in this part of
the ocean is that it is the location of the legendary lost city of Atlantis.
According to legend, Atlantis was powered by mysterious crystals and some
believe that these still rest on the seabed, sending out waves of energy that
destroy ships and planes.
10. INCIDENTS
Flight 19 was a training
flight with 5 TBM
Avenger Bombers . On
December 5, 1945 it
disappeared over the
Bermuda Triangle during
US navigation training.
All 14 aircrafts were lost
as well as 13 crew
members by a mariner
flight boat assumed by
professional
investigators.
A Douglas DC-3
disappeared on
December 28,
1948. All 32
passengers were
never found .
1. Flight 19 2. Douglas DC-3
11. One of the Weirdest incident involved
a pilot Bruce Gernon . In 1970 he
was flying from Bahamas to Florida
when his plane was under that
triangle he saw that his plane was
entering in an cigar shaped cloud.
Inside he found that he was
surrounded by a strange electronic fog
that made his compass spin widely.
The plane passed through safely but
he suddenly discovered that he
reached his destination half-an-hour
before.
3. Cigar Shaped Cloud
12. ARGUMEMTS & COUNTER
ARGUMENTSBermuda Triangle has also had its own share of ARGUMENTS and counter arguments
I. Lawrence David Kusch
Lary Kusch was a researcher from Arizon state university in US. He
wrote the book. “The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved” in 1975.
Kusch concluded:
• Many of the planes and ships that disappeared mysteriously in the
Bermuda triangle was not in the triangle at all
• The triangle area is frequented by tropical storm's
• In many cases the incidence has been misreported due to sloppy
research. For example a boat’s disappearance has been mentioned but
its eventual return has not been reported.
13. Lloyd's of London
It has been reported in an article published in a Fate’s magazine in
1975. According to him 428 ships have been lost throughout the world
. It may be interesting to know that there is no evidence to support the
claim that the Bermuda Triangle has more losses than anywhere else. It
has made a considerable fortune for many authors and in return has
provided the public with a continuing source of entertainment for 50
years.
Bermuda Triangle does it exists?
There is nothing special about Bermuda triangle. The claim state that if
you take the same area of water and you were to put it in a busy area of
water you get a number of stories like Bermuda triangle one's. It has been
stated that most of the accidents in the Bermuda triangle are from human
error or mechanical error.
14. The Bermuda Triangle has been under learning since 1956. It is such a mystery
that excites the “BRAINS OF MANY PEOPLE". Before attempting to explain
the high levels of disappearances in the Bermuda triangle, it is necessary to
ascertain whether there is really such a thing.
•The area is one of the busiest shipping lane in the world, so correspondingly higher
level of typical ships lost would be expected.
• The south-east coast of the us is also prone to violent storms, suggesting that a
more frequent occurrences of non-supernatural disappearances would be expected.
•Moreover, insurance rates for shipping and travel within the triangle are higher
than anywhere else.
•We are not used to large objects disappearing but the sea is more capable of
