Time Warps

Many theories have been developed to explain the disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle such as methane gas and freak waves. Another less accepted explanation are time vortexes. Some people believe that boats have been lost in a time portal sending them to another time and place. The theory was originally developed by Albert Einstein and is still believed by some.

Steven McConchie

Vortex Kinesis. (2003). Bermuda Triangle.
Retrieved on April 22, 2008. from http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/vortex_kinesis.html

Conclusion

There are a lot of different theories behind the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. Based on our research it was broken down into three categories. First is the group of people that believe the events are caused simply by human error and that there are no outside influences. Secondly there are the people who believe there is a scientific influence such as methane gas and freak atmospheric and weather phenomena that cause the disappearances. Thirdly there are people that believe the Bermuda triangle is a myth in general and that there are no more disappearance there than anywhere else in the world. They say it is simply just more publicized.

Columbus and The Triangle

It is said as early as 1492 on Columbus' first journey to the America's that when he passed through the area known now as the "Bermuda Triangle" he witnessed strange events. In his journal he wrote about a "Great Flame of Fire" that streaked accross the sky. Also during the time he was in the Triangle Columbus' journal also talks about a complete compass failure. It is speculated that Columbus was just experiencing a discrepancy between what is called "True North" and "Magnetic North". The light Columbus saw was most likely nothign more than a meteor burning as it entered earth's atmosphere.

Andrew Troester

The Bermuda Triangle (2006) Retrieved April 18, 2008 from
http://beaverbeliever.net/caches/GCV29D.htm

Most Recent Disapperances

The last disapperances have happened within the past 5 years. There have only been 3 missing planes that have flown over the Bermuda Triangle that have come up missing. The most recent disapperance was Piper PA-46-310P N444JH plane. This plane went down on April 10, 2007, near the Berry Islands. They are unsure why this plane became missing, and are currently still looking into the matter. The next disapperance was a Piper PA-23 N6886Y plane. On June 20, 2005 this plane went down due to matters dealing with bad weather. It went down somewhere between Treasure Cay, BI and Flort Pierce, FL. On Novermber 12, 2003 Piper PA-32-300 N8224C plane, went down over the Exumas, Bahamas. This plane went down for reasons that are unknown, and the case has been closed. This is an example of a Piper PA-46-310P Plane.

(2007). Bermuda Triangle?. Retrieved April 14, 2008, from Bermuda Triangle? Web site: http://caribbeantravelhelp.com/bermuda/q-3005875.html


-Rebecca Bryan

USS Cyclops and SS Marine Sulphur Queen

Even though there have been over 200 disappearances, two of the main ships that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle were the USS Cyclops, and the SS Marine Sulphur Queen. The USS Cyclops was a navy ship that was built to keep a mobile battle fleet supplied with fuel. The USS Cyclops went into the water in 1817, the ship had coal and cargo supplies that the Navy needed in wartime events. In early march 1918, the ship went down as they were passing through the Bermuda Triangle. The ship was never found after it was returning from a voyage to Brazil.
The other ship that disappeared is the SS Marine Sulphur Queen. The SS Marine Sulphur Queen was the first liquid sulfur tanker to ever hit the water. The ship was leaving from Beaumont, Texas and heading for Norfolk, Virginia. When they were headed towards Norfolk the ship lost all signals about 200 miles off of Key West, Florida. This puts the ship in the Bermuda Triangle. The ship disappeared some time after she left Texas on February 2, 1963 and February 7, 1963, when the ship did not make it to Virginia. Its a mystery as to what happened or where the ship is today.
-Rebecca Bryan

Oceanic Flatulence

Ocean Flatulence is one of the theories behind the many dissapearances in the Bermuda triangle. Ocean Flatulence is basically when the ocean floor releases a large amount of methane gas in what are commonly called gas hydrates. The theory is that when the ocean floor releases this large amount of gas at one specific moment the ocean can become very violent and frothy enough so to sink a ship. Also it is believed that when this gas is released into the atmosphere any aircraft low enough woould suffer engine failure dude to the massive amounts of concentrated methane gas taken in by the engine. Ocean Flatulence has been found to be common in the areas around Scotland and it is believe that within the Bermuda triangle that could be very prevelent as well.

Breaking Wind. (2007). Retrieved April 10, 2008 from.
http://unex-t.com/thetruth/bermuda.htm

Andrew Troester

Lawrence Kusche's Disappearance of Flight 19

Explanations and theories are being offered up all the time to attempt to debunk the strange disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle. This is especially true for the infamous disappearance of flight 19. There have been television programs from the History and Science channels and books like Lawrence Kusche's Disappearance of Flight 19. His theory is that the vanishing of the planes has absolutely nothing to do with the triangle itself but rather poor navigation by the pilots. The objective of flight 19 was to allow the pilots to practice plotting their course on plotting boards like this one and to have each plane lead for a certain leg of the flight. Kusche claims that if one pilot was mistaken in his direction during his assigned leg then the other pilots would blindly follow off course. He has received a great deal of criticism for his claims because many people find it hard to believe that the other pilots would not cross check the navigation of the leader. But still no evidence has been found to say exactly what went wrong with flight 19.

Bad Navigation?. (2004) Bermuda triangle. Retrieved April 9, 2008 from http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/bad_navigation_.html

Steven McConchie

Theories of the Bermuda Triangle

One of the main theories, involves waterspouts and freak waves. Both of these can explain alot about the disappearances of planes and ships. The waterspouts (tornadoes that hit the water), which causes huge cyclones. Freak waves can range up to 100 feet tall, and come out of no where. These waves are big enough to cause ships to easily sink. They have figured out this theory, becuase there are 9 other areas just like the bermuda triangle. They are busy waterways where many ships disappear. All have deep trenches which can sink ships by the huge whirlpools.
Some people blame aliens on the disappearances of the ships. They believe that UFO's come down and suck up all of the people in the ships and the planes. They think that once the aliens have taken all the people they put the ships and planes some where in another dimenson. Aliens take the people back to their planet to study them.
There are a bunch of different theories regarding the Bermuda Triangle. Some of the theories range from currents, compass variation, aliens, human error, man made energy field, and topography of the ocean floor.

Bermuda Triangle.(2006) Theories of the Bermuda Triangle. Retrieved April 3, 2008, from http://library.thinkquest.org/J002228F/Theories/theories.htm.

-Rebecca Bryan

Myth vs. Fact

A lot of myths are associated with the Bermuda Triangle. Some say the triangle is just a joke while some even say it is a huge conspiracy and both have supporting and contradicting evidence. One of the more common "myths" is that the Bermuda triangle is not responsible for any more accidents than any other part of the ocean. These claims, according to the US Coast Guard Search and Rescue, are bogus. The myth is according to statistics Llyod's Accident Report which show that the accident rate in the "Devil's Triangle" is not greater than any other portion of the Atlantic but those reports only include commercial vessels and not yachts and other small crafts that often fall victim to the triangle. The reports that are published by the Coast Guard which include these personal yachts, definitely show an increased accident and disappearance rate within the boundaries of the triangle.

Steven McConchie

Myths & Facts. (2004) A journey into the mysteries of the sea.
Retrieved April 2, 2008, from http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/myths___facts.html

The Sea Venture

The Bermuda Triangle has a history of disappearances starting almost 400 years ago with the mysterious sinking of The Sea Venture in 1609 just off the coast of Bermuda. Although ships were much more fragile in the 17th century and were constantly being lost to the sea due to the weather conditions The Sea Venture was constructed to handle the terrible storms of the Atlantic yet it could not hold up to the strange weather in the triangle. What was even more strange and added to the mystery, was the wreck of the rescue boat which was sent after The Sea Venture. These two incidents may have been the beginning of the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.

Linebaugh, P. (2003) The wreck of the Sea Venture.
Retrieved March 28, 2008
http://www.clairehope.btinternet.co.uk/PDFs/LinebaughRediker_seaventure.pdf


Steven McConchie

Flight 19

On the 5th of Decembe, 1945 Flight 19 departed form the U.S. Naval Air Station in Fort Lauderdale Florida. It was late afternoon and the the weather was mild with slight rainshowers and 20 knot winds. The squadron was on a routine training exercise in which they were to fly west from Fort Lauderdale, run a few bomb training exercises, then fly north for a little bit and then return to the base. Only a few hours after the flgiht had taken of radio technicians recieved a message between the leader of Flight 19 and another pilot in the group stating he was unsure of his position relative to Florida and it was relayed among the pilots that they were all experienceing strange compass failure. Due to the less than great atmospheric conditions of the day the squadron was unable to establish communication with the base back in Florida. From here the story is left up to speculation but this video gives one of the theories which has become widely accepted as the fate of Flight 19.




http://history.navy.mil/faqs/faq15-1.htm

Andrew Troester

The Bermuda Triangle also known as the "Devil's Triangle". It is located in the southeast Atlantic Ocean by the United States. The three points of the triangle are located in Bermuda, Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Triangle ranges from 500,000 square miles to 1,500,000 square miles. The Bermuda Triangle is known for ship and aircrafts randomly disappearing. There is no explanation behind why these ships and aircrafts were gone or where they disappears to.

-Rebecca Bryan