Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle is a zone of the Atlantic Ocean of 3,9 million km delimited by the archipelago of the Bermuda, the east coast of the Florida and the island of Puerto Rico. According to the legend, it was the theater of a great number of disappearances of Navire S and Aéronef S.

History

Inspired by several articles published by various magazines in the Years 1950, name “Bermuda Triangle” is allocated to the journalist Vincent Gaddis in an article of the magazine Argosy in 1964: The Deadly Bermuda shorts Triangle .

The modern history of the Bermuda Triangle starts with the disappearance of the Pickering , an American boat, about 1801. Then, in the order, disappeared: In 1780, the General one Spoil. In 1800, the US one Rises a French ship with 36 guns and 340 sailors. In 1800, US Pickering. In 1812, Patriot. In 1814, US Wasp. In 1815, the US Sparrowhawk. In 1824, US Wildcat with 31 team members. In 1824, Schooner Lynx with 40 team members. In 1824, US Schooner Hornet. In 1840, the Rosalie. In 1843, US Grampus. In 1866, the Lotta , a Three-masted ship Swedish.

In 1868, the Viego , a Spanish trading vessel.
In 1872, the Celestial Mary , it was found abandoned and drifting with the 2 years likings later between the the Azores and Gibraltar.
In 1880, the Atalanta , a British Training ship with its 290 officer cadets.
In 1884, the Miramon , an Italian Goélette.

In 1909, the Spray - the ship was directed by the famous navigator Joshua Slocum, considered as the best sailor of its time. In 1917, the S Timandra with 21 sailors.

In 1918, the Cyclops , with 300 sailors, disappeared without sending S.O.S.

In 1920, the S Hewitt, this cargo liner with vapor disappeared at sea. In 1921, Carroll A. Deering was Retrouvé failed close to course Hatteras in North Carolina. The 11 team members had disappeared. In 1925, the S Cotopaxi with 32 sailors.

In 1925, the Raifuku Maru , a cargo liner Japanese, disappeared after having sent the following message: “Danger like dagger now. Horn quick! ” (“Danger dagger. The Help!. Quickly! ”).

In 1926, the Cargo liner S Suduffco with 29 sailors.

In 1938, the Australian Anglo with 38 sailors. Its last message was: “Ideal Time. All is well”.

In 1942, Surcouf, a French submarine. In 1942, a TBF Avenger (plane). In 1943, a PBY Catalina (plane). In 1943, a TBF Avenger (plane). In 1943, a Furnace Lockheed PV-1 Ventura (plane). In 1943, a PB4Y Privateer (plane). In 1944, a PBY Catalina (plane). In 1944, a PB4Y Privateer (plane). In 1944, a SBD-5 Dauntless (plane). In 1944, a PBY-5A Catalina (plane). In 1945, B-24 Liberator (plane). In 1945, a PB4Y Privateer (plane).

In 1945, the flotilla 19: five planes Avenger destroyers.

In 1947, C-54 (plane). In 1948, the S Samkey. In 1948, Evelyn K.

In 1948, the Star Tiger , a British apparatus which ensured the Azores-Bermuda connection disappeared, after having sent the following message: “Excellent Conditions weather. Will arrive at the hour envisaged”.
In 1948, a Douglas DC-3, making the connection between Puerto Rico and the Florida disappeared. The pilot would have transmitted following information: “We approach the airport… We are not any more but to 80 km in the south… We see the lights of Miami… All is well. Let us await the instructions for the landing”.

In 1949, Tudor IV - Star Ariel (plane).

In 1950, a cargo liner costaricain with its crew of 28 men by a calm sea.

In 1950, Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat (plane). In 1950, Grumman F9F-2 Panther (plane). In 1955, the Home Sweet Home. In 1955, Connemara IV was drifting abandoned Retrouvé with the likings of the currents. In 1958, Revonoc.

In 1961, the Albatross , a sailing ship school, sank suddenly off Florida carrying with him 6 of the 19 team members.

In 1963, the S Marine Sulfur Queen a tanker of 154 meters which found forever. In 1963, Sno' Servant boy. In 1965, Enchantress. In 1965, El Gato. In 1967, Witchcraft with 2 sailors. In 1970, Milton Latrides. In 1971, El Caribe. In 1972, Anita, a German cargo liner (20 000 tons) with 32 sailors. In 1975, Dawn. In 1976, Sylvia L. Ose. In 1978, the S Hawarden Bridge was Retrouvé abandoned in West Indies. In 1980, the S Poet a large cargo liner. In 1995, Jamanic K a cargo liner. In 1999, Genesis a cargo liner with 40 sailors.

Professor Wayne Meshejian declared that the meteorological satellite of the National Océanographic Administration fell systematically broken down each time it passed above the Bermuda Triangle: “A force that we do not know, specified it, prevents the passage of information”.

The legend became extensive with the disappearance of a flotilla of five hunters bomber S the December 5th 1945 off Florida, known under the name of Vol 19 . At the end of one hour of flight, the base of Fort Lauderdale accepted a call of the lieutenant announcing to them that they were lost. A seaplane, party with their research, did not return either.

From 1945 with 1975, forty planes and about fifty boats would have disappeared without launching distress call.

Attempts at explanation

Among the scientific assumptions, one often called upon magnetic disturbances and “oceanic flatulences”, that is to say underwater emissions of a highly flammable gas, the Méthane which strongly decrease the density of water until causing a loss of buoyancy (see Hydrate of methane). Exit of the decomposition of organic elements like oil and the coal, compressed by the great depth and the very low temperature of the environment, released during the creation of faults by the tectonic activity. One finds at sea other layers important north where certain drilling platforms, ships and aircraft were absorbed or pulverized by the same phenomenon.

The number of disappearances reported is not particularly high if one takes account of the following factors:

surface (nearly 4 million km).
importance of the sea traffic in this zone.
importance of the layers of methane hydrate and the tectonic activity of the area.
weather conditions, chaotic and unforeseeable under these latitudes.

Several alleged shipwrecks appeared simple mystifications thereafter. For some, the mystery remains to be cleared up. For others, there is no mystery, except perhaps the propagation of the legend on the basis of so mean fact.

Documentary diffused in 2003 by the chain National Geographic does not mention a particular anomaly measured in this zone, except a light reduction in the terrestrial magnetic field. He recalls on the other hand that one observes there the most violent storms of the sphere, with sometimes of the Vagues scélérates of eight meters and more top. With regard to the flight 19 , it is the assumption of an error of navigation of the instructor, trained in the Keys and having confused the topography of the areas flown over with those at the point to believe that its magnetic compass was put out of order, which is retained like most probable, their low fuel reserves being responsible for the loss of the flotilla, found by chance in 2000.

The insurance companies, as for them, do not judge useful to date (2006) to raise their premiums for the ships or planes brought to cross this zone.

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