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Bermuda Triangle ideas;

About six years ago, on national TV, a new type of TV show emerged [which quickly spawned replicas]

That encompassed forensic science; data needed for court cases. Questions such as “How did this body die”, where was the shooter, and more. Scientific analyses had finally advanced sufficiently so that both laboratory experts, police officers and others could examine historical information and compare it to what are called exemplars-things which are known. Did a person die of injury, attack, illness and more now seem analyzable. Then, we add the TV show JAG, which also introduced the follow-up show NCIS, where a team of actors replicates the true NCIS approach to fighting crime exclusively within The Navy and

Marine Corps. With their “Abby” and their computer teck, they are able to figure out who did what to whom, when and why.

Now, it is my belief that with this introduction to more detailed forensics and ability to do historical research with new Scientific tools should be brought to a “Wonderment” in American puzzles; such as “Where did several military air planes go during WW11 and why did they get off course!” While I believe In phenomena, I am also a scientist. I feel that a real NCIS team needs to visit the Bermuda area and seek out lost airplanes and fliers and find out what made them veer off path.

Our “National Treasure” Steve Spielberg feels his Close

Encounters is one explanation but I prefer a more scientific answer.

Historical data on the Triangle:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY — NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
The Bermuda Triangle

Related Resources: Bermuda Triangle Bibliography
Rosenberg, Howard. “Exorcising the Devil’s Triangle.” Sealift 24, no. 6 (June 1974): 11-15.
Loss of Flight 19USS CyclopsThe Bermuda TriangleThe “Bermuda Triangle” or “Devil’s Triangle” is an imaginary area located off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States of America, which is noted for a supposedly high incidence of unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft. The apexes of the triangle are generally believed to be Bermuda; Miami, Florida; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The US Board of

Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official name. The US Navy does not believe the Bermuda Triangle exists. It is reported that Lloyd’s of London, the world’s leading market for specialist insurance, does not charge higher premiums for vessels transiting this heavily traveled area.

The most famous US Navy losses which have occurred in the area popularly known as the Bermuda Triangle are USS Cyclops in March 1918 and the aircraft of Flight 19 in December 1945. The ship probably sank in an unexpected storm, and the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean — no physical traces of them have ever been found. Another well known disappearance is the civilian tanker SS

Marine Sulphur Queen carrying bulk molten sulfur which sank in February 1963. Although the wreck of Marine Sulphur Queen has not been located, a life preserver and other floating artifacts were recovered. These disappearances have been used to provide credence to the popular belief in the mystery and purported supernatural qualities of the “Bermuda Triangle.”

Since the days of early civilization many thousands of ships have sunk and/or disappeared in waters around the world due to navigational and other human errors, storms, piracy, fires, and structural/mechanical failures. Aircraft are subject to the same problems, and many of them have crashed at sea around the globe. Often, there were no living witnesses to the sinking or crash, and hence the exact

cause of the loss and the location of the lost ship or aircraft are unknown. A large number of pleasure boats travel the waters between Florida and the Bahamas. All too often, crossings are attempted with too small a boat, insufficient knowledge of the area’s hazards, and a lack of good seamanship.

To see how common accidents are at sea, you can examine some of the recent accident reports of the National Transportation Safety Board for ships and aircraft. One of the aircraft accident reports concerns an in-flight engine failure and subsequent ditching of a Cessna aircraft near Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas on 13 July 2003. This is the type of accident that would likely have been attributed

to mysterious causes in the Bermuda Triangle if there had been no survivors or other eyewitnesses of the crash.

A significant factor with regard to missing vessels in the Bermuda Triangle is a strong ocean current called the Gulf Stream. It is extremely swift and turbulent and can quickly erase evidence of a disaster. The weather also plays its role. Prior to the development of telegraph, radio and radar, sailors did not know a storm or hurricane was nearby until it appeared on the horizon. For example, the Continental Navy sloop Saratoga was lost off the Bahamas in such a storm with all her crew on 18 March 1781. Many other US Navy ships have been lost at sea in

storms around the world. Sudden local thunder storms and water spouts can sometimes spell disaster for mariners and air crews. Finally, the topography of the ocean floor varies from extensive shoals around the islands to some of the deepest marine trenches in the world. With the interaction of the strong currents over the many reefs the topography of the ocean bottom is in a state of flux and the development of new navigational hazards can sometimes be swift.

It has been inaccurately claimed that the Bermuda Triangle is one of the two places on earth at which a magnetic compass points towards true north. Normally a compass will point toward magnetic north. The difference between the two is known as

compass variation. The amount of variation changes by as much as 60 degrees at various locations around the World. If this compass variation or error is not compensated for, navigators can find themselves far off course and in deep trouble. Although in the past this compass variation did affect the “Bermuda Triangle” region, due to fluctuations in the Earth’s magnetic field this has apparently not been the case since the nineteenth century.

We know of no US Government-issued maps that delineate the boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle. However, general maps as well as nautical and aviation charts of the general area are widely available in libraries and from commercial map dealers.