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Subject: Re: I guess the bermuda triangle is considered a myth or legend
From: Guodzilla posted Sat, Sep 19 2009, 4:26pm 
Interestingly, there has been a great deal of scientific research on the Bermuda Triangle. All in all, that area of the ocean has

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ABSOLUTELY NO MORE OR LESS FREQUENCY OF DISAPPEARANCES THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE OCEANS OF THE EARTH.

In other words, the Bermuda Triangle is no different, navigationally speaking, than the rest of the world's oceans, save for one crucial point:

That area of the sea is very highly populated. There are hundreds of islands, from Bermuda and the Florida Keys to the Bahamas, and on into the waters around Cuba and Haiti. Almost all of these islands have settlers or even towns and cities, so if a ship or plane disappears, word spreads faster than a San Francisco brushfire. Facts get distorted, expanded or even lost, and before you know it there's another "Hoodoo Disappearance" for the latest Charles Berlitz wannabe to write about.

Believe it or not, with the advent of satellite navigation, disappearances of large ships have almost completely disappeared, as well as those of large aircraft. The only vanishings in the present day are pleasure craft, most often crewed by neophyte, inexperienced people who get into a jam and panic, often with disastrous consequences.
One might remember the "Cyclops" which disappeared in the year 1918. Actually, the wreck of the "Cyclops" may have been found in 1972 by a Navy diver, who found it by accident somewhere off the coast of North Carolina while training on the sunken hulk of another vessel. There really is no mystery to the ship's disappearance. After the "Cyclops" left Bermuda, it headed due north along America's east coast, and foundered and sank with all hands during a hurricane.
Flight 19? It was a squadron of rookies headed by a flight leader who had JUST TRANSFERRED TO PALM KEY THE DAY BEFORE THE FLIGHT. In other words, he was completely unfamiliar with the area. The flight took off without incident, but after several hours of flying the leader's gyros got quirky and he panicked, rather than listening to the radio instructions. In the end he got tunnel vision and flew off into the Atlantic, followed by the rest of the squadron, only to ditch somewhere, perhaps hundreds of miles off course with little to no hope of rescue.
The rescue plane sent after them was a PBY Martin Mariner, which was notorious for having fuel-line trouble. In fact, that very ship was seen to blow up in mid-air about fifteen minutes after takeoff.
I could go on, but really I think I made my point:
Bermuda Triangle is nothing more than a myth.
Subject: Re: I guess the bermuda triangle is considered a myth or legend
From: Irishtheruler posted Sat, Sep 19 2009, 8:26pm 
Guodzilla,

Well written! If you do enough searching online, a popular myth is the lost city of Atlantis is in the Bermuda Triangle, and an overabundance of magic crystals tweak out the com/nav in planes and boats alike. But scientifically, I agree, there's nothing wrong with the triangle. I flew from Jax to Puerto Rico round trip without a hitch, with the exception of losing my luggage key.

-Irish
Subject: Re: I guess the bermuda triangle is considered a myth or legend
From: kearnivorous posted Sun, Sep 20 2009, 4:00am 
It was obviously the aliens who took your key. In 50 years time when they finally come and visit us openly, they will release Amelia Earhart, bigfoot, nessie, the survivors of the Titanic, and your luggage key. The only reason you are saying these things is to try to spread disinformation. Bloody NSA agents.
Subject: Re: I guess the bermuda triangle is considered a myth or legend
From: Guodzilla posted Sun, Sep 20 2009, 9:40am 
Oh, by the way: I did my laundry a coupl of days ago, and one of my socks had inexplicably vanished without a trace. Do you think it could have been . . . ?
( Whips round and stares dramatically into the camera lens while ominous organ music plays)

THE MAYTAG WHIRLPOOL!?
(Terrifying organ crescendo)
Subject: Re: I guess the bermuda triangle is considered a myth or legend
From: Irishtheruler posted Sun, Sep 20 2009, 8:00pm 
Lol. I got that crystal theory from this website, which I found years ago when I had a cubicle job. I spent quite a few lunches reading her thoughts on things, and had many good laughs.

-Irish
Subject: Re: I guess the bermuda triangle is considered a myth or legend
From: Southlander posted Sun, Sep 20 2009, 5:43am 
Actually, the way I have heard the Bermuda Triangle explained is this:

Chuck Norris has a secret home in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle, Chuck Norris does not tolerate tresspassers.
Subject: Re: I guess the bermuda triangle is considered a myth or legend
From: GeneralVeers posted Sun, Sep 20 2009, 9:28am 
your point is based on incomplete information...

Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Your online source -

have fun reading, i certainly did when i had his book a while back...

a B-52 like this one disappeared from a formation of six back in 1961, it had barely been out of sight of another B-52 when it vanished, and despite a huge search effort, no trace was found...


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