"Hello,
friends!" The year 1945." on 5th December, " at 10 past 2 in the
afternoon," "5 torpedo bomber
aircraft of the US Navy," took off
from Florida. This mission was called
Flight 19. It was a 3-hour long routine
training mission. "It wasn't
anything special," they were simply
flying to conduct their regular training missions. "There were 14 crew members on the
flight," "led by their flight
leader," a highly experienced pilot
and war veteran. These five planes flew
east from Florida. Everything was normal "the weather was clear," "but about 2 hours after the
takeoff," their squadron leader
reported that there were sudden problems
in their compass. Their compass stopped
working. "They take out their
backup compass,"
but the backup compass failed too. They can't determine their actual position. They ask the pilots of the other planes but their instruments were malfunctioning
too. "Lt Charles Carol Taylor was
the squadron leader," "after
the compass broke down," utterly
confusing messages were sent over radio transmission. The weather starts worsening. "At 4:56 in the evening," Taylor believes that their planes were flying
over the Gulf of Mexico. And that they
needed to fly east to get back to Florida.
So he commanded the rest of the planes to fly east. But some of the crew abroad the flight
believed that they were already flying
east of Florida.
And that they needed to fly westwards. "Right after this order," one of those planes sent a radio transmission
saying It shows that some of the crew
members believed that they had to fly
westwards to get back home. But the weather
continues to worsen. It's soon sunset
and then the darkness of night. "At
this point, it is believed that the planes were actually 370km east of
Florida." "At 7:04 PM," we get the last radio transmission from
Taylor. "After this, all five
planes are lost forever." "Till
date," we have no clue about these
planes. Where are they? What happened to
them? "After the disappearance of
Flight 19," "a
Search-and-Rescue Mariner aircraft took off," with a crew of 13 people. They were on the mission to find Flight 19. "But while looking for them, they too
disappear. " "First, 14 people
of Flight 19 disappeared, "
And then 13 people of the Mariner search-and-rescue
aircraft. "For days after
this," a large scale air-and-sea
search operation was carried out. "One
of the largest search operations of the time," to look for both of these flights. But they could find nothing. "Neither do they find a body of any
person," nor any part of the
aircraft. Everything had disappeared. "Interestingly," "the area where both planes
disappeared," "today, we know
that area as the Bermuda Triangle."
"""We don't know which way is West.""" """Over the past 50
years," "3,000 ships," "and 100 planes," have gone missing in a mysterious stretch of
water "in the Atlantic
Ocean.""" """Ships
have gone missing" "planes
have gone missing.""" """Known
as the Devil's Triangle," "a
source of intrigue," "legend
and fear," "this is the
Bermuda Triangle.""" The
Bermuda Triangle is said to be a very
mysterious part of the ocean. "There,
more than 100 aircraft and ships, have disappeared." They were never found again. "This area lies between Florida in the
USA," Puerto Rico and the country
Bermuda in the North. It makes a
triangular area like this. "Overall,
this area spans more than 500,000 square miles." Tales of the Bermuda Triangle are older than
500 years. "In 1492," "when Christopher Columbus set out to
find the New World," "he
reported that when he was passing by this area," his compass stopped working. "And one night, when he looked at the
sky from his ship," he saw a weird
light. A strange light that looked like
a ball of fire. And he saw that ball of
fire fall out of the sky into the ocean.
"This was the beginning of the mystery," "over the next few eras, several names
were given to this area." The
Graveyard of the Atlantic.
The Sea of Doom. Sargasso
Graveyard. These names were used in the
18th and 19th centuries. "But the
name the Bermuda Triangle," was
used for the first time in 1964. "In
a magazine called Argosy," "there
was an article by Vincent H. Gaddis in 1964," titled 'The Deadly Bermuda Triangle.' This was the first time the phrase Bermuda
Triangle was used. "In this
article," many disappearances in
the Bermuda Triangle over the last several decades were summarised by him. He had tried to link them all. Trying to create a mystery. "Claiming that there is something
peculiar in this area of the ocean,"
because of which so many aircraft and ships disappear. "Although, there were no explanations in
the article as to why it happened."
But this made the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle the most popular at
the time. So popular that many books
were written on it. "Many films and
computer games were made," there
were songs on the Bermuda Triangle too. "Talking
about some other incidents," there
was another horrifying incident in the year 1918. It involved the USS Cyclops. One of the biggest and fastest ships of the
US Navy at the time. It was a very
important asset for the American Navy. Especially
when America began taking part in World War I.
It was used to transport the troops and coal. "On 4th March 1918," 306 people were aboard the USS Cyclops. "From a city near Washington, called the
West Indies Baltimore, " this ship
began its journey towards Brazil.
"Other than people, this ship was carrying 11,000
tonnes of manganese." The journey
was supposed to take 9 days. Everything
was fine with the departure of the ship.
The weather was clear. "While
departing, the ships send the message"
"But this message," was
the last message from this ship. After
this ship began its journey there was no
news from it. It had disappeared
suddenly. This shocked everyone. "One of the biggest ships of the US
Navy," "a ship this
huge," how could it disappear
suddenly? "If you think that this
incident was mysterious," a more
daunting and frightful incident was the
Ellen Austin mystery. "In the year
1881," a 210 feet long ship the Ellen Austin. "Travelling from London to New
York," "quite common for the
day," many ships undertook this
journey at the time. "But on its
way, Ellen Austin encountered an unidentified ship." Near the Bermuda Triangle area. "From the outside, this unidentified
ship looked completely normal" but
there was no trace of any humans aboard this ship. "There was no crew, no people at
all." The captain of Ellen Austin
decided to go aboard the ship to see
what had happened. "First, he
brought his ship alongside this ship and waited for 2 days" "so that they could see if there was
anyone or even a trace of anyone, "
for any response from the other ship.
But there was no response for 2 days.
"After that, the captain set foot on the unidentified ship." There was a lot of stuff on this new ship.
And everything was in the place it should have been. "During that time, people were wary of
pirates," they used to be wary of
an attack by the pirates who would steal
from the ships. This unidentified ship
hadn't been subjected to this. Because
all the valuable items of this ship were intact. "Due to this reason, the captain of
Ellen Austin decided to" "send
some of his crew members on the ship,"
and that they would continue their journey with both ships. "For the first 2 days, both ships
continued ahead normally." But then
came a storm. Their paths separated and the unidentified ship had disappeared. "After the storm was over," "the captain of the Ellen Austin tried
to look for the ship," and he
spotted the ship with this spyglass at some distance. "When he reached near it," there was again no trace of any human aboard
the ship. "The crew members he had
sent from his ship to the other ship,"
they had suddenly disappeared. Where
did they go? What happened to them? We
don't know. But the ship was still
intact. "It's said that the captain
of Ellen Austin tried once again to bring the ship with him," "and sent some more crew members to
steer the ship," "but again,
after a few days, there was another storm," and the same story repeated again.
"This unidentified ship gets separated," "and the new crew members on it,
disappear once again." "When
Ellen Austin returned," "the
owner of the ship was so terrified after hearing this story," that he sold off the ship to a German
company. They change the name of this
ship to Meta. "Yup, that's
right," "the way that Mark
Zuckerberg renamed Facebook into Meta,"
"this ship, too, was renamed Meta." Isn't it an intriguing and legendary story? "But unfortunately, friends," "most probably, this incident is just a
story." "Because this incident
is so old," it is not possible to
verify it properly. "And the
stories that are very popular historically," "those that are passed down to
generations," "but that cannot
be verified properly," "the
truth cannot be unearthed,"
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return to the topic. What lies behind
the incidents of the Bermuda Triangle? There
are many theories for it. "Some
people blame the aliens," "that
aliens had come and abducted the aircraft and ships," and had taken these with them. "Some people believe that there is a
giant sea monster under the ocean,"
that is behind the disappearances.
Some people claim that this area of the ocean is peculiar and the aircraft and vessels drown here.
These theories are truly outlandish. So let's focus on the theories that sound a bit more scientific. One of the explanations is based on
magnetism. "Friends, the thing is
that" the North Pole of the Earth "and the magnetic North Pole," are two distinct points. "So when you look towards North on a
compass," the compass is pointing
towards the magnetic North Pole. But the
real North Pole is somewhere close by. It is known as the Geographic North Pole. You can see it in this photo. The difference between the Magnetic and
Geographic North Poles. "Normally,
when people use the compass," "as
has been done for ages," they take
this into account. "But there
are some areas on the Earth," "if
you use a compass in these areas," you
would find the Magnetic and Geographic North Poles at the same place. The places where this happens are known as the Agonic Lines. These Agonic Lines shift with time. "But for the last 200-300 years," the 0° line has been around or in the area of
the Bermuda Triangle. This can basically
create confusion. The next strange thing
about this area is that "the area
in the Bermuda Triangle," is quite
shallow. "When you look at it on a
satellite map," "you'd see
that the Bahamas," "Caribbean
Islands," they're surrounded by
turquoise colour all around. This area
in the ocean stretches across a long distance with shallow waters. You can see the deep ocean around it "is represented in dark blue
colour," and this area stands out
when looked at through a satellite. "Because
of this, it is said that" "in
the olden days, when the ships came to this area," got stuck here due to shallow waters. Hidden shoals were the points where the land
beneath the ocean was quite high. But it
was not visible from the ships.
"When the ships were atop the area," they would get stuck there. "The third peculiarity," this area has one of the highest rates of
hurricanes in the world. "If you
rank the countries where most of the hurricanes are seen, " "China is at Number 1," then the USA at Number 2 followed by Cuba. Cuba lies in this area. And which state gets the most hurricanes in
the USA? Florida. It lies in this area. This area gets hurricanes and water sprouts
more frequently. Methane Hydrates is
the fourth explanation. "There are
some areas in the ocean," that have
large fields of methane hydrates. "In
Australia, scientists had conducted laboratory experiments" in which they had found that "when there's an exceeding amount of
methane bubbles in the water," "the
density of the water gets lower," "and
the buoyancy of a ship cannot be maintained," and so the ship drowns. It's the same logic as when the salt content of the water is high "the density of water increases," and it becomes easier for things to float. As is the case of the Dead Sea. "If you recall, I had made a vlog
there." "A normal person who
would sink into the ocean," "floats
on the Dead Sea," because the
density of the water is high. "The
same thing is happening here, in reverse."
If there is methane in the water.
"It is hypothesised," "if
there are methane eruptions in the water,"
"they are also known as mud volcanoes," "when volcanoes erupt underwater,
methane is released"
"and if it happens when a ship is over the area, " "then the ship would instantly sink into
the water," without any warnings. Never to be heard from again. "This is an interesting
explanation," "But in all the
disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle,"
there was no direct evidence that
any exact incident was due to methane hydrates.
This is simply a scientifically proven thing that exists. But to have actually caused the disappearance
of any ship has not been proven yet. "The fifth explanation is the most
important, in my opinion." Because
this is related to human psychology. This
is known as the Baader-Meinhof Effect. Or the Frequency Illusion. The Baader-Meinhof Effect or the Frequency
Illusion is a psychological effect. "It
states that when we start to notice things more," then we start finding them more often around
us. Remember when someone in your family
bought a new car? "The model of the
car you got," "after buying
it, you would have noticed" "that
over the next few days or even months,"
"whenever you were on the road," you started noticing the model of the car you
bought more and more. You would notice
the same model on the road. You may also
feel like more people bought the model after you bought it. "In reality, the frequency of the car on
the road didn't change much." It
was just as common after you bought it as it was before. "But because you bought the car," you started noticing it more. The same thing is said about the Bermuda
Triangle.
"Though it is true that some big aircraft and vessels
disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle,"
"But if you've noticed,"
"in many areas around the world across all oceans," "there have been such disappearances of
aircraft and ships," areas other
than the Bermuda Triangle. One of the
recent examples of this is the Malaysian Airlines flight. It hadn't disappeared around the Bermuda
Triangle. "The thing is that when
people came across the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle," people started paying more attention to the
disappearances and incidents there. The
incidents taking place around the Bermuda Triangle. "And the similar incidents that took
place outside the Bermuda Triangle,"
people didn't pay much attention to them. "Journalist Larry Kusche," the author of the book 'The Bermuda Triangle
Mystery Solved' reached this solution
too. "He wrote that though there
were some incidents that took place initially," "but when with time, when the mystery of
the Bermuda Triangle gained prominence,"
some people started creating their stories. "There was mystery-mongering," "and some stories were totally
absurd," and hadn't really
happened.
The story of Ellen Austin that I told you," is said to be one such fabrication. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the US state that "there's no evidence that the aircraft
and ships that disappear in the Bermuda Triangle," "the mysterious disappearances in the
Bermuda Triangle that we see," "no
evidence that they occur more frequently in the Bermuda Triangle," than compared to any other area of the ocean. It is not so.
"We see similar mysterious disappearances," in the other areas of the oceans as well. The United States Coast Guards have even said
that It shows that the Coast Guard of
the USA don't even recognise the Bermuda
Triangle is a hazardous area. "They
said that the fact ""that the area within the Bermuda Triangle" "is heavily trafficked," "could account for some of the mystery.""" "The area of the Bermuda Triangle," "sees a lot of traffic of ships and
aeroplanes," that's why the chances
of such incidents happening here increase.
"""Pair that with the fact that the" "Bermuda Triangle is often swept by
hurricanes," "and the presence
of the Gulf Stream," it is not hard
to see why ships might "occasionally
sink there."
"If you bear in
mind that this area sees a lot of hurricanes," "and the water is shallow here," you arrive at the straightforward answer to
the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. "But
despite the frequent hurricanes," "when
WWF had conducted their detailed study in 2013," "for the World's 10 Most Dangerous
Bodies of Water for Shipping," "in
the top 10 most dangerous waters," the
Bermuda Triangle area was not on the list.
"Simply speaking," the
mysterious disappearances have nothing to do with the Bermuda Triangle. You might ask now what was the ball of fire that Christopher
Columbus had seen fall into the ocean? There's
a simple and scientific answer to it too.
Scientists believe that it was actually a meteor seen by Christopher Columbus. "I hope you found the blog
informative," Thank you very much!