If
I remember correctly, I first learned about the Bermuda Triangle in a book by
John Godwin called This Baffling World. It was a compendium of stories
of the strange from around the world that included a section on the Bermuda
Triangle he
It
was in 1974 that the Lorenzens of APRO were holding a convention or symposium
in Denver, Colorado. Circumstances meant that I would be able to attend and one
of the few things I remember is Jim Lorenzen on the stage, talking about the
mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. Specifically, he mentioned Flight 19, the five
Avenger Torpedo planes that disappeared in December 1945. Lorenzen said that
there was no way that all five planes would have crashed as once. What was
there that could take all five planes at once, without warning.
Years
later, as I was studying some of the cases from the Bermuda Triangle, I learned
the answer to that question. According to the available records, at 5:22 p.m.,
Lieutenant Taylor, the flight leader was heard to say, “When the first man gets
down to ten gallons of gas, we will all land in the water together. Does
everyone understand that?”
Of
course, that might not have happened but that would explain how five aircraft
can all disappear at once… but I digress.
In
those early years, I believed there was something weird going on in the Bermuda
Triangle. Planes and ships just don’t disappear like that… unless there is
something strange happening.
I
also thought, if you are going to promote a point of view, you should
understand what the enemy claims. Given that, I picked up a book, The
Bermuda Triangle
One
of the disappearances that Kusche covered was that of a C-119. In his write up,
he used the Miami Herald as a source, but the newspaper doesn’t supply
much in the way of evidence. He theorizes that the plane might have ditched,
but he doesn’t really know. He brings up the UFO sighting by Gemini 4, which is
completely irrelevant.
I
wouldn’t bother with this if I didn’t have additional information. I covered
all that “new” information on this blog a number of years ago. You can read
about the disappearance and the solution here:
But
the point here is to look at these shows that are now searching for answers in
the Bermuda Triangle. I had thought it would just be more of the same hype that
solves nothing but adds to the mystery. It seems that this assumption might be
wrong.
My
pal (and I use the term loosely since I only met him once but did have a late
lunch with him), Josh Gates, got sucked into the Bermuda Triangle lore. But the
tone of the program seemed to be more about finding an answer or two and the
attempts to use science in the search. Sure, he talked to some of those who
have had weird experiences in the Triangle, but those experiences don’t really
take us outside the realm of modern physics. Nothing that would suggest an
otherworldly presence or some sort of interdimensional warp. Just weird weather
in an area where weird weather seems to be a regular occurrence.
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| Josh Gates on the right. |
Although
it seems that he is going to attack the problem of Flight 19, I haven’t seen
that episode yet. I do know that there have been several Avenger Torpedo
Bombers found in the Triangle, but none, according to official sources, have
been proven to be part of Flight 19. For example, in 1991, treasure hunter Graham
Hawkes said that he had found the wreckage of all five aircraft. The tail
number of one of the aircraft came from a crash some two years earlier. Hawkes
later said that the Pentagon and therefore the Navy had pressured him to make
the case “go away.” Then in 2012, he said that he believed that he had actually
found Flight 19, but he couldn’t prove it.
In
2015, there was a claim that an aircraft had been found near Sebastian, Florida
with two bodies inside. Although the Navy initially said it was part of Flight
19, they later retracted the statement. FOIA requests for more information didn’t
provide any conclusive evidence.
What
was more interesting for me, the wreckage of an Avenger was found during the
search for parts of the Challenger Space Shuttle. I say interesting
because Jon Myhre raised the wreckage, which he thought was part of Flight 19.
I
mention this because Myhre did publish a book about Flight 19 which suggested
the aircraft had been found. I’m working to learn a little more about this
because, if even one of the aircraft has been found, then we might have a
solution to this mystery.
But,
back to the original point here. I’ve seen a couple of other episodes of Curse
of the Bermuda Triangle. While they seem to be doing quite a bit to fill
the hour with their investigations, they also seem to have a real mission of
finding answers. I mean did we really need to show that a powerful magnet would
affect the operation of a compass? We all know this and if I remember correctly,
there are documented magnetic problems in the Triangle area. According to the program,
the yacht, Yahtzee, which disappeared in the Triangle has been found.
At
this point, I’m rather pleased with both the Curse of the Bermuda Triangle
and Josh Gate’s Expedition Unknown. Although they talk of thousands of
disappearances, none of the research I’ve done suggest anything like that.
True, as mentioned, there have been 300 shipwrecks found around Bermuda but a
shipwreck isn’t a disappearance. Of course, that report didn’t mention the
massive reef system around Bermuda that was responsible for some of those
wrecks. Lloyd’s of London did look at the statistics and suggested that the
Bermuda Triangle was no more dangerous than some other areas of the world.
While
some of those believe that Atlantis and that mythical civilization had some
power source that causes the disappearances, others thought that proof for
Atlantis had been found. I believe it was Josh Gates who dove on the “Bimini
Road” which supposed to have been built by the Atlanteans. But in the program,
they concluded that the road was a natural formation based on wave action.
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