There
has been a number of shows recently about the Bermuda Triangle and especially
Flight 19. I found a couple of guys who were well versed in what happened to
the flight. First up was Douglas Westfall. He and I talked about the
disappearance of Flight 19. You can listen to that interview here:
For
those who aren’t as familiar with Flight 19 as those of us who have studied all
of this for decades, Flight 19 was a group of five
Avenger Torpedo Bombers on a
training mission that took off on December 5, 1945. They were supposed to make
a practice torpedo run on Hens and Chicken Shoals off the coast of Florida.
They were then supposed to turn north, and finally back to the east to return
to the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station. They never made it. All five vanished.
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This
is the cornerstone of the Bermuda Triangle mystery. What sort of force could
destroy five aircraft at once? There had been no wreckage found which deepened
the mystery. There has been a great deal written about the flight so a google
search will provide additional details.
I
did mention the disappearance of a C-119 in the Bermuda Triangle that provides
some perspective. I had a personal connection to this and you can read about it
here:
Doug
Westfall, however, mentioned that three of the aircraft had been found. The
Navy swooped in to confiscate the wreckage and then destroyed it. Doug provides
some information and some documentation to support this theory, not to mention
that one of those crewmen survived the disaster. It makes an interesting theory.
You can search for the Flight 19 information at his website at:
Next
week, I’ll be talking with Andy Marocco who has investigated Flight 19 for many
years and believes that the remains of the flight have been found. His theory
is slightly different from that we heard from Doug. It will be interesting to
learn how they disagree and maybe more importantly how the do agree.
Finally, some new information, or at least a new angle, on flight-19. For the past 20 years everything seen or read about it has just gone over the same thing ad nausea. I wish I had the resources to follow up all the direct sources. Mr Westfall does sound like he knows what he is talking about.
ReplyDeleteHi Kevin, fascinating interview. As for the motive of the military in destroying the aircraft and the secrecy, I would suggest that the military just finds it more convenient for them to let people go on thinking that the Bermuda Triangle is a thing and that unexplainable paranormal factors were involved in the disappearance of Flight 19 than actually admit the facts. Easier to sweep the whole thing under the rug, than admit that, yes, the flight should have been grounded or admit pilot error. Thanks for the interview.
ReplyDeleteFantastic interview that leaves one flabbergasted re: possible Navy cover-up.
ReplyDeleteUncertain what to think, BUT I will say that memorials in Arlington National Cemetery do not just come about willy-nilly.
The marker to S Sgt George R. Paonessa does apparently exist [see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7071480/george-richard-paonessa] (note date of death), and there must be some reason behind its creation. Incidentally, I made a quick search of Arlington and did not locate similar individual memorials for any other Flight 17 personnel in Arlington … of course, they could exist elsewhere.