History of The Bermuda Triangle | Weird Wild World

Aug 10, 2023

History of The Bermuda Triangle | Weird Wild World

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1.55 -> [Music]

10.96 -> hello

11.519 -> and welcome to weird wild world a weekly

14.4 -> series that takes a look at the power of

16.24 -> nature

16.88 -> from natural disasters to rare and

18.88 -> strange phenomena and everything in

20.72 -> between

21.439 -> we will take a look at the wonder and

23.039 -> weirdness of our planet

24.96 -> i'm the illuminati and today we're going

27.359 -> to be taking a look at a triangle

29.519 -> more famous than me the bermuda triangle

32.48 -> so

32.96 -> what is it and why is it so infamous

35.36 -> well let's dive right into these rocky

37.52 -> waters

38.079 -> and try to find out without disappearing

40.32 -> under mysterious circumstances of course

45.68 -> to start with let's go over what the

47.6 -> bermuda triangle actually is

49.6 -> according to britannica the bermuda

51.199 -> triangle is a section of the north

53.28 -> atlantic ocean off north america

55.28 -> in which more than 50 ships and 20

57.6 -> airplanes have vanished

59.28 -> the boundaries aren't universally agreed

61.199 -> upon but it has a vaguely triangular

63.52 -> shape with three points being the coast

65.28 -> of florida

66 -> the greater antilase and of course

67.92 -> bermuda itself

69.439 -> the area is an extremely heavily

71.6 -> traveled shipping lane so

73.119 -> of course the more ships that visit

74.72 -> there the more ships may vanish

76.799 -> after all you're not going to experience

78.96 -> a high number of ships and

80.479 -> aircrafts vanishing off the coast of

82.24 -> antarctica if so few people pass through

84.56 -> there right

85.36 -> well we'll get into some of the theories

87.04 -> and explanations behind the

88.479 -> disappearances in just a moment though i

90.56 -> don't want to get too far ahead of

91.759 -> myself

92.64 -> but now that we know where the bermuda

94.56 -> triangle is relatively located

96.56 -> let's get into some of the

97.52 -> disappearances and when they began

99.6 -> just to see how long this has been going

101.6 -> on although the disappearances in the

103.759 -> bermuda triangle truly began with some

105.92 -> consistency in the 1800s

107.92 -> the very first documented case of

109.759 -> something strange happening

111.2 -> was in 1492 when christopher columbus

114.479 -> sailed across the atlantic

116.24 -> this particular instance is what leads

118.399 -> many people to believe that something

119.92 -> supernatural was

121.2 -> and is going on in the bermuda triangle

124 -> it's said that christopher columbus

125.439 -> reported that his ship's logbook about a

127.6 -> large

128.08 -> fire flame falling into the sea unusual

130.72 -> compass readings and strange lights

133.12 -> one source states that amazon primes

135.44 -> inside the bermuda triangle revealed how

137.599 -> on october 11 1492

139.92 -> christopher columbus reported seeing a

141.76 -> strange light during his first voyage

143.76 -> across the atlantic

145.36 -> columbus described the light in his log

147.52 -> as a small wax candle that rose

149.92 -> and lifted up for which a few seconds

151.76 -> seemed to be an indication of land

154 -> author jian quasar explored the

156.16 -> description during the series

157.76 -> he said in 2007 the triangles got a

160.319 -> superstition of seafarers and the enigma

162.879 -> can be found as far back as columbus's

164.879 -> log

165.599 -> he was the first to sail the area and he

167.84 -> noted that on three occasions the

169.76 -> compass pointed in the wrong direction

171.84 -> eleven and a quarter degrees off from

173.76 -> the evening reading from the morning

175.519 -> reading which was unexplainable

177.599 -> he also noted that the sea rose without

180.159 -> any wind whatsoever which shocked all of

182.239 -> them

182.56 -> and then on the eve of discovering the

184.48 -> new world an unexplained light levitated

186.959 -> on the horizon

187.92 -> and then rose up and honestly if i saw

190.56 -> something like that

191.44 -> i would be terrified too i'd turn that

193.68 -> ship around no thank you we are not

196 -> going into gigantic balls of fire

198.08 -> nowaday though we know this was most

200.08 -> likely a meteor

201.28 -> not a ufo as some have speculated

203.84 -> another source says the canary islands

206.08 -> lie

206.4 -> at roughly the 25th parallel and he was

209.04 -> familiar with the sky around those

210.64 -> islands

211.44 -> due to this reasoning it seems likely

213.28 -> that the light he saw was not a star

215.36 -> or planet this leaves only a few more

217.84 -> possibilities

219.12 -> it could have been a rare phenomenon

221.28 -> known as a ball lightning

223.12 -> however there is no mention of any

225.12 -> storms being present on the night in

226.959 -> question

227.76 -> since ball lightning is almost always

229.76 -> associated with stormy conditions we can

231.92 -> safely rule this out

233.599 -> could it have been a meteor this is also

235.84 -> a good possibility

237.12 -> there are a few aspects of this theory

238.959 -> that make it plausible

240.239 -> first of all and most obvious is the

242.319 -> short duration of the light

244.239 -> columbus only had time to call one

246.239 -> witness to his side to confirm the

248.08 -> sighting

248.64 -> by the time that rodrigo sanchez

250.56 -> appeared on the scene the light was

252.159 -> extinguished or at least no longer

254 -> visible to the men on the ship secondly

256.479 -> the light was described as

257.919 -> moving up and down or like a little wax

260.56 -> candle

261.28 -> fireballs are sometimes said to flicker

263.44 -> especially ones with long trains that

265.36 -> give off sparks

266.639 -> at first glance this would seem that the

268.56 -> description of a light moving up and

270.4 -> down

270.8 -> would negate the fireball theory this

273.28 -> would be true if the fireball was

274.88 -> witnessed from the land but we must

276.8 -> remember that columbus was standing on

278.56 -> the deck of the ship

280.08 -> this perceived movement can be easily

282 -> attributed to the ships rolling on the

283.68 -> waves which would naturally change the

285.28 -> elevation of an

286.08 -> object seen close to horizon and this

288.72 -> wasn't completely uncommon after all

290.88 -> in october 1492 the ensystem meteorite

294.32 -> made

294.639 -> impact in germany and was seen as an

296.88 -> omen from god

298.32 -> it doesn't seem like this would have

299.759 -> been the meteor that columbus saw

301.52 -> as it landed a few weeks after columbus

303.6 -> reached the new world but

304.8 -> this is to say that it wouldn't be

306.479 -> completely out of left field for a

308.08 -> meteorite to have still been there

310.4 -> still the fact is that some of the first

312.24 -> voyagers in the bermuda triangle

313.84 -> witness such an odd sight definitely

315.919 -> lends some credibility

317.36 -> now let's get to those 19th century

319.6 -> ships what happened to those

321.68 -> from the patriot to the uss and

323.68 -> previewer to the mary celeste

325.84 -> many ships vanished in these dangerous

327.68 -> waters i'm not going to get too deep

329.44 -> into each one but review some of the

331.28 -> most notable and

332.4 -> see if there's any similarities just at

334.8 -> a glance all of them seem to vanish

336.56 -> without a trace and with no survivors

339.12 -> maybe it's the fear of the unknown that

340.88 -> so widely contributes to people's

342.479 -> superstitions about this place

344.4 -> as one source states take for example

346.56 -> the case of theradocia burr

348.4 -> austin 29 daughter of former vice

350.639 -> president aaron burr and

352 -> the wife of south carolina governor

353.84 -> joseph alston

355.36 -> she was the passenger on the shooner

357.36 -> patriot which sailed from charleston

359.28 -> south carolina to new york city on

361.039 -> december 31st

362.24 -> 1812 after a few days at sea the patriot

365.52 -> and all those on board were

367.039 -> never heard from again given that it was

369.28 -> sailing from south carolina to new york

371.44 -> was the patriot even in the bermuda

373.36 -> triangle close enough apparently

376.24 -> while at first glance the cases seem

378.16 -> creepy i've got to say

379.52 -> this one doesn't really fit into the

381.36 -> curse maybe my geography is off but i'm

384 -> not sure there's

385.039 -> any way you could fault the bermuda

386.56 -> triangle for this one unless the ship

388.56 -> took a very wrong turn somewhere you

390.479 -> know

391.199 -> even sources that list it as an incident

393.28 -> in the bermuda triangle

394.56 -> admit that the ship was likely

396 -> overloaded and that led to the ship

398 -> sinking

398.56 -> so maybe this ship sinking doesn't

400.72 -> explain the bermuda triangle but

402.479 -> what about the others well in 1872 the

405.919 -> mary celeste

406.96 -> also known as a ghost ship or an

409.039 -> abandoned ship

410.08 -> became a legend in the bermuda triangle

412.72 -> the story of mary celeste

414.24 -> is an incredibly eerie one the

416.24 -> smithsonian magazine published the tale

418.319 -> in november 2007 and wrote the following

421.199 -> the british brig

422.16 -> de gracia was about 400 miles east of

424.8 -> the azores on december 5th

426.68 -> 1872 when crew members spotted a ship

429.52 -> adrift in the choppy seas

431.68 -> captain david morehouse was taken aback

433.84 -> to discover that the unguided vessel was

436.16 -> the mary celeste

437.599 -> which had left new york city eight days

439.68 -> before him and should have already

441.52 -> arrived in genoa italy

443.44 -> he changed course to offer help

445.52 -> morehouse sent a boarding party to the

447.28 -> ship

447.84 -> below decks the ship's charts had been

449.919 -> tossed about and the crewmen's

451.44 -> belongings were still in their quarters

453.599 -> the ship's only lifeboat was missing and

456 -> one of its two pumps had been

457.68 -> disassembled

458.8 -> three and a half feet of water was

460.8 -> sloshing in the ship's bottom

462.56 -> though the cargo of 1701 barrels of

465.84 -> industrial alcohol was largely intact

468.479 -> there was a six-month supply of food and

470.639 -> water but not a soul to consume it

473.199 -> so that's also a bit terrifying i think

475.759 -> this story alarms me

477.199 -> more than the patriot simply because i

479.199 -> can only picture what it would be like

480.639 -> to find a completely empty ship

482.56 -> but no survivors without any concrete

485.36 -> proof of course

486.24 -> speculation soared theories about sea

488.56 -> monsters mutiny

489.919 -> pirates waterspouts all of these things

492.319 -> were thrown around

493.28 -> and arthur conan doyle wrote a short

495.28 -> story based on the events of 1884

498 -> suggesting a vengeful ex-slave did it

500.479 -> the smithsonian suggested that the story

502.479 -> of mary celeste might have drifted into

504.56 -> history if not for conan doyle's

506.52 -> sensationalistic account

508.24 -> so what did happen well authorities at

511.28 -> the time weren't entirely convinced of

513.2 -> the de gracia's crew's innocence

515.279 -> yet the ship's condition intact with

517.36 -> full cargo seemed to rule out robbery or

519.839 -> pirates

520.88 -> documentarian and mcgregor tried to put

523.279 -> this puzzle together

524.32 -> though she had very little pieces to

526.24 -> work with abandoning a ship in the open

528.88 -> sea is the last thing a captain would

530.64 -> order

531.04 -> and a sailor would do but is that what

533.519 -> captain briggs ordered

534.959 -> if so why his ship was seaworthy

538.16 -> it wasn't flooded or horribly damaged

540.16 -> says phil richardson

541.36 -> a physical oceanographer at the woods

543.519 -> hole oceaographic institution in

545.44 -> massachusetts and

546.72 -> an expert in derelict vessels whom

549.2 -> mcgregor enlisted in her investigation

552.16 -> the discovery crew sailed it so it was

554.48 -> in really good shape

555.839 -> the night before the last entry in the

557.519 -> ship's log the mary celeste again

559.839 -> faced rough seas and winds of more than

561.92 -> 35 knots

563.36 -> still mcgregor reasons rough seas and a

565.92 -> faulty chronometer wouldn't by

567.519 -> themselves prompt an experienced captain

569.839 -> to abandon ship

571.12 -> was there something else mcgregor

573.44 -> learned that on a previous voyage the

575.2 -> mary celeste had carried coal and that

577.44 -> the ship had recently been

578.8 -> extensively refitted coal dust and

581.44 -> construction debris could have fouled

583.279 -> with the ship's pumps

584.399 -> which would explain the disassembled

586.16 -> pump found on the mary celeste

588.32 -> with the pump inoperative briggs would

590.399 -> not have known how much sea water was in

592.64 -> his ship's hull

593.68 -> which was too fully packed for him to

595.44 -> measure visually

596.8 -> at that point says mcgregor briggs

599.04 -> having come through some rough weather

600.88 -> having finally and belatedly sighted

603.2 -> land and having no way of determining

605.279 -> whether his ship would sink

606.959 -> might have issued an order to abandon

608.88 -> ship as anticlimactic as that might be

611.92 -> it seems more likely that this ship was

613.92 -> abandoned due to technical difficulties

616.399 -> not a sea monster not a meteor and not

619.04 -> even pirates

620.399 -> other ships in that time period may have

622.56 -> encountered storms as well

624 -> such as the ship called ellen austin so

626.72 -> generally speaking these 19th century

628.72 -> ships disappearing in a well-traveled

630.399 -> area

630.959 -> isn't out of the question these deaths

633.44 -> though tragic

634.56 -> can be explained however it's the 20th

637.76 -> century ships vanishing that really

639.76 -> began to catch people's attention

641.76 -> personally i believe it's due to the

643.44 -> fact that there were distress calls and

645.2 -> things of that nature

646.48 -> not to mention the idea of massive cargo

648.8 -> ships just being swallowed up by the

650.48 -> ocean

650.959 -> is enough to catch anyone's attention

653.36 -> one source states

654.8 -> reports of unexplained disappearances

656.959 -> did not really capture the public's

658.72 -> attention until the 20th century

661.04 -> an especially infamous tragedy occurred

663.36 -> in march 1918

664.959 -> when the uss cyclops a 542-foot long

668.8 -> navy cargo ship with over 300 men

671.36 -> and 10 000 tons of manganese ore on

673.76 -> board

674.56 -> sank somewhere between barbados and the

676.72 -> chesapeake bay

677.839 -> the cyclops never sent out an sos

680.079 -> distress call despite being equipped to

682 -> do so

682.72 -> and an extensive search found no

684.64 -> wreckage only god

686.399 -> and the sea know what happened to the

688.16 -> great ship u.s president woodrow wilson

690.64 -> later said

691.6 -> in 1941 two of the cyclops sister ships

694.8 -> similarly vanished without a trace along

696.959 -> nearly the same route as more ships

699.279 -> passed through this route the pattern

700.88 -> became

701.36 -> undeniable only three years after the

703.6 -> cyclops vanished the carol

705.44 -> a deering a shooner was found abandoned

707.92 -> in the area as well

709.519 -> then four years after that in 1925

712.56 -> the ss cotopaxi sent a distress signal

715.44 -> but was never found

717.04 -> the wreck was found decades later though

719.2 -> in 1985.

721.12 -> since this wreck was actually discovered

723.2 -> i thought it may hold a bit more answers

725.2 -> for us

725.92 -> as it turns out the identification of

727.76 -> this shipwreck actually has a part

730 -> in debunking the bermuda triangle itself

732.399 -> because the steam-powered bulk carrier

734.8 -> never made it to its destination in

736.56 -> havana in fact the shipwreck wasn't

739.279 -> found in the bermuda triangle

740.8 -> and michael barnett a marine biologist

742.959 -> who identified the wreck

744.32 -> said the conspiracy of the bermuda

745.839 -> triangle is total rubbish

748 -> the thing about this bermuda triangle he

750 -> says if you actually look at it on a map

752.56 -> most of the stories associated with it

754.32 -> aren't even in the boundaries

756.079 -> the cotopaxi is one of these stories

758.88 -> when barnett moved to florida from the

760.639 -> mid-atlantic almost 20 years ago

762.72 -> he sought out shipwrecks he could

764.16 -> explore while diving one wreck in

766.32 -> particular

766.959 -> known to locals as the bear wreck and

769.6 -> located about 35

771.04 -> nautical miles off the eastern coast of

773.12 -> saint augustine in north florida

774.88 -> caught his attention unlike most

777.04 -> shipwrecks in that area the bear wreck

778.88 -> was large

780.16 -> intrigued barnett did some research he

782.399 -> took measurements of the shipwreck

784.079 -> looked at historical newspaper articles

786 -> and insurance records and

787.519 -> examined artifacts found on the wreck

790 -> his investigation showed that the

791.6 -> cotopaxi was really the only option

793.92 -> barnette said

794.88 -> it's the one that just kind of screamed

797.12 -> out in 2015 a rumor began circulating

800.079 -> that a ghost ship found by the cuban

801.92 -> coast guard was actually the ss cotopaxi

804.88 -> barnette decided to set the record

806.399 -> straight so he posted a video online

808.639 -> saying that the real cotopaxi was at the

810.399 -> bottom of the atlantic

811.839 -> soon after he posted that science

813.519 -> channel contacted him and the two worked

815.519 -> together to make a show about his

817.12 -> findings

818 -> perhaps so many people believe that the

819.839 -> cotopaxi mysteriously vanished because

822.079 -> of paranormal or curse-related

823.76 -> activities because it's an easier pill

825.68 -> to swallow than

826.56 -> storms happen and you can die at every

828.48 -> time even if the ship is powerful

830.639 -> but i'm not sure but barnett said that

833.279 -> based on testimony at the time

834.959 -> the cargo hold covers were in sad repair

837.68 -> the crew members families even sued the

839.6 -> company that owned the ship and the

841.199 -> ship's carpenter

842.16 -> testified that the hatch covers meant to

844.079 -> cover coal were broken

846.079 -> if water sloshed aboard the ship and ran

848.079 -> down into the cargo hold

849.519 -> then the broken covers meant that ship

851.839 -> could flood and

852.8 -> subsequently sink i'm not saying that

855.04 -> this is 100

856.16 -> without a doubt what happened but it

857.839 -> seems the most likely anyway

859.44 -> and certainly the most fact-based

861.76 -> there's more evidence to prove this

863.199 -> flood than any sort of curse of

864.959 -> extraterrestrial events though

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951.12 -> to the episode

955.44 -> another incident that's widely

957.12 -> referenced is that of flight 19.

959.68 -> this one sort of combines these ships

961.519 -> and planes element together

963.36 -> see it started as nothing more than a

965.199 -> routine training flight on december 5th

967.32 -> 1945. five tbm avenger torpedo bombers

970.959 -> took off from a naval air station in

972.72 -> fort lauderdale florida and the planes

974.8 -> known as flight 19 were scheduled to

976.8 -> tackle a three-hour exercise

979.04 -> their triangular flight pattern called

980.959 -> for them to head east from the florida

982.639 -> coast and conduct bombing runs at a

984.639 -> place called hens and chicken's shoals

986.88 -> they would then turn north and proceed

988.639 -> over grand bahama island before changing

990.88 -> course a third time and flying southwest

993.04 -> back to base

994.24 -> safe for one plane that carried only two

996.48 -> men each of the avengers was crewed by

998.8 -> three

999.279 -> navy men or marines most of whom had

1001.92 -> logged around 300 hours in the air

1004.24 -> the flight's leader was lieutenant

1005.839 -> charles c taylor an experienced pilot

1008.16 -> and veteran of several combat missions

1010.24 -> in world war

1010.959 -> ii's pacific theater at first flight

1013.6 -> 19's hop proceeded just as smoothly as

1016.16 -> the previous 18 that day

1018 -> taylor and his pilots buzzed over hens

1019.839 -> and chicken shoals around 2 30 pm

1021.92 -> and dropped their practice bombs without

1023.6 -> incident but shortly after the patrol

1026 -> turned north for the second lag of its

1027.76 -> journey

1028.319 -> something strange happened for reasons

1030.48 -> that are still unclear

1031.679 -> taylor became convinced that his

1033.28 -> avengers compass was malfunctioning and

1035.36 -> that his planes had been flying in the

1036.959 -> wrong direction

1038.24 -> the troubles only mounted after a front

1040.319 -> blew in and brought rain

1041.76 -> gusting winds and heavy cloud cover

1044.16 -> flight 19 became hopelessly

1045.919 -> disorientated

1047.12 -> we don't know where we are one of the

1048.799 -> pilots said over radio

1050.16 -> we must have got lost after that last

1052.16 -> turn lieutenant robert f cox another

1054.88 -> navy flight instructor who was flying

1056.64 -> near the florida coast

1057.919 -> was the first to overhear the patrol's

1059.919 -> radio communications

1061.52 -> he immediately informed the air station

1063.28 -> of the situation and then contacted the

1065.28 -> avengers to ask if they needed

1066.799 -> assistance

1067.76 -> both my compasses are out and i'm trying

1069.6 -> to find fort lauderdale florida taylor

1071.6 -> said

1071.919 -> his voice sounding anxious i'm over land

1074.32 -> but it's broken i'm sure i'm in the keys

1076.48 -> but i don't know how far down

1078.32 -> and this didn't make any sense how could

1080.48 -> his plane drift hundreds of miles off

1082.32 -> course into the florida keys

1084.16 -> the 27 year old taylor was new to the

1086.24 -> area though and

1087.2 -> many believe he may have confused some

1088.88 -> of the islands of the bahamas for the

1090.72 -> keys

1091.6 -> pilots lost in the atlantic typically

1093.52 -> point their planes towards the setting

1095.2 -> and fly west towards the mainland

1097.039 -> however

1097.6 -> taylor was convinced he may be over the

1099.28 -> gulf of mexico so he was heading in the

1101.6 -> wrong direction

1102.96 -> one man even complained over the radio

1104.72 -> that if they just flew west they would

1106.48 -> get home

1107.36 -> taylor's pilots argued against his

1109.12 -> direction to head east

1110.559 -> some investigators even believe that one

1112.48 -> of the planes broke off from the group

1114 -> to try and get home

1115.039 -> but most of these planes followed their

1116.72 -> commander's lead the radio transmissions

1119.12 -> became

1119.52 -> faint fuel ran low and it's assumed that

1121.84 -> they crashed into the ocean

1123.52 -> although this was an honest mistake from

1125.12 -> taylor he should have gone west to guide

1126.96 -> his men home

1127.84 -> his disorientation cost him and his men

1130 -> their lives

1131.2 -> as before wild theories flew through the

1133.28 -> air an idea that magnetic anomalies

1135.679 -> parallel dimensions and

1137.039 -> alien abductions played a role in the

1138.88 -> tragedy became common

1140.4 -> in 1977 close encounters of the third

1143.28 -> kind famously depicted flight 19 as

1145.52 -> having been whisked away by ufos

1147.6 -> and deposited in the deserts of mexico

1150.48 -> it's true what flight 19

1152 -> is surrounded by oddities and questions

1154.4 -> witnesses claim that taylor didn't want

1156.08 -> to fly that day

1156.96 -> some speculating that he may have not

1158.72 -> been fit for duty

1160.08 -> yet none of the flight 19 members made

1162.4 -> use of the rescue radio frequency or

1164.559 -> their planes

1165.44 -> zbx receivers which could have led them

1167.84 -> towards navy radio towers

1169.76 -> in 1991 a group of treasure hunters did

1172.559 -> find

1172.96 -> five world war ii era avengers in the

1174.96 -> area but their serial numbers didn't

1177.039 -> match those of flight

1178 -> 19. the naval history and heritage

1180.32 -> command explains in further detail how a

1182.48 -> rescue was attempted within minutes of

1184.4 -> flight 19 saying they were lost but the

1186.559 -> rescue planes too

1187.76 -> were lost so not only were 14 men from

1190.799 -> flight 19 lost

1192 -> but 13 more from the attempted rescue

1194.16 -> were lost as well

1195.36 -> making it a total of 27 men that

1197.6 -> vanished because of this tragedy

1199.679 -> i can't say for sure what happened some

1201.6 -> point to taylor saying the compasses

1203.2 -> weren't working properly

1204.799 -> many point to this being taylor's maiden

1206.72 -> flight from fort lauderdale

1208.4 -> personally i do think not knowing the

1210.4 -> area seems like the main cause of flight

1212.32 -> 19 being lost here

1213.76 -> and as for the pbm mariner plane that

1216.24 -> went searching for that one

1217.679 -> it was later presumed to have exploded

1219.679 -> by investigators

1221.039 -> regardless of what you think happened

1222.64 -> there are plenty still out there that

1224.4 -> connect flight 19 to the bermuda

1226.159 -> triangle

1226.799 -> and to this only solidifying the legend

1229.52 -> of the bermuda triangle

1230.96 -> the naval air station fort lauderdale

1232.64 -> museum reiterates this and states the

1234.559 -> following

1235.44 -> several colorful and far-out theories

1237.52 -> surround the plane's disappearance

1239.039 -> including one where they were all

1240.4 -> abducted by extraterrestrials

1242.48 -> another theory asserts they wandered

1244.24 -> into a strong electromagnetic

1245.919 -> disturbance that interfered with their

1247.52 -> compasses

1248.48 -> more practically experts think that

1250.32 -> taylor the squadron leader

1251.84 -> simply lost his bearings after his

1253.6 -> compasses failed

1254.88 -> believing he was over the florida keys

1256.96 -> taylor aimed the squadron north

1258.72 -> east in hopes that would lead the single

1260.72 -> single-engine bombers back to fort

1262.48 -> lauderdale

1263.44 -> instead it led the squadron out over the

1265.52 -> open atlantic

1266.799 -> to compound matters the planes likely

1268.96 -> flew into stormy weather

1270.559 -> perhaps he realized his mistake and

1272.32 -> aimed the planes west towards florida's

1274.159 -> coast but only after it was too late

1276.559 -> in 1989 alec mcelhinney and member frank

1280.32 -> hill

1280.72 -> were brought into the everglades to

1282.64 -> investigate a tbm

1284 -> avenger crash site which was revealed

1286.08 -> after a fire

1287.36 -> this plane was determined not to be part

1289.36 -> of flight 19

1290.4 -> because of the be no number didn't match

1293.6 -> the wreckage parts are on exhibit at our

1295.76 -> museum an interesting account was

1297.679 -> written by flight 19 expert john

1299.919 -> f meyer a former army pilot and aviation

1302.4 -> historian with his book discovery of

1304.4 -> flight 19.

1305.76 -> this book comprises his 30-year search

1308.08 -> for the lost squadron

1309.84 -> though there's been a lot of debate and

1311.52 -> rumors circulating around flight 19

1313.52 -> this was a tragic error all the same and

1316.08 -> i wish taylor hadn't been made to fly

1318 -> that day but flight 19 isn't the only

1320.72 -> case of planes vanishing in the bermuda

1322.559 -> triangle either

1323.679 -> though flight 19 may be one of the most

1325.76 -> referenced cases in regards to the

1327.36 -> bermuda triangle there's

1328.799 -> many others flight 441 a massive carrier

1332.24 -> that belonged to the u.s navy

1333.76 -> vanished in 1954 with 42 passengers on

1337.44 -> board

1338.159 -> it was only 400 miles from the coast

1340.24 -> when it disappeared

1341.52 -> a three-engine tri-slander vanished in

1343.919 -> 2008 and its last known location was

1346.64 -> about four miles of west kaikos island

1349.52 -> very recently in early 2021 a 29-foot

1352.88 -> boat with 20 people aboard

1354.559 -> vanished as well according to the tampa

1356.88 -> bay times the first sign something was

1358.88 -> wrong came tuesday

1360 -> when bohemian authorities reached out to

1362.08 -> the u.s coast guard's southeast division

1364.159 -> to alert them that 20 people aboard a

1366.24 -> blue and white 29-foot mako cuddy cabin

1368.96 -> vessel had gone missing

1370.64 -> the passengers were in the off-sited

1372.559 -> bermuda triangle

1373.76 -> the group yet to be identified was last

1376.159 -> known to have left bimini on monday on

1378.4 -> route to lake worth the coast guard

1380.24 -> learned

1380.64 -> they should have arrived that day but

1383.039 -> something went wrong somewhere in the

1384.559 -> waters between the bahamas and south

1386.48 -> florida an area that encompasses the

1388.64 -> mythical section

1389.76 -> of the atlantic off dubbed the bermuda

1392.08 -> triangle or devil's triangle

1394.159 -> and hearing this it's understandable why

1396.4 -> people find the place dangerous and

1397.919 -> creepy right

1398.88 -> there's rumors that pilots avoid flying

1401.039 -> over the bermuda triangle for this

1402.799 -> exact reason one source states

1405.36 -> considering the superstition surrounding

1407.28 -> the bermuda triangle

1408.559 -> many people assume that airline pilots

1410.559 -> actively avoid this area of the ocean

1412.88 -> of course anyone who has flown from

1414.559 -> miami to san juan puerto rico

1416.72 -> probably knows that's not true in fact

1419.28 -> if it were

1420 -> pretty much everyone's caribbean

1421.52 -> vacation would be ruined

1423.12 -> a check on flight radar 24 will show

1425.52 -> that there are many flights that

1427.2 -> criss-cross over the bermuda triangle so

1429.52 -> it's clear that the area

1430.88 -> is not actively avoided in terms of

1433.2 -> navigation

1434 -> flights are constantly monitored by air

1436.08 -> traffic control so pilots have support

1438.32 -> if there's a navigation failure

1440.32 -> weather conditions are also closely

1442.24 -> tracked every time a plane is scheduled

1443.919 -> to take off

1444.96 -> accidents of course still happen but not

1447.36 -> any more than in some other parts of the

1449.36 -> world

1450.159 -> investigating bermuda triangle

1451.679 -> conspiracy theories in general is more

1453.84 -> of a paranormal pursuit than a

1455.36 -> scientific one

1456.4 -> so if there are any pilots who do avoid

1458.72 -> the bermuda triangle

1459.84 -> they are probably just interested in the

1461.76 -> supernatural or ufos

1463.679 -> while entertaining these theories can

1465.6 -> certainly be fun you can rest assured

1467.6 -> that the airline industry definitely

1469.279 -> doesn't plan its roots around campfire

1471.279 -> stories

1472.24 -> and it's true though these conspiracies

1474.4 -> are interesting they're definitely not

1476.32 -> proven

1477.12 -> a few popular ones are that methane gas

1479.52 -> on the ocean floor causes ships and

1481.36 -> planes to fall out of the sky

1483.279 -> while others say there's wormholes and

1485.52 -> waterspouts in the bermuda triangle

1487.52 -> even stranger still there's the theories

1489.6 -> that point to aliens or

1491.12 -> those that say there's a hole in the

1492.799 -> earth's magnetic force that disrupts

1494.64 -> compasses

1495.6 -> hell the weirdest one i think i've heard

1497.679 -> is that some believe there's leftover

1499.36 -> technology

1500 -> from atlantis in these waters but again

1502.88 -> as fun

1503.44 -> as these theories may be to believe in

1505.279 -> it's not actually true

1506.799 -> they hold no water you could say no

1509.6 -> large releases of gas hydrates or

1511.84 -> methane hydrates are believed to have

1513.52 -> occurred in the bermuda triangle for the

1515.279 -> past 15

1516.159 -> 000 years plus according to the national

1518.72 -> ocean service

1520.08 -> environmental considerations could

1521.919 -> explain many if not most of the

1523.919 -> disappearances

1525.12 -> the majority of atlantic tropical storms

1527.12 -> and hurricanes pass through the bermuda

1528.88 -> triangle

1529.6 -> and in the days prior to improved

1531.44 -> weather forecasting

1532.88 -> these dangerous storms claimed many

1535.039 -> ships also

1536.24 -> the gulf stream can cause rapid

1538.08 -> sometimes violent changes in weather

1540.24 -> additionally the large number of islands

1542.159 -> in the caribbean sea

1543.279 -> create many areas of shallow water that

1545.36 -> can be treacherous for ship navigation

1547.679 -> and there is some evidence to suggest

1549.919 -> that the bermuda triangle is a place

1551.679 -> where a

1552.24 -> magnetic compass sometimes points true

1554.64 -> north as opposed to magnetic north

1557.279 -> the u.s navy and u.s coast guard contend

1559.84 -> that there are no supernatural

1561.44 -> explanations for disasters at sea

1563.76 -> their experience suggests that the

1565.2 -> combined forces of nature and human

1567.2 -> fallibility outdo even the most

1569.44 -> incredulous science fiction

1571.36 -> they add that no official maps exist

1573.52 -> that delineate the boundaries of the

1575.039 -> bermuda triangle

1576.24 -> the u.s board of geographic names does

1578.32 -> not recognize the bermuda triangle as an

1580.4 -> official name and does not maintain an

1582.4 -> official file on the area

1584.48 -> the ocean has always been a mysterious

1586.64 -> place to humans

1587.52 -> and when foul weather or poor navigation

1590 -> is involved

1590.64 -> it can be a very deadly place this is

1593.2 -> true all over the world

1594.72 -> there is no evidence that mysterious

1596.48 -> disappearances occur with any greater

1598.48 -> frequency in the bermuda triangle than

1600.32 -> at any other large

1601.6 -> well-traveled area of the ocean plus

1604.24 -> even if there really was something

1606 -> strange going on in the bermuda triangle

1607.919 -> and conspiracy theorists wanted to argue

1609.919 -> it's a cover-up

1610.88 -> why would the military and flight 19 be

1613.2 -> out there in the first place

1614.4 -> and losing all their ships the fact is

1617.039 -> the bermuda triangle is a busy area with

1619.2 -> bad weather

1620.32 -> considering the amount of ships and

1621.919 -> planes that pass through there the

1623.36 -> percentage that has vanished is

1625.12 -> somewhat standard i think framing these

1627.44 -> tragedies in a conspiratorial light can

1629.6 -> be damaging at times and start getting

1631.679 -> into science denial when people talk

1633.52 -> about wormholes and aliens

1635.44 -> the truth is out there it's just

1637.039 -> unfortunately rather boring and well

1639.2 -> kinda sad but with all of that being

1641.76 -> said that's where i'm going to end

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