Myths & Facts
These Myths are followed by theories which most of the time include reasons if and why the myths aren’t true.
Taken From The Encarta Section and Edited.
Myth 1.
“A check of Lloyd’s of London’s accident records by the editor of Fate in 1975 showed that the triangle was a no more dangerous part of the ocean than any other. U.S. Coast Guard records confirmed this and since that time no good arguments have ever been made to refute those statistics. So the Bermuda Triangle mystery disappeared, in the same way many of its supposed victims had vanished.”
Fact 1
This is completely false. Lloyd’s does not insure the smaller stuff, so all yachts go unreported and uncataloged in statistics. Lloyd’s seldom insures the smaller charter and private aircraft, so likewise for them. Lloyd’s is not the ultimate source. It is not a marine investigation bureau. It reports on sailing news relevant to insurance.
Myth 2
In 1492, shortly before making land in the West Indies, Christopher Columbus recorded in his ship's log that he and his crew had observed a large ball of fire fall into the sea and that the ship's compass was behaving erratically.
Fact 2
False. That happened shortly after leaving the
Myth 3
The Bermuda Triangle mystery is answered with latest science - static electricity is the culprit, not 4th dimensional hogwash— that a severe electrostatic charge on the human body and in turn in the central nervous system and the brain is the cause for the human pilot to lose consciousness. This unconscious state happens both in astronautics and aeronautics and has also been observed and recorded in the Bermuda Triangle aviation disasters. The Bermuda Triangle is a static electricity exchange place. The Bermuda Triangle is on [sic] of Earth's places where natural electricity is neutralized.
Fact 3
False. The effects of the Earth as a weak driver is interesting and the subject of some studies, as well as over water locations where it might affect electromagnetism.
Myth 4
Lt. Charles Taylor, the leader of Flight 19, was actually a lazy slob, a drunk, and a careless navigator.
Fact 4
This rubbish stems from Larry Kusche who was all over the place in his 1980 book The Disappearance of Flight 19 which he wrote between two of his other stellars on how to scientifically pop popcorn.
Myth 5
The majority of disappearances can be attributed to the area's unique environmental features. First, the "Devil's Triangle" is one of the two places on earth that a magnetic compass does point towards true north. Normally it points toward magnetic north. The difference between the two is known as compass variation. The amount of variation changes by as much as 20 degrees. If this compass variation or error is not fixed/ changed, a navigator could find himself far off course and in deep trouble.
Fact 5
False. Disappearances continue to occur in the same areas within the Triangle. The Coast Guard statement above is from 30 years ago.
Myth 6
According to Gibson: The latitude and longitude of the Triangle are:
NW edge,
SW edge,
Fact 6
As most of you noticed, who are not brain dead,
Myth 7
According to Gibson: The Sargasso Sea has nothing to do with the Bermuda Triangle. It is entirely east of
Fact 7
“The
When reading Gibson it is clear that analysis does not necessarily go hand-in-hand with research.
Myth 8
“ . . .if an aircraft crashes *into the water* and then is submerged, the ELT signal will not be heard since the ELT is submerged, so the effect is silent, and tha causes it to be quite difficult to find a plane that has crashed into the water.”
Fact 8
ELTs, as most any aviator knows, are designed to float. So if this was the case you would hear them because they would have been floating.
Myth 9
People's ideas on the size of the Triangle:
· Consider these sizes:
According to the Myth, the Bermuda Triangle is anywhere from 600,000 square miles to 1,500,000 square miles of ocean. The Sargasso which is almost entirely outside of the Triangle is over 2,000,000 square miles of ocean.
Fact 9
The triangle extends roughly between latitude 25 degrees to 40 degrees N and longitude 55 to 85 degrees W and covers an area of more than 1,500,000 sq miles (3,900,000 sq km).
Myth 10
“There are only two longitudes in the world where Magnetic and True North align. These locations are near the center of
Fact 10
FALSE! They are off Japan and The Eastern US Coast and the Gulf.
