FREE ESSAY ON BERMUDA TRIANGLE

BERMUDA TRIANGLE

BERMUDA : THE SATAN'S RING
Introduction:
A legendary triangle of Ocean lies between 3 countries upon the Atlantic
ocean. The Cities are Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Fort Lauderdale. Ships, 
people and aeroplanes have been reported mysteriously disappearing off the 
face of the earth whilst travelling inside this triangle. It soon acquired 
the name Devils Triangle owing to peoples superstitions that the devil 
was at play on this stretch of ocean and gobbling up weary and lost 
travellers with great delight, but what actually was at play inside this 
triangle of rough water, is it really the devil?, or perhaps aliens are 
using this spot as their home base on earth. Maybe it really does contain a 
mystical vortex that sucks people down into a third dimension. The myth of the mysterious
triangle was first begun in an Associated Press 
dispatch Reporter E.V. W. Jones wrote of mysterious disappearances of ships and planes
between the Florida coast and Bermuda. 
Two years after this article appeared Fate magazine ran an article by 
George X. Sand about a series of strange marine disappearances, each 
leaving no trace whatever, that have taken place in the past few years in 
a watery triangle bounded roughly by Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.
It was not long before ideas and suggestions started forming about this 
piece of ocean. M.K. Jessup wrote about the disappearances and gave ideas 
about alien intelligences being behind them in the book The Case for the 
UFO. The view was also echoed by Donald E. Kyhoe who is noted for his The 
Flying Saucer Conspiracy of 1955. Frank Edwards (Stranger Than Science) 
agreed with the theory of aliens having a local hangout in the triangle as 
well. Finally a man by the name of Vincent H. Gaddis came up with the 
phrase BermudaTriangle. Throughout the years it has featured in many many articles,
books, television series and movies and always portrayed as a very real and mysterious
thing, but anyone out there with any sense surely will ask themselves  how in this day
and age could boats, planes and other 
travellers just go mysteriously missing in a certain piece of water? 
Geography:
The area of the Atlantic Ocean popularly referred to as the Bermuda Triangle is a
complete enigma and has proven to be so for much of recorded history. Many seemingly
inexplicable occurrences and disappearances have taken place in this particular area. No
rational explanation that will satisfy the materialistic parameters of the typical
scientist has been offered that would account for all the mysterious happenings that have
taken place in the Bermuda Triangle during the course of many thousands of years. 
Where is the Bermuda Triangle? 
The Bermuda Triangle lies vaguely east of Florida. Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Miami are
said to be the points of this legendary triangle. However, the U.S. government denies the
existence of these borders. Many phenomena enthusiasts claim that the triangle is not
truly a triangle but a general area of water found east and southeast of North America.
In any event, the geography of the area is awe-inspiring and deeply misunderstood. 
The humid subtropical climate of the region brings with it heavy rainfall and high
temperatures. An annual rainfall in excess of 60 inches (152 cm) can be expected. Though
much this rainfall is mostly spread evenly through the year, hurricanes and harsh
thunderstorms occasionally drop 10 inches of rain within hours. This area is well known
by geographers for the sudden nature of its storms. There have been many reports of
complete whiteouts being formed in seconds. Waterspouts and extremely strong winds are
dangerous elements that often accompany these storms. The topography of the ocean floor
bottom is surprising to many that sail the area. It is commonly believed that this whole
area is very shallow. This is true near to the Florida coastline, but as the North
Atlantic Continental Shelf breaks off only miles away, depths quickly reach as low as
12,000 feet. About 100 miles north of Puerto Rico is the deepest part of the Atlantic,
the Puerto Rico Trench, estimated at 30,000 feet deep! 
The Florida Straits within this area are approximately 5000 feet deep. While people
snorkel in the water only a few hundred feet deep near the coasts of the islands and
Florida and ships can be seen sunk in the clear blue waters, this area is incredibly
deceptive. To this day, the ocean floor of this area has not been systematically mapped
out. It is known that the ocean floor is littered with caves and varies greatly in depth.

Phenomena noted in the area of the Bermuda Triangle: 
-  Glowing 'white water' scanned from satellites 
-  A glowing green fog
Incidents:
The first legends of the Bermuda Triangle begin already with Cristopher Columbus. As a
captain, he was greatly respected, and his brave sailing efforts helped revolutionize the
world. Much of the information we have about Columbus is picked up directly from his
journal, so we are able to trace his footsteps to the New World. His first problem
occurred as he ran into the Sargasso Sea. The crew was greatly disappointed when seaweed
and land birds were sighted, but after a few days no land was to be seen. Soon after,
Columbus reported his compass acting strangely. He did not report this to his crew due to
their deep superstitions. Days later, Columbus saw a large meteor fall from the sky. He
described it as a large ball of light fallen from the sky. It is unsure whether he
mentions this occurrences in awe, because of its great size, or in fright. Later in their
trip, Columbus and a few crew members sighted a few dancing lights on the horizon. They
wandered about in the Caribbean for over a week yet before sighting land. 
Since Columbus, as many as 100 ships and planes have been reported missing, taking over
1000 lives. A select few of them are reported here.
The disappearance of the 504-foot T-2 tanker Marine Sulphur Queen near the Florida Keys
in February 1963 is one of the most famous mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. It was only
a year after her disappearance in 1964 that Vincent Gaddis coined the term Bermuda
Triangle. As the largest ship to vanish in recent times (pre-1964), she became a central
figure in the soon to be popular Bermuda Triangle. MSQ plied her trade of sulphur for 2
years without incident. In January 1963 her biennial check was required. Two weeks before
her final voyage, she was recertified. This inspection had entailed her general alarm
system, steering gear, engine telegraph, fire 
hose, navigation lights, portable fire extinguishers, life preservers, all machinery, all
accessible spaces, and the boilers. All were passed. Eleven new life rings were added and
life boats were all repaired. Moreover, the FCC now inspected and certified in good
working order her radios, including those in her lifeboats. Even more, the Bureau of
Shipping now made its annual inspection of the hull, machinery, the boilers again, and
certified all in good condition. The disappearance of the MSQ is just another example of
a ship fully inspected and certified, sailing out and then vanishing for no reason. On
February 7 the Coast Guard was informed MSQ did not arrive. A hot line message was sent
to try and raise the ship. When this failed a vast search entailing 348,400 square miles
and 499.6 man hours failed to find a clue. By an anticlimactic coincidence, on February
20, a Navy Torpedo Retriever sighted something in the water during routine exercises. It
was only 12 miles southwest of Key West. It was a fog horn. Close by a life preserver was
found, then a sign board and life ring reading Marine Sulphur Queen. The search was
reactivated, but no real clue could ever be found, only a few more pieces of debris were
picked up, all grouped in the same area. There are many mysteries surrounding the loss of
MSQ, but none so perplexing as her debris. 
Another one of the most famous stories to ever surround the Bermuda Triangle is the
mysterious disappearance of the Naval Air Flight 19.
On December 5th, 1945, five Avenger torpedo bombers left the Naval Air 
Station at Fort Lauderdale. They never returned home. The Avenger bombers contained 14
men, 13 of those were trainees in the last 
stages of their training. The five pilots had been recently transferred from the Miami
Naval Air Station. They had no knowledge of flying over the Bahamas which was the
direction Flight 19 was headed in. At one point the ComGulf Sea Frontier Evaluation
Center thought it had pinpointed the flight's approximate position; east of New Smyrna
Beach, Florida, and far to the north of the Bahamas.The first rescue craft was sent out
was a Dumbo flying boat and it soon lost contact with the shore, leading all to believe
that they had also lost the Dumbo. The problem turned out to be and iced over 
antenna. Within the hour more aircraft joined in the search. The weather was overcast and
the seas were reported as rough and turbulent. A crew of a nearby ship reported of seeing
an enormous sheet of fire caused by the explosion of an aeroplane. The ship reported of
passing through a large pool of oil soon after and not finding any survivors or bodies of
the crashed aircraft. They did not try to retrieve any debris from the ocean as weather
conditions were at this point deteriorating rapidly making it impossible for any kind of
retrieval. No trace of the Mariner or Avengers have ever been found.
Others:
1872: The Mary Celeste
1945: The disappearance of 5 Navy avengers - Flight 19
1947: Army C-45 Superfort vanishes 100 miles off Bermuda.
1948: Four-engined Tudor IV lost with 31 lives. 
1948: DC-3 lost with 32 passengers and crew. 
1949: Second Tudor IV vanishes. 
1950: Giant US Air Force Globemaster lost. 
1950: American freighter, SS Sandra (350 ft), sinks without a trace. 
1952: British York transport plane lost with 33 aboard. 
1954: US Navy Lockheed Constellation vanishes with 42 aboard. 
1956: US Navy seaplane, Martin p5M, dessappears with crew of ten. 
1962: US Air Force KB-50 tanker plane lost. 
1963: Marine Sulpher Queen vanishes without a trace. 
1967: Military YC-122, converted to cargo plane, lost. 
1970: French freighter Milton latrides disappears. 
1972: German freighter Anita (20,000 tons), lost with crew of 32. 
1997: Passengers dissappear from German yacht.
Theories:
A very skeptical scientific explanation of the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle is
the idea is that pockets of methane hydrates are released from the ocean floor and cause
the water in that particular area to become less dense. Because of the loss of density
the buoyancy of the ship is affected and the ship sinks rapidly. Scientist supposedly
confirm that the area of the triangle is high in Methane hydrates and methane gas does
tend to float above the oil deposits.Indeed the one instance that tends to be reported is
an oil rig that sank supposedly due to methane gas. It seems like this theory could
easily be proven or disproven using a simple bunsen burner, a toy boat, and bathtub but
it seems that the theory is much more complicated that it seems. The sudden release of
methane gas may rock the boat but I doubt it would cause a lack of buoyancy. I would
assume that as with most sea floor activity, the water above would react in some way. But
is this really any different than tidal waves being caused by underwater earthquakes or
volcanic eruptions? While skeptical about the methane gas theory, I do not discard it
outright because nature does some very strange things. This is at least a natural
occurrence that is worth exploring. 
Elctrical and magnetical forces 
Magnetic North 
This is one of the most famous Bermuda Triangle theories. It has basis on the following
physics: 
A compass DOES NOT always point to the true north but rather to the magnetic north. This
phenomenon is referred to as compass variation. As a sailor or pilots circumnavigates the
earth this variation changes, at times as much as 20 degrees. The navigator must always
compensate for this error he may find himself far from where he thinks he is. One
interesting note (that forms the basis for this theory) is that there are two places that
point to the magnetic north: the Bermuda Triangle and the Devil's Sea area. There have
been reports of pilots saying that they were confused as to direction. A typical example
is the reply from Lt. Charles Taylor on Flight 19 when he was asked by the radio tower as
to his position. His reply was We are not sure... We seem to be lost.., then a few
minutes later We cannot be sure which way is west... everything is wrong... strange... we
cannot be sure of any direction. Or could this simply be a disorientation in a man's own
mind? Hard to say. 
Boom
This is a theory proposed by the US Navy. The investigation centers on the possibility of
electro-magnetic gravitational and atmospheric disturbances that might be possible for
disintegrating craft. The Lost Patrol reported seeing a large ball of fire in the skies.
Could 5 planes collide and then joined by a sixth? The investigation believes that the
fireball was could have been created by the impact of the patrol and it's rescue ship
with a disintegrating electro-magnetic force. 
The Twisting Sucker 
A certain psychic named Ed Snedeker has his own theory. He believes that our atmosphere
are filled with tunnels that are invisible to the human eye but they do exist. He has
seen them physically and says they look like tornado funnels. These funnels have sucked
in the aircraft, the ships and of course, the people. These funnels move in from North to
South finally let go of their prey in the Atlantic Ocean or in the beyond! Snedeker also
says he has talked with them (specifically an RAF pilot). 
Anti Matter? 
This is interesting theory vaguely based on real physics. 
Lobsang Rampa believes that the ships and planes have mysteriously traveled from this
world to world of anti-matter. Everyone and indeed everything has a counterpart in this
anti-matter world. He explains that the disappearances occur due to a split in one world
coming close with a split in the other world. So the ship or plane travel in a way. Jump
from this world to the next. Anti-matter theories could have some truth in them as our
scientists have lately discovered a hole of what appears to be anti-matter in our solar
system.
Atlantis: The Lost City?
The position - the continent of Atlantis occupied is between the Gulf of Mexico on the
one hand and the Mediterranean upon the other. Evidences of this lost civilization are to
be found in the Pyrenees and Morocco, British Honduras, Yucatan and America. There are
some protruding portions that must have at one time or another been a portion of this
great continent. The British West Indies, or the Bahamas, are a portion of same that may
be seen in the present. If the geological survey would be made in some of these
especially, or notably in Bimini and in the Gulf Stream through this vicinity, these may
be even yet determined. When Atlantis was destroyed it sank to the very bottom of the
ocean. While the ruined temples now play host to multitudinous underwater creatures, the
great Atlantean fire-crystals that once provided so much of the tremendous power and
energy that was found in Atlantis long ago still exist. And they are still emitting
strong energy beams into the universe. Unfortunately, however, when the destruction
occurred some of these fire-crystals were partially damaged, which has resulted in them
only being able to project their energy rays at random. It is said that each fire-crystal
would have been at least twenty feet high and some eight feet wide. In Atlantis these
fire- crystals would have been erected in a series of three, thus creating a vortex of
astronomical energy and a power of the first magnitude! From time to time, the force
field emitted by these damaged Atlantean fire-crystals becomes very powerful and any
plane or ship coming within the influence of this force field disintegrates and is
transformed into pure energy. Hence the inexplicable and mysterious disappearances that
has very often been blamed on the area of the ocean known as the Bermuda Triangle! Some
scientists have advanced the theory that many of the planes and ships that have been lost
and that have disappeared within the Bermuda Triangle have been transported into some
kind of Black Hole or time warp. Those individuals who were aboard planes and ships when
they disappeared have basically been returned to spirit. On a few rare occasions, ships
that had been reported as having vanished have actually returned. The crew members,
though, have all appeared to be insane, incoherent and babbling wild stories. This has
occurred because there are certain times when the force field projected by the Atlantean
fire-crystals is not strong enough to effect total disintegration. Mental disorientation
results instead! 
It is very similar to someone who receives an overdose from a shock treatment to the
brain. Not enough, perhaps, to kill, or destroy the person, but enough to seriously
damage the brain structure and to cause insanity and other forms of madness. The
ramblings that all these crew members have related are hallucinations, thoughts of fear
and of unknown indescribable horrors with which their minds cannot possibly cope.In
addition to the damaged Atlantean Fire-Crystals, the Timekeeper Crystal still stands
guard within the ruined Atlantean Temple of Healing. The great Timekeeper Crystal,
however, does not project its energies in the same way as the fire-crystals because it is
hermetically sealed. The Timekeeper Crystal is waiting patiently for the time which is
yet to come when once again it will play its important role in the affairs of the world!
In 1970, Dr.Ray Brown, a naturopathic practitioner from Mesa, Arizona, went scuba diving
with some friends near the Bari Islands in the Bahamas, close to a popular area known as
the Tongue of the Ocean. During one of his dives, Brown became separated from his friends
and while searching for them he was startled when he came across a strange pyramid shape
silhouetted against the aquamarine light. Upon investigating further, Brown was surprised
by how smooth and mirror-like was the stone surface of the whole structure, with the
joints between the individual blocks almost indiscernible. Swimming around the capstone,
which Brown thought might have been lapis lazuli, he discovered an entrance and decided
to explore inside. Passing along a narrow hallway, Brown finally came to a small
rectangular room with a pyramid-shaped ceiling. He was totally amazed that this room
contained no algae or coral growing on the inner walls. They were completely spotless! In
addition, though Brown had brought no torch with him, he could nevertheless see
everything in the room with his normal eyesight. The room was well lit, but no direct
light source was visible. Brown's attention was drawn to a brassy metallic rod three
inches in diameter hanging down from the apex of the center of the room and at its end
was attached a many-facetted red gem, which tapered to a point. Directly below this rod
and gem, sitting in the middle of the room, was a stand of carved stone topped by a stone
plate with scrolled ends. On the plate there was a pair of carved metal bronze-colored
hands, life-sized, which appeared blackened and burnt, as if having been subjected to
tremendous heat. Nestled in the hands, and situated four feet directly below the ceiling
rod gem point, was a crystal sphere four inches in diameter. Brown tried to loosen the
ceiling rod and red gemstone but neither would move. Returning to the crystal sphere, he
found, to his amazement, that it separated easily from the bronze hand holders. With the
crystal sphere in his right hand he then made his way out of the pyramid. As he departed,
Brown felt an unseen presence and heard a voice telling him never to return! Fearing,
rightly, that his unusual prize might be confiscated as salvage-treasure by the American
Government, Dr. Brown did not reveal the existence of his strange crystal sphere, nor did
he relate his experiences until 1975, when he exhibited his crystal for the first time at
a psychic seminar in Phoenix. Since that time, the crystal sphere has made only a very
few public appearances but on each occasion people who have seen it have experienced
strange phenomena directly associated with it. Deep inside the crystal form, one gazes
upon three pyramidical images, one in front of the other,in decreasing sizes. Some people
who enter a deep meditative state of consciousness are able to discern a fourth pyramid,
in the foreground of the other three. Elizabeth Bacon, a New York psychic, claimed while
in trance, that the crystal sphere had once belonged to Thoth, the Egyptian God who was
responsible for burying a secret vault of knowledge in Giza, near the three great
Pyramids. Perhaps the positions of the three pyramidical images in the crystal sphere
hold the long-sought key to finding a fourth, as yet unfound. Looking at the crystal
sphere from the side, the internal images dissolve into thousands of tiny fracture lines.
Brown feels that these may prove to be electrical in nature, like some form of
microscopic circuitry. From yet another angle, and under special conditions, many people
have been able to see a large single human eye staring out serenely at them. Photographs
of this eye have also been taken! Dr. Brown's crystal sphere has been the source of a
wide variety of paranormal and mysterious occurrences. People have felt breezes or winds
blowing close to it. Both cold and warm layers surround it at various distances. Other
witnesses have observed phantom lights, heard voices or felt strange tingling sensations
surrounding it. A compass needle, when placed next to the crystal sphere, will spin
counter-clockwise, then commence turning in the opposite direction when moved only inches
away. Metals become temporarily magnetized when they come into close contact with the
sphere. There are even recorded instances where healing has taken place by merely
touching the sphere. Seismographic surveys carried out across the Atlantic Ocean have
shown that there are many deviations and unexplained contours to be found right at the
bottom of the ocean. 
Perhaps Brown's Bahamas pyramid once formed part of Atlantis. It has been suggested that
this sunken pyramid once attracted, accumulated and even generated some form of cosmic
force. The suspended rod may have conducted forces accumulated in the capstone. The
faceted red gem at its end may have been used to concentrate and project the energies to
the crystal sphere below it. The burnt and blackened hands, showing the evidence of an
energy transfer, probably amplified the release of these energies while the crystal
sphere acted as the tuner and broadcaster of the energies. 
Various:
Others believe that the Bermuda Triangle Phenomena is caused by the Lost City of
Atlantis, sunk thousands of feet below the water's surface. The advanced state of
Atlantis at the time of it's submersion, relied on the power of energy crystals. It is
possible that these crystals are still at the bottom of the ocean, in a somewhat altered
state, sending out rays of energy that either confuses the instrumentation of vehicles,
or disintegrates them all together. 
Lastly, many believe the Bermuda Triangle to be a man-made energy field using Tesla based
technologies. A VLF-Resonance transmitter (a technology many believe to be in use by the
North American Air Defense Command, or NORAD) would have an antipode directly in the
middle of the Bermuda Triangle. This hypothetical system would be capable of recharging
speculated secret electric-powered submarine classes, and would definitely provide enough
interference to scramble signals that airplanes and boats rely upon. 
My Personal Opinion 
Now, my personal opinion on the happenings of the Bermuda Triangle is that some normal
phenomenon is occurring at the Bermuda Triangle, but one that cannot be explained by
science, yet. I think that sooner or later all these paranormal phenomena will be
scientifically explained. The alternate worlds that people speak of will be clarified
scientifically as existing and will be classified as normal scientific occurring. Many
scientists already have begun to accept these alternative realities as true - but hard
facts are scarce to say the least. We must remember that until Copernicus (or actually
Aristarchos) everyone thought that everything revolved around the Earth. We need a new
Copernicus to show us another small piece of truth about the world we live in and on and
on, eventually we will learn the whole truth and that is our purpose.