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The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle: Explained
TLDR The Bermuda Triangle, a heavily traveled area encompassing about 500,000 square miles, has been the subject of mystery and speculation since the 70s. While some attribute the disappearances and incidents to supernatural causes, scientific explanations such as bad weather, underwater earthquakes, and inexperienced sailors getting off course provide more plausible reasons for the phenomena.
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The Bermuda Triangle is a geographical area that has been the subject of mystery and speculation since the 70s, but it is not officially recognized by any geographic bodies.
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The Bermuda Triangle is a heavily traveled area that encompasses about 500,000 square miles, and while some say there have been as many as 100 ships and a thousand lives lost in the last century, others argue that the number of incidents is not unusual compared to other areas and that insurance premiums in the Bermuda Triangle are no different than elsewhere.
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Mr. Quasar found that in the previous two years, the Coast Guard had records of 300 missing or overdue vessels, but it is unclear if they were still overdue or just listed as overdue at one point.
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During a mission in 1945, Flight 19 experienced compass malfunctions and disappeared without a trace, leading to the later naming of the Bermuda Triangle.
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Flight 19, a group of fighter planes, disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle and the Navy initially attributed it to pilot error, but later changed it to "cause unknown," which sparked public interest in the Bermuda Triangle phenomenon.
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Far-fetched theories about the Bermuda Triangle include UFO sightings, alien abductions, portals to other planets, and the lost city of Atlantis with advanced technologies and energy crystals.
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Dr. Brown believes that the pyramids inside a crystal found in the Bermuda Triangle are evidence of electrical properties causing problems in the area, while pilot Bruce Gernon claims that a tunnel-like cloud in the Triangle caused his navigational instruments to go haywire and believes it is a time travel tunnel due to weaker magnetism in the area.
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The Bermuda Triangle is not the only place where compasses go crazy due to magnetic declination, as there is another place called the Devil's Sea off the coast of Japan, but this scientific explanation does not account for all the incidents that have occurred in the Bermuda Triangle.
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The Bermuda Triangle incidents can be explained by bad weather, underwater earthquakes causing freak waves, inexperienced sailors getting thrown off course by strong currents, and methane gas bubbles sinking ships.
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The Bermuda Triangle incidents can be explained by bad weather, underwater earthquakes causing freak waves, inexperienced sailors getting thrown off course by strong currents, methane gas bubbles sinking ships, and the speculation and communal reinforcement of stories over the years.
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