Ever wonder what the truth really is about the Bermuda
Triangle? Maybe the cause is truly aliens, or maybe the disappearances are
because of a magnetic field in that part of the world. Could it be drastic
weather climate? There are always new thoughts and predictions of what really
happens in the Bermuda Triangle. However there is only one solution.
Charles Carroll Taylor, who was he exactly? From previous
information found it has been said that he was both a sloppy navigator and
thought to be mentally insane. In the past, Charles Taylor was recognized not
to know his way around much. In fact, in an article in People magazines:
World War II had been
over for three months when Flight 19 took off for what was supposed to be a
routine training exercise on that fair, breezy Dec. 5th. The group leader was
Lt. Charles Taylor, 28, a seasoned combat veteran of the Pacific campaign, but
a pilot with a reputation for sloppy navigation. (The day of the ill-fated
flight he left some of his navigation equipment behind in his quarters.)
Setting out at 2:10 P.M., the planes were loaded with 5½ hours’ fuel for the scheduled
three-hour flight out over the Atlantic and back to the airfield. But things
quickly went awry as the squadron became thoroughly disoriented… I don’t know
where we are. We must have got lost after that last turn. (Hewitt 1)
Charles Taylor had carless pilotage. Another
example of how he seemed to not know where he was, “I’m sure I’m in the keys,
but I don’t know how far down, and I don’t know how to get to Fort Lauderdale
(Bill Hewitt).” Now was he insane? “Lt. Charles Taylor was initially found ‘guilty
of mental aberration”’ (Lt. Charles Carroll Taylor, USNR Flight 19 Instructor,
FT-28 1). However, it was proven later that he was not crazy. His mother made
sure of it. “Later on, his mother, Kathrine Taylor, was successful in
exonerating him of wrong-doing by filing her own investigation. Lt. Charles
Taylor was exonerated in 1947, by the Board for Correction of Naval Records, in
regard for ‘responsibility for loss of lives and naval aircraft’” (“Lt. C C T,
USNR Flight 19…” 1)
Charles Carroll Taylor was born October 25, 1917 in
Nueces County Texas, USA. He died at the age of twenty-eight years old (Find a
grave 1). He was one of fourteen people to have been lost in Flight 19 on a
practice flight that was supposed to lead back to Naval Air station Fort Lauderdale
when Charles became lost and couldn’t find his way back (Hewitt 1). Others that were lost in this practice flight
were Baluk. J. F, Bossi J.T., Devlin G. F, Gallivan R. F, Gerber F. J, Gruebel.
R. P., Lightfoot. W. E, Pasonessa G.R., Parpart. W. R, Powers E.J., Stivers
G.W., Thelander A. H, Thompson H.O (McElhiney 1)
Charles graduated from Corpus Christi NAS in February 1942. He then went into the Naval Airforce and was in the World War II. He was in the Airforce from 1941 to 1945 when he then disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle (Find a grave 1). After his disappearance and the Naval Airforce claimed Charles to have been mentally unwell, his mother was found to be searching for him on the docks with a picture of him asking people around if they had seen him; “Taylor’s mother, a schoolteacher in Corpus Christi, Texas, would often appear on the docks around Fort Lauderdale. Clutching a photograph of her son, says Evans, she would ask charter-boat captains, ‘Have you seen this man, maybe in the Bahamas somewhere, or on a deserted island (Hewitt 1)?’”
There is so much
information and theories out in the world about the Bermuda Triangle. It is an
area in the world known for several disappearances:
The Bermuda Triangle
(also known as The Devils’ Triangle and The Deadly Triangle) is an imaginary
area of the Atlantic Ocean whose three defining points include Miami, Bermuda,
and Puerto Rico and which is alleged to be the site of the disappearance of an
inordinate number of aircraft and nautical vessels. However, the definition of
the “triangle,” the number of disappearances within its boundary, and the
purported causes of those disappearances vary wildly. Depending upon which
account you read, the size of the Bermuda Triangle ranges from 500,000 square
miles to 1,500,000 square miles (some accounts include the Gulf of Mexico, the
Azores, and the West Indies), the number of disappearances is claimed to be as
high as 2000 vessels and 75 aircraft in the last 500 years (Norrinton 1).
If one was to draw an
invisible line leading from Florida to Bermuda, then to Puerto Rico and back to
Florida, this would be about the area of the Bermuda Triangle (Kusche 1).
Although there is a
various amount of theories out in the world that claim to be the explanation
for the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle, there can only truly be one
true answer. A couple of theories are that aliens are the cause of all the
chaos, or that the Bermuda Triangle is a magnetic field that is in the earth in
that particular area. Another theory is that there is severe and drastic
weather climate that can be the cause for it.
To look more into it, the
theory of aliens has been a theory for a long time. In fact,” While Christopher
Columbus was on the brink of discovering [America] in 1492, he allegedly saw a
UFO in the water near Bermuda” (Martin 1). Some people have tried thinking
further into it to suggest that there could possibly be inter-dimensional
change over through a passageway equivalent to a hole in the sky big enough
that the aircraft that flew over the area can enter but not leave (1). “Others
believe the disappearances are engineered by entities from inner or outer
space” (1). There is the perspective that:
When in doubt, blame
aliens in their flying saucers. Although their motives are unclear, it has been
suggested that aliens have chosen the Bermuda Triangle as a point at which to
capture and abduct for unknown purposes. Aside from the lack of evidence for
this theory, we have to wonder why the aliens would take whole aircraft and
ships some of the considerable sizes. Why not just abduct the occupants in the
same way they are said to take people from their homes in the dead of night
(Wagner 1).
It wouldn’t feel like aliens would abduct all
these ships and aircraft whole instead of just the passengers themselves.
Evidences states that
“According to the US Coast Guard and US Navy, the triangle does not claim an
unusual amount of lives compared with other volatile, heavily trafficked area”
(Ferreira 1). Scientist have also proven it wrong that the waters are filled
with aliens trying to abduct these aircraft and vessels (1). It is not uncommon
for vehicles to go missing in one of the stormiest and busiest regions of the
ocean; “There are hazardous shallows and reefs as well that can cause problems”
(1). Therefore, it would not seem reasonable that aliens would be the cause of
disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle.
Another theory of what
could be the leading cause of all these disappearances, and the cause of all
the confusion, is the possibility of it being drastic weather climate in the
area they have called the Devil’s Triangle (Bermuda Triangle) (Norrinton 1). In
addition, “Scientist believe the powerful winds reported by radar in the North
Sea also exist below the hexagonal clouds over the Bahamas, and meteorologist
Randy Cerveny thinks they’re connected to a terrifying atmospheric phenomenon”
(Fritz 1) (Attachment 1).
An article by Bryan Nelson states that:
In 2016, scientists
thought the cause was these weirdly-shaped clouds. Satellite meteorologists
observing the region have noticed a prevalent weather phenomenon there that
involves highly unusual, sharply hexagonal clouds. A closer look at what was
happening within these hexagons, which measure from 25-55 miles across,
revealed that they could be a symptom of sudden microbursts. It's as if all the
air in the sky suddenly drops, like a bomb. (Nelson 1)
In other words, these
hexagonal clouds are little air bombs in the sky.
The sea level winds under
the air bombs can reach 170mph (Nelson 1). That would be the same as a category
five hurricane (1). Just as well, waves can appear out of nowhere reaching 45ft
high (1). That surly would catch anyone off guard and not give them time to get
out of the way in time. With all this information and factual statements, this
theory can truly be a very good possibility.
A theory that scientists
have investigated over the years and found what they feel to be evidence to
show the causes of the Bermuda Triangle is that there is a magnetic field in
that area of the world (McLean 1). A Coast Guard stated over thirty years ago
that most of the disappearances can be due to the area's special environmental
features (Wagner 1). The Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on the planet
that a magnetic compass will point towards true north, because normally it
would point towards magnetic north: “The difference between the two is known as
compass variation, and a number of variation changes by as much as 20 degrees
as on circumnavigated the earth” (1). If someone did not pay attention to this,
they could be caught far off their course (1).
According to Radford, a
live science contributor, it’s said it could be wild tidal waves happening all
at once not giving pilots or captains enough time to escape, just as Wagner had
said. “Or maybe some mysterious geomagnetic anomaly that creates navigational
problems confusing pilots and somehow causing them to plunge into the ocean”
(Radford 1) (Wagner 1). That being said, it goes to explain the events of the
disappearance of flight 19. When Charles Carroll Taylor couldn’t find his way
and was lost, that could be why (Hewitt 1). Also, other ships and aircraft
could have disappeared because if it is a magnetic field, then it could pull
ships and aircraft into the water leaving them lost amongst the sea forever.
With all these theories
being told, aliens do not seem like a reasonable explanation. When looking into
it, the theory doesn’t hold much factual evidence. However, instead of there
only being one answer, with all the information gathered, it would feel that
both a drastic weather climate and a magnetic field in the earth could be
combined solution to explain the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle over
the years. A survey done at College of the Mainland shows that 96% agreed that
magnetic field and drastic weather climate are the solution to the conspiracy.
Only 4% believed it to be aliens.
Over the years several
conspiracy theories have been told about the Bermuda Triangle. The three most
talked about are:
1. Aliens
2. Drastic weather climate
3. Magnetic field
The theory of aliens does
not have enough information to be true, however both drastic weather and
magnetic field have shown a great deal of information proving that the solution
over all for the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle are caused by both
theories.
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"Atlantis, Aliens, and Time Warps: The Enduring Mystery of the Bermuda
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Hewitt, Bill. "The
Sea Yields Its Lost Squadron." PEOPLE.com, 3 June 1991,
people.com/archive/the-sea-yields-its-lost-squadron-vol-35-no-21/.
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Skeptical Inquirer, 1 Nov. 2015,
www.csicop.org/SI/show/the_bermuda_triangle_mystery_delusion.
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"Bermuda Triangle: Are ALIENS to Blame for Mysterious
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McLean, Leeanna.
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www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/new-theory-may-solve-mystery-behind-bermuda-triangle/73608.
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"About That New Bermuda Triangle Theory ..." MNN - Mother Nature
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Norrinton, Bill.
"The Geography of the Bermuda Triangle." UC Santa Barbara Geography,
geog.ucsb.edu/the-geography-of-the-bermuda-triangle/.
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Truth About the Bermuda Triangle." Gizmodo, 23 Jan. 2014,
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Mystery?" ThoughtCo, 21 Feb. 2010,
www.thoughtco.com/theories-of-the-bermuda-triangle-2593654.
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