DOCUMENTARY: IS BERMUDA TRIANGLE FACT OR FICTION?

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   Bermuda Triangle: Fact Or Fiction?
   
   A missing container ship has the infamous triangle back in the headlines
   
   
   
   
   
   
   With the search for survivors called off, the investigation into what caused the El Faro to sink begins.
   
   
   While experts say the huge container ship sank after sailing into the path of Hurricane Joaquin off The Bahamas, conspiracy theorists point to the location of the sinking – inside the “Bermuda Triangle.”
   
   
   The Bermuda Triangle is the area extending between Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Miami, famous for its high volume of shipwrecks. The area’s waters are suspected to have claimed up to 300 vessels.
   
   
   The legend began on 5 December 1945 when Flight 19 took off from the U.S. Naval Air Station in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
   
   
   Flight 19 was a squadron of five TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers on a routine training mission, all of which disappeared. To this day, despite a massive land and sea search, no bodies or wreckage have been found.
   
   
   
   
   
   (Image: National Ocean Service)
   
   
   The phrase Bermuda Triangle wasn't used until 1964 when an unusually high number of ship disappearances took place.
   
   
   From sea monsters and giant squid to alien abductions and alternate dimensions, there are many theories about what happens to planes and ships that go down in the Bermuda Triangle.
   
   But the truth is likely a combination of less far-fetched causes including human error, treacherous weather, and plain bad luck.
   
   The U.S. Coast Guard's official response to Bermuda Triangle inquiries states, "It has been our experience that the combined forces of nature and the unpredictability of mankind outdo science-fiction stories many times each year."
   
   Scientists argue that the triangle is no more or less dangerous than any other stretch of open sea. No one has been able to prove that mysterious disappearances occur more frequently there than in other heavily-used sections of the ocean.
   
   "The region is highly traveled and has been a busy crossroads since the early days of European exploration," said John Reilly, a historian with the U.S. Naval Historical Foundation.
   
   "To say quite a few ships and airplanes have gone down there is like saying there are an awful lot of car accidents on the New Jersey Turnpike – surprise, surprise."
   
   
   
   What happens when scientists 'drain' water from the Bermuda Triangle location? Find out what lies on its ocean floor.
   
   
   
   

   
   
10 Shocking Facts About the Bermuda Triangle

Fact 1
The Bermuda Triangle is not small. In fact, it is quite large and covers an area of 440,000 miles of sea. This is larger than the combined area of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra.

Fact 2
The bermuda triangle is certainly not fixed and its effect can be experienced outside of the triangle too.

Fact 3
The disappearances are ascribed to UFO's and alien activity, city of Atlantis lost under the triangle, and ious other technical, natural and geographical reasons.

Fact 4
Whenever any plane or ship disappears in the Triangle, its debris cannot be found. The reason behind this is that Gulf Stream runs near the triangle, which quickly gets rid of the debris.

Fact 5
.At least 1000 lives are lost within the last 100 years. On average, 4 aircraft and 20 yachts go missing every year.

Fact 6
Inside the Bermuda Triangle, US Government has AUTEC for Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, which is located on the Andros Island of Bahamas. Here US Navy tests their submarines, sonar and other weapons. However many are of the view that it is more than just the testing center.

Fact 7
People have experienced electronic fog in bermuda triangle, which can be a Time Travel Tunnel too. Pilot Bruce Gernon claims he lost 28 minutes after flying through a time-warping cloud tunnel. The plane went missing from radars, only to re-emerge in Miami Beach. Source The Fog by Bruce Gernon.

Fact 8
One of the biggest and famous losses of US Military occurred in 1945. Five US Navy Avenger torpedo bombers flew from Fort Lauderdale, Florida for a sortie to the island of Bimini. The mission had 14 men. After about 90 minutes, the radio operators received a signal that the compass was not working. After that the communication was lost. The bombers were never found. The three planes that went for their rescue also disappeared.

Fact 9
The first person to report about Bermuda Triangle was Christopher Columbus. He wrote in his journals that inside the triangle, the ship's compass stopped working and he also saw a fireball in the sky.

Fact 10
Bermuda Triangle is one of the rare places on earth where the compass does not point towards Magnetic North. Instead of that, it point towards true north, which creates confusion and that's why so many ships and planes lost its course in the triangle.