Bermuda Triangle: The Mystery Scientist Claim to Have Resolved

Speak of Bermuda Triangle and a shiver runs down our spine. Section of the North Atlantic Ocean, off North America also known as the Devil’s triangle. More than 50 ships and 20 aircrafts have mysteriously disappeared in this area whose, boundaries have not been universally agreed upon. It is an area vaguely resembling a triangle in shape marked by the Atlantic Coast of Florida in the United States, Bermuda, and self-governing British overseas territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean and the Greater Antilles, the fourth largest island of the Antilles.

From the 19^th century several unexplained events were reported from this region. Abandoned ships were found floating aimlessly, some ships disappeared without transmitting any distress signals never to be traced again. In some cases the wreckages haven’t been found. There have been all sorts of theories doing the rounds including those of supernatural activities, however, geophysical and environmental factors are the most likely reasons behind these strange disappearances. One theory says that’s the pilots were unable to calculate the agonic line. What does that mean? Agonic line is the imaginary line that passes through both the North Pole and the North magnetic pole, at any point on which the compass needle by default points towards the true north. It is said that the pilots failed to account for the agonic line and shouldn’t have compensated for the magnetic compass variation and this error must have been the reason behind wrong navigation and the result was the catastrophic event that followed.

However, one theory that seems to the final verdict regarding these mysterious disappearances, the “rogue waves”. According to Ocean and Earth Scientist Dr. Simon Boxall , this region of the Atlantic has occurrences of multiple massive storms coming together from three directions,  the north the south and the ones from Florida, culmination of these created “rogue waves” that measured in excess of 30 meters. These waves were high and strong enough to snap a boat into two and sink it in a matter of two to three minutes. Similarly, if an aircraft was passing by at that time it could have been easily sucked in and broken into smithereens not to be found again. This was also proved when scientist used indoor simulations to recreate the monster wave surges. These waves were strong enough to engulf the model ship during the simulation.

By: Madhuchanda Saxena

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