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2006-08-31 18:44:21 · 13 answers · asked by rohingrewal 4 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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Yes, I saw it on Mythbusters or something. Turns out there are huge pockets of methane gas in deep holes in the ocean floor. When these gas geysers erupt, they shoot tons and tons of methane straight up into the air for thousands of feet. When the combustion engine of an aircraft is exposed to high enough quantities of methane, it fails. It was a fascinating revelation to me and I'm pleased that I could turn you onto it.

2006-08-31 18:49:03 · answer #1 · answered by miguelitabonita 4 · 2 0

The U. S. Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda
Triangle as an official name and does not maintain an official file
on the area.

The Bermuda or Devil's Triangle is an imaginary area located off the
southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States, which is noted for
a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and
aircraft. The apexes of the triangle are generally accepted to be
Bermuda, Miami, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In the past, extensive, but futile Coast Guard searches prompted by
search and rescue cases such as the disappearances of an entire
squadron of TBM Avengers shortly after take off from Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., or the traceless sinking of USS Cyclops and Marine
Sulphur Queen have lent credence to the popular belief in the
mystery and the supernatural qualities of the "Bermuda Triangle."

Countless theories attempting to explain the many disappearances
have been offered throughout the history of the area. The most
practical seem to be environmental and those citing human error. The
majority of disappearances can be attributed to the area's unique
environmental features.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. This is, I would strongly suggest, simply not true.
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. in the end it only mattes what we want to believe and what we dont!!!

2006-08-31 19:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by reetu_angel 2 · 1 0

The Bermuda Triangle is an paranormal area in the Atlantic Ocean. The boundaries is defined by a near-triangle having the vertices on Bermuda Islands, Puerto Rico, and Miami in the Western Portion of the Sargasso Sea, which is huge and frequent storm, and accroding to scientist, a mass reservoir of methane gas on the sea floor. The area is releated to many legend and myth about ship (and even plane) disappering in the area. The boundaries between Bermuda and Miami and shiftly gradually in the recent year to the American Coast. In the old days, Christopher Columbus has also sailed through the Area but unharmed.

2006-09-01 14:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by drixoman 2 · 0 0

I do not know alot of facts other than many ships and planes where mysteriously lost there. I watched a show on the Discovery channel the other day which tested the theory that the triangle is full of menthane gas pockets and if this gas bubbled to the surface that it might sink ships or down planes.

The experiments they conducted were very cool. They proved that if a big enough mehtan gas bubble hit a moving tanker at the right time that it could in fact sink the ship. It also proved that if a propeller plane (those used in WWII because many war planes where lost) had flown into an area which contained methane gas mixed with the regular atmosphere that it would indeed stall the planes. Secondly, since methane is lighter than normal air it also proved that if a plane flew into a methane gas cloud that the plane would actually lose altitude at an alarming rate. On top of that it would fool the planes instruments and would the pilot would read that they were actually gaining altitude. They surmsied that a pilot flowing low enough could crash if he tried to compensate the plane incorrectly.

Sorry I cannot think of the name of the show, but it was very interesting.

2006-08-31 18:52:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Mojo Risin 4 · 1 0

Bermuda Triangle is the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that has become associated in the popular imagination with mysterious maritime disasters. Also known as the Devil's Triangle, the triangle-shaped area covers about 1,140,000 sq km (about 440,000 sq mi) between the island of Bermuda, the coast of southern Florida, and Puerto Rico.

The sinister reputation of the Bermuda Triangle may be traceable to reports made in the late 15th century by navigator Christopher Columbus concerning the Sargasso Sea, in which floating masses of gulfweed were regarded as uncanny and perilous by early sailors; others date the notoriety of the area to the mid-19th century, when a number of reports were made of unexplained disappearances and mysteriously abandoned ships. The earliest recorded disappearance of a United States vessel in the area occurred in March 1918, when the USS Cyclops vanished.

The incident that consolidated the reputation of the Bermuda Triangle was the disappearance in December 1945 of Flight 19, a training squadron of five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers. The squadron left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with 14 crewmen and disappeared after radioing a series of distress messages; a seaplane sent in search of the squadron also disappeared. Aircraft that have disappeared in the area since this incident include a DC-3 carrying 27 passengers in 1948 and a C-124 Globemaster with 53 passengers in 1951. Among the ships that have disappeared was the tankership Marine Sulphur Queen, which vanished with 39 men aboard in 1963.

Books, articles, and television broadcasts investigating the Bermuda Triangle emphasize that, in the case of most of the disappearances, the weather was favorable, the disappearances occurred in daylight after a sudden break in radio contact, and the vessels vanished without a trace. However, skeptics point out that many supposed mysteries result from careless or biased consideration of data. For example, some losses attributed to the Bermuda Triangle actually occurred outside the area of the triangle in inclement weather conditions or in darkness, and some can be traced to known mechanical problems or inadequate equipment. In the case of Flight 19, for example, the squadron commander was relatively inexperienced, a compass was faulty, the squadron failed to follow instructions, and the aircraft were operating under conditions of deteriorating weather and visibility and with a low fuel supply. Other proposed explanations for disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle include the action of physical forces unknown to science, a “hole in the sky,” an unusual chemical component in the region's seawater, and abduction by extraterrestrial beings.

Scientific evaluations of the Bermuda Triangle have concluded that the number of disappearances in the region is not abnormal and that most of the disappearances have logical explanations. Paranormal associations with the Bermuda Triangle persist in the public mind, however.

2006-08-31 20:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by WA KKG 4 · 1 0

Called also as devil triangle. Stretching from Bermuda to the Puerto Rico to Miami,Florida then back to Bermuda.Catastrophic mysteries happen there.The worst is there ship loaded with 1,200 people lost.

2006-09-01 01:02:16 · answer #6 · answered by Joshua Agar 2 · 1 0

As the name implies, still there is some mystery exixts about it. As per my knowledge, it is a three-sided zone in the Atlantic Ocean where a lot of ships,aeroplanes and people disappeared.

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2006-08-31 18:52:03 · answer #7 · answered by ndd_prasanth 2 · 1 0

its a trianguar area of sea bwn bermuda an florida...its a place where ships sink an planes crash often..its mystery is not yet fully revealed...

2006-09-01 05:41:24 · answer #8 · answered by ??????? 3 · 1 0

yea its near bermuda

2006-08-31 18:45:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Some scientists said it's the base of some kind of aliens who catch our vessels for study.

2006-09-01 02:04:06 · answer #10 · answered by marcustonchum 2 · 1 0

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