The reason behind The Bermuda Triangle.

The majority of disappearances can be attributed to the area’s unique features. The Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico around the Florida Straits northeastward toward Europe, is extremely swift and turbulent. It can quickly erase any evidence of a disaster.

The unpredictable Caribbean-Atlantic storms that give birth to waves of great size as well as waterspouts often sp ell disaster for pilots and mariners. (Not to mention that the area is in “hurricane alley.”) The topography of the ocean floor varies from extensive shoals to some of the deepest marine trenches in the world. With the interaction of strong currents over reefs, the topography is in a constant state of flux and breeds development of new navigational hazards.

Not to be underestimated is the human factor. A large number of pleasure boats travel the water between Florida’s Gold Coast (the most densely populated area in the world) and the Bahamas. All to often, crossings are attempted with too small a boat, insufficient knowledge of the area’s hazards and lack of good seamanship.

Source: todayifoundit.com

• The remarkable new theory suggests the clouds are linked to 273km/ph “air bombs” — capable of bringing down planes and ships, The Sun reports.

Now the riddle could finally be solved after meteorologists speaking to the Science Channel’s What on Earth revealed their findings.

Using radar satellite imagery, they discovered bizarre “hexagonal” shaped clouds between 32km and 80km wide forming over the dodgy patch of water.

Metrologist Dr Randy Cerveny said: “The satellite imagery is really bizarre … the hexagonal shapes of the cloud formations.

The Cyclops, a 19,000 tone collier which disappeared in 1918, was the first loss in the Bermuda Triangle of a ship equipped with a radio.Source:News Corp Australia

“These types of hexagonal shapes in the ocean are in essence air bombs. They’re formed by what is called microbursts and they’re blasts of air.”

The blasts of air are so powerful they can reach 273km/ph — a hurricane-like force easily capable of sinking ships and downing planes.

For centuries the notorious Bermuda Triangle has been linked with a high number of unexplained disappearances of aircraft and ships in its waters.

Source: news.com.au