Bermuda TriangleBermuda Triangle mystery may have been solved

Published 24 October 2016

It is estimated that over the last 100 years, hundreds of ships, at least 75 planes, and thousands of lives have been lost art the Bermuda Triangle. A group of satellite meteorologists may have solved the mystery of the triangle: Hexagonal clouds, creating “air-bombs” with winds of up to 170mph, capable of plunging planes into the sea and flipping ships, are said to be behind the mysterious disappearances at sea.

A group of satellite meteorologists may have solved the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.

For decades, a series of disappearances of ships and planes within the 500,000km square area between Miami, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda has been unexplained. Many dismissed the disappearances as merely coincidentaly.

It is estimated that over the last 100 years, hundreds of ships, at least 75 planes, and thousands of lives have been lost art the triangle.

ScienceAlert reports that now scientists have claimed that hexagonal clouds, which create “air-bombs” with winds of up to 170mph, could be the culprits in the hundreds of unsolved disappearances at sea.

The scientists say that the storms are so powerful that they can plunge ships and planes into the sea in an instant.

The researchers noted that large-scale clouds typically appear over the western edge of the island of Bermuda, ranging from 20 to 55 miles wide.

Dr. Steve Miller, a satellite meteorologist at Colorado State University, told the Science Channel’s “What on Earth” program: “You don’t typically see straight edges with clouds. Most of the time, clouds are random in their distribution.”

The scientists, using radar satellites to measure what was happening underneath the unusual clouds, found that sea level winds were also reaching dangerously high speeds, creating waves as high as 45ft.

Metereologist Randy Cerveny said the hexagonal shapes over the ocean “are in essence air bombs.”

“They are formed by what are called microbursts and they’re blasts of air that come down out of the bottom of a cloud and then hit the ocean,” he explained.

These environmental factors “create waves that can sometimes be massive in size as they start to interact with each other.”

ScienceAlert notes that the term “Bermuda Triangle” was coined in the early 1950s by a journalist writing about the large number of ships and planes that had disappeared in the area. 

There were reports about unusual and “paranormal” events as far back as 1492. Indeed, Christopher Columbus reported seeing strange lights and compass readings.

It is said that, on average, four planes and twenty ships disappear in the area each year.