about people, ship and aircraft.. where they gone ??? why is this question in the Australia/New Zealand section? really deep water, and some magnetic variations Well, the exact reason is the magnetic field that traps planes and ships in its vicinity. Supposedly it screws with their radars, routers, computers, etc.
It's really unknown because people can't even get to it without getting lost. try this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Tri... I do not know why but we know much information hypothesis about that area .
Here are the reasons that I ve taken from wikipedia.
Methane hydrates
Methane clathrate
Worldwide distribution of confirmed or inferred offshore gas hydrate-bearing sediments, 1996.Source: USGS
Worldwide distribution of confirmed or inferred offshore gas hydrate-bearing sediments, 1996.
Source: USGS
An explanation for some of the disappearances has focused on the presence of vast fields of methane hydrates on the continental shelves. A white paper was published in 1981 by the United States Geological Survey about the appearance of hydrates in the Blake Ridge area, off the southeastern United States coast.[4] Periodic methane eruptions may produce regions of frothy water that are no longer capable of providing adequate buoyancy for ships. If this were the case, such an area forming around a ship could cause it to sink very rapidly and without warning.
Laboratory experiments carried out in the Monash University in Australia have proven that bubbles can, indeed, sink a scale model ship by decreasing the density of the water [7]; any wreckage consequently rising to the surface would be rapidly dispersed by the gulf stream.
Methane also has the ability to cause a piston engine to stall when released into the atmosphere even at an atmospheric concentration as low as 1%[citation needed].
Compass variations
Compass problems are one of the cited phrases in many Triangle incidents; it is possible that people operating boats and aircraft looked at a compass that they felt was not pointing north, veered course to adjust, and got lost quickly. The North Magnetic Pole is not the North Pole; rather it is the north end of the earth's magnetic field, and as such it is the natural end where the needle of a compass points. The North Magnetic Pole also wanders. In 1996 a Canadian expedition certified its location by magnetometer and theodolite at 78掳35.7鈥睳 104掳11.9鈥瞁; in 2005 its position was 82.7掳 N 114.4掳 W, to the west of Ellesmere Island.
The direction in which a compass needle points is known as magnetic north. In general, this is not exactly the direction of the North Magnetic Pole (or of any other consistent location). Instead, the compass aligns itself to the local geomagnetic field, which varies in a complex manner over the Earth's surface, as well as over time. The angular difference between magnetic north and true north (defined in reference to the Geographic North Pole), at any particular location on the Earth's surface, is called the magnetic declination. Most map coordinate systems are based on true north, and magnetic declination is often shown on map legends so that the direction of true north can be determined from north as indicated by a compass.
False-color image of the Gulf Stream flowing north through the western Atlantic Ocean. (NASA)
False-color image of the Gulf Stream flowing north through the western Atlantic Ocean. (NASA)
Magnetic declination has been measured in many countries, including the U.S. The line of zero declination in the U.S. runs from the North Magnetic Pole through Lake Superior and across the western panhandle of Florida. Along this line, true north is the same as magnetic north. West of the line of zero declination, a compass will give a reading that is east of true north. Conversely, east of the line of zero declination, a compass reading will be west of true north. Since the North Magnetic Pole has been wandering toward the northwest, some twenty or more years ago the line of zero declination went through the Triangle, giving sailors and airmen a compass reading of true north instead of magnetic north. Not knowing the difference could easily result in a false compass reading, and ultimately a vanishing due to getting lost.
Hurricanes
Hurricanes are extremely powerful storms which are spawned in the Atlantic near the equator, and have historically been responsible for thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars in damage. The sinking of Francisco de Bobadilla's Spanish fleet in 1502 was the first recorded instance of a destructive hurricane. In 1988, Hurricane Gilbert, one of the most powerful hurricanes in history, set back Jamaica's economy by three years. These storms have in the past caused a number of incidents related to the Triangle.
Gulf Stream
The Gulf Stream is an ocean current which flows out of the Gulf of Mexico, then north through the Florida Straits on into the North Atlantic. In essence, it is a river within an ocean, and like a river, it can and does carry floating objects with it. A small plane making a water landing, or a boat having engine trouble will be carried away from its reported position by the current, as has happened to the cabin cruiser Witchcraft on December 22, 1967, when it reported engine trouble near the Miami buoy marker one mile from shore, but was not there when a Coast Guard cutter arrived. actually, i believe this mystery is now solved.
there is an abundance of methane crystals at the bottom of the ocean beneath the bermuda triangle. when there is an undersea landslide or other disturbance, these crystals are exposed and can rise to the surface as methane gas. when this gas reaches the surface, it forms an eery looking methane cloud which rises into the air. this cloud also causes magnetic interference because it is charging ionic particles in the air - similar to a thunderstorm. the gas bubbles in the water can sink a ship, the gas cloud can render compasses useless and can ignite from a heat source like a hot engine on a plane. Also, since methane is less dense than air, a plane will fall out of the sky.
there can also be tremendous wave action and quickly changing weather in this area of the ocean caused by the warmth of the gulf stream.
it all makes a lot of sense to me... becuase according to stats there are no more disapearances etc in that are per square mile/ kilometer than any other region in the world..
put shortly the bermuda triangle is more myth than fact... |
