New research suggests the Bermuda Triangle mystery may have been solved, with modern investigations finding that incidents in the region were explained by environmental hazards, human error, and probability, according to LadBible. A recent study suggests that converging storms could generate rogue waves up to 30 meters high that could sink even large boats.
“Rogue waves, which can reach double the height of average waves, were a factor in the disappearances of vessels in the Bermuda Triangle,” said Simon Boxall, a University of Southampton oceanographer. “When storms from the south and north converged, along with disturbances from Florida, a potentially lethal combination of giant waves could form,” Boxall said.
This picture aligned with broader assessments that the area did not record more maritime disasters than other busy regions, despite the number of hurricanes there. A 2013 study analyzing dangerous maritime routes did not rank the Bermuda Triangle among critical areas.
The Triangle sits between Florida, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda and covers one of the world’s busiest maritime and aerial routes. It is also near the busiest shipping lanes and on a hurricane corridor, which increases accident risk, Vecernje Novosti reported.
Despite scientific investigations, the myth persists. Stories invoke sea monsters, time portals, the lost city of Atlantis, and aliens. Over the years, UFO sightings and even a ghost ship were reported in the area.
The mystery became globally known in 1945 when a squadron of American bombers known as Flight 19 disappeared during a training mission. Since then, theories including extraterrestrial abductions have circulated. People are drawn to mystery, and the Bermuda Triangle became one of the most famous maritime areas in the world.
In his 1975 book The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved, Larry Kusche concluded that many reports were inaccurate, exaggerated, or impossible to verify, and that the number of incidents was not higher than in other parts of the ocean. “The only coherent explanation for the paranormal activity in the Bermuda Triangle is that people are attracted to mysteries,” said Kusche.
Authorities registered more disappearances in the so‑called Alaska Triangle than in the Bermuda Triangle, yet it did not attract claims about alien technology or the ruins of Atlantis and never gained similar mythological status. Media attention subsided in recent years, and the lack of coverage appeared to intensify the myth as some people linked unexplained events to extraterrestrials rather than to probability, weather, and human error.
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