Theories of the Mysterious Liquid Triangle The Bermuda Triangle, or as some may call it The Devil 's Triangle, is an area of the Atlantic Ocean that is famous for its mysterious disappearances. Roughly 1,000 planes and ships have gone missing, most disappeared without any signs of struggle or error, some ships wrecks that went missing showed up later with no passengers (Bhattacharya). The Bermuda Triangle is 500,000 square miles of water in the ocean (“Bermuda”). It has no exact boundaries (“What”). However, the island of Bermuda, Miami Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico are considered the corners of The Triangle. Most incidents happen in the area between Puerto Rico and Florida (Bhattacharya). Despite popular belief that The Bermuda Triangle
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Of these theories are scientific ones, with facts and studies that support the theory, and there is other theories that are not so realistic and are more like superstitions. One of the theories of The Bermuda Triangle is that underneath the ocean, there are pockets or bubbles of methane gas. The gas bubbles can rise to the surface of the ocean and reduce the water 's density, making it possible for a ship passing through to sink. If the methane bubble goes into the air it could cause an airplane 's engine to malfunction and it could lead to the methane lighting on fire. Therefore also causing the airplane to plummet into the ocean (“Top”). This theory was tested by two scientists, they used a tank of water, a model boat, and a system that released bubbles of methane from the bottom of the tank. From using the model they discovered that a ship would only sink if it was in the bubble of methane but not exactly in the middle. If a ship were to be in the middle it would not sink but under certain circumstances, the people aboard a ship could suffocate from the methane if the bubbles would be big enough. The theory of methane bubbles can explain some incidents that occurred from within The Bermuda Triangle but it has not been proven yet …show more content…
It was first noted by Christopher Columbus when he sailed through the area. He wrote that he saw a ball of fire from the sky that fell into the ocean, he also reported strange compass readings (“Bermuda”). Other early navigators also reported having problems with their compasses. The area of The Bermuda Triangle is said to be one out of two places on earth where a compass will not point our magnetic north, but to true north (”THE”). Unordinary compass readings could explain the difficulties navigating. People now know how to set their compass so when they are in the area they won 't travel off course and get lost out at sea
Of these theories are scientific ones, with facts and studies that support the theory, and there is other theories that are not so realistic and are more like superstitions. One of the theories of The Bermuda Triangle is that underneath the ocean, there are pockets or bubbles of methane gas. The gas bubbles can rise to the surface of the ocean and reduce the water 's density, making it possible for a ship passing through to sink. If the methane bubble goes into the air it could cause an airplane 's engine to malfunction and it could lead to the methane lighting on fire. Therefore also causing the airplane to plummet into the ocean (“Top”). This theory was tested by two scientists, they used a tank of water, a model boat, and a system that released bubbles of methane from the bottom of the tank. From using the model they discovered that a ship would only sink if it was in the bubble of methane but not exactly in the middle. If a ship were to be in the middle it would not sink but under certain circumstances, the people aboard a ship could suffocate from the methane if the bubbles would be big enough. The theory of methane bubbles can explain some incidents that occurred from within The Bermuda Triangle but it has not been proven yet …show more content…
It was first noted by Christopher Columbus when he sailed through the area. He wrote that he saw a ball of fire from the sky that fell into the ocean, he also reported strange compass readings (“Bermuda”). Other early navigators also reported having problems with their compasses. The area of The Bermuda Triangle is said to be one out of two places on earth where a compass will not point our magnetic north, but to true north (”THE”). Unordinary compass readings could explain the difficulties navigating. People now know how to set their compass so when they are in the area they won 't travel off course and get lost out at sea