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Scientist finally 'solved' greatest mystery behind Bermuda Triangle that's confused conspiracists for decades

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Updated 11:14 26 Aug 2025 GMT+1Published 15:14 13 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Scientist finally 'solved' greatest mystery behind Bermuda Triangle that's confused conspiracists for decades

The theory behind the Bermuda Triangle may have been debunked

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

The life-long mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle disappearances may have finally been solved.

Scientists reckon they can debunk all the alien theories flying around, though I'm sure some of you will still need some convincing.

In the North Atlantic Ocean lies a 700,000km area which has been blamed for the disappearance of several ships and planes throughout the years.

The legend of the Bermuda Triangle - also known as the 'Devil’s Triangle' - began after Flight 19 took off from Florida and disappeared on 5 December, 1945.

When a rescue plane was deployed, that also went missing. No wreckage or bodies have been found since.

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And from 1945 to 2017, there has been around 10 reported incidents where aircrafts have gone awol.

Not to mention that from 1800 to 2015, it's said that approximately 14 ships have mysteriously disappeared.

Hundreds of people are thought to have gone missing in the area (Getty Stock Image)
Hundreds of people are thought to have gone missing in the area (Getty Stock Image)

So you can blame the random disappearances on alien kidnapping if you'd like, but Australian scientist Karl Kruszelnicki has other ideas.

“According to Lloyds of London and the US coast guard, the number of planes that go missing in the Bermuda Triangle is the same as anywhere in the world on a percentage basis,” Dr Kruszelnicki told news.com.au.

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On Flight 19, he added: “They vanish without a trace then another plane sent out to look with them vanishes ... (so some people claimed) it must have been aliens’.

“(But) there was one experienced guy, the rest were inexperienced.

“It wasn’t fine weather, there were 15m waves.”

These thoughts were echoed in Channel 5 documentary, Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle.

After taking a close look at the rocks in the area, Nick Hutchings, a mineral prospector, said: “Bermuda’s basically a sea mountain - it’s an underwater volcano. 30 million years ago, it was sticking up above sea level.

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The 'Devil's Triangle' (Getty Stock Image)
The 'Devil's Triangle' (Getty Stock Image)

“It has now eroded away and we’re left with the top of a volcano.

“We have a few core samples, which have magnetite in them. It’s the most magnetic naturally occurring material on Earth.”

Hutchings added: “You can just imagine the ancient mariners sailing past Bermuda. It would be very disconcerting.”

Simply put - people just got lost.

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Filmmaker and YouTuber Johnny Harris has provided a more philosophical take on the topic, saying: "Humans have developed an amazing tool for seeing reality... we can collect hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands of observations about the world and they don't have to fit in our brains all at once because we can record them over time.

"If you did that you would see that of the tens of thousands of recorded accidents or casualties at sea recorded over the course of 20 years, there wasn't anything out of the ordinary here."

You're still welcome to believe in aliens though, it is a lot more fun that way.

Featured Image Credit: Getty Stock Images

Topics: Aliens, Conspiracy Theory, Science, Bermuda Triangle

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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