The Bermuda Triangle mystery has finally been solved

It's left scientists and conspiracy theorists alike baffled for decades but the mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle may finally have been solved.

The patch of sea between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda was once associated with numerous disappearances and it's lack of media attention in recent years has only served to increase the enigma surrounding it.

Theories have been rife ever since 1945 when Flight 19, a group of five US Navy bombers on a training mission, vanished in the area, with some attributing the subsequent strange goings on to supernatural behaviour.

Often when something occurs that science cannot explain, several people will immediately associate that thing with 'alien activity'.

Why aliens might have chosen the Bermuda Triangle as their apparent abduction spot is unclear, but some have claimed that the patch of sea acts as a portal for extraterrestrials.

It's long been linked with disappearances (Getty Stock Image)

And there's also been alleged UFO sightings close to the area over the years, while some sailors even spotted a ghost ship nearby, so it's easy to see why those theories have been so popular.

Any Percy Jackson fans among you might even have associated the infamous triangle with the sea of monsters, which was home to terrifying mythical creatures, but it appears as if the truth is far more mundane.

Natural explanation for the Bermuda Triangle

A Channel 5 series, titled The Bermuda Triangle Enigma, claimed to have gotten to the bottom of it.

In the documentary, University of Southampton oceanographer Simon Boxall proposed that rogue waves were the obvious explanation for the number of ships that have gone missing over the years.

He said: "There are storms to the south and north, which come together. And if there are additional ones from Florida, it can be a potentially deadly formation of rogue waves."

Rogue waves are categorised as violent and unpredictable currents which can reach twice the size of surrounding waves.

What is the truth about the Bermuda Triangle?

Sorry, it seems as if aliens aren't to blame (Getty Stock Image)

Well, it's not particularly exciting but science has suggested that there may not be much of a mystery at all.

Although a slight magnetic anomaly might have pushed sailors off course back in the days where GPS didn't exist, the reality is that despite a high number of hurricanes in the area, the Bermuda Triangle hasn't registered a statistically high number of crashes and wrecks.

In his 1975 book, The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved, Larry Kusche found that reports about the Bermuda Triangle were often inaccurate, exaggerated or unverified.

Simply speaking, people love a mystery and while the Bermuda Triangle is perhaps the most famous patch of sea in the world, it doesn't even feature in a 2013 study which identified the most dangerous areas for shipping.

The 'Alaska Triangle', by comparison, has seen over 20,000 people vanish over the years, and yet you don't see that being linked with alien technology or the lost ruins of Atlantis.

So, it appears as if humanity has made something out of nothing, but you still might want to avoid travelling solo through the Devil's Triangle if you want to avoid fuelling more theories in the future.