THE HISTORY OF BERMUDA

The first mention of disappearances is in the area was made in 1950 by E.V.W. Jones as a sidebar on the Associated Press wire service regarding recent ship losses. Jones' article notes the "mysterious disappearances" of ships, airplanes and small boats in the region, and ascribes it the name "The Devil's Triangle". It was next mentioned in 1952 in a Fate Magazine article by George X. Sand, who outlined several "strange marine disappearances". The term "Bermuda Triangle" was popularized by Vincent Gaddis in a 1964 Argosy feature.
The area achieved its current fame largely through the efforts of Charles Berlitz in his 1974 book The Bermuda Triangle (right) and its subsequent film adaptation. The book recounts a long series of mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft, in particular the December 1945 loss of five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bombers in the infamous Flight 19 incident.
The book was a bestseller and included several theories about the cause of the disappearances, including accidents due to high traffic volumes; natural storms; "temporal holes"; the lost empire of Atlantis; transportation by extraterrestrial technology; and other natural or supernatural causes.
Skeptical responses
The marine insurer Lloyd's of London has determined the "triangle" to be no more dangerous than any other area of ocean, and does not charge unusual rates for passage through the region. Coast Guard records confirm their conclusion.
Skeptics comment that the disappearance of a train between two stops would be more convincing evidence of paranormal activity, and the fact that such things do not occur suggests that paranormal explanations are not needed for the disappearance of ships and airplanes in the far less predictable open ocean.
Kusche's research
Intrigued by the number of students coming to him looking for information about the Bermuda Triangle, Lawrence Kusche, a reference librarian with Arizona State University at the time of the Flight 19 incident, began an exhaustive follow-up investigation of the original reports. His findings were eventually published in 1975 as The Bermuda Triangle Mystery: Solved.
Kusche's research revealed a number of inaccuracies and inconsistencies between Berlitz's accounts and statements from eyewitnesses, participants and others involved in the initial incidents. He noted cases where pertinent information went unreported, such as the disappearance of round-the-world yachtsman Donald Crowhurst which Berlitz had presented as a mystery, despite clear evidence that Crowhurst had fabricated the accounts of his voyage and had probably committed suicide. Another example was the ore-carrier Berlitz recounted as lost without trace three days out of an Atlantic port when it had been lost three days out of a port with the same name in the Pacific Ocean. Kusche also argued that a large percentage of the incidents attributed to the Bermuda Triangle's mysterious influence actually occurred well outside it.
Kusche came to several conclusions:
The number of ships and airplanes reported missing in the area was not significantly greater, proportionally speaking, than any other part of the ocean.
In an area frequented by tropical storms, the number of disappearances that did occur was neither disproportionate, unlikely, nor mysterious.
The numbers themselves had been exaggerated by sloppy research. A boat listed as missing would be reported, but not necessarily its eventual, if belated, return to port.
The circumstances of confirmed disappearances were frequently misreported in Berlitz's accounts. The numbers of ships disappearing in supposedly calm weather, for instance, did not tally with weather reports published at the time.

Dr. Raymond's Brown's alleged experience

In 1970, Dr. Ray Brown, a naturopathic practitioner from Mesa, Arizona, went scuba diving with some friends near the Bari Islands in the Bahamas, close to a popular area known as the Tongue of the Ocean.
During one of his dives, Brown became separated from his friends and while searching for them he was startled when he came across a strange pyramid shape silhouetted against the aquamarine light.
Upon investigating further, Brown was surprised by how

smooth and mirror-like was the stone surface of the whole structure, with the joints between the individual blocks almost indiscernible.
Swimming around the capstone, which Brown thought might have beenmade of lapis lazuli, he discovered an entrance and decided to explore inside. Passing along a narrow hallway, Brown finally came to a small rectangular room with a pyramid-shaped ceiling. He was totally amazed that this room contained no algae or coral growing on the inner walls. In addition, though Brown had brought no torch with him, the area was well lit by an unknown source.
Brown's attention was drawn to a brassy metallic rod three inches in diameter hanging down from the apex of the center of the room and at its end was attached a many-faceted red gem, which tapered to a point. Directly below this rod and gem, sitting in the middle of the room, was a stand of carved stone topped by a stone plate with scrolled ends. On the plate there was a pair of carved metal bronze-colored hands, life-sized, which appeared blackened and burnt, as if having been subjected to tremendous heat.
Nestled in the hands, and situated four feet directly below the ceiling rod gem point, was a crystal sphere four inches in diameter. Brown tried to loosen the ceiling rod and red gemstone but neither would budge. Returning to the crystal sphere, he found, to his amazement, that it separated easily from the bronze hand holders. With the crystal sphere in his right hand he then made his way out of the pyramid. As he departed, Brown felt an unseen presence and heard a voice telling him never to return.
Fearing, rightly, that his unusual prize might be confiscated as salvage-treasure by the American Government, Dr. Brown did not reveal the existence of his strange crystal sphere, nor did he relate his experiences until 1975, when he exhibited his crystal for the first time at a psychic seminar in Phoenix.
Since that time, the crystal sphere has made only a very few public appearances but on each occasion people who have seen it have experienced strange phenomena directly associated with it.
Deep inside the crystal form, one gazes upon three pyramidical images, one in front of the other, in decreasing sizes. Some people who enter a deep meditative state of consciousness are able to discern a fourth pyramid, in the foreground of the other three.
Reality is metaphoric. 3 or pyramid = third dimension. 4 = time. The colors red and brown symbolize the physical plane. Electrical - reality is created by electromagnetic grids.
Perhaps the positions of the three pyramidical images in the crystal sphere hold the long-sought key to finding a fourth, as yet unfound. Looking at the crystal sphere from the side, the internal images dissolve into thousands of tiny fracture lines. Brown felt that these may prove to be electrical in nature, like some form of microscopic circuitry. From yet another angle, and under special conditions, many people have been able to see a large single human eye staring out serenely at them. Photographs of this eye have allegedly also been taken.
Elizabeth Bacon, a New York psychic, claimed, while in trance, that the crystal sphere had once belonged to Thoth, the Egyptian God who was responsible for burying a secret vault of knowledge in Giza, near the three great Pyramids.
This theory at best is metaphoric in content, but the archetypes of pyramids, crystals, the ocean, Thoth [the scribe of our reality] and the Emerald Tablets, alchemy and other related files on Crystalinks, can help explain the metapohoric content of Brown's experience and perhaps some of your drams and visions.
Metaphors :: Rays = sun, sun gods, the eye - and on and on we go until one understands the nature of our reality as a virtual experience created through the mathematical blueprint called Sacred Geometry that repeats in cycles - spiral loops of consciousness called 'time' that is about to shift in frequency.
This links with current Earth changes across the planet.
Is there a core crystal - generating power to manifest our grid program in physical reality? Does it link to secrets hidden beneath the Great Pyramd and Sphinx - [chambers and caves are archetypes for the mind that experiences virtually] - crystals in time - the alleged hidden akashic records of our experience in third dimension - the core crystal about to burn out at which time our grid program evolves to higher frequency - and related theories that help humanity awaken to the nature of its creation?
One can only imagine discovering Atlantean technology, such as those found in the TV series 'Stargate Atlantis' - and learning the secrets of the Atlanteans - which - if they did exist in our physical reality - or perhaps a parallel grid that merges into ours - would bring answers sought after by alchemists through time. How ironic would it be to discover the fall of Atlantis as our reality sinks into the 'sea' of consciousness.

1492


1492 - One of the first reports of odd happenings in the Bermuda Triangle occurred in 1492. Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed in the Bermuda Triangle on their way to North America. Columbus reported that his compass showed unusual readings in the Sargasso Sea.One of the first reports of odd happenings in the Bermuda Triangle occurred in 1492. Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed in the Bermuda Triangle on their way to North America. Columbus reported that his compass showed unusual readings in the Sargasso Sea. The western part of the sea is in the Bermuda Triangle. Columbus' crew also noticed a light in the sky. After Columbus' journey, other sailors told stories about the Bermuda Triangle. Stories about the Triangle continue ...
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1872
Dec 1872 - 3. In December 1872, a ship called the Mary Celeste was found drifting just outside of the Bermuda Triangle. The Mary Celeste had no one aboard. Money, food, and cargo were all found untouched, but the entire crew was gone. The Mary Celeste measured 103 feet ...3. In December 1872, a ship called the Mary Celeste was found drifting just outside of the Bermuda Triangle. The Mary Celeste had no one aboard. Money, food, and cargo were all found untouched, but the entire crew was gone. The Mary Celeste measured 103 feet long and weighed 282 tons. Estimate to find the approximate number of tons per foot of the ship. 4. Part A One mysterious disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was a huge ship called the USS Cyclops.
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1918
Mar 1918 - In March 1918, the American military ship USS Cyclops disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. The 542-foot (165-meter) navy ship was traveling from the island of Barbados near South America to Baltimore, Maryland. Cyclops carried more than 300 people. Many ...In March 1918, the American military ship USS Cyclops disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. The 542-foot (165-meter) navy ship was traveling from the island of Barbados near South America to Baltimore, Maryland. Cyclops carried more than 300 people. Many people suggested reasons for the disappearance. Some stories said a weapon from a German submarine hit the Cyclops. At the time, the United States was fighting Germany and other countries in World War I (1914-1918 ...
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1945
Dec 5, 1945 - On December 5th, 1945, five Avenger torpedo bombers, designated Flight 19, left the Naval Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a routine practice mission and never returned. Some have pointed to this incident as proof the existence of the Bermuda ...On December 5th, 1945, five Avenger torpedo bombers, designated Flight 19, left the Naval Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a routine practice mission and never returned. Some have pointed to this incident as proof the existence of the Bermuda Triangle in which planes and boats disappear without a trace. Others see the story of Flight 19 as an example of how the truth gets in the way of a good yarn. Make up your own mind by checking out our Bermuda Triangle page.




1964
Feb 1964 - The "Bermuda Triangle," is not recognized as an official name for this mysterious stretch of ocean. A journalist named Vincent H. Gaddis made up the name for an article in the magazine "Argosy" in February 1964. The article was about the strange number of ...The "Bermuda Triangle," is not recognized as an official name for this mysterious stretch of ocean. A journalist named Vincent H. Gaddis made up the name for an article in the magazine "Argosy" in February 1964. The article was about the strange number of disappearances in the area. Gaddis's article got people interested in the Bermuda Triangle's mysteries. It also helped spread the spooky legends surrounding the Bermuda Triangle.
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1974
Dec 8, 1974 - Historical fiction about the American West: strong on history, weaker on fiction. 2 SOMETHING HAPPENED, by Joseph Heller. ... In case you do not follow this sort of thing. be informed that many Bermuda Triangle aficionados believe that outer-space visitors are/ up in the oceanic dirty ...

1975
Nov 6, 1975 - beyond the Bermuda Triangle." Fred MacMurray stars in this 1975 drama as a wealthy retiree who tries to solve the mystery of the disappearance of friends in the eerie Bermuda Triangle area. Then his fiancee disappears in the same area. Donna Mills, Sam Groom and Suzanne Reed co-star .



1991
Jun 5, 1991 - Just as the skeptics were about to claim a logical explanation, the legend of the Bermuda Triangle today was declared to be alive and well ... "The Bermuda Triangle, I'm afraid, if you want to find mystery, is probably even aliver and weller than it was before," said Graham S. Hawkes


2002
Sep 17, 2002 - In its corporate history, it lists at least 40 "major acquisitions" since 1986, not counting the minor ones it hasn't time to mention. It was--and remains--a Bermuda Triangle of corporate disclosure, a place where analysts go to die, if they go at all. ...


2005
Dec 4, 2005 - Strange things have been happening in the Bermuda Triangle since the days of Christopher Columbus, when the explorer wrote of bizarre compass readings. Ships and planes have mysteriously disappeared in the section of ocean encompassing the area from Miami to Bermuda to Puerto Rico. ...

AN INTRODUCTION OF BURMUDA TRIANGLE

No doubt you have wondered about the Bermuda Triangle. It is the greatest modern mystery of our supposedly well understood world: a region of the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda, Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, where explanation. (Map)
The purpose of Bermuda-Triangle.Org is to provide a sober look at this phenomenon. It is not a site based on synthesizing hearsay, tabloid news or 30 yearold books. What you will see on this Web Site is based on official documentation gleaned over the last decade. I began this as anInnocent hobby before it escalated into a vast project, a project to get almost every report possible, to track down every clue, to verify every claim. . . and often to get the figurative door slammed in my face. These official reports form the bulk of the evidence used herein. Carefully sifting through these, with lines censored, pages cut out and paragraphs deleted, has brought to light a pattern interwoven with mystery and tragedy, as one disappearance illustrates.

It was Halloween, 1991. Radar controllers checked and rechecked what they had just seen. The scope was blank in a spot now. Everywhere else all seemed normal. Routine traffic was proceeding undisturbed, in their vectors, tracked and uninterrupted. But just moments earlier they had been tracking a Grumman Cougar jet. The pilot was John Verdi. He and trained co-pilot, Paul Lukaris, were on a flight toward Tallahassee Moments before Verdi’s voice had crackled over the receiver at the flight center: “Uh, this is November two four Whiskey Juliet (N24WJ). I am at, uh, two five three zero zero. Request ascent two niner zero. Over.”

Permission was quickly granted. The turbo jet was then seen ascending from 25,300 feet to its cruising altitude of 29,000. All seemed normal. They were still ascending. Verdi had not yet rogered reaching his new altitude. Radar continued to track the Cougar until, for some unknown reason, it simply faded away. Verdi and Lukaris answered no more calls to respond. They had sent no MAYDAY to indicate a problem. Read-outs of the radar observations confirmed the unusual: The Cougar had not been captured at all descending or falling to the sea. Frankly, it had just vanished while climbing; it simply faded away. One sweep they were there . . . the next?

One well known case in 1962 vividly brings home the need for careful behind-the-scenes probing. Once again, it involves an aircraft.

The date was January 8, 1962. A huge 4 engine KB-50 aerial tanker was en route from the east coast to Lajes in the Azores. The captain, Major Bob Tawney, reported in at the expected time. All was normal, routine. But he, his 8 crew and big tanker, never made the Azores. Apparently, the last word from the flight had been that routine report, a report which had placed them a few hundred miles off the east coast. FLASH! the media broadcasted, fed by a sincere Coast Guard issued press statement, that a large oil slick was sighted 300 miles off Norfolk, Virginia, in the plane’s proposed route. The mystery could be breaking. . . .

But that was the only clue ever found. Although never proved it was from the plane, publicly the suspicions were obvious: the tanker and its qualified crew met a horrid and sudden death by crashing headlong into the sea. However, the report-- finished months later-- confirmed no such thing. Tawney had been clearly overheard by a Navy transport hours after his last message. This placed him north of Bermuda, hundreds of miles past the spot of the oil slick. There is no evidence, therefore, that the plane and its crew ever met any known fate. The contradiction was hardly the press’s fault. Nor was it totally the blame of the Coast Guard. As soon as scratchy information came in, it was directed to the by-standing media. But this had misleading effects, as the KB-50 case demonstrated.
With almost every case the same thing has happened. By the time concrete information is obtained, the story has lost its appeal, and no follow-ups ever find their way into the papers. I have tried to stay away, therefore, from relying on any newspaper accounts. These, unfortunately, have almost always been the exclusive source for any popular account of an incident, whether in a magazine or book, previous to this web site.

Approaching the subject from the back door, so to speak, free of the hype and public forum, has yielded more startling information. For instance, no more than a few disappearances of airplanes have been reported in the last 2 decades, yet mystery has struck with skillful hands. Searches of the database of National Transportation Safety Board reveal some 75 aircraft have gone missing. Projecting Coast Guard statistics on missing boats is truly mind boggling, perhaps reaching over 2,000. Often when faced with what these reports contain, I have come away badly jolted. It has caused me to revise several well-known cases, and has made it possible to present accurate accounts of what has transpired in the last 20 years. These last, I must presume, are here to the public presented for the first time since I know of no other research done in this period.