Investigating My TopicRichard Rodriguez

Inquiry Topic

The Bermuda

Unanswered Questions

What is the Bermuda Triangle? Did it really cause all of the

ships/planes to disappear? Is it all just superstition? What causes the planes and ships to

vanish? Were there any survivors?

What is it?

An area where ships and planes have vanished, many times without leaving a trace.

First sighting

Described seeing strange lights and weird compass readings in the vicinity.

Famous occurences

U.S.S. Cyclops Three hundred peopleonboard along with onehundred tons of manganese.

Flight 19 Five torpedo Bombers

conducting a training drill disappear.

Survivors?

No survivors were ever discovered from U.S.S. Cyclops or Flight 19.

Saddening part is that everyone who were in the ship or plane that vanished were never found.

The Causes

Fog

The different weather/climate

Gas Hydrates

Pilot/Captain Error

Gas Hydrates

Are the main cause of the ships and planes disappearing.

Known as methane ice with an excessive amount of carbon. When the seabed has a layer of methane ice covered over it, its dangerous for anything traveling above.

Students in Wales

Students from Cardiff University invented a machine that would allow scientists to further examine Methane ice. Details on the machine are not known, and were not released to the public.

The machine allows the scientists to examine the Methane ice before it melts.

Superstition?

Many people still think that the Bermuda Triangle is all superstition, although evidence and numerous amount of research has proven otherwise. All of the ships and planes did in fact, disappear over the Bermuda Triangle. The remains were never found, nor were the people.

Others just say that it is tough luck, and that it was just pilot/captain failure.

Conclusion

At first, I thought the Bermuda Triangle was just all fake and trying to grab publicity for something that was not occurring. After conducting my research, I think otherwise. All of the information that I was able to find led me to all of the disappearances being true, and that methane ice could have caused most of them. I will not be traveling over this particular area anytime soon.