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Welcome to the most notorious stretch of ocean on Earth.

It's been called the Devil's Triangle or Hurricane Alley.

But most of us know it as the Bermuda Triangle.

500 ,000 square miles of the Atlantic that has terrified and perplexed

travelers, explorers, and even scientists for centuries.

Since the time of Christopher Columbus, these waters have been home to many

unusual and unexplainable disasters and disappearances.

Ships, planes, and unsuspecting travelers lost without a trace.

But where have they gone, and why did they vanish?

Tonight, we aim to find out.

In spite of the danger, we'll enter the Bermuda Triangle by sea and by air.

We'll search the depth for evidence of the triangle's alleged destructive

And finally, we'll reveal a shocking new theory, one that could completely

redraw the map.

It's a mystery that could impact our entire planet.

As we go in search of the Bermuda Triangle.

Have a look at this map of the southern Atlantic coast of the United States.

Now, I want you to try something.

Draw three straight lines between Miami, Bermuda, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

That seems harmless enough, right?

But what if I told you that this area, which is about the size of Alaska, has

been the site of over 50 ship disappearances in just the past century?

It's also been the site of at least 1 ,000 fatalities during that stretch.

Even those who've managed to survive have reported many strange anomalies

The triangle's countless tragic deaths remain unsolved mysteries because

today still can't agree on the cause.

Is it possible that a strange and deadly power truly lies within these three

boundaries?

There's only one way to find out.

We have to enter the triangle ourselves.

is the custodian of historic wrecks for the island of Bermuda.

And he thinks he's found one of the key causes of all of this area's

destruction.

It's hard to believe on a day of commas that this is one of the most treacherous

places on Earth.

He manages the sites of over 300 shipwrecks around the island.

Shipwreck here, shipwreck there, shipwreck there.

According to Philippe, This area has been causing problems for sailors since

very first ships passed nearby.

Bermuda was put on chart not as a country that anyone wanted to move to or

migrate to, but literally as a place of warning to mariners. This is a place you

want to be very careful about, a place you want to stay away from.

And it's that particular navigational hazard which I think tees up the whole

mystery and the mythos of the Bermuda Triangle.

It's also the reason people live on Bermuda in the first place.

Bermuda is a nation founded on shipwrecks. The first settlers here

shipwreck in 1609.

Our national flag has a shipwreck smashed up against the rocks on the

which denotes the real deep importance and connection we have to this.

If anyone understands the destructive power of the Bermuda Triangle, it's

Philippe, who has been studying these wrecks for over 15 years.

Today, he's tracking a relatively new theory, a unique underwater phenomenon

that may have been sinking ships here for centuries.

This is actually a really exciting thing to run into today. We've actually come

across a large swath of sargassum, which is a holoplogic algae that grows

in the open ocean.

In the historical narratives, there's actually stories of ships finding

themselves stuck in these large mats and becalmed for days and weeks at a time.

Sailors began sharing stories of an impenetrable region of the Atlantic

many ships were lost.

They called it the Sargasso Sea.

Here, thick Sargassum mats can stretch for miles beneath the water.

making this one of the most dangerous parts of the Bermuda Triangle.

There are written accounts of ships getting stuck inside huge beds way, way

bigger than this.

Just imagine this thing covers a square kilometer or two.

Much thicker and denser, and how hard that would be to navigate your way out

And getting stuck isn't the only problem caused by the Sargassum.

Once a ship gets trapped inside, something even more dangerous can occur.

As it groups together, it starts to rot, and the smell that comes off it is

actually really toxic.

There's a whole storyline that feeds into this.

In the last five years, they've had a massive influx of a similar kind of

in the southern Caribbean.

Unbelievable growth spurts of sargassum. It's appearing in such absolute...

Massive quantity, but it's occluding entire bays, poisoning beaches because

gas that comes off it when it rots is actually quite noxious.

Suddenly you can imagine ships would literally come to a stop in the algae in

mat that's so thick and heavy that it'd be stuck there for days, left without

movement and unable to push their way through.

If those odors would get onto a ship, it could actually drive guys mad.

Is it possible that this strange growth of plant life has been poisoning

mariners? and sinking vessels for hundreds of years.

There is strong evidence nearby where Philippe has cataloged not one, but

sunken vessels clustered together.

Where else in the world would you see shipwrecks from all these different eras

finding themselves in the same spot?

Really, there is no logical reason for them to all be there.

Each of the three wrecks is quite different from the others.

And yet, they all met the same fate right here, decades apart.

This is the Montana Civil War blockade runner, stuck in 1863.

As you come around the back of the stern boiler...

You then turn down, and you're literally then confronted by one of the paddle

wheels that's lying on its side.

The Montana's side -wheel steam propulsion was the height of Civil War

technology.

But it would have been particularly susceptible to getting tangled in the

Bermuda Triangle's sargassum.

And as you can see, the Montana isn't alone.

The really interesting part is that as you're going across the center of that

ship, you're actually starting to see all the cargo that came from the ship

sank in 1943, the Constellation.

Sunk directly on top of the Montana, the Constellation was a luxurious cargo

ship stocked to the gills with high -end goods bound for Venezuela.

And it had everything on it. Cement, billiard tables, glass plate for

But of course, that cargo never reached its destination.

Neither did that of the Lardington, the area's third shipwreck, which sank en

route to Russia in 1879.

Every shipwreck is a mystery until you know its story.

And with so many shipwrecks around Bermuda, there's a bunch that we

can't explain.

Is this hidden growth of algae the explanation?

Could the centuries -old mystery of the Bermuda Triangle really be that simple?

As we're about to find out, the truth may actually be far more complicated.

Because whatever's happening here in the Bermuda Triangle, it's not just on the

water.

What is it about the Bermuda Triangle?

that has caused the loss of hundreds of ships.

Shipwreck custodian Philippe Rouget has theorized that massive underwater beds

of sargassum may be behind some of the destruction.

But the truth is, this question could have multiple answers, because plant

alone can't explain the sheer volume of sunken vessels here.

When we say there are 300 shipwrecks around Bermuda, those are the ones that

there's evidence of some kind.

But, you know, there's a whole pile of shipwrecks that clearly sank in the

And those are another mystery unto themselves.

We have shipwrecks from every nationality that traversed the Atlantic

three, four centuries.

And so we're surrounded by a lot of riddles.

In fact, two of the Triangle's greatest riddles...

took place over 600 miles away from the Sargasso Sea.

In 1918, the USS Cyclops, a World War I ship, vanished in the

Triangle without a trace, taking 306 crew members and passengers along with

No remains have been found to this day.

It was the largest non -combat related loss of life in U .S. naval history.

And it led some to suggest that there could be supernatural forces at work in

the Bermuda Triangle.

Especially when combined with this story from 30 years before.

In 1881, a ship called the Ellen Austin was on a voyage through the same area of

the triangle when it crossed paths with another vessel.

Strangely, this other ship was completely empty, with not a single soul

board.

Some of the Ellen Austin's crew transferred to the abandoned ghost ship

it to safety.

The two ships were separated by a large storm.

When the Ellen Austin finally caught up, the ghost ship was once again empty.

All the crew members had vanished.

And we say, you know, is it the supernatural?

You know, are there supernatural phenomenon occurring in Bermuda? And I

say, yeah, Bermuda is a supernatural place.

Others believe the answer is more scientific.

One of the theories is this notion of rogue waves. These waves that sort of

into a rhythm of the sort and can create a wave that literally throws itself

much higher than normal, appearing out of nowhere and creating very difficult

situations.

You also have theory of the methyl hydrates, so the bubbles coming up and

creating essentially a hole in the ocean ships would fall into.

Certainly you would expect an area that has all these different forces coming

together to have a higher degree of risk.

And navigating those risks is a greater challenge here than it might be

elsewhere.

Each of these science -based theories seems plausible enough on its own.

But algae mats, rogue waves, and even ghost ships still can't solve the entire

mystery.

Because whatever might be happening in the Bermuda Triangle goes way beyond the

water.

Now we're going to go to a place that isn't actually a shipwreck. It's

the wreck of an airplane.

You know, the Bermuda Triangle isn't just about shipwrecks. It's also about,

know, anomalies that influence not just ships, but aircraft and things like

that.

The wreck of the KB Hayes bomber. It has this incredible juxtaposition of, you

know, the height of sort of human technology and nature. You know, the

kind of taking over these aluminum and stainless steel engine parts, parts of

the plane, and has a really interesting kind of contrast going on.

The story of this bomber, which went down in 1961, only adds to the mystery

the Bermuda Triangle.

Clearly, underwater plant life wasn't responsible, and neither was the

This plane, in fact, went down on a very clear day.

They experienced engine trouble, but we don't have the answers to it all.

It was a lot of plane.

The most striking thing are the struts, like the landing gear and things like

that.

You know, it's a stark reminder that it didn't land.

It kind of is a very kind of emotionally jarring wreck because it's something we

can all relate to. These are airplanes.

These are things that are really not supposed to be underwater.

And seeing elements of a plane underwater has a completely different

about it.

But the question remains, what could be behind this tragic accident?

Whatever the cause may be, for Khalif and many other citizens of Bermuda, they

are confident that something unexplainable...

is happening here.

People have a lot of different theories about the Bermuda Triangle.

People love this mystique.

There is an attraction to the unexplainable.

You know, there's no question that there's something really special about

Bermuda Triangle.

And, you know, I'm sure as we move forward, we're going to find lots of

explanations for things that have happened.

But having a good mystery out there is actually pretty cool.

Thanks to researchers like Philippe, we're finding more and more of the

Triangle's ship and airplane wrecks, which will hopefully provide new leads

the cause of the area's dangers.

But there are many vessels that are still unaccounted for, including what

be the Triangle's most mysterious loss of all.

Six airplanes all vanished on the same day in an incident.

known as Flight 19.

On December 5th, 1945, just a few months after the end of World War II,

14 airmen boarded five planes in Florida and flew off over the Atlantic.

But soon after entering the Bermuda Triangle, the airmen became mysteriously

disoriented.

Despite their high -level skills and some of the day's most technologically

advanced aircraft, all five planes and all 14 people were lost,

gone without a trace.

But the tragedy doesn't end there.

In a bizarre twist, a seaplane was sent out with 13 additional crew members on a

rescue mission.

Shockingly, that plane disappeared as well.

only 27 minutes into its voyage.

What could have happened to these airplanes or the 1961 KB Hayes bomber?

And is there any chance it relates to the area's shipwrecks?

Could the Bermuda Triangle's combination of hidden algae and rogue waves be the

cause of the area's many shipwreck?

Perhaps.

But that doesn't explain why airplanes continue to go missing as well.

What is it that's going on in the skies above this supposedly deadly stretch of

ocean?

Today, pilot and Bermuda Triangle enthusiast Jordy Klein hopes to fly in

find out. I feel that the legends of the Bermuda Triangle have quite a bit of

merit to them.

And the reason I say that is because...

I've experienced it myself.

Jordy grew up in Florida, close to the western border of the Bermuda Triangle,

and he's been interested in the anomalies here for his entire life.

My dad is also a pilot. I used to fly with him before I could even see over

dashboard.

My dad was intrigued by the weird things that would happen in the Bermuda

Triangle. And I can remember us flying to the Bahama Islands and, you know, all

over the Atlantic Ocean.

And that's what sparked my interest in the Bermuda Triangle.

I guess you can say I'm a second -generation Bermuda Triangle survivor.

Following in his father's footsteps,

Jordy began flying through the Triangle on his own as soon as he got his pilot's

license at age 17.

I've flown in the Bermuda Triangle hundreds of times, and I've had

strange experiences.

I've flown on crystal clear days where bad weather came out of nowhere.

I've had my compass go haywire. I've had my altimeter become erratic.

And I've even experienced magnetic fog.

Many pilots have described magnetic fog in the Bermuda Triangle.

comparing it to a cloud that wraps itself around an airplane and follows

obscuring all visibility.

So the big difference between flying through a magnetic fog bank and a

fog bank is with a magnetic fog bank is that when you fly into it, you cannot

rely on your vision nor your instruments.

So given those two scenarios, there's countless numbers of bad things that

happen.

It's very disorienting. Aside from the aircraft instrument, I've turned my head

quickly and I get vertigo. Almost like my internal compass is also affected by

the magnetic fog.

Could magnetic fog be at the root of the Triangle's many plane crashes,

including the disappearance of Flight 19?

Jordy believes it's a definite possibility.

It's one thing to be lost in a car where you can pull over.

and look for directions.

But if your only navigational source is the compass and it starts acting

erratically, you could be in trouble.

To further test his theory, today Jordy is taking a flight into the Bermuda

Triangle with our camera crew, using only his compass for navigation.

off the coast of Florida, where I've had most of my experiences with the Bermuda

Triangle.

It's a dangerous proposition, but Jordy's plane does have a backup system

case things go wrong.

Today, we're going to go out in this 1949 aircraft, and it has pretty much

same instruments as it did 70 years ago.

We're going to try to rely totally on those instruments today.

This area is just a hotbed of aviation and marine wreckage.

the magnetic compass as if he ripped it off of the dash and he was holding it as

if he was like just praying for it to work.

Jordy's plane is currently two miles from where that fatal incident took

If he can recreate a magnetic anomaly in the air today, he's confident this is

where it will happen.

Right now we're flying right over the island of Bimini. If you look on the

western shore here, You'll see the strange abnormalities in the water.

There's this really weird reef. It doesn't look like any other reef on

It, to me, looks man -made.

And it's even more strange underwater than it is flying over it.

Jordy and many other local pilots believe that the reef, known as Bimini

contains a pyramid -shaped underwater formation.

that could somehow be impacting the navigation of planes and boats in the

The question is, how?

A lot of the strange occurrences happen around this reef.

So whatever's going on down there, to me, that's just one of the biggest

of evidence that supports the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.

Look at that.

Look at the compass.

The fog came out of nowhere.

Whoa.

My compass is going crazy.

Can't see anything outside.

Hold on.

The fog came out of nowhere.

This is what I'm talking about here. Look at this.

My compass is going crazy, and now we're in turbulence.

Very disorienting.

Whoa! If I was a pilot relying only on this magnetic compass, I'd be freaking

out right now, because I would have no idea what direction we're flying.

I can rely on my GPS to fly us out of it.

If I wasn't an experienced pilot, I might not be so calm right now.

With that compass spinning, I would have been very concerned without the GPS.

Jordy believes this magnetic interference could easily be responsible

Bermuda Triangle's abnormally high death toll.

In the old days, when all you had to guide you was compass and sight, you

imagine. One mistake could have been catastrophic.

But that's what it was like 50 years ago.

Many people never make it out.

With every successful flight he makes through the triangle, Jordy considers

himself lucky.

I fly all over the world, but the Bermuda Triangle is the only place I

all of these weird things happen.

And yet, Jordy continues to fly here.

committed to understanding more about what's going on and warning others about

the potential dangers.

With today's technology, things are much safer in the Bermuda Triangle. But

weird things still happen there.

And if you're not prepared for it, you can still get yourself into trouble.

Jordy's experiment suggests that there may indeed be a magnetic anomaly at work

in the Bermuda Triangle.

We've also heard theories ranging from deadly gas leaks to unusual plant life

rogue waves that can appear out of nowhere.

Is there a chance that all of these could somehow be connected?

Perhaps we should look into the accounts of one of the very first explorers to

ever sail into the Bermuda Triangle.

When Columbus entered this part of the Atlantic during his famous 1492 voyage,

he reported erratic compass readings, the likes of which he'd never seen

It's even more evidence that the triangle's powers could be magnetic in

But Columbus spotted something else as well.

He described strange lights and flames crashing across the surface of the

What should we make of Columbus's account?

Is there some type of phenomenon that combines fire and magnetism, and could

be behind all the unusual activity here in the Bermuda Triangle?

As we're about to find out, the answer to that question may be hiding right

under our noses.

The Bermuda Triangle has been feared as one of the ocean's deadliest areas for

generations.

The question is, what could be going on in this storied region of the Atlantic

Ocean?

So far, we've witnessed unusual plant growth, weather anomalies, flames across

the water, and issues of magnetism.

Look at the compass.

Whoa! But we have yet to identify the source of these dangerous phenomena.

Fortunately, we may be on the verge of a breakthrough.

Because deep -sea mineral prospector Nick Hutchings has spent years

Bermuda's geology, and he thinks he might have found the cause of all of the

triangle's destructive power.

I was born in Bermuda, so I grew up curious what inspired a story like

the Bermuda Triangle.

So... We're on our way to Whalebone Bay where we can see some of the earliest

evidence of Bermuda's geological formations.

Like many islands, Bermuda was created by a volcano that dates back millions of

years.

But according to Nick, Bermuda's volcano was unlike any other on Earth.

The interesting thing about Bermuda is that it has a very unusual lava.

The most recent research...

says that it's actually unique.

It hasn't been discovered anywhere else in the world.

Nick has spent years studying the composition of this lava, trying to

the source of its unusual properties.

When I started to look more closely, I started to learn that it's been

enriched in minerals.

including titanium dioxide and iron oxide, which have combined to make a

called magnetite.

Magnetite is the most magnetic, naturally occurring mineral on Earth.

Where Bermuda's volcanic rock is 18 to 20 % magnetite, Most soils only contain

between 1 and 5 percent, so that's a big difference. You have more concentrated

magnetite, you have more magnetism.

Volcanoes typically spew lava from the very top of the Earth's mantle, an

average of 20 miles below the surface.

The new study claims that when Bermuda was formed, a unique disturbance caused

magma to bubble up from much farther down.

400 miles down, in fact.

And according to Nick, the result is that Bermuda contains more magnetite

any known island on the planet.

An estimated volume of over 400 billion tons.

Now, over time, that eroded away to the slopes of the volcano or the sides of

the volcano and washed into the sea.

And all of the magnetite that was in that volcanic rock is now deposited up

120 miles in all directions around Bermuda.

So even though Bermuda is just a tiny dot on the map, it's a very small

it is essentially one giant magnet.

Volcanic activity and highly magnetic rock.

It sounds a lot like what Christopher Columbus reported on his first trip

through the triangle.

And studies have shown that a large magnetic field can enhance the growth

patterns of certain plants, like sargassum.

Could the magnetite be the source of all the mysterious weather and navigational

anomalies experienced by travelers for centuries in the Bermuda Triangle?

According to Nick, the answer is yes.

What we have here is a really good example of the magnetite that's exposed

the limestone.

You can see it right through here and down there. And if you look carefully,

can see a really good example of it layered in the rocks.

If we move this compass over even the small amount of rock, it'll affect it.

And you can see, as soon as this compass comes over the rock, it'll change

magnetic north by several degrees.

What we're seeing here is just the tip of the iceberg because Bermuda is

surrounded by this kind of rock.

Nick's calculations suggest the magnetite surrounding Bermuda is at

feet thick.

So I think this massive deposit of magnetite, it can cause strange

boats and planes that are coming through the area.

If you pass a compass over even a small piece of magnetite, it can cause a blip.

You can only imagine what 400 billion tons would do to a passing plane or

One can easily imagine an ancient mariner when all of a sudden his one

important tool that's helping him get back home would start to do weird stuff.

We even find this warning about magnetic anomalies in the Bermuda area on maps

and admiralty charts.

And of course, Bermuda's at the apex of the Bermuda Triangle.

If Nick's theory is correct, all of the anomalies within the Bermuda Triangle

and all of its heightened danger could come down to a question of magnetism.

If that magnetic relationship is indeed the culprit, it sets up one more

compelling mystery.

In 1980, a 400 -foot auxiliary ship sank off the coast of Daytona Beach

here, in a location 250 miles north of Miami.

In 1991, a commuter flight crashed on the east coast of Georgia, here.

And in 2018, a Piper PA -31 aircraft took off from South Carolina, headed for

the Bahamas.

100 miles off the coast, in this location, the pilot made an emergency

to divert the plane.

Afterwards, it was never seen or heard from again.

These wrecks, and others like them, did not take place within the Bermuda

Triangle. Instead, as you can see, they form a path that leads over 1 ,000 miles

to the northwest.

But a new theory is emerging, which could not only explain this path, but

have major implications for the future.

The question is, what if the Bermuda Triangle as we know it is on the moon?

The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle may finally be close to being solved.

Experts have theorized that the area's high concentration of magnetite could be

causing interference with the Earth's magnetic field, leading to weather

anomalies, dangerous algae growth, and problems with navigation.

If that's the case, then the issue lies much deeper than the ocean floor.

It lies at the very core of our planet.

And according to geophysics professor Dr. Justin Revenoff, a potentially

catastrophic magnetic shift is happening there right now.

My interest in the Earth's magnetic field began when I was in college.

Because of a big solar storm, the northern lights moved further down from

poles than usual.

And I thought it was amazing, and as a result, I've kept tabs on the magnetic

field through the rest of my life. What it's doing right now is unusual.

What it's doing is moving, and it might be taking the Bermuda Triangle right

along with it.

So here we're looking down on the north pole of the planet.

Geographic north lies right there.

Shown in the colored dots are the position of magnetic north over time.

We start down here in 1900, moving steadily northward slowly until

about 1990, at which point it started moving much more quickly. At the present

day, it's moving at a rate of 35 miles per year to the north and west.

If that motion continues, it'll cross the Arctic Ocean and work its way into

Russia.

The question is, If the Bermuda Triangle features a deadly magnetic anomaly, how

might it be impacted by the planet's magnetic shift?

We've already seen evidence of increasingly frequent plane and boat

disappearances to the northwest of the current triangle.

Underwater, Bermuda's magnetite deposits are also drifting in the same

direction. Could this simply be a coincidence?

One thing's for sure, the magnetic shift is having a significant impact.

The average person has no idea that magnetic north is moving. Why should

You can't see it, you don't feel it. That affects the navigation of ships and

airplanes.

It's a problem that sounds a lot like what could be happening in the Bermuda

Triangle. Except now, it's beginning to occur on a global scale.

These changes are requiring us to update maps and software to accommodate the

shifts in the poles that are necessary to make sure that GPS and compass -based

navigation continues to be accurate.

But according to Dr. Revenaugh, there could be even greater consequences for

life on Earth.

The Earth's magnetic field acts like a force field. If you think about the Star

Trek USS Enterprise, when they would be shot by lasers and photon weapons would

be deflected away from the spacecraft.

Star Trek didn't pull this out of thin air. Our planet's magnetic field is

protecting us from base weather, solar radiation, solar winds.

If they reached the Earth in full numbers, it could shut down electrical

gas and oil pipelines, cellular and satellite communication, television,

aircraft flights, and potentially other things that we haven't even thought

about. It won't happen overnight, but we are seeing signs that it could happen

rather soon.

Dr. Revenaugh has a simple way to illustrate this effect.

So to understand what might happen at first magnetic field where we can, we're

going to look at a microwave.

Microwave creates radiation of its own kind that we can use to heat water, cook

food. We're protected from that by the casing and the grill on the front of the

microwave. So imagine what would happen if we put a cell phone inside.

Out here, it's protected from the radiation inside the microwave. But if I

it in, that protection is not going to be there anymore.

It's going to feel its effects entirely.

Hit start.

Look at that.

It only took about five seconds, and look at that. The radiation inside there

completely fried the electronics. It's shot.

Still cool to the touch, though. It wasn't that it heated up. It was that

electronics were shorted out by the radiation.

What if this happened worldwide and our communications, compass and GPS

navigation, radar and safety tracking all cease to function?

We basically would be thrown back 300 years.

It wouldn't quite be the Stone Age, but it wouldn't be the modern world we've

become accustomed to.

But Justin believes that there are steps we can take to prevent this scenario.

To fix this would require building physical protections for many parts of

infrastructure. It's not a coding issue. It's not a software fix.

It's an infrastructure issue.

Cell phone towers, electrical grids, pipelines, all need to be rebuilt or

modified to be protected from solar radiation.

Unless we can build these protections in time, it won't matter if the Bermuda

Triangle is moving or not.

because its alleged effects could soon impact the entire world.

Scholars like Dr. Revena are currently trying to identify all of the issues

a magnetic shift could cause.

After that, they'll still need to convince governments, private companies,

engineers to shore up our infrastructure before it's too late.

As for the Bermuda Triangle, if it is moving northwest as we proposed.

Thankfully, it remains an isolated area, just 500 ,000 square miles on the

surface of a nearly 200 million square mile planet.

But if we don't plan for the future, the entire world may one day become a

Bermuda Triangle, a place where safe navigation of the seas and skies can no

longer be possible.

In other words, we must continue moving forward in the same spirit as the

Bermuda Triangle's first explorers.

Sometimes, the only way out of a predicament is to head straight through.

The search continues.