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Narrator: THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
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ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING
MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME.
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STRANGE LIGHTS,
PHANTOM FOGS,
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SHIPS THAT GO MISSING
WITH NO WRECKAGE.
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Narrator: FOR OVER 70 YEARS,
PEOPLE CLAIMED MYSTERIOUS FORCES
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CAUSED BOATS AND PLANES
TO DISAPPEAR WITHOUT TRACE.
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OUR INSTRUMENTS
ARE GOING HAYWIRE.
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BUT IS ALL THAT JUST A MYTH
THAT'S GROWN OUT OF HAND?
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ONE OF THEM JUST DISAPPEARED
AND NEVER CAME BACK.
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Narrator: EXPERTS TRY TO GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF THIS ENIGMA...
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IT'S LIKE A WATER CAGE
OF ICE.
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SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
RIGHT ON TOP OF A HURRICANE.
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Narrator: BY USING
THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES
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TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH.
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WE KIND OF THINK OF OURSELVES
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AS HIGH-TECH
FORENSIC DETECTIVES.
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Narrator: CAN SCIENCE
FINALLY ANSWER WHAT DECADES
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OF LEGEND AND MYTH CANNOT?
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LOOK AT THAT!
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WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
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OVER THE LAST 70 YEARS,
A POPULAR LEGEND
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ORIGINATING DEEP IN
THE WATERS OFF FLORIDA
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REFUSES TO DIE.
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THAT'S WHERE THE DC-3
WAS LAST REPORTED.
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HUNDREDS OF BOATS AND PLANES
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HAVE DISAPPEARED SEEMINGLY
WITHOUT TRACE.
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STAR TIGER WAS HERE.
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INVESTIGATOR BRIAN J. CANO
HAS IT ALL MAPPED OUT.
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IN 1950,
WE HAVE THE SS SANDRA,
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WHICH WAS LAST REPORTED HERE.
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SCORPION, 1968.
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FLIGHT 19,
A LITTLE CLOSER TO MIAMI.
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THAT WAS IN 1945.
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THIS IS WHERE THE USS CYCLOPS
WAS LAST REPORTED.
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1996, THE INTREPID.
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EACH ONE OF THESE X'S
REPRESENTS A LOST SHIP OR PLANE,
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AND IT'S FORMING A SHAPE
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WITH CONCENTRATIONS
HERE IN MIAMI,
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HERE IN BERMUDA,
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AND FINALLY, SAN JUAN,
PUERTO RICO.
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A TRIANGLE,
AND IN THIS CASE,
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THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
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Narrator: THE STORIES
BEHIND THESE DISAPPEARANCES
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HAVE GROWN TO
OFTEN-OUTLANDISH HEIGHTS,
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AS PEOPLE STRUGGLE
FOR AN EXPLANATION.
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SO WHAT'S FACT
AND WHAT IS FICTION,
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AND WHERE DID IT ALL BEGIN?
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THE FIRST
BERMUDA TRIANGLE MYSTERY
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WAS THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF FLIGHT 19.
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ON DECEMBER 5, 1945,
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FLIGHT 19 LEFT FORT LAUDERDALE
ON A LOW-LEVEL BOMBING EXERCISE.
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THE PILOTS WERE MOSTLY TRAINEES,
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BUT THE COMMANDER,
CHARLES TAYLOR,
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WAS AN EXPERIENCED
COMBAT PILOT.
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WEATHER CLEAR
OVER FORT LAUDERDALE,
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OVER THE BAHAMAS, CLOUDY.
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Narrator: THE FIVE BOMBERS
FLEW EAST
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AND COMPLETED THEIR MISSION
OVER SANDBANKS IN THE BAHAMAS,
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BUT THEIR PROBLEMS BEGAN
WHEN THEY HIT FOG.
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THE PILOTS APPEARED TO
LOSE TRACK OF WHERE THEY WERE
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AND IN WHAT DIRECTION
THEY WERE HEADING IN.
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Man: WHAT DOES
YOUR COMPASS READ?
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WE MUST HAVE GOT LOST
AFTER THAT LAST TURN.
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Narrator: THE CREW OF
FLIGHT 19 WERE LOST,
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BUT LUCKILY,
A SEPARATE MISSION
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FLYING OVER THE BAHAMAS
OVERHEAD THEIR CONFUSION.
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[ RADIO CHATTER ]
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THE LEAD PILOT,
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LIEUTENANT ROBERT COX,
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OFFERED HIS HELP.
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WHAT IS YOUR TROUBLE?
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Taylor: I'M TRYING TO FIND
FORT LAUDERDALE.
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Narrator: COX ASKED TAYLOR
FOR HIS POSITION.
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Cox: I WILL COME MEET YOU.
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Narrator: HE REPLIED
THAT HIS SQUADRON
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HAD SOMEHOW DRIFTED
OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS,
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HUNDREDS OF MILES
SOUTH OF HIS FLIGHT PLAN.
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PUT THE SUN ON YOUR PORT WING
IF YOU ARE IN THE KEYS
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AND FLY UP THE COAST
UNTIL YOU GET TO MIAMI.
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Narrator: TAYLOR TOOK COX'S
ADVICE AND HEADED NORTH,
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BUT FOUND NO SIGN
OF THE MAINLAND.
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THE RADIO CUT OUT.
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AND NOW, IN FADING LIGHT,
THE SQUADRON BEGAN
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TO BE BATTERED BY
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS.
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TAYLOR WAS DESPERATE.
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HE STILL COULDN'T SEE LAND.
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SO HE STARTED TO THINK HE MUST
BE TO THE WEST OF FLORIDA,
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IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
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THE FIVE BOMBERS WERE NOW
RUNNING DANGEROUSLY LOW ON FUEL.
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TAYLOR MADE A SERIES OF
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INCREASINGLY IRRATIONAL
COMMANDS.
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TURNING EAST...
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CHANGE COURSE TO ZERO-90 DEGREES
FOR TEN MINUTES!
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Narrator: THEN WEST...
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Taylor: WE'LL FLY
270 DEGREES WEST.
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Narrator: THEN EAST AGAIN.
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BUT IT WAS ALL IN VAIN.
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AT 6:20 P.M., OVER FOUR HOURS
AFTER TAKING OFF,
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FLIGHT 19'S LAST MESSAGE
CAME OVER THE AIRWAVES.
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WHEN THE FIRST PLANE
DROPS BELOW TEN GALLONS,
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WE ALL GO DOWN TOGETHER.
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Narrator: THE PILOTS WERE
NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.
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THAT SAME NIGHT,
A MARTIN MARINER SEAPLANE
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WAS DISPATCHED TO SEARCH
FOR THE MISSING SQUADRON,
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BUT IT TOO DISAPPEARED.
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A NEARBY WARSHIP
REPORTED A DISTANT FIREBALL
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ON THE SURFACE OF THE SEA.
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THE NAVY SPENT FIVE DAYS
SEARCHING FOR THE WRECKAGE,
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BUT ASTONISHINGLY,
THEY DIDN'T FIND A SINGLE TRACE
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OF EITHER OF THE MISSING PLANES.
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WHAT ARE THE HARD FACTS BEHIND
THIS DRAMATIC DISAPPEARANCE?
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HOW COULD SIMPLE FOG
CAUSE SUCH CONFUSION?
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AND WHY HAS NO WRECKAGE
EVER BEEN FOUND?
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Myhre: WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT
TO WHERE THE LAST
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REPORTED POSITION WAS
AND WE'RE GOING TO START --
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START RUNNING A SURVEY
AROUND THAT AREA.
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WE'VE ALREADY
BOUNCED BETWEEN...
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Narrator: FORMER ARMY PILOT
JON MYHRE
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HAS SPENT THE LAST 30 YEARS
TRYING TO FIND THEM.
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LOOKS LIKE WE ARE WHERE
FOR THE POSITION?
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TODAY, WITH AVIATION
ARCHAEOLOGIST ANDY MAROCCO,
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HE'S SURVEYING YET ANOTHER PATCH
OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
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FOR THE AIRCRAFT REMAINS.
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FLIGHT 19 IS PROBABLY
THE BIGGEST AVIATION MYSTERY
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IN -- IN THE WORLD.
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THE ANSWER TO WHAT HAPPENED,
NOBODY REALLY KNOWS.
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Narrator: JON BELIEVES
THAT FINDING THE WRECKAGE
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IS THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE
THE MYSTERY OF FLIGHT 19.
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STARTED IN 1982.
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READ A SHORT ARTICLE
ON FLIGHT 19.
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AND I SAID, BASED
ON SOME DATA IN IT,
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I COULD PROBABLY FIGURE OUT
WHERE ONE OF THE PLANES CRASHED.
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AND I'VE BEEN ON IT EVER SINCE.
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THAT WRECK THAT WE SAW?
RIGHT.
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I HAVE ALL THAT IN HERE.
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SO THIS IS YOUR
POSITION PRESENTLY...
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Narrator: JON AND ANDY
SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
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IN ORDER TO SEPARATE
FACT FROM FICTION.
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WE ALSO HAVE
A SEARCH PATTERN --
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WE DON'T GET PAID
TO DO THIS.
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WE'RE JUST RESEARCHERS
AND WE LOVE IT
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BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY
AND THE SUBJECT MATTER.
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SO FOR US, WE KIND OF
THINK OF OURSELVES AS
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HIGH-TECH
FORENSIC DETECTIVES
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THAT ARE TRYING
TO SOLVE MYSTERIES.
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29.59.
RIGHT.
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Narrator: THEY BELIEVE
THAT WHEN TAYLOR REPORTED
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HE WAS OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS,
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HE WAS ACTUALLY
OVER THE BAHAMAS.
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HEADED OUT
ON A 3-6-0 HEADING.
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AND IF THEY'RE RIGHT,
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IT MEANS THAT THE SQUADRON'S
DESPERATE SEARCH FOR LAND
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SIMPLY TOOK THEM FURTHER
AND FURTHER
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INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
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THIS IS THE BACKGROUND
NOAA MAP.
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DURING EACH EXPEDITION,
JON SURVEYS A DIFFERENT PATCH
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OF THE OCEAN FLOOR FOR WRECKAGE,
TICKING IT OFF THE LIST
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AND THEN MOVING ON
TO THE NEXT LIKELY SPOT.
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BASICALLY WE'RE USING
SIDE-SCAN SONAR
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AND ECHO SOUNDING DEVICES
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THAT WILL HELP US BUILD
3D MODELS
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OF WHAT IS ON
THE OCEAN FLOOR
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AND BE ABLE TO GIVE US
A PROFILE OF THINGS.
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Narrator: TODAY,
DESPITE A FULL DAY OF SCANNING,
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THE TEAM DRAWS
YET ANOTHER BLANK.
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BUT IT'S A BIG OCEAN,
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AND THEY'RE NOT READY
TO GIVE UP.
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I TRULY BELIEVE FLIGHT 19
IS GOING TO BE FOUND.
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IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN,
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
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THE BEST SHOT IN HISTORY
TO FIND THEM.
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Narrator: JON'S CONVINCED
HE'LL FIND FLIGHT 19
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BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY TODAY
IS BETTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN.
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BUT WHAT IF THE PLANES
AREN'T THERE TO BE FOUND?
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IS IT POSSIBLE
THE ENTIRE SQUADRON
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WERE TRANSPORTED SOMEWHERE ELSE
BY A RIPPLE IN SPACE-TIME?
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THIS WILD THEORY HAS LONG BEEN
DERIDED MANY EXPERTS,
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BUT ONE MAN BELIEVES
HE HAS PROOF,
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BECAUSE HE CLAIMS
IT HAPPENED TO HIM.
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Narrator:
EXPERIENCED PILOT BRUCE GERNON
BELIEVES HE ONCE HAD
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A BRUSH WITH DEATH INSIDE
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
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WAS I LUCKY THAT DAY?
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YEAH.
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IT WAS FATE, REALLY.
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Narrator:
THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS
HE EXPERIENCED
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HAVE CONVINCED HIM
THAT FORCES UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE
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ARE TO BLAME FOR DISAPPEARANCES
IN THE AREA.
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COULD HE BE RIGHT?
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IN DECEMBER 1970,
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23-YEAR-OLD BRUCE
TOOK HIS FATHER
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AND HIS FATHER'S
BUSINESS PARTNER
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ON A SHORT HOP FROM
ANDROS ISLAND TO BIMINI ISLAND
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IN THE BAHAMAS.
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IT WAS EXACTLY 3:00 P.M.
WHEN WE LIFTED OFF.
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Narrator: TEN MINUTES
INTO THE JOURNEY,
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BRUCE ENCOUNTERED
A GATHERING STORM.
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YOU CAN PROBABLY
GO OVER THAT.
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YEAH, WE CAN PROBABLY
GO OVER IT.
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Narrator:
HE ATTEMPTED TO FLY OVER IT,
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BUT THE STORM CLOUDS
BELOW EXPANDED,
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ENGULFING THE TINY PLANE.
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IT'S JUST A FEW CLOUDS,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING.
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Gernon: I KEPT CLIMBING UP
AND I GOT CAUGHT IN THIS CLOUD,
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AND THIS WENT ON
FOR ANOTHER TEN MINUTES
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UNTIL I GOT TO 11,500 FEET,
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AND THEN I FINALLY
BROKE FREE OF THE STORM.
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Narrator: LOOKING BACK
AT THE STORM CLOUDS,
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BRUCE WAS AMAZED
TO SEE THEM CURLING,
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FORMING A HORSESHOE
AROUND THEM.
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DO YOU SEE THIS?
Narrator: AHEAD OF BRUCE,
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THE TWO ENDS OF THE HORSESHOE
APPEARED TO BE CLOSING SHUT...
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I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM.
I HAVE NO CHOICE.
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LEAVING JUST A TUNNEL OF
CLEAR SKY TO FLY THROUGH.
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Gernon: AND SO I FIGURED
I COULD SHOOT THROUGH THAT
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SINCE IT WAS AIMING TOWARD MIAMI
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AND IT LOOKED LIKE CLEAR SKIES
THE WHOLE WAY.
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Narrator:
AS THEY FLEW THROUGH,
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THE TUNNEL FILLED WITH
A SWIRLING VORTEX OF FOG.
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WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
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AND THEN THE TUNNEL STARTED
TO COLLAPSE AROUND THEM
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AS THEY LEFT THE CLOUD.
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Gernon: IT FELT LIKE
ZERO GRAVITY,
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LIKE WE WERE FLOATING.
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ALL THE ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS
STARTED TO MALFUNCTION.
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DAD. DAD,
I CAN'T SEE MY COMPASS.
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Narrator: BRUCE BROKE FREE
FROM THE STORM,
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BUT THE FOG STILL
CLUNG TO HIS PLANE.
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[ RADIO CHATTER ]
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DISORIENTATED AND UNABLE TO SEE
BEYOND HIS WINDSCREEN,
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HE CALLED MIAMI AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL FOR HELP.
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WE'RE 80 MILES EAST OF MIAMI,
10,500 FEET.
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Narrator: BRUCE ASSUMED
HE WAS OVER BIMINI, BAHAMA,
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BUT THE RADIO CONTROLLER
TOLD HIM HE WAS ACTUALLY
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OVER MIAMI BEACH,
50 MILES AWAY.
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IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
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Gernon: LOOKED AT MY WATCH,
I'D BEEN FLYING FOR 33 MINUTES,
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AND IT'S LIKE... AND I TOLD HIM,
"NO, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE."
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AND AFTER ABOUT TEN SECONDS,
ALL THE FOG WAS GONE.
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AND I LOOK DOWN AND I SEE
MIAMI BEACH RIGHT BELOW ME,
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SO I TOLD THE RADAR CONTROLLER
HE'S RIGHT.
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WE'RE RIGHT OVER MIAMI.
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Narrator: BRUCE'S TINY AIRCRAFT
APPEARED TO HAVE COVERED
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THE EXTRA 50 MILES
IN NO TIME AT ALL.
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IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
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THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
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Gernon: SOMEHOW
I WAS TRAVELING FASTER
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THROUGH SPACE AND TIME.
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Narrator: BRUCE IS CONVINCED
HE WAS THE VICTIM
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OF AN ABNORMAL, ENERGIZED FOG
THAT HE BELIEVES TRANSPORTED HIM
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TO MIAMI BEACH
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
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HE CALLS THIS STRANGE
TIME-SHIFTING WEATHER PHENOMENON
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"ELECTRONIC FOG."
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SOMEHOW IT ATTACHES ITSELF
TO THE AIRCRAFT
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AND IT ALMOST
BLURS YOUR VISION.
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AND THEN YOUR INSTRUMENTS
START TO MALFUNCTION
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AND YOU CAN'T NAVIGATE BY
INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES, EITHER.
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Narrator: ACCORDING TO BRUCE,
THE ELECTRONIC FOG
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LATCHED ONTO HIS PLANE
AS HE LEFT THE STORM CLOUD.
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IT JAMMED HIS INSTRUMENTS
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AND CAUSED HIS TINY PLANE
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TO GLITCH THROUGH
SPACE AND TIME.
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I BELIEVE THIS IS
THE MAIN REASON
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OF THE MYSTERY
OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
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IT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO FLIGHT 19
AND ANY OTHER PLANES
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AND BOATS THAT HAVE
ALSO BEEN IN IT.
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Narrator: BRUCE'S STORY
SOUNDS FANTASTICAL,
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BUT HOW DOES IT STACK UP
TO SCIENCE?
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WELL, IN BRUCE GERNON'S STORY,
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HE TALKS ABOUT TWO THUNDERHEAD
ANVILS COMING TOGETHER,
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AND THAT'S CERTAINLY
ENTIRELY POSSIBLE.
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IF YOU HAVE TWO THUNDERSTORMS
DRAWING NEXT TO EACH OTHER
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AND THEIR ANVILS SPREAD OUT
AT THE TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE,
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YOU COULD SEE THEM CONVERGING
AND CREATING A TUNNEL
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THROUGH WHICH YOU COULD FLY
AN AIRPLANE QUITE SAFELY.
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Narrator: THE CLOUD TUNNEL
MAY HAVE BEEN REAL,
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BUT WHAT ABOUT BRUCE'S CLAIM
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THAT HE JUMPED THROUGH
SPACE AND TIME?
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Shermer: WHAT BRUCE THINKS
HAPPENED WHEN HE --
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HIS PLANE WAS GOING ALONG
AND HE WAS HERE
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AND THEN SOMEHOW
HE GOES THROUGH A FOG
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AND HE GETS CONFUSED
AND HE FINDS HIMSELF OVER HERE
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IS THAT HE DIDN'T JUST
FLY THE NORMAL WAY
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THAT AIRPLANES GO LIKE THIS.
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BUT, IN FACT, THAT SOMEHOW
IF THIS WAS TREATED
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AS LIKE THE FABRIC
OF SPACE AND TIME
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AND IT CRUMPLED UP LIKE THAT,
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YOU COULD COVER
THE SAME AMOUNT OF SPACE
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IN A MUCH SHORTER
PERIOD OF TIME
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AND SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF
A WARPING OF SPACE AND TIME.
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Narrator:
TRAVELING VAST DISTANCES
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BY WARPING SPACE AND TIME
IS A STAPLE OF SCIENCE FICTION.
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YOU MEAN, YOU COME
AND GO JUST LIKE THAT?
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WITHOUT ANYONE
EVER SEEING YOU?
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SURPRISINGLY, THE LAWS OF
PHYSICS SAY IT IS POSSIBLE,
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BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE ACCESS
TO PHENOMENAL AMOUNTS OF ENERGY.
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IN TERMS OF THE LAWS
OF PHYSICS, YOU WOULD --
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YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE
SO MUCH ENERGY
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TO WARP THE SPACE TIME
AROUND YOU
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THAT IT WOULD BE MORE
THAN ALL OF THE ENERGY
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THAT HUMANITY HAS USED IN
10,000 YEARS OF CIVILIZATION.
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SO WHERE BRUCE GOT THAT ENERGY
FOR HIS LITTLE AIRPLANE
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OR WHERE THIS WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED NATURALLY
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INSIDE THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
IT'S --
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IT'S PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE.
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Narrator: IF BRUCE
WASN'T WARPED BY FOG,
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WHAT ELSE MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED
OVER BIMINI 40 YEARS AGO?
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IN TERMS OF WHAT'S MORE LIKELY,
THAT A PERSON WHO GETS LOST
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AND DISORIENTED ENDS UP
IN A PLACE
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THAT HE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE
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OR THAT THIS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE THING HAPPENED,
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THIS WARPING OF SPACE
AND TIME HAPPENED TO HIM
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AND HIM ONLY IN THIS
ONE PARTICULAR INSTANCE,
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WHAT'S MORE LIKELY?
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WE KNOW ALL ABOUT HUMAN ERROR,
HUMAN CONFUSION.
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WE'VE ALL GOTTEN LOST BEFORE.
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WE'VE ALL ENDED UP IN PLACES
WHERE WE WEREN'T EXPECTING
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BECAUSE WE GOT ORIEN--
DISORIENTED.
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THAT'S A VERY COMMON THING.
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THE WARPING OF SPACE AND TIME,
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WE KNOW OF NO PLACE
WHERE THAT'S EVER HAPPENED.
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Narrator: THE MOST
NATURAL EXPLANATION
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FOR BRUCE'S TIME-HOPPING FLIGHT
SEEMS TO BE THAT HE WAS BLOWN
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OUT OF A STORM BY HIGH WINDS
AND HE LOST TRACK OF TIME.
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BUT EVEN IF HE'S RIGHT,
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AND ELECTRONIC FOG
IS DOWNING PLANES
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IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
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HOW THE SAME FOG
COULD SINK AN ENORMOUS SHIP.
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Narrator: ONE OF THE MOST
ENDURING MYSTERIES
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OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
IS ITS SEEMING ABILITY
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TO SWALLOW UP INDIVIDUAL SHIPS
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WITHOUT AFFECTING
THE OTHER CRAFT AROUND THEM.
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LARGE, INDUSTRIAL,
MILITARY-GRADE SHIPS
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DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE
WHILE FISHING VESSELS
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AND PLEASURE CRAFT
IN THE EXACT SAME AREA
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LEAVE PORT AND RETURN
WITH NO PROBLEMS.
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00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:50,241
WHY ARE THESE BOATS
BEING TARGETED?
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IS IT SPECIFIC
OR JUST BAD LUCK?
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Narrator: SOME SCIENTISTS
BELIEVE THE SECRET
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TO THIS APPARENT TARGETING
IS ACTUALLY THE CHANCE RELEASE
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OF HUGE METHANE GAS DEPOSITS
HIDDEN UNDER THE SEABED.
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GEOLOGIST MARTIN PEPPER
HAS COME TO
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A COMMERCIAL DIVING CENTER
IN FLORIDA
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TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S
ANY TRUTH TO THIS THEORY.
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SO THE IDEA IS THAT
METHANE IS COMING
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FROM BASICALLY THE DECOMPOSITION
OF ALL THIS OLD DEAD MATTER.
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SO IT COULD BE REALLY DEEP
WITHIN THE SEDIMENT.
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AND AS THE DECOMPOSITION
HAPPENS, METHANE IS FORMED,
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AND IT BASICALLY KIND OF RISES
ITS WAY THROUGH THE SEDIMENT.
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Narrator: JUST BELOW THE SEABED,
THE SEDIMENT FREEZES,
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AND AS THE METHANE MOLECULES
RISE UP THROUGH THIS LAYER,
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THEY CAN GET TRAPPED
INSIDE ICE CRYSTALS.
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THE RESULT IS
A SUBTERRANEAN LAYER
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OF GAS-RICH SNOW
CALLED METHANE CLATHRATE.
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WHAT IT IS IS IT'S
LIKE A WATER CAGE OF ICE.
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00:17:51,204 --> 00:17:55,606
AND THIS ICE CAGE
CAN ACTUALLY HOUSE 170 TIMES
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THE VOLUME OF GAS
INTO THIS CUBE OF ICE.
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SOMEHOW,
WHEN YOU DISRUPT THAT,
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IT CAN CAUSE THE METHANE
TO JUST BOIL OUT OF IT.
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AND AS THIS RISES
IN THE WATER COLUMN,
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IT'LL ACTUALLY LOWER
THE DENSITY OF THE WATER
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AND SHIPS SAILING OVER THAT CAN
ACTUALLY FALL THROUGH THAT WATER
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00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:12,656
BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY CHANGE,
SUDDENLY.
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Narrator: IN THEORY,
THE PRESSURE OF GAS BUILT UP
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INSIDE THESE ICY DEPOSITS
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COULD CREATE AN EXPLOSION
OF METHANE FROM THE SEABED.
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BUBBLE, BOOSH,
INSTANT DISAPPEARANCE.
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Narrator: TO INVESTIGATE
THE THEORY,
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MARTIN DEVISED AN EXPERIMENT
USING THE CLOSEST THING
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TO RARE METHANE CLATHRATE --
DRY CARBON DIOXIDE ICE.
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SO WHAT I NEED TO DO
IS MAKE A BIG GAS EXPLOSION,
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AND TO DO THAT,
I HAVE A TWO-LITER BOTTLE,
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00:18:47,260 --> 00:18:49,260
AND WE PUT SOME OF THIS DRY ICE
IN THE BOTTLE.
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00:18:49,262 --> 00:18:52,997
AND THE BEAUTY IS,
IS ONCE YOU LOCK THIS CAP,
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00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:56,600
THE DRY ICE IS SUBLIMING,
SO IT'S GOING STRAIGHT TO A GAS,
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00:18:56,602 --> 00:18:59,403
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT STARTS
WORKING THE PRESSURE UP.
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00:18:59,405 --> 00:19:00,871
IT'S GOING TO GET UP
TO ABOUT 300 PSI
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00:19:00,873 --> 00:19:03,340
BEFORE THIS THING
FINALLY CANNOT TAKE IT.
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00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:06,844
BOOM! AND THAT'S OUR
BIG BUBBLE OF METHANE
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THAT WE WANT TO SIMULATE
TO SEE IF WE CAN SINK THAT SHIP.
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00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:12,616
Narrator: FOR SAFETY REASONS,
MARTIN FIRST WANTS TO
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00:19:12,618 --> 00:19:16,720
FIRST TEST HIS EXPERIMENT
USING A HALF-FILLED BOTTLE.
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00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:18,189
THIS IS SOMETHING
YOU SHOULD NOT TRY AT HOME,
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00:19:18,191 --> 00:19:20,024
BECAUSE IT IS VERY EXPLOSIVE,
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00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:21,759
AND IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE POWER OF THIS,
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00:19:21,761 --> 00:19:24,328
IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE OFF
FINGERS, TAKE OUT AN EYE.
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00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:25,596
IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
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ALL RIGHT.
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00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,900
Narrator: HE PULLS THE BOTTLE
TO THE BOTTOM
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00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:34,705
OF THE TEN-FOOT DEEP TEST AREA
USING A WEIGHTED PULLEY SYSTEM
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00:19:34,707 --> 00:19:36,907
AND WAITS FOR
THE PRESSURE TO BUILD.
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00:19:38,344 --> 00:19:40,811
[ LAUGHS ]
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00:19:40,813 --> 00:19:42,713
LOOK AT THAT!
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00:19:42,715 --> 00:19:44,748
THE WHOLE DOCK JUMPED!
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00:19:46,986 --> 00:19:49,420
Narrator: COULD TERRIFYING
GAS EXPLOSIONS LIKE THIS,
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00:19:49,422 --> 00:19:51,722
BUT ON A MUCH BIGGER SCALE,
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00:19:51,724 --> 00:19:54,959
REALLY BE SINKING SHIPS
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?
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00:19:54,961 --> 00:19:57,661
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
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00:19:57,663 --> 00:20:03,133
A SIGNIFICANT CLUE LIES IN
THE FROZEN WASTELAND OF SIBERIA.
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00:20:03,135 --> 00:20:07,238
IN 2014, REINDEER HERDERS
DISCOVERED HUGE HOLES
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00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,907
BLASTED OUT OF
THE ICY TUNDRA.
403
00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:13,410
SCIENTISTS INVESTIGATED
THE HOLES AND DISCOVERED
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00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:16,680
UNUSUALLY HIGH LEVELS
OF METHANE AT THE BOTTOM.
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00:20:16,682 --> 00:20:19,250
THEY'RE FINDING
THESE POCKMARKS,
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00:20:19,252 --> 00:20:21,619
AND THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES
SENSE IS THAT THESE CLATHRATES,
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00:20:21,621 --> 00:20:23,988
BECAUSE OF THE RISING
TEMPERATURES AROUND THE EARTH,
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00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:25,656
THEY'RE STARTING
TO BOIL SO QUICKLY
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00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:27,091
THAT THEY'RE
FORMING PRESSURES
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00:20:27,093 --> 00:20:29,193
RIGHT UNDERNEATH
THE GROUND LEVEL,
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00:20:29,195 --> 00:20:30,728
AND SO THEY GET TO
A PRESSURE LIKE THIS
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00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:33,364
AND FINALLY JUST, BOOM,
THEY EXPLODE,
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00:20:33,366 --> 00:20:36,500
LEAVING THIS GIANT CRATER
IN THE EARTH.
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00:20:36,502 --> 00:20:39,336
Narrator:
WITH THE SAFETY TEST COMPLETE,
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00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:41,338
PEPPER PREPS A NEW EXPERIMENT,
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00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:45,743
FILLING A PLASTIC TUB
WITH 33-POUND BUILDING BLOCKS.
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00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,811
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS --
WITH THIS PLASTIC TUB
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00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:51,448
IS WE'RE SIMULATING
A LOADED CARGO SHIP.
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00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:54,952
SO CARGO SHIPS
ARE FILLED WITH GOODS
420
00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:57,087
TO THE POINT WHERE THERE'S
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF 'EM
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00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,689
SITTING ABOVE THE SURFACE.
422
00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:01,926
Narrator:
HE WANTS TO SEE WHAT EFFECT
A EXPLOSIVE RELEASE OF GAS
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00:21:01,928 --> 00:21:05,229
WILL HAVE ON THIS HEAVILY
WEIGHTED FLOATING TARGET.
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00:21:05,231 --> 00:21:07,031
SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
425
00:21:07,033 --> 00:21:09,633
IT COULD GO DOWN BECAUSE
OF THE DENSITY CHANGE.
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00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:13,537
IT COULD GO UP BECAUSE OF THAT
VERTICAL WATER FLOW COMING UP.
427
00:21:13,539 --> 00:21:15,306
OR IT COULD JUST TIP OVER
ON THE EDGE OF THE BUBBLE.
428
00:21:15,308 --> 00:21:16,573
ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS?
429
00:21:16,575 --> 00:21:18,208
I'M READY.
ALL RIGHT.
430
00:21:20,546 --> 00:21:24,181
SO I'VE NOW POSITIONED THE TUB
RIGHT OUT HERE IN SAFETY,
431
00:21:24,183 --> 00:21:26,984
AND YOU CAN TELL
THAT IT'S REALLY DEEP.
432
00:21:26,986 --> 00:21:29,253
SO WHAT I WANT TO DO
IS BE HERE IN THIS KAYAK
433
00:21:29,255 --> 00:21:31,422
AND KEEP IT POSITIONED
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE PRESSURE
434
00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:34,658
TO BUILD IN THAT
TWO-LITER BOTTLE.
435
00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:37,027
Narrator:
FULLY LOADED AND PRIMED,
436
00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:40,531
THE GAS BOMB IS DRAGGED TO
THE BOTTOM OF THE TEST AREA
437
00:21:40,533 --> 00:21:43,767
AND THE BARGE
MANEUVERED ON TOP OF IT.
438
00:21:43,769 --> 00:21:46,070
A BOAT HOOK KEEPS
THE TARGET IN PLACE
439
00:21:46,072 --> 00:21:48,005
AGAINST THE CHANGING TIDE.
440
00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:49,974
NOW WE WAIT.
441
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,954
LOOK AT THAT!
442
00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:05,122
IT'S LIKE A MAGIC TRICK!
443
00:22:05,124 --> 00:22:06,690
JUST GONE.
444
00:22:11,764 --> 00:22:16,300
Narrator: THE RISING GAS RIPS
OPEN THE SURFACE OF THE WATER,
445
00:22:16,302 --> 00:22:20,037
AND IN A PUFF OF ICY VAPOR,
THE BARGE APPEARS TO VANISH.
446
00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:21,538
AW, WOW!
447
00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:23,007
SLOW-MOTION CAMERAS
448
00:22:23,009 --> 00:22:26,143
REVEAL WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE MODEL CARGO SHIP.
449
00:22:26,145 --> 00:22:30,014
FIRST, A SHOCKWAVE OF WATER
TRAVELING AHEAD
450
00:22:30,016 --> 00:22:33,150
OF THE RISING GAS
LIFTS THE BARGE
451
00:22:33,152 --> 00:22:34,885
CLEAN OUT OF THE WATER.
452
00:22:34,887 --> 00:22:37,488
A CAMERA INSIDE THE BARGE
453
00:22:37,490 --> 00:22:40,157
SHOWS HOW THE HEAVY CRAFT
DROPS LIKE A STONE
454
00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:42,726
THROUGH THE HOLE
LEFT BY THE RISING GAS.
455
00:22:46,265 --> 00:22:49,800
THE EXPERIMENT PROVES THAT
A LARGE ENOUGH GAS EXPLOSION
456
00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:52,469
COULD SINK A HEAVY
FLOATING SHIP,
457
00:22:52,471 --> 00:22:54,038
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
458
00:22:56,509 --> 00:22:59,410
NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN
A METHANE GAS EXPLOSION
459
00:22:59,412 --> 00:23:02,312
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
460
00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:04,281
YOU DON'T SEE THESE
BIG EXPLOSIONS OF BUBBLES
461
00:23:04,283 --> 00:23:05,682
COMING UP ALL THE TIME,
462
00:23:05,684 --> 00:23:09,053
AND YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT
IF THIS WERE A REAL PROBLEM.
463
00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:12,089
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE
HECK OF A COINCIDENCE
464
00:23:12,091 --> 00:23:15,225
FOR ONE OF THESE BUBBLE FIELDS
TO FORM RIGHT UNDERNEATH
465
00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:16,794
A BIG SHIP AND SINK IT.
466
00:23:16,796 --> 00:23:20,164
AND YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN
OTHER BUBBLE FIELDS
467
00:23:20,166 --> 00:23:24,168
GOING UP IN THE --
IN THE SEA LANES ELSEWHERE
468
00:23:24,170 --> 00:23:27,738
AND NOT TAKE DOWN A SHIP IF THIS
WERE A COMMON PHENOMENON.
469
00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:30,340
I DON'T THINK THAT
THERE IS MUCH CHANCE
470
00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:34,044
THAT METHYL HYDRATES ARE --
ARE SINKING A LOT OF SHIPS.
471
00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:40,150
MAYBE ONE SHIP WAY BACK WHEN
AS A HECK OF A COINCIDENCE,
472
00:23:40,152 --> 00:23:42,753
BUT I DON'T THINK
IT'S A REGULAR PHENOMENON
473
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:44,421
AND IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
474
00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:48,459
Narrator: IF IT'S NOT
ALL GAS EXPLOSIONS,
475
00:23:48,461 --> 00:23:51,695
WHAT ELSE COULD BE
SINKING SHIPS?
476
00:23:58,537 --> 00:24:01,204
Narrator: THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST PATCHES
477
00:24:01,206 --> 00:24:03,573
OF OCEAN IN THE WORLD.
478
00:24:03,575 --> 00:24:05,609
CARGO SHIPS, YACHTS,
479
00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:09,746
AND CRUISE LINERS
ALL FIGHT FOR SPACE.
480
00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:12,082
ON A GOOD DAY,
IT'S PARADISE.
481
00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:17,220
BUT ON A BAD DAY,
THESE WARM TROPICAL WATERS
482
00:24:17,222 --> 00:24:20,724
CAN STIR UP THE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS ON EARTH --
483
00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:25,462
HURRICANES.
484
00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:31,201
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI,
485
00:24:31,203 --> 00:24:34,671
THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED
HURRICANE SIMULATOR
486
00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:37,174
GENERATES THE KIND OF WINDS
THAT SLAM INTO
487
00:24:37,176 --> 00:24:40,644
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
DURING HURRICANE SEASON.
488
00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:44,748
Man: OKAY,
WE'RE GOING UP TO CATEGORY 5.
489
00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:48,585
Narrator: PROFESSOR BRIAN HAUS
HEADS UP THE FACILITY.
490
00:24:48,587 --> 00:24:51,221
Haus: ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE
SEEING AN 150-MILE-AN-HOUR-WIND,
491
00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:53,123
WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK
LIKE AT THE OCEAN SURFACE.
492
00:24:53,125 --> 00:24:55,759
I MEAN, JUST ALL
THAT WATER IN THE AIR,
493
00:24:55,761 --> 00:24:58,528
ALL THE BUBBLES
DOWN HERE IN THE WATER.
494
00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:00,030
I MEAN, IT'S WHAT THE SAILORS
495
00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:01,832
WILL ACTUALLY CALL
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
496
00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:03,667
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T SEE
ANYTHING OUT THERE
497
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:04,968
IF YOU'RE ON THE WATER.
498
00:25:04,970 --> 00:25:07,871
AND SO, IF YOU WERE
UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH
499
00:25:07,873 --> 00:25:11,374
IN A VESSEL TO BE CAUGHT OUT
IN THESE CONDITIONS,
500
00:25:11,376 --> 00:25:14,644
YOU CAN'T SEND OUT A SIGNAL,
YOUR POWER GOES OUT, YOUR --
501
00:25:14,646 --> 00:25:17,180
YOUR SHIP LOSES STEERAGE,
YOU'RE DONE.
502
00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:19,282
AND NOBODY IS GOING TO
FIND THE PIECES.
503
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,387
Narrator: HURRICANE SEASON
LASTS FROM EARLY JUNE
504
00:25:24,389 --> 00:25:29,359
TO LATE NOVEMBER,
ALMOST HALF THE YEAR.
505
00:25:29,361 --> 00:25:32,229
HOT WATER VAPOR RISES
FROM THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC,
506
00:25:32,231 --> 00:25:36,199
SUCKING IN THE AIR AROUND IT
AND CONDENSING AT ALTITUDE
507
00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:39,870
TO FORM A VAST,
SPINNING CLOUD SYSTEM.
508
00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:42,939
THESE STORMS GAIN IN STRENGTH
AS THEY HEAD WEST
509
00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:46,943
ALONG A WELL-TRODDEN PATH
KNOWN AS HURRICANE ALLEY.
510
00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:49,579
BY THE TIME THEY REACH
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
511
00:25:49,581 --> 00:25:51,715
THE HURRICANES CAN BE
1,000 MILES WIDE
512
00:25:51,717 --> 00:25:55,986
WITH WIND SPEEDS
OF OVER 150 MILES PER HOUR.
513
00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:01,691
RECREATING THAT KIND OF
CLIMATIC VIOLENCE IN THE LAB
514
00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:05,162
TAKES INDUSTRIAL-SCALE
EQUIPMENT.
515
00:26:05,164 --> 00:26:08,031
Haus: WE START OUT REALLY BIG,
THREE-STORY-HIGH INTAKE
516
00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:10,367
SO WE'RE NOT BRINGING
IN THE AIR TOO FAST,
517
00:26:10,369 --> 00:26:11,968
NOT VACUUMING THE SKY.
518
00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:13,937
COMES IN THROUGH,
ACCELERATES,
519
00:26:13,939 --> 00:26:16,373
GOES UP, GOES THROUGH
SOME SOUND ATTENUATORS
520
00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:19,442
SO WE'RE NOT TOO NOISY,
COMES AROUND THIS BIG TURN,
521
00:26:19,444 --> 00:26:21,111
AND THEN WE HAVE TO
COMPRESS IT DOWN
522
00:26:21,113 --> 00:26:24,047
SO WE JUST HAVE A NICE, SMOOTH,
WELL-BEHAVED AIRFLOW
523
00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:27,484
AS IT COMPRESSES DOWN
AND COMES IN OVER THE TANK.
524
00:26:27,486 --> 00:26:31,454
GOES SHOOTING THROUGH
AT UP TO 150 MILES AN HOUR,
525
00:26:31,456 --> 00:26:34,257
AND THEN IT EXITS THROUGH
THAT LIKE TRUMPET BELL MOUTH.
526
00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:37,060
AS IT GOES OUT, IT SLOWS DOWN.
527
00:26:37,062 --> 00:26:38,828
Narrator: BRIAN USES
THE SIMULATOR
528
00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:41,031
TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS
THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
529
00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:44,568
TO CARRY OUT SAFELY INSIDE
A HIGH-CATEGORY HURRICANE.
530
00:26:44,570 --> 00:26:47,270
HE'S CONCLUDED THAT
IN HURRICANE SEASON,
531
00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:50,207
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE IS DEADLY.
532
00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:52,475
Haus: YOU KNOW, THE OCEAN
SURFACE OF THESE CONDITIONS
533
00:26:52,477 --> 00:26:55,078
WOULD BE INCREDIBLE
TO SEE FROM THE SHIP,
534
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,247
BUT IT WOULD ALSO
BE INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.
535
00:26:57,249 --> 00:27:00,217
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
IS SITUATED RIGHT OVER
536
00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:02,452
THE HEART OF HURRICANE ALLEY
IN THE ATLANTIC,
537
00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:05,188
SO IT'S REALLY VULNERABLE
TO STORMS.
538
00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:07,457
AND YOU SEE, YOU KNOW,
MANY, MANY OF THE SHIPS
539
00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:10,860
THAT WERE LOST WERE LOST
DURING HURRICANE SEASON.
540
00:27:10,862 --> 00:27:14,331
Narrator: HURRICANES DO SINK
SHIPS IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
541
00:27:14,333 --> 00:27:19,202
BUT IT'S HARD TO FILE
THESE DISASTERS AS MYSTERIOUS.
542
00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:21,571
FAR MORE INTRIGUING ARE REPORTS
543
00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:24,708
OF VESSELS SINKING DUE TO
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS
544
00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:28,645
THAT APPEAR WITHOUT
A DARK CLOUD IN SIGHT.
545
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:33,183
THESE BIZARRE, FRIGHTENING GUSTS
ARE CALLED WHITE SQUALLS,
546
00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:35,752
AND THEIR DESTRUCTIVE POWER
IS LEGENDARY.
547
00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:40,090
ONE PHENOMENON THAT HAS BEEN
KNOWN FOR CENTURIES BY MARINERS
548
00:27:40,092 --> 00:27:42,225
IS SOMETHING THEY CALLED
A WHITE SQUALL.
549
00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:44,828
THIS WAS A SUDDEN,
VIOLENT WINDSTORM
550
00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:48,965
WITHOUT ASSOCIATED DARK CLOUDS
OR HEAVY RAINFALL
551
00:27:48,967 --> 00:27:51,601
WHICH NORMALLY ACCOMPANY
A SQUALL AT SEA.
552
00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:54,571
BUT FOR MANY CENTURIES,
METEOROLOGISTS SORT OF
553
00:27:54,573 --> 00:27:59,175
DISMISSED THE IDEA AS SORT OF
A MARINER'S URBAN LEGEND,
554
00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:01,444
YOU KNOW, A --
A TALL SEA TALE
555
00:28:01,446 --> 00:28:03,980
THAT THE OLD SALTS
WOULD TELL THE --
556
00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:07,150
THE POLLYWOGS
TO KIND OF SCARE 'EM.
557
00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:10,854
Narrator: SCIENTISTS NOW BELIEVE
THAT WHITE SQUALLS ARE REAL
558
00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:13,423
AND THAT THEY'RE SINKING SHIPS
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
559
00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:15,659
WITHOUT A DARK CLOUD
IN SIGHT.
560
00:28:19,031 --> 00:28:21,865
THEIR VICTIMS ARE
MOSTLY SAILBOATS.
561
00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:26,636
WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL
RECENT EXAMPLES
562
00:28:26,638 --> 00:28:29,339
OF SAILING SHIPS
GOING DOWN IN WHITE SQUALLS.
563
00:28:29,341 --> 00:28:32,976
THE FAMOUS CASE
IS THE ALBATROSS IN 1961.
564
00:28:32,978 --> 00:28:35,945
THERE WAS ALSO
THE MARQUES IN 1984
565
00:28:35,947 --> 00:28:38,548
AND THE PRIDE OF BALTIMORE
IN 1986.
566
00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:40,617
NOW, THESE SHIPS HAD SURVIVORS,
567
00:28:40,619 --> 00:28:43,053
SO WE KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM,
568
00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:46,356
AND THEY ALL DESCRIBED
SORT OF THE SAME PHENOMENON,
569
00:28:46,358 --> 00:28:48,258
A WIND WITHOUT A --
570
00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:51,294
A SUDDEN VIOLENT WIND
WITHOUT WARNING.
571
00:28:51,296 --> 00:28:53,330
Narrator: SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
WHITE SQUALLS
572
00:28:53,332 --> 00:28:56,099
ORIGINATE FROM
DISTANT RAIN CLOUDS
573
00:28:56,101 --> 00:28:59,903
WHEN THEY PASS OVER WARM,
DRY AIR.
574
00:28:59,905 --> 00:29:02,439
THE FALLING RAIN
COOLS THE AIR AROUND IT,
575
00:29:02,441 --> 00:29:05,642
MAKING THE AIR HEAVIER.
576
00:29:05,644 --> 00:29:07,911
THE COLD AIR THEN
DROPS LIKE A STONE
577
00:29:07,913 --> 00:29:10,046
AND SPREADS OUT
OVER THE OCEAN SURFACE
578
00:29:10,048 --> 00:29:13,717
IN A POWERFUL,
ROLLING VORTEX OF WIND.
579
00:29:13,719 --> 00:29:16,619
THIS IS THE WHITE SQUALL.
580
00:29:16,621 --> 00:29:19,589
THE VORTEX CAN TRAVEL
FOR TENS OF MILES
581
00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:22,659
AND STILL PACK ENOUGH PUNCH
TO KNOCK DOWN A SHIP.
582
00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:27,297
YOU SOMETIMES GET 60,
583
00:29:27,299 --> 00:29:29,666
70-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS
OUT OVER THE OCEAN,
584
00:29:29,668 --> 00:29:32,035
MILES AWAY FROM
WHERE THE STORM IS.
585
00:29:32,037 --> 00:29:34,604
THE WHITE SQUALL WILL
HIT THEM TOTALLY UNAWARES.
586
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,239
THEY WON'T HAVE TIME
TO TAKE DOWN SAIL,
587
00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:38,108
THEY WON'T HAVE
TIME TO POINT THE SHIP
588
00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:39,542
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION,
589
00:29:39,544 --> 00:29:42,512
AND THEY'LL GET CAUGHT BROADSIDE
BY THESE --
590
00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:44,848
THESE GALE-FORCE
AND HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS
591
00:29:44,850 --> 00:29:50,253
AND JUST GET HOVE OVER
AND THEY SINK VERY RAPIDLY.
592
00:29:50,255 --> 00:29:53,490
Narrator: THESE SURPRISE WINDS
HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPLICATED
593
00:29:53,492 --> 00:29:55,458
IN CASES OF LIGHT AIRCRAFT
594
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:58,094
THAT HAVE GONE MISSING
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
595
00:29:58,096 --> 00:30:01,030
A SMALL AIRCRAFT
HAS NO DEFENSE
596
00:30:01,032 --> 00:30:03,500
AGAINST ONE OF THESE
ROLLING VORTICES THAT --
597
00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:05,635
THAT ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH A WHITE SQUALL.
598
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:07,704
YOU DON'T SEE THESE
DARK CLOUDS APPROACHING.
599
00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:09,539
YOU'RE GIVEN
VERY LITTLE WARNING.
600
00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:12,008
ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOU'RE IN A VIOLENT WINDSTORM,
601
00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:15,445
AND ALL THEY CAN DO
IS TAKE THE BLOW.
602
00:30:17,582 --> 00:30:19,682
Narrator: EXTREME WEATHER
OFFERS A RATIONAL,
603
00:30:19,684 --> 00:30:22,452
SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION
FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE
604
00:30:22,454 --> 00:30:25,789
OF SHIPS AND PLANES
WITHIN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
605
00:30:25,791 --> 00:30:27,791
BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE CONVINCED
606
00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:31,961
THESE REPORTS ARE JUST
A CONVENIENT COVER STORY,
607
00:30:31,963 --> 00:30:34,697
PART OF AN ELABORATE
GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY
608
00:30:34,699 --> 00:30:37,133
TO CLOSE OUR EYES
TO THE REAL REASON
609
00:30:37,135 --> 00:30:41,037
BEHIND THE DISAPPEARANCES --
610
00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:42,806
ALIENS.
611
00:30:53,751 --> 00:30:56,185
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
THIS HAS BEEN A LOCATION
612
00:30:56,187 --> 00:30:58,721
THAT HAS BEEN HOST
TO MANY STRANGE LIGHTS,
613
00:30:58,723 --> 00:31:00,122
PHANTOM FOGS,
614
00:31:00,124 --> 00:31:02,024
SHIPS THAT GO MISSING
WITH NO WRECKAGE,
615
00:31:02,026 --> 00:31:04,260
PEOPLE THAT DISAPPEAR
INTO THIN AIR.
616
00:31:04,262 --> 00:31:06,195
EVEN THOUGH THERE'S
PLENTY OF LOGICAL
617
00:31:06,197 --> 00:31:08,931
AND RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS
FOR THESE DISAPPEARANCES,
618
00:31:08,933 --> 00:31:12,568
THE MOST COMMON ONE
SEEMS TO BE UNDERWATER ALIENS,
619
00:31:12,570 --> 00:31:16,839
"U.U.O.s,"
UNIDENTIFIED UNDERWATER OBJECTS.
620
00:31:16,841 --> 00:31:18,641
Narrator: IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE,
621
00:31:18,643 --> 00:31:21,210
BUT REPORTS FROM
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
622
00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:23,346
SUGGEST THE CASE
FOR UNDERWATER ALIENS
623
00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:25,548
IS STRONGER THAN YOU IMAGINE.
624
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:30,786
THE CONTROVERSIAL REPORTS
625
00:31:30,788 --> 00:31:33,689
CENTER ON SUBMARINE COMMANDER
YURY BEKETOV,
626
00:31:33,691 --> 00:31:35,391
WHO PATROLLED
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
627
00:31:35,393 --> 00:31:39,028
DURING THE 1980s.
628
00:31:39,030 --> 00:31:41,197
BEKETOV CLAIMED
THAT THE INSTRUMENTS
629
00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:44,500
ONBOARD HIS SUBMARINE
WOULD SUDDENLY MALFUNCTION.
630
00:31:44,502 --> 00:31:45,901
AT OTHER TIMES,
THEY WOULD JAM,
631
00:31:45,903 --> 00:31:49,171
AS IF BEING BLOCKED
BY A POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY
632
00:31:49,173 --> 00:31:52,341
EMANATING FROM
OUTSIDE THE CRAFT.
633
00:31:54,445 --> 00:31:56,579
[ SPEAKS RUSSIAN ]
634
00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:01,784
ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION,
BEKETOV'S SONAR
635
00:32:01,786 --> 00:32:04,720
IS SAID TO HAVE PICKED UP
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
636
00:32:04,722 --> 00:32:08,991
SPEEDING AT OVER 260
MILES PER HOUR UNDERWATER.
637
00:32:09,827 --> 00:32:11,394
[ BEEPING ]
638
00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:13,295
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
639
00:32:13,297 --> 00:32:15,531
THE COMMANDER BELIEVED
THESE INCIDENTS
640
00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:18,567
WERE EVIDENCE
OF ALIEN ACTIVITY.
641
00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:24,573
Beketov: IT WAS LIKE THE OBJECTS
DEFY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
642
00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:32,014
THE CREATURES WHO BUILT THEM
FAR SURPASS US IN DEVELOPMENT.
643
00:32:36,754 --> 00:32:38,888
Narrator: BUT IF
THE CARIBBEAN SEA
644
00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:40,723
IS REALLY PACKED FULL OF ALIENS,
645
00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:43,426
WHY DON'T WE SEE THEM TODAY?
646
00:32:43,428 --> 00:32:45,961
BIZARRELY, SOME PEOPLE
ARE CONVINCED
647
00:32:45,963 --> 00:32:49,298
FLYING SAUCERS ARE HIDDEN AWAY
IN A NETWORK
648
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:53,102
OF UNDERWATER TUNNELS
CALLED BLUE HOLES.
649
00:32:53,104 --> 00:32:55,004
THESE BLUE HOLES,
PEOPLE ARE THEORIZING,
650
00:32:55,006 --> 00:32:57,173
MIGHT BE PORTALS
TO ANOTHER WORLD,
651
00:32:57,175 --> 00:32:58,441
ANOTHER DIMENSION.
652
00:32:58,443 --> 00:33:00,142
THIS MIGHT BE WHERE
THE ALIENS ARE BASED.
653
00:33:00,144 --> 00:33:03,245
IT COULD BE A FOLD
IN TIME-SPACE.
654
00:33:03,247 --> 00:33:05,147
WHATEVER IT IS,
IT SEEMS LIKE SAILORS
655
00:33:05,149 --> 00:33:07,083
AND OTHER VESSELS
ARE UNWITTINGLY
656
00:33:07,085 --> 00:33:11,487
WANDERING INTO THESE AREAS
AND POTENTIALLY DISAPPEARING.
657
00:33:11,489 --> 00:33:14,323
Narrator: BLUE HOLES
ACTUALLY DO EXIST.
658
00:33:14,325 --> 00:33:16,592
THEY CAN BE FOUND DOTTED
AROUND THE SHALLOW WATERS
659
00:33:16,594 --> 00:33:18,194
OF THE BAHAMAS.
660
00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:21,530
THEY CAN DESCEND TO OVER
600 FEET BELOW THE SEABED
661
00:33:21,532 --> 00:33:26,001
AND BRANCH INTO NETWORKS OF
SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGES.
662
00:33:26,003 --> 00:33:30,840
BUT WERE THESE TUNNELS
REALLY BUILT BY ALIENS?
663
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:34,643
GEOLOGIST MARTIN PEPPER
ISN'T SO SURE.
664
00:33:34,645 --> 00:33:37,613
APPARENTLY A BLUE HOLE
IS A PORTAL
665
00:33:37,615 --> 00:33:41,584
WHERE ALIENS ARE ABLE TO
COME FROM AND ABDUCT BOATS
666
00:33:41,586 --> 00:33:43,319
AND PLANES AND OTHER THINGS.
667
00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:47,323
SO IT'S A CAVITY
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO HIDE,
668
00:33:47,325 --> 00:33:49,291
AND THAT'S WHERE
THEY MAKE THEIR ATTACK.
669
00:33:49,293 --> 00:33:51,327
IT'S ALMOST LIKE
A FUNNEL SPIDER.
670
00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:54,029
THEY WAIT DOWN IN THE BLUE HOLE,
SOMETHING COMES OVER,
671
00:33:54,031 --> 00:33:56,365
AND GOT IT!
672
00:33:56,367 --> 00:33:58,300
Narrator: PEPPER THINKS
THERE'S A NATURAL EXPLANATION
673
00:33:58,302 --> 00:34:01,737
FOR THESE MASSIVE
UNDERWATER SINKHOLES,
674
00:34:01,739 --> 00:34:05,841
AND IT INVOLVES LIMESTONE,
ACID RAIN,
675
00:34:05,843 --> 00:34:08,244
AND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.
676
00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:10,513
Pepper: SO HERE WE HAVE
A CHUNK OF LIMESTONE,
677
00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:14,083
AND THIS IS THE SURFACE
OF OUR EARTH, BASICALLY,
678
00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:15,985
AROUND THIS AREA.
679
00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:18,521
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS SEA LEVEL
CHANGES A LOT, HUNDREDS
680
00:34:18,523 --> 00:34:21,357
OF FEET THROUGHOUT THOUSANDS,
MAYBE MILLIONS OF YEARS.
681
00:34:21,359 --> 00:34:24,226
AND SO WHAT WE NEED
IS WE NEED SEA LEVEL TO DROP.
682
00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:25,494
THAT'S IN A COLD TIME,
683
00:34:25,496 --> 00:34:27,863
THAT'S BECAUSE POLAR ICE CAPS
REMOVE WATER,
684
00:34:27,865 --> 00:34:30,933
DROPPING OUR SEA LEVEL.
685
00:34:30,935 --> 00:34:33,769
Narrator: WHEN THE SEA LEVEL
DROPPED OVER THE BAHAMAS,
686
00:34:33,771 --> 00:34:38,274
THE EXPOSED LIMESTONE
WAS OPEN TO ITS DEADLY ENEMY --
687
00:34:38,276 --> 00:34:40,042
ACID RAIN.
688
00:34:42,513 --> 00:34:44,814
Pepper: ONCE THE LIMESTONE
COMES OUT OF THE WATER,
689
00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:46,749
WE CAN ACTUALLY
APPLY ACID RAIN,
690
00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,984
AND THIS HAPPENS
OVER THOUSAND OF YEARS.
691
00:34:48,986 --> 00:34:51,620
THE SURFACE OF THE LAND
HAS CRACKS, DIPS.
692
00:34:51,622 --> 00:34:55,424
SO THIS ACID RAIN,
WHEN WE ACTUALLY POUR THAT ON,
693
00:34:55,426 --> 00:34:58,294
YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT'S DOING
TO THIS LIMESTONE.
694
00:34:58,296 --> 00:35:01,063
THOSE BUBBLES ARE TURNING THIS
INTO CARBON DIOXIDE GAS
695
00:35:01,065 --> 00:35:03,199
AND LIQUID
AND IT'S JUST RUNNING AWAY,
696
00:35:03,201 --> 00:35:05,601
AND SO THAT ETCHES
THROUGH THE VALLEYS
697
00:35:05,603 --> 00:35:08,270
AND THE PUDDLES,
AND OVER TIME,
698
00:35:08,272 --> 00:35:11,507
THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE
A MATRIX OF CAVES.
699
00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:14,343
Narrator: THE WALLS OF THE CAVES
BECAME SO THIN,
700
00:35:14,345 --> 00:35:19,048
THEY COLLAPSED,
CREATING A LONG VERTICAL SHAFT.
701
00:35:19,050 --> 00:35:22,151
EVENTUALLY, THE SEA LEVEL
ROSE BACK AGAIN,
702
00:35:22,153 --> 00:35:27,623
LEAVING BEHIND A BLUE HOLE
HUNDREDS OF FEET DEEP.
703
00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:29,391
AS A GEOLOGIST,
THESE ARE FASCINATING.
704
00:35:29,393 --> 00:35:30,593
THEY'RE MYSTERIOUS.
705
00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:33,295
BUT WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT
HOW THEY FORM,
706
00:35:33,297 --> 00:35:36,866
IT'S REALLY MAGICAL IN A SENSE
WHERE IT TAKES A LONG TIME
707
00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:38,167
FOR THEM TO FORM
708
00:35:38,169 --> 00:35:40,336
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
SERIES OF EVENTS.
709
00:35:40,338 --> 00:35:42,137
YOU HAVE TO HAVE
SEA LEVELS CHANGE.
710
00:35:42,139 --> 00:35:44,607
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ACID RAN OCCUR.
711
00:35:44,609 --> 00:35:46,408
YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A WHOLE SCENARIO
712
00:35:46,410 --> 00:35:50,512
FOR IT TO FINALLY DROP DOWN
AND FORM YOUR BLUE HOLE.
713
00:35:50,514 --> 00:35:52,114
Narrator:
IT'S NOT JUST GEOLOGISTS
714
00:35:52,116 --> 00:35:55,851
WHO FIND BLUE HOLES FASCINATING.
715
00:35:55,853 --> 00:35:59,188
THEY'RE NEAR THE TOP OF EVERY
SCUBA DIVER'S BUCKET LIST.
716
00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:02,291
THAT MEANS THE BLUE HOLES
OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
717
00:36:02,293 --> 00:36:05,327
ARE SOME OF THE MOST WIDELY
EXPLORED UNDERWATER HABITATS
718
00:36:05,329 --> 00:36:07,229
IN THE AREA.
719
00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:10,099
THE CHANCES OF ALIENS
BEING HIDDEN FROM
720
00:36:10,101 --> 00:36:14,169
SO MANY PRYING EYES
SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY.
721
00:36:14,171 --> 00:36:16,705
BUT IF ALIENS AREN'T
ABDUCTING SHIPS,
722
00:36:16,707 --> 00:36:20,843
WHY DO SO MANY OF THEM SEEM TO
DISAPPEAR WITHOUT TRACE?
723
00:36:20,845 --> 00:36:22,544
THERE'S NOTHING MYSTERIOUS
ABOUT THE FACT
724
00:36:22,546 --> 00:36:24,613
THAT WE HAVE TROUBLE
FINDING THE WRECKAGE.
725
00:36:24,615 --> 00:36:26,849
I MEAN, THE OCEAN
IS A VAST DEEP
726
00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:30,286
AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND
SOMETHING ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR
727
00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:31,687
EVEN IF YOU HAVE
THE GENERAL IDEA
728
00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:33,322
OF WHERE THE SHIP WENT DOWN.
729
00:36:33,324 --> 00:36:35,858
SO, BLUE HOLES,
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL,
730
00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:38,928
THEY'RE FASCINATING,
THEY'RE MYSTERIOUS.
731
00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:41,563
ALIENS?
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
732
00:36:41,565 --> 00:36:45,301
Narrator: WE'VE SEEN HURRICANES,
TIME-SHIFTING FOG,
733
00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:49,271
AND EXPLOSIONS FROM THE DEEP.
734
00:36:49,273 --> 00:36:52,274
BUT THERE'S ONE MORE
POTENTIAL EXPLANATION,
735
00:36:52,276 --> 00:36:56,045
AND IT COULD BE
THE MOST TERRIFYING YET.
736
00:37:03,454 --> 00:37:06,522
Narrator: FOR OVER 70 YEARS,
BOATS HAVE BEEN GOING MISSING
737
00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:11,560
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
INCLUDING VAST CARGO SHIPS.
738
00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:13,562
A BUSY ROUTE FOR THESE
FLOATING GIANTS
739
00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:16,332
PASSES BY
THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA,
740
00:37:16,334 --> 00:37:18,534
AND IT'S THE SETTING FOR
ONE OF THE MOST
741
00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:21,770
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES
OF THEM ALL.
742
00:37:21,772 --> 00:37:23,506
OCTOBER 24, 1980.
743
00:37:23,508 --> 00:37:25,941
A VESSEL CALLED THE SS POET,
744
00:37:25,943 --> 00:37:28,644
HAULING A LOAD
OF CORN TO EGYPT.
745
00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:30,079
THIS IS A VESSEL
THAT IS LARGER
746
00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:32,181
THAN THE SIZE
OF TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS,
747
00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:35,451
AND IT GOES MISSING
WITHOUT A TRACE.
748
00:37:35,453 --> 00:37:39,388
Narrator: THE COAST GUARD SEARCH
THE ATLANTIC FOR TEN DAYS,
749
00:37:39,390 --> 00:37:43,526
BUT DIDN'T EVEN FIND A TRACE
OF THE 11,000-TON SHIP.
750
00:37:43,528 --> 00:37:47,229
OKAY, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF ADVERSE WEATHER IN THE AREA
751
00:37:47,231 --> 00:37:49,465
AT THE TIME, BUT NOTHING
THAT SHOULD HAVE CAPSIZED A --
752
00:37:49,467 --> 00:37:52,468
A BOAT OF THIS SIZE,
SO WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
753
00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:55,137
WHERE DID IT GO?
754
00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:57,606
Narrator: A CLUE TO
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE POET
755
00:37:57,608 --> 00:38:01,510
IS THAT THE CAPTAIN DIDN'T ISSUE
A MAYDAY MESSAGE.
756
00:38:01,512 --> 00:38:03,946
THIS WOULD SEEM TO SUGGEST
THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED
757
00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:05,781
TO THAT VESSEL
HAPPENED SO QUICKLY,
758
00:38:05,783 --> 00:38:07,816
THERE WAS NO TIME TO REACT.
759
00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:09,852
Narrator: SOME SCIENTISTS
BELIEVE THE POET
760
00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:12,855
MAY HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF A RARE
BUT INCREDIBLY VIOLENT
761
00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:16,392
FREAK OF NATURE
CALLED A ROGUE WAVE.
762
00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:21,764
ROGUE WAVES ARE
INCREDIBLY RARE WAVES
763
00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:25,868
THAT RISE UP MUCH HIGHER
THAN THE WAVES AROUND THEM.
764
00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:29,905
THEY CAN SWEEP AWAY SHIPS
WITHOUT WARNING.
765
00:38:29,907 --> 00:38:32,141
WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG STORM
OR YOU HAVE HIGH WAVES
766
00:38:32,143 --> 00:38:34,610
AND YOU GET ONE OF THESE WAVES
THAT'S JUST MUCH BIGGER
767
00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:36,612
THAN THE OTHER WAVES,
THAT'S A ROGUE WAVE.
768
00:38:36,614 --> 00:38:38,847
THEY'RE NOT COMMON,
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT
769
00:38:38,849 --> 00:38:40,916
A LARGE SURFACE,
IF IT'S A BIG STORM,
770
00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:44,153
MAYBE IT COULD BE
ONE OUT OF 500 WAVES --
771
00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:47,756
BIG WAVES THAT GOES BY
MIGHT BE THAT REALLY BIG ONE.
772
00:38:47,758 --> 00:38:50,292
Narrator: ROGUE WAVES ARE RARE
BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE
773
00:38:50,294 --> 00:38:53,362
A SPECIFIC SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES TO FORM.
774
00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:59,702
ARE YOU READY TO TURN ON
THE COALESCING WAVE PACKET?
775
00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:00,970
YEAH, WE'RE GETTING READY.
776
00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:03,205
FIVE MINUTES.
NO, I'VE GOT IT IN FIVE.
777
00:39:03,207 --> 00:39:06,175
Narrator: BRIAN SIMULATES
THIS PROCESS IN A LAB
778
00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:11,113
BY FIRST CREATING A SLOW WAVE
779
00:39:11,115 --> 00:39:14,750
AND THEN A FASTER WAVE
WHICH CATCHES UP TO THE FIRST
780
00:39:14,752 --> 00:39:16,352
AND MERGES WITH IT,
781
00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:19,488
CREATING A MUCH LARGER
ROGUE WAVE.
782
00:39:19,490 --> 00:39:22,625
SCALED UP TO THE OPEN OCEAN,
783
00:39:22,627 --> 00:39:26,228
ROGUE WAVES CAN BREAK
WITH INCREDIBLE FORCE.
784
00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:31,700
IT CAN KNOCK GIANT HOLES
INTO LARGE SHIPS.
785
00:39:31,702 --> 00:39:34,403
IT CAN TWIST THEM INTO --
TO INCREDIBLE ANGLES
786
00:39:34,405 --> 00:39:35,938
BECAUSE IT'S JUST
SUCH A HUGE AMOUNT
787
00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:38,440
OF ENERGY BEING IMPARTED.
788
00:39:38,442 --> 00:39:41,310
Narrator: THE BROKEN GEOLOGY
OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
789
00:39:41,312 --> 00:39:45,281
IS PERFECT FOR
COOKING UP ROGUE WAVES.
790
00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:50,953
IN A STORM, WAVES BEND INWARD
AS THEY PASS SMALL ISLANDS.
791
00:39:50,955 --> 00:39:53,088
AND SOMETIMES,
THE TWO CONVERGING WAVES
792
00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:58,227
COMBINE PERFECTLY TO CREATE
MONSTER ROGUE WAVES.
793
00:39:58,229 --> 00:39:59,928
ROGUE WAVES CAN ALSO FORM
794
00:39:59,930 --> 00:40:02,031
WHEN A STRONG CURRENT
BENDS WAVES
795
00:40:02,033 --> 00:40:04,366
IN TOWARDS EACH OTHER,
796
00:40:04,368 --> 00:40:07,703
ANOTHER FEATURE COMMON
TO THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
797
00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:09,638
GOING RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
798
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,441
IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S
GREAT CURRENTS,
799
00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:13,575
THE GULF STREAM,
800
00:40:13,577 --> 00:40:16,278
WHICH HAS TREMENDOUS
CURRENT VELOCITIES
801
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,882
AND HAS LARGE SHEARS
THAT CAN FOCUS THE WAVES.
802
00:40:19,884 --> 00:40:21,283
Narrator:
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
803
00:40:21,285 --> 00:40:25,921
WAVES CAN SOMETIMES
RUN INTO STRONG CURRENTS.
804
00:40:25,923 --> 00:40:29,191
THESE CURRENTS ALTER THE SHAPE
OF THE RUSHING WAVES,
805
00:40:29,193 --> 00:40:31,960
MAKING THEM MUCH LARGER.
806
00:40:31,962 --> 00:40:34,296
THE STRONGER THE CURRENT,
807
00:40:34,298 --> 00:40:36,799
THE BIGGER THE WAVES
IT CAN PRODUCE.
808
00:40:39,503 --> 00:40:42,438
IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT A --
A SHIP SUCH AS THE POET,
809
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,374
WHICH WAS IN A STORM --
IT WAS IN STORM CONDITIONS
810
00:40:45,376 --> 00:40:46,442
AND IT WAS IN AN AREA
811
00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,177
ON THE NORTH WALL
OF THE GULF STREAM
812
00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:50,379
WHERE THIS KIND OF FOCUSING
IS KNOWN TO HAPPEN,
813
00:40:50,381 --> 00:40:52,181
AND SO THAT --
THAT'S AN ENTIRELY
814
00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:54,783
PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR
SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE
815
00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:58,120
CAUSED THAT SHIP
TO BE LOST.
816
00:40:58,122 --> 00:41:00,656
Narrator: FOR NEARLY A CENTURY,
WE HAVE SOUGHT ANSWERS
817
00:41:00,658 --> 00:41:02,424
TO THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES
818
00:41:02,426 --> 00:41:07,429
OF BOATS AND PLANES
INSIDE THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
819
00:41:07,431 --> 00:41:11,066
ANY NUMBER OF THEORIES
HAVE BEEN RAISED,
820
00:41:11,068 --> 00:41:14,069
FROM ALIEN ABDUCTIONS
821
00:41:14,071 --> 00:41:17,172
TO KILLER BUBBLES
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
822
00:41:17,174 --> 00:41:19,641
BUT THE MORE SCIENTISTS
LOOK INTO THE MYSTERY,
823
00:41:19,643 --> 00:41:22,244
THE MORE THEY REALIZE THAT
MAYBE THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL
824
00:41:22,246 --> 00:41:24,747
ABOUT THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
AFTER ALL.
825
00:41:24,749 --> 00:41:26,415
SO THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
HAS THIS IDEA
826
00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:28,417
THAT THERE'S
AN INORDINATE NUMBER
827
00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:31,553
OF MISSING PLANES
AND SHIPS AND ACCIDENTS
828
00:41:31,555 --> 00:41:34,390
AND THINGS LIKE THAT
IN THIS LITTLE TRIANGULAR AREA,
829
00:41:34,392 --> 00:41:36,725
IN A HIGHLY TRAFFICKED AREA.
830
00:41:36,727 --> 00:41:38,193
AND SO WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS,
831
00:41:38,195 --> 00:41:41,530
"WOW, IT'S AN UNUSUAL NUMBER
OF ACCIDENTS
832
00:41:41,532 --> 00:41:44,366
AND DISAPPEARANCES,"
UNUSUAL COMPARED TO WHAT?
833
00:41:44,368 --> 00:41:47,136
Narrator: SURPRISINGLY,
STATISTICS SHOW THAT
834
00:41:47,138 --> 00:41:50,172
THERE ARE NO MORE ACCIDENTS
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
835
00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:52,875
THAN IN ANY OTHER HEAVILY
TRAFFICKED TROPICAL SEA
836
00:41:52,877 --> 00:41:55,043
IN THE WORLD.
837
00:41:55,045 --> 00:41:57,079
IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A --
838
00:41:57,081 --> 00:41:59,915
A TRIANGULAR AREA
OF ANY PART OF THE OCEAN,
839
00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:02,418
YOU WOULD FIND MYSTERIES THERE,
840
00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:05,854
AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS
THAT DISAPPEARED
841
00:42:05,856 --> 00:42:07,990
FOR UNKNOWN REASONS.
842
00:42:07,992 --> 00:42:09,958
YOU WOULDN'T ASSUME
THAT EVERYTHING
843
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,194
THAT HAPPENED WITHIN
THIS ARBITRARY TRIANGLE
844
00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:16,165
WE PICKED OUT WOULD BE DUE
TO ONE PHENOMENON.
845
00:42:16,167 --> 00:42:19,368
Narrator: THE WORLD'S OCEANS
ARE DANGEROUS PLACES.
846
00:42:19,370 --> 00:42:22,004
IT'S JUST THAT HERE
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
847
00:42:22,006 --> 00:42:25,307
THE DISAPPEARANCES
GET MORE PUBLICITY.
848
00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:29,745
THERE'S NOTHING AT ALL UNUSUAL
ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE AREA.
849
00:42:29,747 --> 00:42:31,146
THE ONLY THING UNUSUAL IS
850
00:42:31,148 --> 00:42:34,850
IT'S BEEN EMBELLISHED
OVER THE YEARS BY WRITERS.
851
00:42:34,852 --> 00:42:36,351
PEOPLE LIKE TO HEAR
GHOST STORIES,
852
00:42:36,353 --> 00:42:40,122
LIKE TO HEAR MYSTERY STORIES,
AND SO IT'S PERSISTENT.
853
00:42:40,124 --> 00:42:42,724
I MEAN,
YOU CAN NEVER DISCOUNT
854
00:42:42,726 --> 00:42:45,828
THE STRENGTH OF THE LEGS
OF ANY BAD IDEA.
855
00:42:45,830 --> 00:42:47,930
I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK
THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GET
856
00:42:47,932 --> 00:42:49,898
TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE MYSTERY,
857
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,367
BECAUSE THE MYSTERY ITSELF,
THE SEARCH,
858
00:42:52,369 --> 00:42:54,403
IS WHAT KEEPS
THE IMAGINATION GOING.
859
00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:56,672
IT KEEPS PEOPLE INTERESTED
IN THIS STORY.
860
00:42:56,674 --> 00:42:59,141
AND IF WE FOUND
ALL THE ANSWERS,
861
00:42:59,143 --> 00:43:01,310
THERE'D BE NO STORY LEFT
TO INVESTIGATE.