Moscow, August 28 - Simon Boxall, an oceanography professor at the University of Southampton in England, asserts that the disappearance of ships that gave rise to the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle is not due to alien abductions or the opening of dimensional portals, but rather to a phenomenon involving the merging of storms that can create giant rogue waves in the area, as reported by the Daily Mail.
The region located between Florida (USA), San Juan (Puerto Rico), and the Bermuda Islands has been widely known for decades due to reports of unexplained disappearances of aircraft and vessels within its boundaries. According to the scientist, this area experiences specific storm activity that, when combined, can produce waves of up to 30 meters in height. These so-called rogue waves are walls of water that emerge due to the combined effect of these atmospheric disturbances and can reach up to twice the height of a typical ocean wave.
Boxall maintains that the combination of storms originating from the north and south in the Triangle is the cause of this popular mystery. “If there are additional storms from Florida, it could lead to potentially deadly conditions,” he adds.
To demonstrate his theory, Boxall built a scaled model of the USS Cyclops, one of the vessels that disappeared in 1918 in the mysterious area.
The scientist tested the model under conditions similar to those proposed in his theory. His goal was to determine how a vessel of that size would react to the wave phenomena produced in the Triangle.
The experiment showed that a ship with the characteristics of the USS Cyclops is prone to splitting in half if struck by one of the waves generated in that area. Furthermore, the scientist determined that the sinking of such a vessel would occur within two to three minutes, making any kind of distress call or rescue maneuver impossible. (Text and photo: RT)