The number of incidents increased only until 1970.
Scientists believe they may have unraveled the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. They discovered that methane and environmental factors beneath the ocean's surface could have been responsible for the disappearances of people in the past.
As reported by Mirror, the Bermuda Triangle has long been shrouded in mystery: countless ships and boats have vanished without a trace in its waters. Now scientists believe they are getting closer to solving this phenomenon by uncovering "forces" lurking beneath the water.
Scientist Ronald Knapp stated that there may have been a methane field in the area. The likelihood that it may have already dissipated explains the decrease in the number of disappearances in recent years.
Methane emissions from the ocean floor are considered a hazard that can disrupt buoyancy and engine operations.
The most famous case of aircraft disappearing over the Bermuda Triangle – the boundary between Miami, the Bermuda Islands, and Puerto Rico – occurred on December 5, 1945. Five U.S. Navy training planes, designated "Flight 19," disappeared while flying over this zone.
The pilots reported failures in navigation systems and incorrect compass readings before communication was lost. Following this, a rescue plane was dispatched, but it also disappeared, and its wreckage was never found.
The number of incidents increased until 1970: cargo ships, fishing boats, and private planes went missing. Knapp notes that the situation changed in the 1980s when commercial vessels began to pass through this area daily.
This development coincided with the advent of satellite tracking and GPS navigation.
"Skeptics argue that this proves that the mystery never existed. Better quality journalism, they say, has revealed exaggerations and coincidences," Knapp writes.
The researcher claims that radar technologies were in their infancy during the peak of the mystery and have since developed to such an extent that any specific effects in this region have now disappeared.
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