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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,430 --> 00:00:07,970 Welcome to the most notorious stretch of ocean on Earth. 2 00:00:08,810 --> 00:00:15,090 It's been called the Devil's Triangle or Hurricane Alley. 3 00:00:15,950 --> 00:00:19,890 But most of us know it as the Bermuda Triangle. 4 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:26,530 500 ,000 square miles of the Atlantic that has terrified and perplexed 5 00:00:26,530 --> 00:00:32,409 travelers, explorers, and even scientists for centuries. 6 00:00:35,210 --> 00:00:40,110 Since the time of Christopher Columbus, these waters have been home to many 7 00:00:40,110 --> 00:00:43,910 unusual and unexplainable disasters and disappearances. 8 00:00:46,870 --> 00:00:53,430 Ships, planes, and unsuspecting travelers lost without a trace. 9 00:00:54,270 --> 00:00:58,290 But where have they gone, and why did they vanish? 10 00:01:02,390 --> 00:01:04,489 Tonight, we aim to find out. 11 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:11,800 In spite of the danger, we'll enter the Bermuda Triangle by sea and by air. 12 00:01:14,220 --> 00:01:18,740 We'll search the depth for evidence of the triangle's alleged destructive 13 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:26,200 And finally, we'll reveal a shocking new theory, one that could completely 14 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:27,440 redraw the map. 15 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,440 It's a mystery that could impact our entire planet. 16 00:01:34,860 --> 00:01:38,700 As we go in search of the Bermuda Triangle. 17 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,540 Have a look at this map of the southern Atlantic coast of the United States. 18 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:57,960 Now, I want you to try something. 19 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:04,040 Draw three straight lines between Miami, Bermuda, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. 20 00:02:04,970 --> 00:02:06,710 That seems harmless enough, right? 21 00:02:08,009 --> 00:02:13,770 But what if I told you that this area, which is about the size of Alaska, has 22 00:02:13,770 --> 00:02:18,330 been the site of over 50 ship disappearances in just the past century? 23 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:23,630 It's also been the site of at least 1 ,000 fatalities during that stretch. 24 00:02:24,470 --> 00:02:29,790 Even those who've managed to survive have reported many strange anomalies 25 00:02:31,630 --> 00:02:36,610 The triangle's countless tragic deaths remain unsolved mysteries because 26 00:02:36,610 --> 00:02:39,550 today still can't agree on the cause. 27 00:02:41,250 --> 00:02:47,350 Is it possible that a strange and deadly power truly lies within these three 28 00:02:47,350 --> 00:02:48,350 boundaries? 29 00:02:48,430 --> 00:02:50,590 There's only one way to find out. 30 00:02:50,950 --> 00:02:54,110 We have to enter the triangle ourselves. 31 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,600 is the custodian of historic wrecks for the island of Bermuda. 32 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,980 And he thinks he's found one of the key causes of all of this area's 33 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:09,980 destruction. 34 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,680 It's hard to believe on a day of commas that this is one of the most treacherous 35 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:14,680 places on Earth. 36 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:20,140 He manages the sites of over 300 shipwrecks around the island. 37 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,540 Shipwreck here, shipwreck there, shipwreck there. 38 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:30,650 According to Philippe, This area has been causing problems for sailors since 39 00:03:30,650 --> 00:03:32,390 very first ships passed nearby. 40 00:03:33,710 --> 00:03:37,850 Bermuda was put on chart not as a country that anyone wanted to move to or 41 00:03:37,850 --> 00:03:42,190 migrate to, but literally as a place of warning to mariners. This is a place you 42 00:03:42,190 --> 00:03:44,310 want to be very careful about, a place you want to stay away from. 43 00:03:44,570 --> 00:03:49,630 And it's that particular navigational hazard which I think tees up the whole 44 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:51,390 mystery and the mythos of the Bermuda Triangle. 45 00:03:52,550 --> 00:03:55,890 It's also the reason people live on Bermuda in the first place. 46 00:03:57,100 --> 00:04:01,020 Bermuda is a nation founded on shipwrecks. The first settlers here 47 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:02,180 shipwreck in 1609. 48 00:04:02,540 --> 00:04:06,280 Our national flag has a shipwreck smashed up against the rocks on the 49 00:04:06,460 --> 00:04:09,620 which denotes the real deep importance and connection we have to this. 50 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,700 If anyone understands the destructive power of the Bermuda Triangle, it's 51 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:23,400 Philippe, who has been studying these wrecks for over 15 years. 52 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:32,000 Today, he's tracking a relatively new theory, a unique underwater phenomenon 53 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,400 that may have been sinking ships here for centuries. 54 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:40,020 This is actually a really exciting thing to run into today. We've actually come 55 00:04:40,020 --> 00:04:46,840 across a large swath of sargassum, which is a holoplogic algae that grows 56 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:47,940 in the open ocean. 57 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,000 In the historical narratives, there's actually stories of ships finding 58 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,780 themselves stuck in these large mats and becalmed for days and weeks at a time. 59 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:03,660 Sailors began sharing stories of an impenetrable region of the Atlantic 60 00:05:03,660 --> 00:05:04,960 many ships were lost. 61 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:08,000 They called it the Sargasso Sea. 62 00:05:10,540 --> 00:05:15,360 Here, thick Sargassum mats can stretch for miles beneath the water. 63 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,440 making this one of the most dangerous parts of the Bermuda Triangle. 64 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:26,420 There are written accounts of ships getting stuck inside huge beds way, way 65 00:05:26,420 --> 00:05:27,319 bigger than this. 66 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,980 Just imagine this thing covers a square kilometer or two. 67 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:34,740 Much thicker and denser, and how hard that would be to navigate your way out 68 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,040 And getting stuck isn't the only problem caused by the Sargassum. 69 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:47,720 Once a ship gets trapped inside, something even more dangerous can occur. 70 00:05:48,060 --> 00:05:51,640 As it groups together, it starts to rot, and the smell that comes off it is 71 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:52,720 actually really toxic. 72 00:05:53,260 --> 00:05:55,880 There's a whole storyline that feeds into this. 73 00:05:57,340 --> 00:06:02,560 In the last five years, they've had a massive influx of a similar kind of 74 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:03,560 in the southern Caribbean. 75 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:08,580 Unbelievable growth spurts of sargassum. It's appearing in such absolute... 76 00:06:09,170 --> 00:06:13,010 Massive quantity, but it's occluding entire bays, poisoning beaches because 77 00:06:13,010 --> 00:06:15,570 gas that comes off it when it rots is actually quite noxious. 78 00:06:17,010 --> 00:06:21,090 Suddenly you can imagine ships would literally come to a stop in the algae in 79 00:06:21,090 --> 00:06:24,970 mat that's so thick and heavy that it'd be stuck there for days, left without 80 00:06:24,970 --> 00:06:26,950 movement and unable to push their way through. 81 00:06:27,290 --> 00:06:30,730 If those odors would get onto a ship, it could actually drive guys mad. 82 00:06:33,210 --> 00:06:37,170 Is it possible that this strange growth of plant life has been poisoning 83 00:06:37,170 --> 00:06:40,560 mariners? and sinking vessels for hundreds of years. 84 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:49,160 There is strong evidence nearby where Philippe has cataloged not one, but 85 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,600 sunken vessels clustered together. 86 00:06:52,220 --> 00:06:55,360 Where else in the world would you see shipwrecks from all these different eras 87 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,100 finding themselves in the same spot? 88 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:02,060 Really, there is no logical reason for them to all be there. 89 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,500 Each of the three wrecks is quite different from the others. 90 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:18,300 And yet, they all met the same fate right here, decades apart. 91 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,100 This is the Montana Civil War blockade runner, stuck in 1863. 92 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,160 As you come around the back of the stern boiler... 93 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,080 You then turn down, and you're literally then confronted by one of the paddle 94 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:41,260 wheels that's lying on its side. 95 00:07:42,420 --> 00:07:47,080 The Montana's side -wheel steam propulsion was the height of Civil War 96 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:48,080 technology. 97 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,820 But it would have been particularly susceptible to getting tangled in the 98 00:07:51,820 --> 00:07:53,280 Bermuda Triangle's sargassum. 99 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,880 And as you can see, the Montana isn't alone. 100 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:02,580 The really interesting part is that as you're going across the center of that 101 00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:06,640 ship, you're actually starting to see all the cargo that came from the ship 102 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,620 sank in 1943, the Constellation. 103 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:15,620 Sunk directly on top of the Montana, the Constellation was a luxurious cargo 104 00:08:15,620 --> 00:08:19,880 ship stocked to the gills with high -end goods bound for Venezuela. 105 00:08:21,060 --> 00:08:26,720 And it had everything on it. Cement, billiard tables, glass plate for 106 00:08:27,780 --> 00:08:31,000 But of course, that cargo never reached its destination. 107 00:08:33,130 --> 00:08:37,789 Neither did that of the Lardington, the area's third shipwreck, which sank en 108 00:08:37,789 --> 00:08:39,850 route to Russia in 1879. 109 00:08:43,909 --> 00:08:47,410 Every shipwreck is a mystery until you know its story. 110 00:08:47,710 --> 00:08:51,550 And with so many shipwrecks around Bermuda, there's a bunch that we 111 00:08:51,550 --> 00:08:52,550 can't explain. 112 00:08:57,510 --> 00:09:01,070 Is this hidden growth of algae the explanation? 113 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:07,320 Could the centuries -old mystery of the Bermuda Triangle really be that simple? 114 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:14,360 As we're about to find out, the truth may actually be far more complicated. 115 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:20,560 Because whatever's happening here in the Bermuda Triangle, it's not just on the 116 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:21,560 water. 117 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,940 What is it about the Bermuda Triangle? 118 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,820 that has caused the loss of hundreds of ships. 119 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:39,960 Shipwreck custodian Philippe Rouget has theorized that massive underwater beds 120 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,420 of sargassum may be behind some of the destruction. 121 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:51,400 But the truth is, this question could have multiple answers, because plant 122 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,280 alone can't explain the sheer volume of sunken vessels here. 123 00:09:56,780 --> 00:09:59,500 When we say there are 300 shipwrecks around Bermuda, those are the ones that 124 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:00,800 there's evidence of some kind. 125 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:05,400 But, you know, there's a whole pile of shipwrecks that clearly sank in the 126 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:07,520 And those are another mystery unto themselves. 127 00:10:09,380 --> 00:10:13,960 We have shipwrecks from every nationality that traversed the Atlantic 128 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:15,040 three, four centuries. 129 00:10:15,580 --> 00:10:17,560 And so we're surrounded by a lot of riddles. 130 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,780 In fact, two of the Triangle's greatest riddles... 131 00:10:23,290 --> 00:10:26,970 took place over 600 miles away from the Sargasso Sea. 132 00:10:31,930 --> 00:10:38,550 In 1918, the USS Cyclops, a World War I ship, vanished in the 133 00:10:38,550 --> 00:10:44,310 Triangle without a trace, taking 306 crew members and passengers along with 134 00:10:46,230 --> 00:10:49,130 No remains have been found to this day. 135 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:55,640 It was the largest non -combat related loss of life in U .S. naval history. 136 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,440 And it led some to suggest that there could be supernatural forces at work in 137 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:02,440 the Bermuda Triangle. 138 00:11:03,860 --> 00:11:07,620 Especially when combined with this story from 30 years before. 139 00:11:09,700 --> 00:11:15,500 In 1881, a ship called the Ellen Austin was on a voyage through the same area of 140 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:18,640 the triangle when it crossed paths with another vessel. 141 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:27,120 Strangely, this other ship was completely empty, with not a single soul 142 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,120 board. 143 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,580 Some of the Ellen Austin's crew transferred to the abandoned ghost ship 144 00:11:33,580 --> 00:11:34,580 it to safety. 145 00:11:35,140 --> 00:11:37,920 The two ships were separated by a large storm. 146 00:11:39,020 --> 00:11:43,880 When the Ellen Austin finally caught up, the ghost ship was once again empty. 147 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,660 All the crew members had vanished. 148 00:11:50,830 --> 00:11:53,090 And we say, you know, is it the supernatural? 149 00:11:53,490 --> 00:11:56,150 You know, are there supernatural phenomenon occurring in Bermuda? And I 150 00:11:56,150 --> 00:11:58,850 say, yeah, Bermuda is a supernatural place. 151 00:12:00,630 --> 00:12:03,470 Others believe the answer is more scientific. 152 00:12:05,330 --> 00:12:09,250 One of the theories is this notion of rogue waves. These waves that sort of 153 00:12:09,250 --> 00:12:13,630 into a rhythm of the sort and can create a wave that literally throws itself 154 00:12:13,630 --> 00:12:18,950 much higher than normal, appearing out of nowhere and creating very difficult 155 00:12:18,950 --> 00:12:19,950 situations. 156 00:12:23,210 --> 00:12:27,010 You also have theory of the methyl hydrates, so the bubbles coming up and 157 00:12:27,010 --> 00:12:29,930 creating essentially a hole in the ocean ships would fall into. 158 00:12:32,010 --> 00:12:36,110 Certainly you would expect an area that has all these different forces coming 159 00:12:36,110 --> 00:12:38,110 together to have a higher degree of risk. 160 00:12:38,350 --> 00:12:42,930 And navigating those risks is a greater challenge here than it might be 161 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:43,930 elsewhere. 162 00:12:44,770 --> 00:12:48,890 Each of these science -based theories seems plausible enough on its own. 163 00:12:50,390 --> 00:12:56,070 But algae mats, rogue waves, and even ghost ships still can't solve the entire 164 00:12:56,070 --> 00:12:57,070 mystery. 165 00:12:57,690 --> 00:13:03,190 Because whatever might be happening in the Bermuda Triangle goes way beyond the 166 00:13:03,190 --> 00:13:04,190 water. 167 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:07,250 Now we're going to go to a place that isn't actually a shipwreck. It's 168 00:13:07,250 --> 00:13:08,250 the wreck of an airplane. 169 00:13:10,330 --> 00:13:13,910 You know, the Bermuda Triangle isn't just about shipwrecks. It's also about, 170 00:13:13,910 --> 00:13:17,030 know, anomalies that influence not just ships, but aircraft and things like 171 00:13:17,030 --> 00:13:18,030 that. 172 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:27,220 The wreck of the KB Hayes bomber. It has this incredible juxtaposition of, you 173 00:13:27,220 --> 00:13:31,300 know, the height of sort of human technology and nature. You know, the 174 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:35,980 kind of taking over these aluminum and stainless steel engine parts, parts of 175 00:13:35,980 --> 00:13:40,100 the plane, and has a really interesting kind of contrast going on. 176 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:47,380 The story of this bomber, which went down in 1961, only adds to the mystery 177 00:13:47,380 --> 00:13:48,380 the Bermuda Triangle. 178 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:55,340 Clearly, underwater plant life wasn't responsible, and neither was the 179 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 This plane, in fact, went down on a very clear day. 180 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,580 They experienced engine trouble, but we don't have the answers to it all. 181 00:14:09,740 --> 00:14:10,920 It was a lot of plane. 182 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:14,860 The most striking thing are the struts, like the landing gear and things like 183 00:14:14,860 --> 00:14:15,860 that. 184 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,220 You know, it's a stark reminder that it didn't land. 185 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:24,680 It kind of is a very kind of emotionally jarring wreck because it's something we 186 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:25,920 can all relate to. These are airplanes. 187 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,000 These are things that are really not supposed to be underwater. 188 00:14:29,260 --> 00:14:32,680 And seeing elements of a plane underwater has a completely different 189 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:33,419 about it. 190 00:14:33,420 --> 00:14:37,860 But the question remains, what could be behind this tragic accident? 191 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:45,680 Whatever the cause may be, for Khalif and many other citizens of Bermuda, they 192 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,420 are confident that something unexplainable... 193 00:14:48,620 --> 00:14:49,620 is happening here. 194 00:14:51,660 --> 00:14:54,100 People have a lot of different theories about the Bermuda Triangle. 195 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,340 People love this mystique. 196 00:14:56,580 --> 00:14:59,160 There is an attraction to the unexplainable. 197 00:15:00,660 --> 00:15:03,480 You know, there's no question that there's something really special about 198 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:04,480 Bermuda Triangle. 199 00:15:04,580 --> 00:15:08,300 And, you know, I'm sure as we move forward, we're going to find lots of 200 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:09,780 explanations for things that have happened. 201 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:14,460 But having a good mystery out there is actually pretty cool. 202 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,760 Thanks to researchers like Philippe, we're finding more and more of the 203 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:28,040 Triangle's ship and airplane wrecks, which will hopefully provide new leads 204 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,720 the cause of the area's dangers. 205 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:36,660 But there are many vessels that are still unaccounted for, including what 206 00:15:36,660 --> 00:15:39,820 be the Triangle's most mysterious loss of all. 207 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:45,340 Six airplanes all vanished on the same day in an incident. 208 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:47,480 known as Flight 19. 209 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:55,720 On December 5th, 1945, just a few months after the end of World War II, 210 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:02,300 14 airmen boarded five planes in Florida and flew off over the Atlantic. 211 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:09,900 But soon after entering the Bermuda Triangle, the airmen became mysteriously 212 00:16:09,900 --> 00:16:10,900 disoriented. 213 00:16:14,410 --> 00:16:18,530 Despite their high -level skills and some of the day's most technologically 214 00:16:18,530 --> 00:16:24,710 advanced aircraft, all five planes and all 14 people were lost, 215 00:16:24,950 --> 00:16:27,690 gone without a trace. 216 00:16:28,870 --> 00:16:31,250 But the tragedy doesn't end there. 217 00:16:31,630 --> 00:16:37,130 In a bizarre twist, a seaplane was sent out with 13 additional crew members on a 218 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:38,130 rescue mission. 219 00:16:38,870 --> 00:16:41,670 Shockingly, that plane disappeared as well. 220 00:16:42,330 --> 00:16:44,910 only 27 minutes into its voyage. 221 00:16:46,470 --> 00:16:52,330 What could have happened to these airplanes or the 1961 KB Hayes bomber? 222 00:16:52,710 --> 00:16:57,290 And is there any chance it relates to the area's shipwrecks? 223 00:17:01,030 --> 00:17:06,690 Could the Bermuda Triangle's combination of hidden algae and rogue waves be the 224 00:17:06,690 --> 00:17:08,390 cause of the area's many shipwreck? 225 00:17:10,069 --> 00:17:11,069 Perhaps. 226 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:16,200 But that doesn't explain why airplanes continue to go missing as well. 227 00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:22,020 What is it that's going on in the skies above this supposedly deadly stretch of 228 00:17:22,020 --> 00:17:23,020 ocean? 229 00:17:23,780 --> 00:17:30,120 Today, pilot and Bermuda Triangle enthusiast Jordy Klein hopes to fly in 230 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:34,820 find out. I feel that the legends of the Bermuda Triangle have quite a bit of 231 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:35,820 merit to them. 232 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,380 And the reason I say that is because... 233 00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:41,510 I've experienced it myself. 234 00:17:46,010 --> 00:17:50,690 Jordy grew up in Florida, close to the western border of the Bermuda Triangle, 235 00:17:50,810 --> 00:17:54,690 and he's been interested in the anomalies here for his entire life. 236 00:17:56,330 --> 00:18:01,630 My dad is also a pilot. I used to fly with him before I could even see over 237 00:18:01,630 --> 00:18:02,630 dashboard. 238 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:07,850 My dad was intrigued by the weird things that would happen in the Bermuda 239 00:18:07,850 --> 00:18:12,840 Triangle. And I can remember us flying to the Bahama Islands and, you know, all 240 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:13,900 over the Atlantic Ocean. 241 00:18:14,140 --> 00:18:18,300 And that's what sparked my interest in the Bermuda Triangle. 242 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:23,800 I guess you can say I'm a second -generation Bermuda Triangle survivor. 243 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:27,100 Following in his father's footsteps, 244 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:32,820 Jordy began flying through the Triangle on his own as soon as he got his pilot's 245 00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:34,380 license at age 17. 246 00:18:35,950 --> 00:18:40,830 I've flown in the Bermuda Triangle hundreds of times, and I've had 247 00:18:40,830 --> 00:18:41,930 strange experiences. 248 00:18:42,370 --> 00:18:46,810 I've flown on crystal clear days where bad weather came out of nowhere. 249 00:18:47,810 --> 00:18:53,530 I've had my compass go haywire. I've had my altimeter become erratic. 250 00:18:54,450 --> 00:18:57,050 And I've even experienced magnetic fog. 251 00:18:58,610 --> 00:19:03,150 Many pilots have described magnetic fog in the Bermuda Triangle. 252 00:19:03,820 --> 00:19:08,380 comparing it to a cloud that wraps itself around an airplane and follows 253 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,360 obscuring all visibility. 254 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:18,040 So the big difference between flying through a magnetic fog bank and a 255 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:23,580 fog bank is with a magnetic fog bank is that when you fly into it, you cannot 256 00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:26,400 rely on your vision nor your instruments. 257 00:19:27,340 --> 00:19:32,060 So given those two scenarios, there's countless numbers of bad things that 258 00:19:32,060 --> 00:19:33,060 happen. 259 00:19:33,390 --> 00:19:37,850 It's very disorienting. Aside from the aircraft instrument, I've turned my head 260 00:19:37,850 --> 00:19:43,850 quickly and I get vertigo. Almost like my internal compass is also affected by 261 00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:44,850 the magnetic fog. 262 00:19:46,030 --> 00:19:50,290 Could magnetic fog be at the root of the Triangle's many plane crashes, 263 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:53,590 including the disappearance of Flight 19? 264 00:19:54,570 --> 00:19:57,130 Jordy believes it's a definite possibility. 265 00:19:57,870 --> 00:20:01,610 It's one thing to be lost in a car where you can pull over. 266 00:20:02,220 --> 00:20:03,580 and look for directions. 267 00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:09,280 But if your only navigational source is the compass and it starts acting 268 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,360 erratically, you could be in trouble. 269 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:19,320 To further test his theory, today Jordy is taking a flight into the Bermuda 270 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,740 Triangle with our camera crew, using only his compass for navigation. 271 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,780 off the coast of Florida, where I've had most of my experiences with the Bermuda 272 00:20:31,780 --> 00:20:32,780 Triangle. 273 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:40,760 It's a dangerous proposition, but Jordy's plane does have a backup system 274 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:41,800 case things go wrong. 275 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:49,420 Today, we're going to go out in this 1949 aircraft, and it has pretty much 276 00:20:49,420 --> 00:20:52,400 same instruments as it did 70 years ago. 277 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,940 We're going to try to rely totally on those instruments today. 278 00:21:09,139 --> 00:21:14,320 This area is just a hotbed of aviation and marine wreckage. 279 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:42,840 the magnetic compass as if he ripped it off of the dash and he was holding it as 280 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,020 if he was like just praying for it to work. 281 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:51,980 Jordy's plane is currently two miles from where that fatal incident took 282 00:21:52,940 --> 00:21:58,520 If he can recreate a magnetic anomaly in the air today, he's confident this is 283 00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:59,520 where it will happen. 284 00:22:00,940 --> 00:22:05,080 Right now we're flying right over the island of Bimini. If you look on the 285 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:10,060 western shore here, You'll see the strange abnormalities in the water. 286 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:14,620 There's this really weird reef. It doesn't look like any other reef on 287 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,800 It, to me, looks man -made. 288 00:22:18,540 --> 00:22:22,440 And it's even more strange underwater than it is flying over it. 289 00:22:24,700 --> 00:22:29,460 Jordy and many other local pilots believe that the reef, known as Bimini 290 00:22:29,780 --> 00:22:33,000 contains a pyramid -shaped underwater formation. 291 00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:38,420 that could somehow be impacting the navigation of planes and boats in the 292 00:22:39,940 --> 00:22:42,500 The question is, how? 293 00:22:42,820 --> 00:22:45,960 A lot of the strange occurrences happen around this reef. 294 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:52,120 So whatever's going on down there, to me, that's just one of the biggest 295 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:56,060 of evidence that supports the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. 296 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,520 Look at that. 297 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:01,900 Look at the compass. 298 00:23:06,730 --> 00:23:07,770 The fog came out of nowhere. 299 00:23:10,450 --> 00:23:11,450 Whoa. 300 00:23:11,870 --> 00:23:13,650 My compass is going crazy. 301 00:23:19,490 --> 00:23:22,790 Can't see anything outside. 302 00:23:23,090 --> 00:23:23,729 Hold on. 303 00:23:23,730 --> 00:23:25,610 The fog came out of nowhere. 304 00:23:26,690 --> 00:23:28,650 This is what I'm talking about here. Look at this. 305 00:23:29,270 --> 00:23:32,510 My compass is going crazy, and now we're in turbulence. 306 00:23:33,610 --> 00:23:34,830 Very disorienting. 307 00:23:37,340 --> 00:23:43,180 Whoa! If I was a pilot relying only on this magnetic compass, I'd be freaking 308 00:23:43,180 --> 00:23:46,460 out right now, because I would have no idea what direction we're flying. 309 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,960 I can rely on my GPS to fly us out of it. 310 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,480 If I wasn't an experienced pilot, I might not be so calm right now. 311 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:16,160 With that compass spinning, I would have been very concerned without the GPS. 312 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:22,940 Jordy believes this magnetic interference could easily be responsible 313 00:24:22,940 --> 00:24:25,720 Bermuda Triangle's abnormally high death toll. 314 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:33,640 In the old days, when all you had to guide you was compass and sight, you 315 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,360 imagine. One mistake could have been catastrophic. 316 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:40,160 But that's what it was like 50 years ago. 317 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,900 Many people never make it out. 318 00:24:44,540 --> 00:24:48,980 With every successful flight he makes through the triangle, Jordy considers 319 00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:49,980 himself lucky. 320 00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:57,440 I fly all over the world, but the Bermuda Triangle is the only place I 321 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,000 all of these weird things happen. 322 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,320 And yet, Jordy continues to fly here. 323 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:09,140 committed to understanding more about what's going on and warning others about 324 00:25:09,140 --> 00:25:10,360 the potential dangers. 325 00:25:11,540 --> 00:25:16,320 With today's technology, things are much safer in the Bermuda Triangle. But 326 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:17,740 weird things still happen there. 327 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,980 And if you're not prepared for it, you can still get yourself into trouble. 328 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:30,200 Jordy's experiment suggests that there may indeed be a magnetic anomaly at work 329 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,280 in the Bermuda Triangle. 330 00:25:31,710 --> 00:25:37,490 We've also heard theories ranging from deadly gas leaks to unusual plant life 331 00:25:37,490 --> 00:25:40,030 rogue waves that can appear out of nowhere. 332 00:25:41,150 --> 00:25:45,070 Is there a chance that all of these could somehow be connected? 333 00:25:45,990 --> 00:25:50,370 Perhaps we should look into the accounts of one of the very first explorers to 334 00:25:50,370 --> 00:25:52,430 ever sail into the Bermuda Triangle. 335 00:25:54,570 --> 00:25:59,690 When Columbus entered this part of the Atlantic during his famous 1492 voyage, 336 00:26:00,030 --> 00:26:04,710 he reported erratic compass readings, the likes of which he'd never seen 337 00:26:05,890 --> 00:26:10,630 It's even more evidence that the triangle's powers could be magnetic in 338 00:26:11,790 --> 00:26:14,910 But Columbus spotted something else as well. 339 00:26:15,370 --> 00:26:21,010 He described strange lights and flames crashing across the surface of the 340 00:26:22,570 --> 00:26:25,150 What should we make of Columbus's account? 341 00:26:25,830 --> 00:26:31,310 Is there some type of phenomenon that combines fire and magnetism, and could 342 00:26:31,310 --> 00:26:35,390 be behind all the unusual activity here in the Bermuda Triangle? 343 00:26:36,370 --> 00:26:41,170 As we're about to find out, the answer to that question may be hiding right 344 00:26:41,170 --> 00:26:42,170 under our noses. 345 00:26:46,150 --> 00:26:51,070 The Bermuda Triangle has been feared as one of the ocean's deadliest areas for 346 00:26:51,070 --> 00:26:52,070 generations. 347 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:58,360 The question is, what could be going on in this storied region of the Atlantic 348 00:26:58,360 --> 00:26:59,360 Ocean? 349 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:07,440 So far, we've witnessed unusual plant growth, weather anomalies, flames across 350 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,380 the water, and issues of magnetism. 351 00:27:10,620 --> 00:27:11,660 Look at the compass. 352 00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:17,500 Whoa! But we have yet to identify the source of these dangerous phenomena. 353 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,820 Fortunately, we may be on the verge of a breakthrough. 354 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:27,760 Because deep -sea mineral prospector Nick Hutchings has spent years 355 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:33,800 Bermuda's geology, and he thinks he might have found the cause of all of the 356 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,360 triangle's destructive power. 357 00:27:39,260 --> 00:27:46,080 I was born in Bermuda, so I grew up curious what inspired a story like 358 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:47,400 the Bermuda Triangle. 359 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,400 So... We're on our way to Whalebone Bay where we can see some of the earliest 360 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,600 evidence of Bermuda's geological formations. 361 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:02,000 Like many islands, Bermuda was created by a volcano that dates back millions of 362 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,000 years. 363 00:28:04,140 --> 00:28:09,600 But according to Nick, Bermuda's volcano was unlike any other on Earth. 364 00:28:11,060 --> 00:28:15,960 The interesting thing about Bermuda is that it has a very unusual lava. 365 00:28:16,260 --> 00:28:18,440 The most recent research... 366 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,320 says that it's actually unique. 367 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,440 It hasn't been discovered anywhere else in the world. 368 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:30,540 Nick has spent years studying the composition of this lava, trying to 369 00:28:30,540 --> 00:28:32,480 the source of its unusual properties. 370 00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:39,840 When I started to look more closely, I started to learn that it's been 371 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,320 enriched in minerals. 372 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:47,220 including titanium dioxide and iron oxide, which have combined to make a 373 00:28:47,220 --> 00:28:48,740 called magnetite. 374 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:56,780 Magnetite is the most magnetic, naturally occurring mineral on Earth. 375 00:28:59,420 --> 00:29:05,380 Where Bermuda's volcanic rock is 18 to 20 % magnetite, Most soils only contain 376 00:29:05,380 --> 00:29:09,940 between 1 and 5 percent, so that's a big difference. You have more concentrated 377 00:29:09,940 --> 00:29:13,040 magnetite, you have more magnetism. 378 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:21,420 Volcanoes typically spew lava from the very top of the Earth's mantle, an 379 00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:23,520 average of 20 miles below the surface. 380 00:29:25,340 --> 00:29:30,720 The new study claims that when Bermuda was formed, a unique disturbance caused 381 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,220 magma to bubble up from much farther down. 382 00:29:34,570 --> 00:29:36,750 400 miles down, in fact. 383 00:29:38,530 --> 00:29:43,970 And according to Nick, the result is that Bermuda contains more magnetite 384 00:29:43,970 --> 00:29:45,830 any known island on the planet. 385 00:29:46,510 --> 00:29:51,890 An estimated volume of over 400 billion tons. 386 00:29:55,390 --> 00:30:00,290 Now, over time, that eroded away to the slopes of the volcano or the sides of 387 00:30:00,290 --> 00:30:02,410 the volcano and washed into the sea. 388 00:30:03,020 --> 00:30:08,980 And all of the magnetite that was in that volcanic rock is now deposited up 389 00:30:08,980 --> 00:30:11,800 120 miles in all directions around Bermuda. 390 00:30:13,580 --> 00:30:19,440 So even though Bermuda is just a tiny dot on the map, it's a very small 391 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,900 it is essentially one giant magnet. 392 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,440 Volcanic activity and highly magnetic rock. 393 00:30:29,230 --> 00:30:33,330 It sounds a lot like what Christopher Columbus reported on his first trip 394 00:30:33,330 --> 00:30:34,330 through the triangle. 395 00:30:35,230 --> 00:30:39,970 And studies have shown that a large magnetic field can enhance the growth 396 00:30:39,970 --> 00:30:42,930 patterns of certain plants, like sargassum. 397 00:30:44,410 --> 00:30:48,990 Could the magnetite be the source of all the mysterious weather and navigational 398 00:30:48,990 --> 00:30:53,230 anomalies experienced by travelers for centuries in the Bermuda Triangle? 399 00:30:55,090 --> 00:30:57,830 According to Nick, the answer is yes. 400 00:30:58,570 --> 00:31:03,530 What we have here is a really good example of the magnetite that's exposed 401 00:31:03,530 --> 00:31:04,530 the limestone. 402 00:31:05,610 --> 00:31:09,530 You can see it right through here and down there. And if you look carefully, 403 00:31:09,530 --> 00:31:12,210 can see a really good example of it layered in the rocks. 404 00:31:12,970 --> 00:31:18,890 If we move this compass over even the small amount of rock, it'll affect it. 405 00:31:21,250 --> 00:31:25,170 And you can see, as soon as this compass comes over the rock, it'll change 406 00:31:25,170 --> 00:31:26,810 magnetic north by several degrees. 407 00:31:30,540 --> 00:31:34,060 What we're seeing here is just the tip of the iceberg because Bermuda is 408 00:31:34,060 --> 00:31:35,780 surrounded by this kind of rock. 409 00:31:36,860 --> 00:31:42,160 Nick's calculations suggest the magnetite surrounding Bermuda is at 410 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,160 feet thick. 411 00:31:43,780 --> 00:31:48,920 So I think this massive deposit of magnetite, it can cause strange 412 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,000 boats and planes that are coming through the area. 413 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,780 If you pass a compass over even a small piece of magnetite, it can cause a blip. 414 00:31:56,220 --> 00:32:00,720 You can only imagine what 400 billion tons would do to a passing plane or 415 00:32:00,980 --> 00:32:07,540 One can easily imagine an ancient mariner when all of a sudden his one 416 00:32:07,540 --> 00:32:14,080 important tool that's helping him get back home would start to do weird stuff. 417 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:19,380 We even find this warning about magnetic anomalies in the Bermuda area on maps 418 00:32:19,380 --> 00:32:20,800 and admiralty charts. 419 00:32:21,060 --> 00:32:24,780 And of course, Bermuda's at the apex of the Bermuda Triangle. 420 00:32:27,630 --> 00:32:32,550 If Nick's theory is correct, all of the anomalies within the Bermuda Triangle 421 00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:37,210 and all of its heightened danger could come down to a question of magnetism. 422 00:32:37,870 --> 00:32:42,950 If that magnetic relationship is indeed the culprit, it sets up one more 423 00:32:42,950 --> 00:32:43,950 compelling mystery. 424 00:32:44,510 --> 00:32:50,930 In 1980, a 400 -foot auxiliary ship sank off the coast of Daytona Beach 425 00:32:50,930 --> 00:32:55,930 here, in a location 250 miles north of Miami. 426 00:32:56,970 --> 00:33:02,470 In 1991, a commuter flight crashed on the east coast of Georgia, here. 427 00:33:03,870 --> 00:33:10,230 And in 2018, a Piper PA -31 aircraft took off from South Carolina, headed for 428 00:33:10,230 --> 00:33:11,230 the Bahamas. 429 00:33:11,630 --> 00:33:17,030 100 miles off the coast, in this location, the pilot made an emergency 430 00:33:17,030 --> 00:33:18,030 to divert the plane. 431 00:33:18,890 --> 00:33:22,490 Afterwards, it was never seen or heard from again. 432 00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:29,150 These wrecks, and others like them, did not take place within the Bermuda 433 00:33:29,150 --> 00:33:35,730 Triangle. Instead, as you can see, they form a path that leads over 1 ,000 miles 434 00:33:35,730 --> 00:33:36,730 to the northwest. 435 00:33:37,690 --> 00:33:43,710 But a new theory is emerging, which could not only explain this path, but 436 00:33:43,710 --> 00:33:45,650 have major implications for the future. 437 00:33:46,330 --> 00:33:52,530 The question is, what if the Bermuda Triangle as we know it is on the moon? 438 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:00,860 The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle may finally be close to being solved. 439 00:34:03,620 --> 00:34:08,699 Experts have theorized that the area's high concentration of magnetite could be 440 00:34:08,699 --> 00:34:13,060 causing interference with the Earth's magnetic field, leading to weather 441 00:34:13,060 --> 00:34:17,320 anomalies, dangerous algae growth, and problems with navigation. 442 00:34:19,540 --> 00:34:24,320 If that's the case, then the issue lies much deeper than the ocean floor. 443 00:34:25,929 --> 00:34:28,730 It lies at the very core of our planet. 444 00:34:29,530 --> 00:34:34,750 And according to geophysics professor Dr. Justin Revenoff, a potentially 445 00:34:34,750 --> 00:34:38,469 catastrophic magnetic shift is happening there right now. 446 00:34:43,489 --> 00:34:47,610 My interest in the Earth's magnetic field began when I was in college. 447 00:34:48,090 --> 00:34:53,409 Because of a big solar storm, the northern lights moved further down from 448 00:34:53,409 --> 00:34:54,409 poles than usual. 449 00:34:54,989 --> 00:34:59,990 And I thought it was amazing, and as a result, I've kept tabs on the magnetic 450 00:34:59,990 --> 00:35:04,010 field through the rest of my life. What it's doing right now is unusual. 451 00:35:04,890 --> 00:35:10,810 What it's doing is moving, and it might be taking the Bermuda Triangle right 452 00:35:10,810 --> 00:35:11,810 along with it. 453 00:35:16,350 --> 00:35:19,450 So here we're looking down on the north pole of the planet. 454 00:35:19,690 --> 00:35:21,690 Geographic north lies right there. 455 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:26,420 Shown in the colored dots are the position of magnetic north over time. 456 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:33,360 We start down here in 1900, moving steadily northward slowly until 457 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:38,000 about 1990, at which point it started moving much more quickly. At the present 458 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,080 day, it's moving at a rate of 35 miles per year to the north and west. 459 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:47,040 If that motion continues, it'll cross the Arctic Ocean and work its way into 460 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:48,040 Russia. 461 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:56,680 The question is, If the Bermuda Triangle features a deadly magnetic anomaly, how 462 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,460 might it be impacted by the planet's magnetic shift? 463 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:06,280 We've already seen evidence of increasingly frequent plane and boat 464 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:10,000 disappearances to the northwest of the current triangle. 465 00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:16,340 Underwater, Bermuda's magnetite deposits are also drifting in the same 466 00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:19,600 direction. Could this simply be a coincidence? 467 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:26,100 One thing's for sure, the magnetic shift is having a significant impact. 468 00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:32,420 The average person has no idea that magnetic north is moving. Why should 469 00:36:32,580 --> 00:36:37,420 You can't see it, you don't feel it. That affects the navigation of ships and 470 00:36:37,420 --> 00:36:38,420 airplanes. 471 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:42,580 It's a problem that sounds a lot like what could be happening in the Bermuda 472 00:36:42,580 --> 00:36:47,900 Triangle. Except now, it's beginning to occur on a global scale. 473 00:36:50,730 --> 00:36:56,230 These changes are requiring us to update maps and software to accommodate the 474 00:36:56,230 --> 00:37:01,570 shifts in the poles that are necessary to make sure that GPS and compass -based 475 00:37:01,570 --> 00:37:04,150 navigation continues to be accurate. 476 00:37:05,150 --> 00:37:10,090 But according to Dr. Revenaugh, there could be even greater consequences for 477 00:37:10,090 --> 00:37:11,090 life on Earth. 478 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:17,080 The Earth's magnetic field acts like a force field. If you think about the Star 479 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:22,200 Trek USS Enterprise, when they would be shot by lasers and photon weapons would 480 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:24,300 be deflected away from the spacecraft. 481 00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:29,720 Star Trek didn't pull this out of thin air. Our planet's magnetic field is 482 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:34,280 protecting us from base weather, solar radiation, solar winds. 483 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:39,600 If they reached the Earth in full numbers, it could shut down electrical 484 00:37:39,660 --> 00:37:45,260 gas and oil pipelines, cellular and satellite communication, television, 485 00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:50,280 aircraft flights, and potentially other things that we haven't even thought 486 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:54,740 about. It won't happen overnight, but we are seeing signs that it could happen 487 00:37:54,740 --> 00:37:55,740 rather soon. 488 00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:03,740 Dr. Revenaugh has a simple way to illustrate this effect. 489 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:09,340 So to understand what might happen at first magnetic field where we can, we're 490 00:38:09,340 --> 00:38:10,340 going to look at a microwave. 491 00:38:10,620 --> 00:38:14,660 Microwave creates radiation of its own kind that we can use to heat water, cook 492 00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:19,420 food. We're protected from that by the casing and the grill on the front of the 493 00:38:19,420 --> 00:38:23,740 microwave. So imagine what would happen if we put a cell phone inside. 494 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:29,000 Out here, it's protected from the radiation inside the microwave. But if I 495 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,140 it in, that protection is not going to be there anymore. 496 00:38:33,550 --> 00:38:35,330 It's going to feel its effects entirely. 497 00:38:36,590 --> 00:38:37,590 Hit start. 498 00:38:42,010 --> 00:38:43,010 Look at that. 499 00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:50,710 It only took about five seconds, and look at that. The radiation inside there 500 00:38:50,710 --> 00:38:53,410 completely fried the electronics. It's shot. 501 00:38:53,970 --> 00:38:58,490 Still cool to the touch, though. It wasn't that it heated up. It was that 502 00:38:58,490 --> 00:39:00,670 electronics were shorted out by the radiation. 503 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:07,500 What if this happened worldwide and our communications, compass and GPS 504 00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:12,400 navigation, radar and safety tracking all cease to function? 505 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,300 We basically would be thrown back 300 years. 506 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:20,080 It wouldn't quite be the Stone Age, but it wouldn't be the modern world we've 507 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:21,140 become accustomed to. 508 00:39:22,020 --> 00:39:26,200 But Justin believes that there are steps we can take to prevent this scenario. 509 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:31,820 To fix this would require building physical protections for many parts of 510 00:39:31,820 --> 00:39:35,580 infrastructure. It's not a coding issue. It's not a software fix. 511 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,440 It's an infrastructure issue. 512 00:39:37,660 --> 00:39:42,100 Cell phone towers, electrical grids, pipelines, all need to be rebuilt or 513 00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:44,660 modified to be protected from solar radiation. 514 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:50,500 Unless we can build these protections in time, it won't matter if the Bermuda 515 00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:52,100 Triangle is moving or not. 516 00:39:53,070 --> 00:39:57,070 because its alleged effects could soon impact the entire world. 517 00:40:02,450 --> 00:40:07,590 Scholars like Dr. Revena are currently trying to identify all of the issues 518 00:40:07,590 --> 00:40:09,170 a magnetic shift could cause. 519 00:40:09,950 --> 00:40:14,410 After that, they'll still need to convince governments, private companies, 520 00:40:14,410 --> 00:40:18,870 engineers to shore up our infrastructure before it's too late. 521 00:40:19,810 --> 00:40:24,400 As for the Bermuda Triangle, if it is moving northwest as we proposed. 522 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:30,760 Thankfully, it remains an isolated area, just 500 ,000 square miles on the 523 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:34,060 surface of a nearly 200 million square mile planet. 524 00:40:34,740 --> 00:40:40,240 But if we don't plan for the future, the entire world may one day become a 525 00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:45,760 Bermuda Triangle, a place where safe navigation of the seas and skies can no 526 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:46,760 longer be possible. 527 00:40:48,270 --> 00:40:52,830 In other words, we must continue moving forward in the same spirit as the 528 00:40:52,830 --> 00:40:54,990 Bermuda Triangle's first explorers. 529 00:40:56,350 --> 00:41:00,990 Sometimes, the only way out of a predicament is to head straight through. 530 00:41:02,110 --> 00:41:04,190 The search continues. 48215

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