1976, October 13/15
SYLVIA L. OSSA - A 590 foot ore carrier disappeared approximately 140 miles west of Bermuda with a crew of 37
"The Changing Seaway" - Alfred F. Sagon-King & Skip Gillham
Originally named MARATHONIAN the SYLVIA L. OSSA operated under Panamanian registry and disappeared in heavy
seas west of Bermuda between October 13th and 15th. -
1991, August 28
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC AIRBUS - Makes emergency landing due to turbulence
Reuters
Hamilton, Bermuda, Aug 28 -- An American Airlines Inc Airbus made an emergency landing in Bermuda today after an
air pocket sent the aircraft plunging 1,000 feet, injuring about 30 people, passengers said. About 170 people were on
board Flight 1473 from New York (John F. Kennedy) International Airport to San Juan (Luis Munoz Morin) International
Airport, Puerto Rico, when it hit severe turbulence over the Atlantic. About 30 were treated at Bermuda hospitals for injuries,
including bruises and broken bones. The most serious cases involved three patients who suffered heart problems. One of
them was still in intensive care in hospital about six hours later, hospital spokesmen said. The aircraft's captain radioed to
Bermuda to alert ground crews for an emergency landing after the aircraft finally righted itself, airport officials said. -- .
1993, March 13
CHARLEY'S CRAB, CHARLES MUER - Restaurateur Charles Muer, his wife Betty and friends
George and Lynn Drummey disappear between the Bahamas and Florida on the Muer's 40 foot
ketch Charley's Crab in 30 foot seas with 70 mph winds in what is later referred to as
"the storm of the century". No trace of victims or wreckage was recovered.
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1994, November 28
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC AIRBUS A300 - Battered by clear air turbulence over Martinique
Reuters
San Juan, PR, Nov 28 -- More than 40 people were injured, six seriously, when their American Airlines Inc Airbus A300 ran
into unexpected turbulence over the Caribbean today. A spokesman for the Dallas-based airline said 212 passengers and
nine crew members were on board Flight 1218 at about 1830, EST (2330, UTC), when the aircraft left Bridgetown Airport,
Barbados, for San Juan International Airport on the first leg of a trip to Boston. The aircraft encountered a pocket of clear air
turbulence, or turbulence not caused by a storm, above the island of Martinique, about 370 miles south-east of San Juan,
and dropped abruptly shortly after reaching its cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. "I gather some of the passengers and flight
attendants were thrown around the cabin," said airline spokesman Don Bedwell. Forty-six people were taken to three San
Juan hospitals for observation, treatment of head wounds and other injuries including coffee burns. The spokesman said
about six people sustained serious, but not life-threatening, injuries. -- .
1995, March 20/24
JAMANIC K - A motor vessel (mv) of 357 gross tons, lost in route from Cape Haitian to Miami
Lloyd's Agents / Lloyd's Casualty List
London, Mar 24 -- Following received from Coast Guard Miami, timed 1451, UTC: Mv Jamanic K. (357 gt, built 1943)
overdue Cap Haitian to Miami since Mar 20. Honduran registry. --
1995, June 25
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC FLIGHT 207 - Flight encounters clear air turbulence
United Press International
San Juan, June 25 -- Twenty-two passengers on a flight to Puerto Rico were injured today when air turbulence caused violent
movements on the aircraft in which they were travelling. Continental Airlines Inc Flight 207, which was carrying 257 passengers
from Newark, New Jersey, to San Juan, experienced the turbulence at about the mid-point of the flight. Authorities in the Puerto
Rican capital were advised, and emergency medical workers were waiting at the San Juan airport on the aircraft's arrival to help
treat the injured. Herman Sulsona, the head of the Puerto Rico Port Authority, said the problem was caused by "clear air turbulence,
a phenomenon of turbulence which can't be predicted because it doesn't show up on the radars." Sulsona said most of the 22
people injured, mainly young adults and children, suffered only minor bruises, but that four had neck injuries. Most were brought to
San Juan hospitals. Jose Rodriguez, a passenger on the flight, said in reports in San Juan that when the aircraft experienced the
turbulence, it dropped suddenly and then suddenly rose up again, causing passengers to fly from their seats.
-- .
1996, October, 14
INTREPID - A 65 foot yacht missing thirty miles off Fort Pierce, Florida after issuing a quick MAYDAY.
Reuters
Miami, Oct 14 -- Sixteen people were missing after reporting last night that they were abandoning their sinking yacht
off Fort Pierce, Florida, the Coast Guard said today. The Coast Guard said yacht Intrepid, 65-foot length, sent out
a distress call saying she was sinking and everyone on board was escaping on a life raft. The Coast Guard said four
aircraft searched all night for the life raft and today two aircraft and a cutter were still looking for her, about 30 miles off
Fort Pierce, on Florida's east coast north of Palm Beach. The Coast Guard said seas in the area were rough with waves
up to seven feet high. -- .
Reuters
Miami, Oct 14 -- The US Coast Guard gave up the search today for 16 people who went missing after reporting last night
they were abandoning sinking yacht Intrepid off Fort Pierce, Florida, a Coast Guard spokesman said. The Coast Guard
said the crew of Intrepid, sent out a distress call saying she was sinking and everyone on board was escaping on a life raft.
They had no information of the yacht's home port or nationality of the crew. Coast Guard Lt. Robert Engle said the search
was suspended late this afternoon, after crews had searched 6,000 sq. miles of water about 30 miles off Fort Pierce, on
Florida's east coast north of Palm Beach. -- .
1996, January 17
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC AIRBUS A300 - Hit by heavy turbulence over the Bahamas
United Press International
San Juan, PR, Jan 17 -- Twenty-six passengers were injured today when an American Airlines Inc Airbus A300 hit heavy
turbulence over the Bahamas on a flight from Miami to Puerto Rico, officials said. Flight 869 was 100 miles east of Nassau,
in the Bahamas, when it struck the severe turbulence at 33,000 feet, aviation authorities said. American Airlines spokesman
Gus Whitcom said three of the injured were badly hurt, and were rushed to hospitals after the plane landed at Puerto Rico's
Luis Munoz Marin International Airport this afternoon. Two were placed on stretchers, with neck braces, and transported by
helicopter to the Ashford Hospital in the Condado tourist zone. A 10-month-old baby was also taken to the hospital with a
suspected broken collarbone. Twelve others were taken to hospitals for checks, while 11 suffered only minor injuries. All
received treatment on board the aircraft, which was carrying 268 passengers and nine crew members. Witnesses said most
of the injuries in the head, neck and back areas. The mother of the baby, who identified herself only as Mrs. Maxwell, said "I
had him on my lap, and suddenly, the turbulence tossed him into the air inside the cabin." -- .
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1999, April 15
MISS FERNANDINA - An 85 foot shrimp trawler lost off Flagler Beach, Florida
Lloyd's Agents / Lloyd's Casualty List
London, Apr 23 -- A Press report, dated Port Canaveral Apr 22, states: A U.S. Coast Guard search for missing
85-ft shrimp trawler Miss Fernandina, and her four-member crew was called off last night after six days of
round-the-clock air and water searches. Miss Fernandina left Port Canaveral early Thursday (Apr 15) morning. That night,
the vessel's owner and master called a fellow shrimper to request assistance because his nets had become tangled in his
propeller. The master, Kenny Jones, 39, of Fernandina Beach, said the vessel was also experiencing electrical difficulty
and listing slightly. When the other vessel arrived at the reported location of Miss Fernandina, 65 miles east of Flagler
Beach, there was no sign of the shrimper or her crew. Seas were running 6 to 8 feet and winds were 25 miles per hour
in the area, the Coast Guard reported. The Coast Guard launched its search next morning. During the 136 hours of
searching, three Coast Guard vessels, one jet, 10 other planes and four helicopters were used to scour a 75,000-square
mile area. The search was called off yesterday at nightfall with Mayport commander Lt. Cmdr. James Rendon saying
they had "exhausted all efforts." A Coast Guard plane spotted what was thought to be debris from the vessel Tuesday.
Two people were also seen in the water, floating face down. Neither made any response to the plane's repeated efforts
to rouse them. The plane, low on fuel, used a marker to help identify the spot, refueled and returned to the search with
additional vessels and aircraft. The marker was located, but the bodies have not been seen again.
1999, April 23
GENESIS - A motor vessel (mv) of 196 gross tons that disappeared in route from Port of Spain, Trinidad to St. Vincent
Lloyd's Agents / Lloyd's Casualty List
Port of Spain, May 12 -- A local press report, dated today, states: M research vessel Genesis (196 gt, built 1967),
Trinidad for St. Vincent with 465 tons of cargo, including concrete slabs, bricks and water tanks, has disappeared
without a trace. The vessel, with three crew, is believed to have sunk about 21 miles off the coast of St. Vincent.
The vessel sailed Port of Spain Apr 23. Coast Guard sources said the Genesis radioed a nearby vessel, MV Survivor,
around 1730 hrs, saying their bilge pump had pulled in a rag and that they were switching to the gas pump to rectify
the situation. The vessel has not been heard from or seen since. After days of searches by the Coast Guard covering
33,100 square miles both in and out of local waters, the men are now feared dead. International Freight Consolidators
Ltd at Independence Square, Port of Spain, are the agents for the vessel. --
1999, June 14
CESSNA 210 - Drops off radar from Freeport to Nassau
Lloyd's Agents / Lloyd's Casualty List
London, Jun 14 -- Following received from Coast Guard Miami, dated Jun 11: The crew of a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk
helicopter is searching for two people after their single-engine airplane disappeared from the radar screen, about three
miles north of Great Harbor Cay, Bahamas. The Nassau Air Traffic Control Tower notified the Coast Guard Command
Center in Miami at 1447, today, that a Cessna 210 was missing. The aircraft was en route to Freeport, Bahamas from Nassau.
The aircraft reportedly had six lifejackets on board. --
1999, July 8
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES BOEING 737-800 - Forced to make emergency landing in Bermuda due to turbulence
Reuters
Hamilton, Bermuda, Jul 8 -- Dozens of people on a Continental Airlines flight suffered minor injuries when their
Boeing 737-800 ran into severe turbulence over the Atlantic and was forced to make an emergency landing in
Bermuda today, officials said. Continental Flight 743, en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Newark, New
Jersey, with 159 people on board, was flying about 180 miles southeast of Bermuda at about 29,000 feet when
it hit the turbulence, an airline spokeswoman said. Fifty-nine passengers and all four flight attendants on board
were taken to Bermuda's King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, and four were being
held for observation, a hospital spokeswoman said. "The majority of them are complaining of neck pain and neck
injuries, and there are bruises and scrapes," hospital spokeswoman Sheila Manderson said. The plane left Newark
at 1220, EDT, with 153 passengers and six crew members aboard. It made its emergency landing at Bermuda
International Airport at about 1604, Atlantic time, she said. Passengers who were not injured were being taken to
local hotels and would continue their trip to Puerto Rico tomorrow Continental spokeswoman Karla Villalone said.
"Obviously, we're checking out the plane as a precaution, and we'll bring in a new plane overnight to take the
passengers on to San Juan," she said. -- .
2001, March 26
COMAIR FLIGHT 5054 - Ice damage on the flight from Nassau to Orlando, Florida
Reuters
Washington, Mar 26 -- A Comair aircraft with 25 passengers on board rolled from side and side and dived steeply last week
after the crew reported a build-up of ice on the aircraft, safety investigators said today. The aircraft landed safely in West Palm
Beach, Florida, and no one was injured, but key tail components of the Brazilian-made Embraer-120 propeller-driven aircraft
sustained serious damage, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report on the Mar 19 incident. Comair Flight
5054 from Nassau, Bahamas, to Orlando, Florida, was at 18,000 feet when ice covered the aircraft's windshield. When the
windshield was clear, the crew noticed a build-up of ice on components of the right engine and wing, the safety board said in
its report. The crew turned on the aircraft's anti-icing systems to their highest settings. The aircraft, which had been travelling
at 200 knots, began to lose speed, which could not be increased with more power and corrective maneuvers. The flight data
recorder showed that while travelling around 130 knots the aircraft rolled to the left and almost back to level. The aircraft then
rolled to the left again before almost leveling off and then to the right before coming back to near level once more. The EMB-120
then rolled sharply to its right and began a steep descent. According to the crew, a key flight instrument that delivers information
about the vertical position of the nose was not working properly during the roll and dive. At 10,000 feet, the aircraft leveled off
and was diverted to West Palm Beach. It landed without incident about 12 minutes after the rolling began. The crew reported
the aircraft's systems, including its ice detection and anti-ice systems, functioned normally before the incident. -- .
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Disappearances and Strange Occurrences - 1951 to 1975
1951, October 3-4
SAO PAULO - Brazilian Warship, De-commisioned
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin.
1953, February 2
BRITISH YORK - Transport plane
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1954, October 30
NAVY SUPER CONSTELLATION - From Patuxent River Naval Air Station to the Azores
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1954, December 5 top
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS - Converted navy LST
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
Refers to the date as December 7th.
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Reports that the cargo was a load of Sulfur.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
United States Coast Guard Report - SOUTHERN DISTRICTS - a-8 Bd
The SOUTHERN DISTRICTS, propelled by internal combustion engines, of 3338 g.t., a former U. S. Navy LST, built in Leavenworth, Kansas
in 1944 and converted during 1949 for the carriage of bulk cargo in coastwise merchant service, departed from Port Sulphur, Louisiana, on
2 December 1954 with a full load of bulk sulphur destined for Bucksport, Maine. At 1530 on 5 December 1954 the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS
was in radio communication with WOE RCA Station and at approximately the same time was overtaken and passed by the GULF KEYS.
During the night of 5 December off the Florida and Carolina coasts the wind from a southeasterly direction reached force 7, shifting the next
day to a northerly, force 8, accompanied by squalls with gusts of force 9 and rough seas. The weather conditions moderated on 7 December.
The SOUTHERN DISTRICTS was expected to arrive at Bucksport on 7 or 8 December and the master was to report 72 hours in advance of
the estimated time of arrival. No word was received from nor was the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS sighted and identified at any time subsequent
to 1600 5 December 1954. The owners, after making due allowance for bad weather, endeavored on 9 December 1954 to communicate with
the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS by radio. At 2130 11 December, the owners informed the Coast Guard of their failure to reach or receive word
from the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS, whereupon the Coast Guard instituted a communications, surface and air search which continued until
20 December with negative results. It is evident that the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS was overcome by casualty sometime after 1600 5 December
1954 and that her entire crew comprising 23 officers and seamen, perished with the vessel. Ernest M. Rowe, Master - Thomas B. Roane,
Chief Mate - James B. Downing, 2nd Mate - Dwight L. Hudson, 3rd Mate - George G Folk, Radio Operator - Walter H. Jennette, Chief Engineer -
Elbano Opffer, 1st Asst. Engineer - Marvin L. Carder, 2nd Asst. Engineer - Cecil L. Parrish Jr., 3rd Asst. Engineer - James B. Sellers, AB -
Wladyslau Hinc, AB - Satinios Gelardlinos, O.S. - John Daniels, O.S. - Victoriano R. Martinez, 2nd Cook - William T. Cooper, Oiler - James
H. Brandon, Messman - Louie B. Cook, Oiler - F. J. Farneigho Jr., Messman - Herbert Klotz, AB - Purdon A. Morris, Oiler - Thomas T. Nichols,
AB - Billy E. Nolan, AB - S. B. Thomas, Chief Cook.
1955, January
HOME SWEET HOME - Schooner
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1955, September 26
CONNEMARA IV - Motor yacht found abandoned
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1956 top
MARINE SKY RAIDER
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1956, November 9
NAVY PATROL BOMBER, MARTIN MARLIN, P5M - Twin engine patrol flying boat, 350 miles north of Bermuda.
no debris recovered, crew of 10.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1957
SANDRA - See also: 1950, June
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey
1958, January 1
REVONOC - A 44' yawl disappears in bad weather from Key West to the Caribean with Harvey Conover on board.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
Refers to the date as January 7th, 1958.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, Page 102
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, Page 144.
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PLANE - Unknown small plane over Nassau
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, Page 146
A report of a pilot of a small plane over Nassau who can not see the land he is over, but is seen and heard by those on the ground.
1962, January 8
PLANE, KB-50J AIR TANKER - Langley,Virginia to the Azores.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, Page 78
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, Page 39.
1962, April
PLANE, PIPER APACHE
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1963, February 4
MARINE SULFUR QUEEN - A 523' type T2-SE-A1 tanker with a load of molten sulfur.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 52
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche, Page 305
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, Page 132.
1963, July 2 top
SNO BOY - 63 foot chartered fishing boat lost with 55 on board, possible wreckage found.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, .
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche,
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1963, August 28
KC-135, 2 AIRPLANES - Two airplanes lost, possible mid-air collision.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche,
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1963, September 22
C-133 CARGOMASTER AIRPLANE - Lost between Dover, Delaware and the Azores.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
1964
CRYSTAL - Reported missing in 1964, found in July of 1968, 4 years after being reported missing.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, Page 69.
DANCING FEATHER - A 39 foot ketch.
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
1964, January 13 top
ENCHANTRESS - A 59 foot yacht that disappeared during bad weather and gale warnings approximatley 150 miles S/E of Charleston.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey.
1965, June 5
C-119 FLYING BOXCAR AIRPLANE - Lost from Homestead Air Base to Grand Turk.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
Reported to have a cargo of airplane parts.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1965, October 28
EL GATO - 45 foot catamaran houseboat.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1966, October 29
SOUTHERN CITIES - A 67 foot harbor tug lost in the Gulf of Mexico. The SOUTHERN CITIES had problems on three other occasions
causing the NTSB and Coast Guard to blame her lack of "seaworthiness" for her disappearance.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
National Transportation Safety Board
This accident was investigated by the U. S. Coast Guard. The Marine Board of Investigation was conducted in a public proceeding in Houston,
Texas, beginning November 14, 1966. The Coast Guard report of that investigation and the Commandant's action thereon is included in and made
a part of this report. The NTSB has considered those facts in the Cost Guard report and came to the following conclusion: The NTSB finds that
the basic cause of the accident with the attendant loss of life was the unseaworthiness of the vessel for it's employment. Vessels of this type,
designed for service on inland waters, are extremely vulnerable to the perils of the sea when operating on unsheltered waters and distant from
a harbor of safe refuge.
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
U. S. Coast Guard Report: 5943/SOUTHERN CITIES A-8 Bd, 17 January, 1968
The M/V SOUTHERN CITIES bound on a voyage to Tuxpan, Mexico was lost at sea in the Gulf of Mexico with six crewmembers on board
after having departed Freeport, Texas on the evening of 29 October 1966 towing loaded barge B-1800 on a hawser. other vessels in the Gulf
of Mexico reported winds from the Northwest at 30 to 40 knots with seas 91/2 to 13 feet. The last communication was received from SOUTHERN
CITIES at approximately 0630 (+6 zone time) on November 1 1966 when, in the morning report to the owner she indicated her position to be
latitude 24º 30' north, longitude 96º 40' west. The SOUTHERN CITIES failed to make her scheduled daily report on the morning of 2 November
1966. Although not yet overdue, when no position report was received from the SOUTHERN CITIES on the morning of 3 November 1966, the
owner reported to the U. S. Coast Guard rescue coordination center New Orleans, Louisiana that there had been no communication from
the vessel in the previous 48 hours and requested Coast Guard assistance in locating and establishing communication with the SOUTHERN
CITIES. A search was made along the probable route of the tow by a Coast Guard aircraft with negative results. When no report was received
from the SOUTHERN CITIES on November 4 1966 an intensive search by CG aircraft and a CG vessel was commenced at the request of the
vessels owner. The search, covering 84,600 square miles, continued until November 8, 1966. During the search, barge B-1800 was located
at 0833 on November 5 drifting approximately 105 miles north of Tuxpan, Mexico. The barge was undamaged with her cargo intact and the
tow line was still made fast. A life preserver, a broken section of the name board, and a ring buoy from SOUTHERN CITIES were later found
at various positions. No other debris or equipment was located None of the crew of six have ever been found. Grady A. Reynolds, Master -
Victor L. Benton, Mate - Clyde Wesley Sparkman, Engineer - George R. Johnson, Deckhand - Buddy Lee, Deckhand - Thomas E Rollins,
Deckhand.
1967, January 11, Also refered to as "Black Week"
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
CHASE YC-122 AIRPLANE - A cargo plane.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
LIGHT AIRPLANE - Piloted by Phillip Quigley.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
PIPER APACHE AIRPLANE - Piloted by John D. Walston.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
1967, January 12 top
PIPER APACHE AIRPLANE
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1967, January 14
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA AIRPLANE - Piloted by Robert Van Westerbork.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1967,December
WITCHCRAFT - A 23 foot cabin cruiser that disappeared a mile offshore of Miami near the number 7 buoy about 9pm.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1968, May 21 - On or about.
SCORPION, USN SUBMARINE - Number SSN 589, Skipjack class. This was the sixth Scorpion. It was laid down on August 20th,
1958, at Groton, Connecticut at the General Dynamics Corp. Electric Boat Division. The Scorpion launched on the 19th of December, 1959.
The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth S. Morrison and was commissioned on July 29th, 1960 under Commander Norman B. Bessac.
The Scorpion displaced 3,075 tons on the surface and 3,500 tons when submerged. The ships beam was 31' 7" and it's length was 251' 9".
The armament consisted of 6 torpedo tubes with a payload of ?? torpedoes
Assigned to Submarine Squadron 6, Division 62, Scorpion departed New London, Conn., on 24 August for a two-month deployment in
European waters. During that period, she participated in exercises with units of the 6th Fleet and of other NATO [North Atlantic Treaty
Organization] navies. After returning to New England in late October, she trained along the eastern seaboard until May 1961, then crossed
the Atlantic again for operations which took her into the summer. On 9 August, she returned to New London and, a month later, shifted
to Norfolk, Va.
With Norfolk her home port for the remainder of her career, Scorpion specialized in the development of nuclear submarine warfare tactics.
Varying her role from hunter to hunted, she participated in exercises which ranged along the Atlantic coast and in the Bermuda and
Puerto Rican operating areas; then, from June 1963 to May 1964, she interrupted her operations for an overhaul at Charleston, S.C.
Resuming duty off the eastern seaboard in late spring, she again interrupted that duty from 4 August to 8 October to make a transatlantic
patrol. In the spring of 1965, she conducted a similar patrol in European waters.
During the late winter and early spring of 1966, and again in the fall, she was deployed for special operations. Following the completion
of those assignments, her commanding officer received the Navy Commendation Medal for outstanding leadership, foresight, and professional
skill. Other Scorpion officers and men were cited for meritorious achievement.
On 1 February 1967, Scorpion entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for another extended overhaul. In late October, she commenced refresher
training and weapons system acceptance tests. Following type training out of Norfolk, she got underway on 15 February 1968 for a
Mediterranean deployment. She operated with the 6th Fleet, into May, and then headed west for home. On 21 May, she indicated her position
to be about 50 miles south of the Azores. Six days later, she was reported overdue at Norfolk.
A search was initiated, but, on 5 June, Scorpion and her crew were declared "presumed lost." Her name was struck from the Navy list on
30 June.
The search continued, however; and, at the end of October, the Navy's oceanographic research ship, Mizar (T-AGOR-11) located sections
of Scorpion's hull in more than 10,000 feet of water about 400 miles southwest of the Azores. Subsequently, the Court of Inquiry was
reconvened and other vessels, including the submersible Trieste were dispatched to the scene and collected a myriad of pictures and other data.
Although the cause of her loss is still not ascertainable, the most probable event was the inadvertent activation of the battery of a Mark 37
torpedo during a torpedo inspection. The torpedo, in a fully ready condition and without a propeller guard, then began a live "hot run" within
the tube. Released from the tube, the torpedo became fully armed and successfully engaged its nearest target, Scorpion. Alternatively, the
torpedo may have exploded in the tube owing to an uncontrollable fire in the torpedo room.
The explosion--recorded elsewhere as a very loud acoustic event--broke the boat into two major pieces, with the forward hull section, including
the torpedo room and most of the operations compartment, creating one impact trench while the aft section, including the reactor compartment
and engine room, created a second impact trench. The sail is detached and lies nearby in a large debris field.
Owing to the pressurized-water nuclear reactor in the engine room, deep ocean radiological monitoring operations were conducted in August
and September 1986. The site had been previously monitored in 1968 and 1979 and none of the samples obtained showed any evidence of
release of radioactivity.
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"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Cousteau Almanac" - Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
1969, March 3 top
BEECHCRAFT AIRPLANE
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
1969, MARCH 23
BEECHCRAFT AIRPLANE - Possibly the same as the March 3rd airplane. lost with Dr. James Horton and
Dr. Charles Griggs. A twin engine airplane lost en route from Kingston to Nassau.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1969, June 7
CESSNA 172 AIRPLANE - Lost with Miss Cascio and Mr. Rosen onboard. The pilot can not see land while flying over it,
but the plane is observed from the ground.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1969, July
TEIGNMOUTH ELECTRON - A 41 foot trimaran skipperd by Donald Crowhurst, found abandoned in mid atlantic.
No trace of Crowhurst was ever found.
Discovery of the TEIGNMOUTH ELECTRON
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
ABANDONED CRAFT - A 60' white hulled yacht found keel up several hundred miles N/E of Bermuda by the ship MAPLEBANK.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
1969, July 2 top
VAGABOND - Found abandoned by the GOLAR FROST in the mid atlantic.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1969, July 4
UNIDENTIFIED ABANDONED 35 FOOT YACHT - Sighted by the COTOPAXI
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
1969, July 8
ABANDONED CRAFT - 36 Foot upturned hull found by HELISOMA between the Azores and Portugal
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
1969, September
LIGHT TWIN ENGINE PLANE - Mr. and Mrs. Hector Guzman are listed on board.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, gives the month as October.
1969, November 2
SOUTHERN CROSS - Yacht discovered abandoned 10 miles N.E. of Cape May, New Jersey.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer,
SAO PAULO - Brazilian Warship, De-commisioned
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin.
1953, February 2
BRITISH YORK - Transport plane
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1954, October 30
NAVY SUPER CONSTELLATION - From Patuxent River Naval Air Station to the Azores
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1954, December 5 top
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS - Converted navy LST
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
Refers to the date as December 7th.
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Reports that the cargo was a load of Sulfur.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
United States Coast Guard Report - SOUTHERN DISTRICTS - a-8 Bd
The SOUTHERN DISTRICTS, propelled by internal combustion engines, of 3338 g.t., a former U. S. Navy LST, built in Leavenworth, Kansas
in 1944 and converted during 1949 for the carriage of bulk cargo in coastwise merchant service, departed from Port Sulphur, Louisiana, on
2 December 1954 with a full load of bulk sulphur destined for Bucksport, Maine. At 1530 on 5 December 1954 the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS
was in radio communication with WOE RCA Station and at approximately the same time was overtaken and passed by the GULF KEYS.
During the night of 5 December off the Florida and Carolina coasts the wind from a southeasterly direction reached force 7, shifting the next
day to a northerly, force 8, accompanied by squalls with gusts of force 9 and rough seas. The weather conditions moderated on 7 December.
The SOUTHERN DISTRICTS was expected to arrive at Bucksport on 7 or 8 December and the master was to report 72 hours in advance of
the estimated time of arrival. No word was received from nor was the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS sighted and identified at any time subsequent
to 1600 5 December 1954. The owners, after making due allowance for bad weather, endeavored on 9 December 1954 to communicate with
the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS by radio. At 2130 11 December, the owners informed the Coast Guard of their failure to reach or receive word
from the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS, whereupon the Coast Guard instituted a communications, surface and air search which continued until
20 December with negative results. It is evident that the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS was overcome by casualty sometime after 1600 5 December
1954 and that her entire crew comprising 23 officers and seamen, perished with the vessel. Ernest M. Rowe, Master - Thomas B. Roane,
Chief Mate - James B. Downing, 2nd Mate - Dwight L. Hudson, 3rd Mate - George G Folk, Radio Operator - Walter H. Jennette, Chief Engineer -
Elbano Opffer, 1st Asst. Engineer - Marvin L. Carder, 2nd Asst. Engineer - Cecil L. Parrish Jr., 3rd Asst. Engineer - James B. Sellers, AB -
Wladyslau Hinc, AB - Satinios Gelardlinos, O.S. - John Daniels, O.S. - Victoriano R. Martinez, 2nd Cook - William T. Cooper, Oiler - James
H. Brandon, Messman - Louie B. Cook, Oiler - F. J. Farneigho Jr., Messman - Herbert Klotz, AB - Purdon A. Morris, Oiler - Thomas T. Nichols,
AB - Billy E. Nolan, AB - S. B. Thomas, Chief Cook.
1955, January
HOME SWEET HOME - Schooner
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1955, September 26
CONNEMARA IV - Motor yacht found abandoned
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1956 top
MARINE SKY RAIDER
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1956, November 9
NAVY PATROL BOMBER, MARTIN MARLIN, P5M - Twin engine patrol flying boat, 350 miles north of Bermuda.
no debris recovered, crew of 10.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1957
SANDRA - See also: 1950, June
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey
1958, January 1
REVONOC - A 44' yawl disappears in bad weather from Key West to the Caribean with Harvey Conover on board.
 | Harvey Conover recieving sailing trophy.On the night of December 31, 1957/January 1, 1958, he, his son Larry, wife Dorothy and friend, Bill Fluegelman, left Key West for Miami. In the Revonoc. They were never seen again. |
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
Refers to the date as January 7th, 1958.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, Page 102
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, Page 144.
1962 top
PLANE - Unknown small plane over Nassau
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, Page 146
A report of a pilot of a small plane over Nassau who can not see the land he is over, but is seen and heard by those on the ground.
1962, January 8
PLANE, KB-50J AIR TANKER - Langley,Virginia to the Azores.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, Page 78
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, Page 39.
1962, April
PLANE, PIPER APACHE
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1963, February 4
MARINE SULFUR QUEEN - A 523' type T2-SE-A1 tanker with a load of molten sulfur.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 52
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche, Page 305
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, Page 132.
1963, July 2 top
SNO BOY - 63 foot chartered fishing boat lost with 55 on board, possible wreckage found.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, .
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche,
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1963, August 28
KC-135, 2 AIRPLANES - Two airplanes lost, possible mid-air collision.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche,
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1963, September 22
C-133 CARGOMASTER AIRPLANE - Lost between Dover, Delaware and the Azores.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
1964
CRYSTAL - Reported missing in 1964, found in July of 1968, 4 years after being reported missing.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, Page 69.
DANCING FEATHER - A 39 foot ketch.
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
1964, January 13 top
ENCHANTRESS - A 59 foot yacht that disappeared during bad weather and gale warnings approximatley 150 miles S/E of Charleston.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey.
1965, June 5
C-119 FLYING BOXCAR AIRPLANE - Lost from Homestead Air Base to Grand Turk.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
Reported to have a cargo of airplane parts.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1965, October 28
EL GATO - 45 foot catamaran houseboat.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1966, October 29
SOUTHERN CITIES - A 67 foot harbor tug lost in the Gulf of Mexico. The SOUTHERN CITIES had problems on three other occasions
causing the NTSB and Coast Guard to blame her lack of "seaworthiness" for her disappearance.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
National Transportation Safety Board
This accident was investigated by the U. S. Coast Guard. The Marine Board of Investigation was conducted in a public proceeding in Houston,
Texas, beginning November 14, 1966. The Coast Guard report of that investigation and the Commandant's action thereon is included in and made
a part of this report. The NTSB has considered those facts in the Cost Guard report and came to the following conclusion: The NTSB finds that
the basic cause of the accident with the attendant loss of life was the unseaworthiness of the vessel for it's employment. Vessels of this type,
designed for service on inland waters, are extremely vulnerable to the perils of the sea when operating on unsheltered waters and distant from
a harbor of safe refuge.
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
U. S. Coast Guard Report: 5943/SOUTHERN CITIES A-8 Bd, 17 January, 1968
The M/V SOUTHERN CITIES bound on a voyage to Tuxpan, Mexico was lost at sea in the Gulf of Mexico with six crewmembers on board
after having departed Freeport, Texas on the evening of 29 October 1966 towing loaded barge B-1800 on a hawser. other vessels in the Gulf
of Mexico reported winds from the Northwest at 30 to 40 knots with seas 91/2 to 13 feet. The last communication was received from SOUTHERN
CITIES at approximately 0630 (+6 zone time) on November 1 1966 when, in the morning report to the owner she indicated her position to be
latitude 24º 30' north, longitude 96º 40' west. The SOUTHERN CITIES failed to make her scheduled daily report on the morning of 2 November
1966. Although not yet overdue, when no position report was received from the SOUTHERN CITIES on the morning of 3 November 1966, the
owner reported to the U. S. Coast Guard rescue coordination center New Orleans, Louisiana that there had been no communication from
the vessel in the previous 48 hours and requested Coast Guard assistance in locating and establishing communication with the SOUTHERN
CITIES. A search was made along the probable route of the tow by a Coast Guard aircraft with negative results. When no report was received
from the SOUTHERN CITIES on November 4 1966 an intensive search by CG aircraft and a CG vessel was commenced at the request of the
vessels owner. The search, covering 84,600 square miles, continued until November 8, 1966. During the search, barge B-1800 was located
at 0833 on November 5 drifting approximately 105 miles north of Tuxpan, Mexico. The barge was undamaged with her cargo intact and the
tow line was still made fast. A life preserver, a broken section of the name board, and a ring buoy from SOUTHERN CITIES were later found
at various positions. No other debris or equipment was located None of the crew of six have ever been found. Grady A. Reynolds, Master -
Victor L. Benton, Mate - Clyde Wesley Sparkman, Engineer - George R. Johnson, Deckhand - Buddy Lee, Deckhand - Thomas E Rollins,
Deckhand.
1967, January 11, Also refered to as "Black Week"
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
CHASE YC-122 AIRPLANE - A cargo plane.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
LIGHT AIRPLANE - Piloted by Phillip Quigley.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
PIPER APACHE AIRPLANE - Piloted by John D. Walston.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
1967, January 12 top
PIPER APACHE AIRPLANE
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1967, January 14
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA AIRPLANE - Piloted by Robert Van Westerbork.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1967,December
WITCHCRAFT - A 23 foot cabin cruiser that disappeared a mile offshore of Miami near the number 7 buoy about 9pm.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1968, May 21 - On or about.
SCORPION, USN SUBMARINE - Number SSN 589, Skipjack class. This was the sixth Scorpion. It was laid down on August 20th,
1958, at Groton, Connecticut at the General Dynamics Corp. Electric Boat Division. The Scorpion launched on the 19th of December, 1959.
The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth S. Morrison and was commissioned on July 29th, 1960 under Commander Norman B. Bessac.
The Scorpion displaced 3,075 tons on the surface and 3,500 tons when submerged. The ships beam was 31' 7" and it's length was 251' 9".
The armament consisted of 6 torpedo tubes with a payload of ?? torpedoes
Assigned to Submarine Squadron 6, Division 62, Scorpion departed New London, Conn., on 24 August for a two-month deployment in
European waters. During that period, she participated in exercises with units of the 6th Fleet and of other NATO [North Atlantic Treaty
Organization] navies. After returning to New England in late October, she trained along the eastern seaboard until May 1961, then crossed
the Atlantic again for operations which took her into the summer. On 9 August, she returned to New London and, a month later, shifted
to Norfolk, Va.
With Norfolk her home port for the remainder of her career, Scorpion specialized in the development of nuclear submarine warfare tactics.
Varying her role from hunter to hunted, she participated in exercises which ranged along the Atlantic coast and in the Bermuda and
Puerto Rican operating areas; then, from June 1963 to May 1964, she interrupted her operations for an overhaul at Charleston, S.C.
Resuming duty off the eastern seaboard in late spring, she again interrupted that duty from 4 August to 8 October to make a transatlantic
patrol. In the spring of 1965, she conducted a similar patrol in European waters.
During the late winter and early spring of 1966, and again in the fall, she was deployed for special operations. Following the completion
of those assignments, her commanding officer received the Navy Commendation Medal for outstanding leadership, foresight, and professional
skill. Other Scorpion officers and men were cited for meritorious achievement.
On 1 February 1967, Scorpion entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for another extended overhaul. In late October, she commenced refresher
training and weapons system acceptance tests. Following type training out of Norfolk, she got underway on 15 February 1968 for a
Mediterranean deployment. She operated with the 6th Fleet, into May, and then headed west for home. On 21 May, she indicated her position
to be about 50 miles south of the Azores. Six days later, she was reported overdue at Norfolk.
A search was initiated, but, on 5 June, Scorpion and her crew were declared "presumed lost." Her name was struck from the Navy list on
30 June.
The search continued, however; and, at the end of October, the Navy's oceanographic research ship, Mizar (T-AGOR-11) located sections
of Scorpion's hull in more than 10,000 feet of water about 400 miles southwest of the Azores. Subsequently, the Court of Inquiry was
reconvened and other vessels, including the submersible Trieste were dispatched to the scene and collected a myriad of pictures and other data.
Although the cause of her loss is still not ascertainable, the most probable event was the inadvertent activation of the battery of a Mark 37
torpedo during a torpedo inspection. The torpedo, in a fully ready condition and without a propeller guard, then began a live "hot run" within
the tube. Released from the tube, the torpedo became fully armed and successfully engaged its nearest target, Scorpion. Alternatively, the
torpedo may have exploded in the tube owing to an uncontrollable fire in the torpedo room.
The explosion--recorded elsewhere as a very loud acoustic event--broke the boat into two major pieces, with the forward hull section, including
the torpedo room and most of the operations compartment, creating one impact trench while the aft section, including the reactor compartment
and engine room, created a second impact trench. The sail is detached and lies nearby in a large debris field.
Owing to the pressurized-water nuclear reactor in the engine room, deep ocean radiological monitoring operations were conducted in August
and September 1986. The site had been previously monitored in 1968 and 1979 and none of the samples obtained showed any evidence of
release of radioactivity.
.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Cousteau Almanac" - Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
1969, March 3 top
BEECHCRAFT AIRPLANE
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
1969, MARCH 23
BEECHCRAFT AIRPLANE - Possibly the same as the March 3rd airplane. lost with Dr. James Horton and
Dr. Charles Griggs. A twin engine airplane lost en route from Kingston to Nassau.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1969, June 7
CESSNA 172 AIRPLANE - Lost with Miss Cascio and Mr. Rosen onboard. The pilot can not see land while flying over it,
but the plane is observed from the ground.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1969, July
TEIGNMOUTH ELECTRON - A 41 foot trimaran skipperd by Donald Crowhurst, found abandoned in mid atlantic.
No trace of Crowhurst was ever found.
Discovery of the TEIGNMOUTH ELECTRON"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
ABANDONED CRAFT - A 60' white hulled yacht found keel up several hundred miles N/E of Bermuda by the ship MAPLEBANK.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
1969, July 2 top
VAGABOND - Found abandoned by the GOLAR FROST in the mid atlantic.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1969, July 4
UNIDENTIFIED ABANDONED 35 FOOT YACHT - Sighted by the COTOPAXI
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
1969, July 8
ABANDONED CRAFT - 36 Foot upturned hull found by HELISOMA between the Azores and Portugal
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
1969, September
LIGHT TWIN ENGINE PLANE - Mr. and Mrs. Hector Guzman are listed on board.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, gives the month as October.
1969, November 2
SOUTHERN CROSS - Yacht discovered abandoned 10 miles N.E. of Cape May, New Jersey.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer,
1970, November top
JILLIE BEAN
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche. cargo listed as 5 tons of soda pop.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche. cargo listed as 5 tons of soda pop.
PIPER COMANCHE
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche.
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA
"Mystic Places" - Time Life Books. says plane did not disappear, but experienced a time and
space discrepancy.
"Mystic Places" - Time Life Books. says plane did not disappear, but experienced a time and
space discrepancy.
1971, April 5
ELIZABETH
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche. cargo listed as paper.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche. cargo listed as paper.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1971, July 26
LIGHT PLANE - Two couples vanish while flying Cub airplane from Curacao to Barbados
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer.
1971, September 10
F-4 PHANTOM FIGHTER PLANE - Disappears off radar
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer.
1971, October 12
EL CARIBE - A 338 foot motor ship
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic in the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche. cargo listed as cement clinkers.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer.
1971, October 20
SUPER CONSTELLATION AIRPLANE - With a cargo of frozen beef
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer.
1971, October 26
LUCKY EDUR - A 25 foot fishing yacht found abandoned off of the Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
1971, December 25
IXTAPA - A 53 foot cabin cruiser
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer.
1972, February 2
V. A. FOGG - A 572 foot tanker that sank in the Gulf of Mexico with a cargo of Benzene and Xylene. Debris and the ship are found. It is rumored
that all the bodies had disappeared from the wreck but there is photographic proof of human remains in the wheelhouse.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
that all the bodies had disappeared from the wreck but there is photographic proof of human remains in the wheelhouse.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche. Cargo listed as Benzene and Xylene.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer.
1972, June 19
8 FOOT DINGHY - Two teenagers disappear from Fort Lauderdale beach
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer.
1973, March 21
NORSE VARIANT - Lost during a bad storm in route from New Port News, Virginia to Germany with a load of coal. Sister ship to the ANITA.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche. Cargo listed as coal.
Disappearances and Strange Occurrences - 1926 to 1950
1926
PORTA NOCA - An island taxi ferry operating by Cuba
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 79
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a passenger ship lost between the Isle of Pines and Havana.
1926, March - The week of the 14th - 22nd
SUDUFFCO - A freighter shipping from New Jersey to Los Angeles.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 44.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Lists the cargo as "mixed" consisting mostly of steel pipe.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a freighter sailing south from Port Newark.
1928, November top
VESTRUS
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1931, June
CURTISS ROBIN MONOPLANE - Piloted by Herbie Pond a suspected rum runner.
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
An aircraft that disappears off Palm Beach, Florida with 2 persons.
1931, October
STAVENGER - Also spelled STAVANGER
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the date only as 1931. A freighter lost south of Cat Island with 43 people.
1932, April
JOHN AND MARY
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a schooner found abandoned 50 miles south of Bermuda
1935 top
AIRPLANE - Unknown, crashes just offshore at Daytona Beach
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, page 53.
1935, August
LA DAHAMA - Sailing yacht that was sinking and had her crew rescued by the AZTEC. Everyone on the AZTEC
watched the LA DAHAMA sink, however, days later the LA DAHAMA was found by the REX abandoned.
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 45.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 113.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1935,December
WACO BIPLANE - Havana to the Isle of Pines.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, page 33.
WRIGHT WHIRLWIND AIRPLANE
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Flying from Havana to the Isle of Pines.
1938, March
ANGLO - Australian freighter
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lost southwest of the Azores with 39 persons.
1940, February 3 top
GLORIA COLITA - Abandoned 125 foot schooner found 150 miles south of Mobile, Alabama (Gulf of Mexico)
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"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Cargo listed as lumber.
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
States the date as 1940 only, lists the name as "GLORIA COLITE" found 200 miles south of Mobile, Alabama.
MAHUKONA
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the date only as 1941 also states that it was a freighter renamed the SANTA CLARA prior to some wreckage
found 600 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida.
1941, November
PROTEUS, U.S.S. - Sister ship to the CYCLOPS and the NEREUS. Sailing from St. Thomas to Atlantic seaports. Lost with all hands.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Cargo listed as possibly being bauxite.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the route as from St. Thomas to Norfolk, Virginia.
1941, December
NEREUS, U.S.S. - Sister ship to the CYCLOPS and the PROTEUS. Vanished on the same route as the PROTEUS, St. Thomas to Atlantic
seaports, Lost with all hands.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Cargo listed as possibly being bauxite.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the route as from St. Thomas to Norfolk, Virginia.
1942, November top
PAULUS - Passenger ship.
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz,
Listed as a passenger ship en route from the West Indies to Halifax
1943
MARTIN MARINER AIRPLANE
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lost 150 miles south of Norfolk, Virginia with 19 persons.
1944, October 22
RUBICON - Cuban cargo freighter found abandoned off the coast Florida. 90 gross tons. All hands missing, ship seaworthy with
all personal effects still on board.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a freighter found abandoned off the Florida coast with no one on board except for a dog.
1944, December
NAVY BOMBER AIRPLANES - Five of them which seem to disappear a year before Flight 19.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, page 34.
1945 top
VALMORE
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
A two masted schooner.
1945, January
B-25 AIRPLANE
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz, page 24.
Lost between Bermuda and the Azores with 19 people.
1945, Summer
BOMBER AIRPLANE - A small bomber with 2 people on board. Took off from Cecil Field, Florida.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 129.
1945, July 18
NAVY PRIVATEER AIRPLANE - PB-4YW, 4 engine.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz,
Lost between Miami, Florida and the Bahamas
1945, December 5
FLIGHT 19 - Five Grumman TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers. - At about 2:10 p.m. on the afternoon of 5 December 1945, Flight 19,
consisting of five TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers departed from the U. S. Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
on an authorized advanced overwater navigational training flight. They were to execute navigation problem No. 1, which
is as follows: (1) depart 26 degrees 03 minutes north and 80 degrees 07 minutes west and fly 091 degrees (T) distance
56 miles to Hen and Chickens Shoals to conduct low level bombing, after bombing continue on course 091 degrees
(T) for 67 miles, (2) fly course 346 degrees (T) distance 73 miles and (3) fly course 241 degrees (T) distance 120 miles,
then returning to U. S. Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
In charge of the flight was a senior qualified flight instructor, piloting one of the planes. The other planes were piloted by
qualified pilots with between 350 and 400 hours flight time of which at least 55 was in TBM type aircraft. The weather over
the area covered by the track of the navigational problem consisted of scattered rain showers with a ceiling of 2500 feet within
the showers and unlimited outside the showers, visibility of 6-8 miles in the showers, 10-12 otherwise. Surface winds were
20 knots with gusts to 31 knots. The sea was moderate to rough. The general weather conditions were considered average
for training flights of this nature except within showers.
A radio message intercepted at about 4 p.m. was the first indication that Flight 19 was lost. This message, believed to be
between the leader on Flight 19 and another pilot in the same flight, indicated that the instructor was uncertain of his position
and the direction of the Florida coast. The aircraft also were experiencing malfunction of their compasses. Attempts to establish
communications on the training frequency were unsatisfactory due to interference from Cuba broadcasting stations, static, and
atmospheric conditions. All radio contact was lost before the exact nature of the trouble or the location of the flight could be
determined. Indications are that the flight became lost somewhere east of the Florida peninsula and was unable to determine
a course to return to their base. The flight was never heard from again and no trace of the planes were ever found. It is assumed
that they made forced landings at sea, in darkness somewhere east of the Florida peninsula, possibly after running out of gas.
It is known that the fuel carried by the aircraft would have been completely exhausted by 8 p.m. The sea in that presumed area
was rough and unfavorable for a water landing. It is also possible that some unexpected and unforeseen development of weather
conditions may have intervened although there is no evidence of freak storms in the area at the time.
All available facilities in the immediate area were used in an effort to locate the missing aircraft and help them return to base.
These efforts were not successful. No trace of the aircraft was ever found even though an extensive search operation was
conducted until the evening of 10 December 1945, when weather conditions deteriorated to the point where further efforts
became unduly hazardous. Sufficient aircraft and surface vessels were utilized to satisfactorily cover those areas in which
survivors of Flight 19 could be presumed to be located.
One search aircraft was lost during the operation. A PBM patrol plane which was launched at approximately 7:30 p.m.,
5 December 1945, to search for the missing TBM's. This aircraft was never seen nor heard from after take-off. Based
upon a report from a merchant ship off Fort Lauderdale which sighted a "burst of flame, apparently an explosion, and passed
through on oil slick at a time and place which matched the presumed location of the PBM, it is believed this aircraft exploded
at sea and sank at approximately 28.59 N; 80.25 W. No trace of the plane or its crew was ever found.
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Avenger at Midway 1942
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Mystic Places" - Time Life Books
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 8.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 131.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche - Good information.
"The Zone of Silence" - Gerry Hunt
MARTIN MARINER PBM AIRPLANE - Vanishes while assisting in search for Flight 19, probably due to fuel explosion in mid air.
Witnesses report seeing a large flash of explosion in the general area of the plane.
The plane had a couple of nicknames....the "flying gas can" being one.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
1945, December 27 top
VOYAGER II - A 70 foot schooner.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1946
ENCHANTRESS - 58 feet.
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery,
1946, December 5
CITY BELLE - A 120 foot schooner found abandoned.
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1947
SUPERFORTRESS AIRPLANE - No confirmed sources.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1947, July 3
C-54 AIRPLANE - Took off from Kindley Field, Bermuda en route to Morrison Army Airfield, Palm Beach, Florida.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
1948, January 30
STAR TIGER AIRPLANE - Airliner sister ship to the STAR ARIEL, both are Tudor IV, 4 engine model.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1948, March top
AL SNYDER - Disappears in The Triangle.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
TENDER, BOAT - A 16 foot tender for the EVYLYN K disappears.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1948, December 28
DC-3A AIRPLANE - Known as "The Holiday Plane" this twin engine plane disappears within 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1949
DC-3 AIRPLANE - Possibly the same as referenced above.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
1949, January 17
DRIFTWOOD - 36 foot cabin cruiser.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
STAR ARIEL AIRPLANE - Sister ship to the STAR TIGER. A 4 engine Tudor IV that disappears en route from
Bermuda to Jamaica.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1950, March top
GLOBEMASTER C-124 AIRPLANE
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1950, June
SANDRA - A 350 foot freighter sailing from Savannah, Georgia to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela with 300 tons of insecticide.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1950, July 9
DC-3 AIRPLANE - The plane was being used for missionary work by the New Tribes Mission group.
PORTA NOCA - An island taxi ferry operating by Cuba
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 79
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a passenger ship lost between the Isle of Pines and Havana.
1926, March - The week of the 14th - 22nd
SUDUFFCO - A freighter shipping from New Jersey to Los Angeles.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 44.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Lists the cargo as "mixed" consisting mostly of steel pipe.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a freighter sailing south from Port Newark.
1928, November top
VESTRUS
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1931, June
CURTISS ROBIN MONOPLANE - Piloted by Herbie Pond a suspected rum runner.
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
An aircraft that disappears off Palm Beach, Florida with 2 persons.
1931, October
STAVENGER - Also spelled STAVANGER
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the date only as 1931. A freighter lost south of Cat Island with 43 people.
1932, April
JOHN AND MARY
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a schooner found abandoned 50 miles south of Bermuda
1935 top
AIRPLANE - Unknown, crashes just offshore at Daytona Beach
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, page 53.
1935, August
LA DAHAMA - Sailing yacht that was sinking and had her crew rescued by the AZTEC. Everyone on the AZTEC
watched the LA DAHAMA sink, however, days later the LA DAHAMA was found by the REX abandoned.
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 45.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 113.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1935,December
WACO BIPLANE - Havana to the Isle of Pines.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, page 33.
WRIGHT WHIRLWIND AIRPLANE
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Flying from Havana to the Isle of Pines.
1938, March
ANGLO - Australian freighter
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lost southwest of the Azores with 39 persons.
1940, February 3 top
GLORIA COLITA - Abandoned 125 foot schooner found 150 miles south of Mobile, Alabama (Gulf of Mexico)
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"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Cargo listed as lumber.
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
States the date as 1940 only, lists the name as "GLORIA COLITE" found 200 miles south of Mobile, Alabama.
MAHUKONA
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the date only as 1941 also states that it was a freighter renamed the SANTA CLARA prior to some wreckage
found 600 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida.
1941, November
PROTEUS, U.S.S. - Sister ship to the CYCLOPS and the NEREUS. Sailing from St. Thomas to Atlantic seaports. Lost with all hands.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Cargo listed as possibly being bauxite.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the route as from St. Thomas to Norfolk, Virginia.
1941, December
NEREUS, U.S.S. - Sister ship to the CYCLOPS and the PROTEUS. Vanished on the same route as the PROTEUS, St. Thomas to Atlantic
seaports, Lost with all hands.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Cargo listed as possibly being bauxite.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the route as from St. Thomas to Norfolk, Virginia.
1942, November top
PAULUS - Passenger ship.
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz,
Listed as a passenger ship en route from the West Indies to Halifax
1943
MARTIN MARINER AIRPLANE
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lost 150 miles south of Norfolk, Virginia with 19 persons.
1944, October 22
RUBICON - Cuban cargo freighter found abandoned off the coast Florida. 90 gross tons. All hands missing, ship seaworthy with
all personal effects still on board.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a freighter found abandoned off the Florida coast with no one on board except for a dog.
1944, December
NAVY BOMBER AIRPLANES - Five of them which seem to disappear a year before Flight 19.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, page 34.
1945 top
VALMORE
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
A two masted schooner.
1945, January
B-25 AIRPLANE
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz, page 24.
Lost between Bermuda and the Azores with 19 people.
1945, Summer
BOMBER AIRPLANE - A small bomber with 2 people on board. Took off from Cecil Field, Florida.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 129.
1945, July 18
NAVY PRIVATEER AIRPLANE - PB-4YW, 4 engine.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz,
Lost between Miami, Florida and the Bahamas
1945, December 5
FLIGHT 19 - Five Grumman TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers. - At about 2:10 p.m. on the afternoon of 5 December 1945, Flight 19,
consisting of five TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers departed from the U. S. Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
on an authorized advanced overwater navigational training flight. They were to execute navigation problem No. 1, which
is as follows: (1) depart 26 degrees 03 minutes north and 80 degrees 07 minutes west and fly 091 degrees (T) distance
56 miles to Hen and Chickens Shoals to conduct low level bombing, after bombing continue on course 091 degrees
(T) for 67 miles, (2) fly course 346 degrees (T) distance 73 miles and (3) fly course 241 degrees (T) distance 120 miles,
then returning to U. S. Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
In charge of the flight was a senior qualified flight instructor, piloting one of the planes. The other planes were piloted by
qualified pilots with between 350 and 400 hours flight time of which at least 55 was in TBM type aircraft. The weather over
the area covered by the track of the navigational problem consisted of scattered rain showers with a ceiling of 2500 feet within
the showers and unlimited outside the showers, visibility of 6-8 miles in the showers, 10-12 otherwise. Surface winds were
20 knots with gusts to 31 knots. The sea was moderate to rough. The general weather conditions were considered average
for training flights of this nature except within showers.
A radio message intercepted at about 4 p.m. was the first indication that Flight 19 was lost. This message, believed to be
between the leader on Flight 19 and another pilot in the same flight, indicated that the instructor was uncertain of his position
and the direction of the Florida coast. The aircraft also were experiencing malfunction of their compasses. Attempts to establish
communications on the training frequency were unsatisfactory due to interference from Cuba broadcasting stations, static, and
atmospheric conditions. All radio contact was lost before the exact nature of the trouble or the location of the flight could be
determined. Indications are that the flight became lost somewhere east of the Florida peninsula and was unable to determine
a course to return to their base. The flight was never heard from again and no trace of the planes were ever found. It is assumed
that they made forced landings at sea, in darkness somewhere east of the Florida peninsula, possibly after running out of gas.
It is known that the fuel carried by the aircraft would have been completely exhausted by 8 p.m. The sea in that presumed area
was rough and unfavorable for a water landing. It is also possible that some unexpected and unforeseen development of weather
conditions may have intervened although there is no evidence of freak storms in the area at the time.
All available facilities in the immediate area were used in an effort to locate the missing aircraft and help them return to base.
These efforts were not successful. No trace of the aircraft was ever found even though an extensive search operation was
conducted until the evening of 10 December 1945, when weather conditions deteriorated to the point where further efforts
became unduly hazardous. Sufficient aircraft and surface vessels were utilized to satisfactorily cover those areas in which
survivors of Flight 19 could be presumed to be located.
One search aircraft was lost during the operation. A PBM patrol plane which was launched at approximately 7:30 p.m.,
5 December 1945, to search for the missing TBM's. This aircraft was never seen nor heard from after take-off. Based
upon a report from a merchant ship off Fort Lauderdale which sighted a "burst of flame, apparently an explosion, and passed
through on oil slick at a time and place which matched the presumed location of the PBM, it is believed this aircraft exploded
at sea and sank at approximately 28.59 N; 80.25 W. No trace of the plane or its crew was ever found.
Avenger
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Restored Avenger
Avenger at Midway 1942
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Mystic Places" - Time Life Books
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 8.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 131.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche - Good information.
"The Zone of Silence" - Gerry Hunt
MARTIN MARINER PBM AIRPLANE - Vanishes while assisting in search for Flight 19, probably due to fuel explosion in mid air.
Witnesses report seeing a large flash of explosion in the general area of the plane.
The plane had a couple of nicknames....the "flying gas can" being one.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
1945, December 27 top
VOYAGER II - A 70 foot schooner.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1946
ENCHANTRESS - 58 feet.
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery,
1946, December 5
CITY BELLE - A 120 foot schooner found abandoned.
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1947
SUPERFORTRESS AIRPLANE - No confirmed sources.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1947, July 3
C-54 AIRPLANE - Took off from Kindley Field, Bermuda en route to Morrison Army Airfield, Palm Beach, Florida.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
1948, January 30
STAR TIGER AIRPLANE - Airliner sister ship to the STAR ARIEL, both are Tudor IV, 4 engine model.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1948, March top
AL SNYDER - Disappears in The Triangle.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
TENDER, BOAT - A 16 foot tender for the EVYLYN K disappears.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1948, December 28
DC-3A AIRPLANE - Known as "The Holiday Plane" this twin engine plane disappears within 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1949
DC-3 AIRPLANE - Possibly the same as referenced above.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
1949, January 17
DRIFTWOOD - 36 foot cabin cruiser.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
STAR ARIEL AIRPLANE - Sister ship to the STAR TIGER. A 4 engine Tudor IV that disappears en route from
Bermuda to Jamaica.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1950, March top
GLOBEMASTER C-124 AIRPLANE
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1950, June
SANDRA - A 350 foot freighter sailing from Savannah, Georgia to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela with 300 tons of insecticide.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1950, July 9
DC-3 AIRPLANE - The plane was being used for missionary work by the New Tribes Mission group.
The Bermuda Triangle
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