4 mysterious disappearances of American planes and warships at Bermuda triangle

Many of the disappearances of US military hardware on the Bermuda triangle in the last 100 years have yet to be solved.

is a geographical area located between the state of Florida, the US, the island of Puerto Rico and the island of Bermuda. In the past 100 years, this is the place where many mysterious disappearances occurred, in which many times the vehicles and military equipment of the United States suffered the same fate, according to WATM.

Bermuda triangle triangle position.(Graphic: Big Think).

USS Cyclops supply ship

USS Cyclops was the largest US supply ship, last seen on March 4, 1918 while traveling from Brazil to Baltimore, USA. The ship carried 10,800 tons of manganese ore to produce bullets.

However, USS Cyclops never made it to Baltimore and disappeared with more than 300 crew members as they crossed Bermuda waters.

USS Cyclops supply ship.(Photo: Wikipedia).

Many search campaigns failed to yield results, making the US Navy unable to determine the cause of the disappearance. The strange thing is that the ship does not signal emergency, the crew also does not respond to radio signals from hundreds of US ships in the area.

By the time the USS Cyclops went missing, the Bermuda region had no storms strong enough to sink ships, the US Navy also rejected the assumption that it was attacked by a German submarine.

This is the most catastrophic non-combat accident in US naval history, with 306 sailors and officers believed to have died.

USS Proteus and USS Nereus

By 1941, USS Proteus and USS Nereus, two ships of the same class as USS Cyclops, also suffered the same fate. They disappeared mysteriously after leaving the Virgin Islands, on a journey to bauxite ore to build aluminum for Allied aircraft.

The initial hypothesis was that they were suddenly attacked by a German submarine, but Berlin never took responsibility or admitted the presence of the submarine in the Bermuda area.

Research by Rear Admiral George van Deurs said that acid coal on two ships corroded bearing beams, making them easier to break when subjected to force. The disaster happened when the two ship's body frames were broken, causing them to sink quickly without giving an emergency signal.

No. 19 Squadron

The most famous case was recorded by the Pentagon as the disappearance of the No. 19 Squadron of the US Navy. On December 5, 1945, 14 pilots on 5 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers took off from the Lauderdale naval air base in Florida to participate in the rehearsal.

After completing the rehearsal content and flying back to base through the Bermuda area, an emergency signal pilot, announced that they could not determine the direction and everything looked very different, including the ocean. Later, captain Charles Taylor sent a message saying the squadron was completely disoriented, saying they were about 360 km northwest of the base.

The TBM missile is of the same type as the missing aircraft belonging to the No. 19 Squadron (Photo: Wikipedia).

Four hours after the No. 19 Squadron, Lauderdale's base received Taylor's last message to other planes, asking them to keep the team close and ready to land in the sea when the fuel was gone.

After confirming the disappearance of the No. 19 Squadron, the US Navy deployed air and sea search and rescue forces. A PBM Mariner seaplane carrying 13 people also went missing in this rescue operation. The report identified an explosion that occurred on PBM, causing it to crash into the sea.

The US Navy's investigation conclusions provided some scenarios that led to the disappearance of the No. 19 Squadron, but could not determine the true cause of the accident.

Mechanical transport C-119G

On June 5, 1965, transporting C-119G carried 5 crew members and 4 machinists to leave Homestead Air Base, making the journey to Grand Turk Island to repair another broken C-119G. . The last radio contact was made when the aircraft was off Crooked Island, 285 km from the point. No one knows where the C-119G falls, as well as the cause of the disappearance.

On July 18, the plane crashed onto Gold Rock Shoal off the island of Acklins in the Bahamas, near where the crew sent the final contact signal.