1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Tonight, it is really strange. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:10,000 The conclusion of my epic journey into the heart of the Bermuda Triangle, 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:17,000 where our experiment at the edge of space could reveal the shocking truth behind the mystery. 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Frankly, it's really unexplainable from a scientific point of view. 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:27,000 Next, I make waves to solve the infamous case of the USS Cyclops. 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Big wave! 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Then tackle the Bermuda Triangle's most notorious incident, the disappearance of Flight 19. 8 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,000 What the hell happened to these guys? 9 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,000 It's a race to finally unravel one of the greatest legends on Earth. 10 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Holy s***! Is that a propeller? 11 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 My name is Josh Gates. 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 I got it! 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Explorer. 14 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Adventurer. 15 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Woo! 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,000 And a guy who ends up in some very strange situations. 17 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,000 Ha ha! Woo! 18 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,000 That was exciting. 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,000 With a degree in archaeology and a passion for the unexplained, 20 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I travel to the ends of the Earth, investigating the greatest legends in history. 21 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,000 This is Expedition Unknown. 22 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000 The Bermuda Triangle. 23 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:29,000 The very name can conjure terror for those forced to travel through its waters. 24 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:36,000 For centuries, this vast stretch of the Atlantic Ocean between Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico 25 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:44,000 has been a legendary graveyard for thousands of ships and planes that have sank, crashed, or simply vanished. 26 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,000 It seems like the only things to escape the Triangle are stories. 27 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Accounts of strange lights in the sky and malfunctioning navigational equipment are common. 28 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:02,000 To find the truth about the Triangle, I've spoken to researchers attempting to catalog 500 years of incidents. 29 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Do you think we will ever fully understand the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle? 30 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Being honest with you, I don't think so, no. 31 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,000 I discovered that most theories about the Triangle fall into four main categories. 32 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Wild weather, electromagnetic disturbances, fringe theories like Atlantean interference, 33 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,000 or just human error turned into the stuff of legend. 34 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:31,000 To determine the facts, I scanned a long forgotten wreck among hundreds strewn off the coast of Bermuda 35 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:41,000 and helped to employ new technology that explained how natural forces earned it the name The Devil's Isle. 36 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:48,000 This particular ship was taken down by a coral reef, a truly stunning environment, but also a very scary one for mariners. 37 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:54,000 There's no question that the Triangle's natural hazards have helped earn it a sinister reputation. 38 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:59,000 But what about the countless reports of magnetic and navigational anomalies? 39 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:06,000 I met with a pilot who famously claimed that the Triangle sent him through an electromagnetic wormhole. 40 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,000 We saw these strange lines on the edge of the tunnel walls. 41 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 So now you're fully in the twilight zone. 42 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:20,000 To investigate the popular theory of this kind of interference, I sailed with engineers Brian Chan and Tyler Reed, 43 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:26,000 who devised an experiment to measure electromagnetic anomalies by creating a custom built balloon 44 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:32,000 armed with a payload of sensors to gauge magnetic fields and radiation in the upper atmosphere. 45 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Woohoo! 46 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Our balloon soared into the air and reached the edges of space. 47 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 It's flying at 70 miles an hour. 48 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 That's right. It's going to pop any minute now. 49 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Before plummeting to Earth. 50 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Here we go. 51 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Okay, we're in the Gulf! 52 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Now, in a race against time, we're speeding toward the payload 53 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:03,000 before our electronics become just one more waterlogged victim of the Bermuda Triangle. 54 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 It's flying far away. 55 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Where is it? 56 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Look up. 57 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 We're only half a mile from it now. 58 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Here, let me get a good view up here. 59 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Behind us or ahead of us? 60 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 It should be right here. 61 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 There it is! 62 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,000 There it is! 63 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 What the? 64 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Oh, it's going to be a blast! 65 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 There it is! 66 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Woohoo! 67 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Let's go! 68 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Yes! 69 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Oh, we're catching it, Frank! 70 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 There, yeah, there it is! 71 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 There it is! 72 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Yeah, go, go, go, go, go! 73 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 It's 12 o'clock. 74 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,000 12 o'clock? 75 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 We're catching it! 76 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Come on! 77 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Put it right there! 78 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Oh, God, it made it! 79 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Are you kidding me? 80 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 I can't believe it! 81 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Oh, man. 82 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Here we go! 83 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Woohoo! 84 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Woohoo! 85 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Oh, God, she's down! 86 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Unbelievable! 87 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Let's grab this thing for a six! 88 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 We got to get it out quick! 89 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Hold on, I'm diving in. 90 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 There it is! 91 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 That's the way you go! 92 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Woohoo! 93 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Ha ha ha ha! 94 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Hey, here you go! 95 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Got it! 96 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Yep. 97 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Alright! 98 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Alright. 99 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Anybody bring a towel? 100 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 You need some fresh water? 101 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Hey! 102 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Unbelievable! 103 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Nice job! 104 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Great job, man. 105 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 I can't believe it! 106 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Great job! 107 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Let's crack this open! 108 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Yeah, see if it's dry. 109 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Come on! 110 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Please. 111 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 It's a little wet, but electronics still working. 112 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Okay, good. 113 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Let's get this stuff dried off, we'll get to the dock, 114 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 and, you know, solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. 115 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Sounds good to me. 116 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 With the sun setting, we return to the dock, 117 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,000 and remove the sensors to see what we've got. 118 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Alright, the big question, did we recover data? 119 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 We did recover data. 120 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Alright, great. 121 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 So let's talk through it. 122 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 What did we get? 123 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Well, we got data from the magnetic sensor, 124 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 from the radiation sensor, 125 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 and also from the GPS to give us our flight profile. 126 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Awesome. 127 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,000 And one really interesting thing is that we did hit 100,000 feet. 128 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 So we did hit 100,000? 129 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Yeah, we hit 100,000, 100 feet. 130 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Almost 20 miles up. 131 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Pretty much, yeah. 132 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Wow! 133 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Okay, so we have a good profile of the flight. 134 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 We do. 135 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Now what about the data we collected? 136 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 I'm going to start with the magnetic data. 137 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 What we have here is these blue dots, 138 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 which represent our flight data. 139 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 So as we got higher and higher and higher, 140 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 it looks like the total intensity 141 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 of the electromagnetic field lessened. 142 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 That's what we would expect 143 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 based on the models that are out there. 144 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,000 I will say there was one anomalous data point, though. 145 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 So these two dots weigh up here? 146 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 That's right. 147 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 So that's way above our average line. 148 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Yeah, it's very interesting. 149 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 So what caused this bike? 150 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 That's a good question. 151 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 We don't have a perfect answer. 152 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Why would the Earth's magnetic field 153 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 abruptly increase in intensity? 154 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 And what impact would this spike have 155 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 on the unusual compass bearings 156 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,000 and navigation issues reported in the Bermuda Triangle? 157 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Dr. Tyler Reed simply isn't sure. 158 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Perhaps the readings from the radiation sensor 159 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 will shine a light on this anomaly. 160 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 So when we look at radiation, 161 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,000 at first glance there's not a whole lot that stands out. 162 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 One of the data points that was collected 163 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 shows that we had a huge spike. 164 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,000 It wasn't even just one data point. 165 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,000 There was actually several minutes of this 166 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 that were reported on the device. 167 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 So this isn't just a momentary glitch. 168 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,000 This is something that went on for several minutes. 169 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 That's right. 170 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Okay. 171 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 That has to bother you. 172 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,000 It does bother me. 173 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 You're a scientist. 174 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,000 I know you don't like things like this. 175 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 What happened here? 176 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Shockingly, the radiation spike 177 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,000 is nearly a thousand times higher 178 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 than normal background levels. 179 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Now, did it happen around the same time 180 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 as the electromagnetic reading? 181 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 It did. 182 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 So what's causing that? 183 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Frankly, it's really unexplainable 184 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,000 from a scientific point of view. 185 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Well, I have a perfect answer. 186 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 It's the power of the Bermuda Triangle. 187 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Everything's normal. 188 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Everything's fine. 189 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 And then suddenly you have this anomalous event 190 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 where everything goes haywire. 191 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 I mean, I can't refute that. 192 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 It's one thing to stump me, 193 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,000 but these guys are smart 194 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 and they have the paper from Stanford to prove it. 195 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 So is something going on here or is this a glitch? 196 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,000 I think what it shows us is that we need more data. 197 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 So for now, the Bermuda Triangle 198 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,000 lives to fight another day. 199 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,000 It looks like it does. 200 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Does the Bermuda Triangle 201 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,000 possess properties not found elsewhere in the world? 202 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 The experiment we conducted 203 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 doesn't offer enough data to say for sure, 204 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 but it also doesn't refute those who claim 205 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 to have battled with the disorienting power 206 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 of the Triangle. 207 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 While we can't deny that many planes 208 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 and ships have gone missing here, 209 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,000 that's also true for remote stretches of ocean 210 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 all over the world. 211 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,000 The fact is, the Triangle owes much of its reputation 212 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,000 to just a handful of ultra-mysterious events. 213 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Flights like Bruce Gernon's, 214 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 but also two other landmark cases. 215 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,000 The vanishing of an entire squadron of planes in 1945 216 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 known as Flight 19, 217 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,000 and the loss of ships like the USS Cyclops. 218 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 On March 4th, 1918, 219 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 the Cyclops departed Barbados 220 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,000 carrying a crew of over 300 221 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 who were never seen again. 222 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 The weather that day was said to be clear 223 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 and the ship never sent it a stress signal. 224 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,000 It was the single largest non-combat loss of life 225 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 in the history of the U.S. Navy, 226 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 but one researcher has a new plan 227 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,000 to figure out why the Cyclops disappeared. 228 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,000 In Miami, I meet author Marvin Barisch. 229 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Marvin, nice to meet you. 230 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Pleasure. 231 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,000 May I? 232 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Please. 233 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000 This is your book. 234 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 That is correct. 235 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Marvin is the foremost expert on the Cyclops' disappearance, 236 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,000 and he's published a hefty book to prove it. 237 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,000 So, the disappearance of the Cyclops really is 238 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,000 one of the most emblematic stories of the Bermuda Triangle. 239 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Yes. 240 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,000 To believers, this is like one of their big pieces of evidence, right? 241 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Yes. 242 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 If it wasn't for the Cyclops or Flight 19... 243 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 There would be no triangle. 244 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Let's talk about the ship itself. 245 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 What was the Cyclops and what was her mission? 246 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,000 The Cyclops was a fuel carrying ship, coal and liquid fuel. 247 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,000 She traveled with the U.S. Navy fleet. 248 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,000 And on her last voyage, she was sailing from where to where? 249 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:51,000 On her final voyage, the Cyclops was traveling from Brazil 250 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 to Baltimore, Maryland, 251 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,000 and route she made a stop at Bridgetown Barbados. 252 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 And so after she leaves Barbados, though, 253 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 she vanishes presumably in the Bermuda Triangle. 254 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Right, never seen again. 255 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Did they find any debris? 256 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Nothing ever found. No trace was ever found from the Cyclops. 257 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Wow. 258 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Okay, so that part of the story we have to concede is mysterious. 259 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Yes. 260 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Right? 261 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Yes. 262 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Okay, the ship itself is, with no disrespect, kind of weird looking. 263 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Probably one of the most unique ships that the Navy had. 264 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,000 This unfamiliar, unique design was actually pretty novel in her day. 265 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Basically what you see is a lot of open steelwork above her deck. 266 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Right. 267 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:35,000 That was how the coal moved from the Cyclops to the other vessels. 268 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,000 There were also several other unusual features in the ship's design, 269 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,000 including a bridge supported on steel shafts 270 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,000 and a bow that rose much higher than the ship's stern. 271 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Anything else about this particular voyage that is different or noteworthy? 272 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:57,000 Her final voyage was very significant because she wasn't carrying her usual cargo of coal. 273 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000 She wasn't? 274 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 No, she was carrying Manganese ore. 275 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 I actually brought you a couple samples. 276 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,000 So this is coal. 277 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 This is her normal cargo. 278 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 And this is Manganese ore. 279 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Okay. 280 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,000 A lot heavier. 281 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Wow, a lot heavier. 282 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,000 So I might understand from this that the Cyclops is pretty weighted down? 283 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:17,000 She was weighted down, but the difference is the density of Manganese 284 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:22,000 may have required it to be loaded differently in the cargo holds, 285 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 and that could affect the stability of the ship. 286 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Along with the heavy cargo, there's another reason the Cyclops may have gone down. 287 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:34,000 There's a relatively new theory that the Cyclops may have encountered a weather vet 288 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,000 that only now we have some understanding of. 289 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Okay. 290 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,000 And that's why I asked you to meet me here. 291 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,000 There's someone here at the university who I think could demonstrate that for you. 292 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Great. 293 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Marvin and I head into the University of Miami's nearby state-of-the-art atmospheric laboratory, 294 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 led by Dr. Brian House. 295 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Brian House. 296 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Pleasure to meet you. 297 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 I'm a little distracted by the view behind us here. 298 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,000 What am I looking at? 299 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,000 This is the sustained facility of the University of Miami. 300 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,000 It's the world's artist wind wave tank. 301 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,000 In this facility, we can generate really intense storm conditions 302 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 and study them in a laboratory setting. 303 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Unbelievable. 304 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,000 A huge wave tank. 305 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:16,000 One of the theories is that the USS Cyclops may have encountered what we now call a rogue wave. 306 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:23,000 For thousands of years, sailors across the globe described these killer waves 307 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000 that often left destruction in their wake, 308 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,000 but only recently has science confirmed their existence. 309 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,000 And so what's the largest rogue wave that's been scientifically observed? 310 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:40,000 There was a wave recorded in the NRC off an oil platform that was over 84 feet tall. 311 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,000 That's unbelievable. 312 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000 That's pretty high. 313 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 That's insane. 314 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Is it possible that a wave like this could form in the Bermuda Triangle? 315 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Is that a place we would be apt to find a rogue wave? 316 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 That's definitely one of the places you could find rogue waves, 317 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,000 because the Bermuda Triangle includes a lot of complicated topography 318 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,000 that are places that rogue waves are known to form. 319 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Wow. 320 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 You want to come inside and get a closer look? 321 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Yes, absolutely. Please. 322 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Inside this tank, we may be able to turn back the hands of time 323 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,000 and reveal the true fate of the USS Cyclops. 324 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Josh, this is the main tank. 325 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 It can hold up to 30,000 gallons of water. 326 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,000 That is insane. 327 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:30,000 In 1918, the USS Cyclops became one of the Bermuda Triangle's most famous victims, 328 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:36,000 disappearing without a trace off the coast of Barbados with over 300 men on board. 329 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Now, author Marvin Barisch has brought me to the University of Miami's Sustained Lab, 330 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,000 where we're about to test a theory that it wasn't the power of the triangle, 331 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:50,000 but a naturally-made, highly-fledged, and highly-fledged Bermuda Triangle. 332 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:55,000 That it wasn't the power of the triangle, but a naturally-occurring rogue wave 333 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 that may have sank the Cyclops. 334 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Lab Director Dr. Brian House brings us down to the control room for the wind wave tank, 335 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:07,000 with oceanographer Cedric Gwiegand on the ones and twos. 336 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 And so this is where the magic happens? 337 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Yeah, this is where we create simulations. 338 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,000 One false button push here, and it's a Category 5 hurricane? 339 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Yeah, look at it. It's all over. 340 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Wow, amazing. 341 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,000 The wave tank holds over 30,000 gallons of water, 342 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:27,000 and the turbo fans are capable of generating winds of up to 155 miles an hour. 343 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,000 And Josh, we've got a little surprise for you today. 344 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,000 This is the scale model of the Cyclops that we'll be testing. 345 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Oh, my word. This is incredible. 346 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,000 This is custom-built based on the design schematics of the Cyclops. 347 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Wow. 348 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,000 This is an exact replica, built to one 267th scale. 349 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:49,000 It has a functioning cargo hold and matches the original in every eccentric way. 350 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000 The detail on this is amazing. 351 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 We even have tiny crew members here. 352 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 This is unbelievable. 353 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,000 And look, right out of the gate, even before we put this in the water, 354 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,000 you know, getting back to its unique look, it is really peculiar. 355 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,000 I mean, it has this extremely flat bottom. 356 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,000 It also just has the appearance of something that is naturally kind of top-heavy. 357 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Yeah, it's very tall and narrow. 358 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 So this is going in the tank? 359 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,000 She's not the only thing going in. We got to get in there with it. 360 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000 We're going in. 361 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000 We're going in. 362 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Oh, I did not pack a bathing suit. 363 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 That's unfortunate. 364 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,000 Marvin will stay with Cedric to monitor the testing, 365 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,000 while I roll up my pants and climb into the wave tank with Dr. House. 366 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 You could have warmed this up a little bit, Doc. 367 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Good Lord. 368 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Okay, so model's going in. 369 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 All right, so she floats. That's a good sign. 370 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,000 Our model Cyclops is remote controlled. 371 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 I start her up and send her off into our simulated ocean. 372 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,000 Hey, Josh, let's try to keep it steered into the waves. 373 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:59,000 You got it. My first time piloting an early 1900s coal steamer. 374 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Looks pretty good, actually, yeah? 375 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Yeah, it looks pretty good. It's riding all right. 376 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Marvin, can you see the boat in here? 377 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 Yeah, she looks pretty good. 378 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Yeah, she's taking the waves pretty well. 379 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,000 I used to have a toy boat in my bathtub when I was a kid. 380 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000 This is better. 381 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Now you have to take into consideration she was carrying the dense manganese ore. 382 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Right, okay, let's see how she does when she's more weighted down. 383 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Since Marvin's chunk of manganese won't fit, 384 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:32,000 we have lead weights to simulate the load the Cyclops carried on her final voyage. 385 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Okay, Josh, you can take the whole top of the deck off. 386 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,000 And we can put this ore evenly distributed in here. 387 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 Okay, so that's our manganese ore. 388 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 We have our heavier payload in there. 389 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,000 So we can see that she's sitting much lower in the water now. 390 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Not surprising, she's more weighted down. 391 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Cedric, let's go ahead and start the waves. 392 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Okay, starting. 393 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,000 The floor beneath us vibrates, and I feel the water begin to churn. 394 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Soon, the wave tank earns its name. 395 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Here they come. 396 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 Okay, here we go, waves are coming. 397 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,000 With the ship's cargo hold loaded with substituted manganese, 398 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:21,000 she again speeds off into the waves, but it's no longer smooth sailing. 399 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Oh, she does not look happy. 400 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Still up, but I feel like if I don't keep her pointed into the waves, it's going to be over. 401 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Yeah, you definitely have to be more careful with the steering. 402 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Even with just the manganese ore on board, she's so much harder to control. 403 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Now, this is a 1 to 267 scale boat, so your waves that are a few inches high here, 404 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,000 I really like about something on the order of a 30 foot ocean wave. 405 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Wow. 406 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 Pretty rough seas, it certainly wouldn't be any fun to be out on. 407 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 So, serious seas, and she's doing okay? 408 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Yeah, still doing okay. 409 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:59,000 Fully laden, the ship is sluggish, but the mini cyclops has proven capable of handling some rough seas. 410 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:07,000 I pull our model out of the water so the team can prep the wave tank for the ultimate test, a simulated rogue wave. 411 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Now, let's talk about a rogue wave. 412 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000 How do we figure out the general size of a rogue wave? 413 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Well, kind of a general rule of thumb is the rogue wave is twice the significant wave height. 414 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,000 So, for those 30 footers, it might be something over 60 foot. 415 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Okay, so can we generate a single rogue wave of that height? 416 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:30,000 So, what we can do is kind of like the way rogue waves can form actually on the open ocean, which is we'll generate a group of waves, 417 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:40,000 some that are moving at different speeds, and the faster ones will catch up with the slower ones and create one suddenly large wave that kind of comes out of nowhere. 418 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,000 And so, they'll build up as they come down the tank and form into a large wave here? 419 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Right, and to make it more realistic, we're going to need some wind on it. 420 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Okay, let's get some wind. 421 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Okay, Cedric, let's get some wind in here about 30 miles an hour. 422 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Stand by. 423 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,000 All right, hold on to something. 424 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:03,000 With the flip of a switch, conditions in the tank go from a lovely day on the ocean to better call in the Coast Guard. 425 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 All right, well, we got wind. 426 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Now, we need a wave. 427 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Cedric, let's turn on the rogue wave. 428 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Okay, ready for the rogue wave. 429 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Here they come. 430 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Oh, boy. 431 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Okay, here we go. 432 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Little waves building up. 433 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Oh, they're merging. 434 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Here we go. 435 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Big wave. 436 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Okay, go straight ahead, straight ahead, straight ahead. 437 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Here we go. 438 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 The wave rushes toward the ship. 439 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:38,000 We're about to find out if the USS Cyclops could have survived a rogue wave. 440 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Here they come. 441 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Oh, boy. 442 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Okay, here we go. 443 00:20:54,000 --> 00:21:08,000 In the wind wave tank at the University of Miami, researcher Dr. Brian House and I are attempting to test the theory that a rogue wave in the Bermuda Triangle was responsible for the disappearance of the USS Cyclops. 444 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:16,000 Our model ship has held up to the waves thus far, but now it's about to meet a rogue wave for the first time. 445 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 446 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 No. 447 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Ah, no. 448 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,000 No. 449 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000 She's down. 450 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,000 Our model Cyclops is lost to the depths. 451 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:54,000 The heavy cargo combined with the narrow, ungainly design of the ship is no match for the realities of a rogue wave. 452 00:21:54,000 --> 00:22:01,000 And there are historic clues that our experiment demonstrates the true fate of the Cyclops. 453 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:13,000 Of her three sister ships, two of them, the Proteus and the Narius, were also lost at sea without a trace, suggesting that the design of this class of ship was likely fatally flawed. 454 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Look, I don't think you need a supernatural Bermuda Triangle to take this ship down. 455 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:23,000 I think there's every chance that she sank, just as she did here, because she was unstable. 456 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Yes, it all adds up and it makes a lot of sense. 457 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,000 All right, well, thank you very much. I really appreciate it. Let's get out of here and get dry. 458 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:48,000 It turns out that the disappearance of the Cyclops, a ship which has long served as an emblem for the power of the Bermuda Triangle, may be owed to entirely explainable, albeit tragic, circumstances. 459 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:58,000 Having said that, it must be conceded that no trace of the Cyclops has ever been found, and until that happens, there are those who will always question its fate. 460 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:10,000 But while I'm now satisfied that the Cyclops was done in by her own design, Triangle believers have one other card up their sleeve, and it's an ace, the disappearance of Flight 19. 461 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:18,000 In December of 1945, five Navy planes took off from the eastern coast of Florida on a training mission. 462 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Only a few hours later, all five had vanished without a trace. 463 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:32,000 And the resulting media frenzy made the Triangle a household name. The planes even made a cameo in close encounters of the third kind. 464 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:38,000 To believers, the planes didn't crash, they simply vanished into the vortex of the Triangle. 465 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Now, 75 years later, we may be on the verge of learning what happened to the so-called Lost Squadron. 466 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:51,000 To start my investigation, I go to where Flight 19 left the ground for the final time. 467 00:23:51,000 --> 00:24:00,000 The weather turns appropriately ominous as I reach the Naval Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, Florida to meet historian John Bloom. 468 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Josh Welkman at the Naval Air Station for Lauderdale Museum. 469 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 This place is awesome. 470 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 In World War II, this is an operational training base. 471 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:15,000 And this is where the infamous Flight 19 Squadron left from. 472 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,000 That's correct. 473 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 And what sort of aircraft was in this squadron? 474 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,000 The Avenger Torpedo Bomber, which we have some examples right here. 475 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,000 So tell me about this plane. What do we need to know about the Avenger? 476 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 The Avenger was a main torpedo bomber for World War II. 477 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,000 It was the largest single-engine plane, had a three-man crew. 478 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,000 Pilots loved flying it. It was very sturdy. It could take a lot of damage. 479 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,000 Incredible. 480 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:42,000 December of 1945 was only two months removed from the end of the war. 481 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:48,000 But America remained on high alert, and Fort Lauderdale was where thousands of airmen learned to fly. 482 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:53,000 So during Flight 19, how many total crew were on these five planes that went out? 483 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Fourteen. 484 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Who's leading this training mission? 485 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Lieutenant Charles Taylor. 486 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Lieutenant Taylor had been flying the Avenger since 1942 and had thousands of hours in the cockpit. 487 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:10,000 As for the rest of the crews, Flight 19 was supposed to be their last training mission. 488 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:18,000 So, December 5th, 1945, five of these planes take off from right here. Where do they go? 489 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,000 They went east, out of the Bahamas. I can show you right here. 490 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,000 Okay. 491 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:27,000 John walks me over to a navigation chart marked with Flight 19's intended mission. 492 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,000 The crew took off from Fort Lauderdale at 2.10 p.m. 493 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:42,000 The plan was to fly almost due east for about 60 miles, where they would practice bombing a small ocean reef called Hen and Chicken Shoals. 494 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:53,000 From there, they would continue another 77 miles to Great Sturrup Key and turn north, flying 84 miles over Grand Bahama Island to Great Sail Key, 495 00:25:53,000 --> 00:26:00,000 before turning west and returning to Fort Lauderdale. Needless to say, this is not what happened. 496 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:07,000 If you take any one aviation incident like this by itself, it seems cut and dry, probably just an accident. 497 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:12,000 But the fact that you've got five planes disappearing, that's what makes this really odd. 498 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,000 And any wreckage or debris or bodies found? 499 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,000 Nothing. No debris. 500 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Not a seat cushion? 501 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,000 Not a raft? 502 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Nothing. 503 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Nope. 504 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Wow. 505 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Well, now I see why this is the poster story from you to Triangle. I mean, it is really strange. 506 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,000 Well, it's even stranger because it's not just a story about five missing planes. 507 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 It's about six missing planes. 508 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:48,000 When Flight 19 went silent at about 7 p.m., the Navy sent out a Martin Mariner rescue plane to find the squadron, and they hoped, lead them home. 509 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,000 Soon after, it vanished from radar as well. 510 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,000 How many aboard? 511 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,000 13. 512 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:02,000 So 13 men here, 14 on Flight 19. This is really the story of 27 people who go missing on one day. 513 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Yep. Nobody thought they weren't coming back. 514 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:10,000 And that probably is why this has become so famous, because it's like they vanish off the face of the Earth. 515 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Yeah. 516 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:19,000 The question of what happened to Flight 19 has fueled the legend of the Triangle's power for three quarters of a century. 517 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:23,000 Now, it's time to finally separate fact from fiction. 518 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:29,000 To do that, I'm meeting the preeminent expert on the lost squadron, author Andy Morocco. 519 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Would you like to go for a flight? 520 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,000 I would love to. 521 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,000 Let's do it. 522 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,000 Come on. 523 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Having learned about Flight 19's intended route, I'm about to retrace their actual, fateful mission into the Triangle. 524 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:48,000 At the stick today is longtime commercial pilot Doug Matthews, who's been flying out of Fort Lauderdale for decades. 525 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,000 Doug taxis onto the runway, and soon, we're airborne. 526 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,000 Off the ground, and on the trail of Flight 19. 527 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:03,000 These guys left from the naval air station of Fort Lauderdale. I understand it was a training mission. 528 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,000 They're also out there dropping some ordinances. Is that right? 529 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Right. They were supposed to drop a dummy bomb each of the planes onto Hen and Chicken Shoals, which is approximately 56 nautical miles from the base. 530 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,000 Okay, we're seeing something down here. 531 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,000 Yeah, I think we're coming at actually on Hen and Chicken Shoals. 532 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,000 So this is the spot. This is where this bombing run happened. 533 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,000 That's the spot. 534 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:30,000 So as far as we know, they get out there, they do their target practice, and everything's okay. 535 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,000 Correct. 536 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:37,000 Next, the squadron was to continue on to the Bahamian Island of Great Sturip, Key. 537 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,000 And it's here that things begin to go off course. 538 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Literally. 539 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:46,000 Josh, I have the radio logs from Flight 19 to look at. 540 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000 So these are the transcripts of the actual radio transmissions. 541 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,000 And so where does our first sign of trouble come in the radio transmission? 542 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Well, the first sign of trouble really comes at 3.45. 543 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:01,000 So 3.45 p.m. Taylor, who's the commander of the squadron here, he calls out to Powers. 544 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,000 Now Powers is one of the other guys flying these planes, right? 545 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,000 Yeah. 546 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,000 So he says to Powers, Powers, what is your compass read? 547 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,000 Both of my compasses are out. 548 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,000 So wait a second. Both of his compasses are out? 549 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000 But you got ten compasses. 550 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Right, there's five planes. Each one with two compasses. 551 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,000 Right. 552 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,000 So this is where it starts to get real weird for me. 553 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:28,000 Taylor misses Great Sturip, Key, and likely makes his turn north later than he should have. 554 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:36,000 Taylor comes back and says, I don't know where we are, must have got lost after the last turn. 555 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,000 So Taylor is in trouble. I mean, he's confused as to where he is. 556 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:47,000 Right. I think this is where he realizes that he hasn't hit the tip of land like he thought he should have seen. 557 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,000 He's just seeing the empty ocean. 558 00:29:51,000 --> 00:30:00,000 And what he, along with the rest of his squadron, could not know is that bad weather was ahead and they were now lost in the Bermuda Triangle. 559 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:19,000 In 1945, one wrong turn led a squadron of five planes with 14 airmen toward a disaster that would come to define the power of the Bermuda Triangle. 560 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:26,000 Now, researcher Andy Morocco is filling me in on the details of the doomed Flight 19. 561 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:33,000 I think this is where Taylor realizes that he hasn't hit the tip of land like he thought he should have seen. 562 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,000 He's just seeing the empty ocean. 563 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:47,000 With all of their experience and training, the pilots couldn't orient themselves, but Flight 19 was given one more chance to regain its bearings. 564 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:55,000 Another flight instructor in the air nearby, a lieutenant named Robert Cox, has been listening to their confusion over the radio. 565 00:30:55,000 --> 00:31:01,000 And Taylor says to him, I'm trying to get to Fort Lauderdale. He's trying to head back in. I'm over land, but it's broken. 566 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:08,000 I'm sure I'm in the Keys, but I don't know how far down. So let's take the second part of this. He thinks he's over the Florida Keys. 567 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000 In reality, he's probably where? 568 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,000 He's over the northern part of the Bahamas. 569 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,000 Right here? 570 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,000 Yeah. 571 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Right in front of us, this area here. 572 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,000 What is going on at this point? 573 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:24,000 I really think at a certain point, he's had some type of a middle break. 574 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:35,000 I think it really starts with the fact that he got spooked when he didn't see the tip of land he was hoping to see. 575 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:43,000 And then Taylor comes back, says we've just passed over a small island. We have no other land in sight. This is at 425. 576 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:50,000 That island is Walker Cave. This is the last piece of land that Flight 19 would ever see. 577 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,000 Scary. 578 00:31:52,000 --> 00:32:01,000 Now, as much as 15 miles off course, Flight 19 has missed its second turn, the one that could have brought them home. 579 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:10,000 Hours pass and the sun begins to set. To make their situation even worse, a winter storm blows in, diminishing visibility. 580 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:18,000 As their fuel runs low, the pilots become increasingly desperate to figure out their position, frantically arguing which direction to turn. 581 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:26,000 But now at 516, they say we will fly 270 degrees until we hit the beach or run out of gas. So 270 degrees is west. 582 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,000 That's correct. 583 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:34,000 So now they're saying, let's go west because they're realizing their mistake. They're out over the open water. They need to go west to come back into land. 584 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:41,000 And then according to this, at 602, they say we may have to ditch at any minute. We may have to ditch. Do you read? 585 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:48,000 When a pilot says we may have to ditch any minute, that means it is imminent. That means now. 586 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:57,000 No one knows exactly where their last radio calls originated. Flight 19 would never be heard from, nor seen again. 587 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:10,000 Ultimately, there's no question that these guys became disoriented. I think the Bermuda Triangle believers would say, you can't have two compasses fail like this. 588 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:16,000 Something about this doesn't make sense. How could five planes with experienced pilots just vanish like this? 589 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000 So what the hell happened to these guys, Andy? 590 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:29,000 I think the answer is really simple. Flight 19 was a simple mistake by a pilot who was the instructor. 591 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:34,000 You think that Taylor got them off course and it was a cascade they couldn't recover from? 592 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,000 Absolutely. 593 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,000 So one man's mistake becomes everybody's death? 594 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,000 That's correct. 595 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:53,000 The loss of the 14 brave young men would be tragic in any context, but the mystery and infamy of what happened was only deepened by the events that followed. 596 00:33:55,000 --> 00:34:03,000 And not only did flight 19 vanish, but the rescue plane, the PBM-5 Martin Mariner, it disappeared also on the same day. 597 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:15,000 An amphibious plane known as a Martin Mariner crewed with 13 rescuers was sent to find the squadron, but flew into rough weather with equally disastrous results. 598 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,000 Same thing. Vanish it to thin air. 599 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,000 Same thing. 600 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:27,000 We land back in Fort Lauderdale, completing the journey that flight 19 could not. 601 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:35,000 And it is now clear to me why the five pilots got irretrievably lost, ran out of fuel and spun into the Atlantic Ocean. 602 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000 No close encounters, no wormhole. 603 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:46,000 Somewhere on the bottom of the sea are five Avengers and one Martin Mariner that have been sitting there since 1945. 604 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:54,000 And now, Andy has teamed up with an expert diver to test a new theory that may finally locate the Rex. 605 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,000 At a nearby marina, we meet Mike Barnett. 606 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,000 Hey guys, how are ya? 607 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,000 Hey, how are ya? 608 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,000 How ya doing? 609 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,000 I'm Josh. 610 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,000 Nice to meet you. 611 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,000 Mike, nice to meet you. Ready to go? 612 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,000 Yeah, let's hit it. 613 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,000 Okay, come on. 614 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,000 There we go. 615 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:18,000 Mike has 30 years experience locating Rex, including having just recently identified one of the Triangle's other notable missing ships, the Codepaxi. 616 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:23,000 If you ever lose anything in the ocean, he's the guy you want to find it. 617 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:36,000 Andy and Mike think that the key to finding the five planes may be in locating the sixth plane to go missing that night, the Martin Mariner, sent to Flight 19's final radio position. 618 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:47,000 Now when it comes to Flight 19, we have testimony, we have transmissions, we don't have any eyewitnesses, but that might not be the case for the Mariner, right? 619 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,000 So the Martin Mariner was dispatched to go look for Flight 19. 620 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,000 Right. 621 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,000 And about a half hour after taking off, it disappeared from radar. 622 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:58,000 About the same time, there were reports coming in from a tanker called the Gaines Mill. 623 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:04,000 They reported seeing an explosion that the flames reached up to about 100 feet in the air and it burned for about 20 minutes or so. 624 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:17,000 According to the Navy report of the incident, the crew of the Gaines Mill sped over to the site of the explosion and saw debris in the water, but it slipped under the waves before they could identify or retrieve it. 625 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:24,000 So logic would dictate then, if we can figure out where the Gaines Mill was, we should be able to figure out where the Mariner crashed. 626 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,000 How confident are we that we know where that tanker was? 627 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:33,000 Based on the evidence from the report, we should historically be able to find it. 628 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:39,000 We know that there's time, distance and speed and those three points come together and create a radius. 629 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:48,000 With Andy's exhaustive research in hand, we speed out to his newly identified search zone. 630 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:53,000 Now, it's up to another member of the team, Kyle Defoe, to find the Mariner. 631 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:58,000 He's a sonar specialist who's brought along a high-tech device to aid our investigation. 632 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000 Okay, Kyle, you're up. What do you got for us? 633 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,000 Alright, I have the Marine Sonic Technology Arc Explorer Mark II. 634 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:13,000 And there's a side scan sonar unit and what it does, it gets towed behind the boat and it uses sound waves to give you an almost photographic image of what's on the bottom. 635 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:19,000 Okay, so we've got places that could be associated with the Mariner. Hopefully we find some targets that maybe we can dive. 636 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,000 Let's find a plane. 637 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,000 Let's find a plane. That'd be nice, wouldn't it? I like your optimism. Let's go. 638 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,000 I grab a pair of gloves and drop the scanner into the water. 639 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:36,000 Now, Kyle will monitor the data coming into the computer as we attempt to cover as much of the search zone as possible. 640 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,000 So now we just find a plane? 641 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,000 It's just that simple. 642 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:47,000 The scanner moves over the ocean floor, but initially, things don't look too promising. 643 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:51,000 A whole lot of nothing down there. It is pretty much a desert. 644 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,000 A couple of shadows over there. 645 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:04,000 We continue combing the desert until, at last, an oasis. 646 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,000 What is that? Something down there for sure. 647 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:11,000 Round. There's a shadow on one side of it. It's almost like something's sitting in a pit. 648 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:15,000 That looks like it could be part of a plane. And another target right after it. 649 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,000 Definitely a debris field. 650 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,000 Can you measure that? How long is that? 651 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,000 It looks like it's about 12 and a half feet long. 652 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,000 What's the width of that? 653 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,000 About three feet. 654 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000 Could be an engine. Could be the nose cone. 655 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,000 Could very well be. And it's straight lines. You don't find straight lines on an engine. 656 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,000 That's definitely a man-made. We gotta check that out. 657 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,000 Big time. 658 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:35,000 There's not just one hit down there. The debris field stretches out over a quarter mile, 659 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:39,000 and some of what we're picking up is almost certainly man-made. 660 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,000 Mike, what do you think? 661 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000 It's a sexy target. I think we need to suit up and get wet. 662 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000 Cap, can you get us back over that target? 663 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000 Turn around now. I'll be right on it. 664 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,000 Our boat captain brings us over the sonar hit. 665 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000 Okay. Toss it. 666 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,000 To mark the center of the debris field, we toss out a shot line, 667 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,000 a floating buoy attached to an anchor weight deployed on top of the target. 668 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,000 Here we go. Shot lines out. 669 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,000 Okay, buoy's in. 670 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,000 Next, we suit up to dive. 671 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,000 You ready? 672 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,000 Yeah, let's do it. 673 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,000 Let's do it, man. 674 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000 Dive, dive, dive. 675 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,000 The water is crystal clear. 676 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,000 We're able to follow our line 70 feet down to the debris field. 677 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,000 Never been in water like this. 678 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,000 I can almost see to the bottom. 679 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:34,000 The deeper we get, the more we can see on the ocean floor. 680 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,000 Until... 681 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,000 Oh, my lord. Look at that. 682 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,000 We've dropped down right on top of our target. 683 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,000 Look at that. It's right under our marker. 684 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,000 What do you think it is? 685 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,000 It's an engine. 686 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000 It looks like an aircraft engine. 687 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,000 Josh, the top side. Come in, Andy. 688 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,000 We've got an aircraft engine down here. 689 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,000 Are you serious? 690 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:01,000 I don't want to get ahead of ourselves, but this looks pretty good. 691 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,000 Mike, how do we identify what kind of engine it is? 692 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:09,000 We're pretty sure it's a fat witty, but I don't know the exact model. 693 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,000 We're going to need to look up what was on the mirror. 694 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,000 It's an incredible find. 695 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,000 The debris field, though, stretches out across the seabed. 696 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,000 Only a short swim away lies another piece of wreckage. 697 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,000 And this one could be the key to identifying the missing mariner. 698 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,000 Holy s***, is that a propeller? 699 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,000 The Bermuda Triangle has been luring sailors for centuries, 700 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:45,000 but since 1971, they've also been drawn to victory tattoo. 701 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,000 All nautical tattoos have meaning, and a sailor traveling through the Bermuda Triangle, 702 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:53,000 or indeed anywhere, would have tattoos that all had specific naval meanings. 703 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,000 Okay, like what? 704 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,000 Like a fully rigged ship would mean that you would sail around the rough waters of Cape Horn. 705 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,000 Got it, okay. 706 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000 An anchor would mean that you had sailed the Atlantic. 707 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:04,000 A sparrow you would get for each 5,000 nautical miles you first traveled. 708 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000 That's like the original frequent flyer program. 709 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,000 Yeah, it was like a stamp. 710 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,000 Yeah, I would be covered in sparrows. 711 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,000 And as luck would have it, Bobby has a chair open right at this moment. 712 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,000 Oof. 713 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:25,000 Don't worry, my pain is only temporary, unlike this guy's new ink. 714 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,000 Oof. Looks like it hurts. Does it hurt? 715 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,000 Yeah, John, it hurts. 716 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000 It looks like it hurts. 717 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,000 Mmm. 718 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:46,000 I'm deep under the waves of the Bermuda Triangle, searching for a Martin Mariner plane that disappeared 75 years ago. 719 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:50,000 Now, with wreck diver Mike Barnett, we may just have found it. 720 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,000 Holy s***, is that a propeller? 721 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,000 It sure is. That's amazing. 722 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,000 Gonna be from the Mariner. 723 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,000 I hope so. 724 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,000 We have all the big mariner back on the surface. 725 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,000 Let's head on and see what this is. 726 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:11,000 To figure out what it is we've located, we need a better idea of what to look for. 727 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,000 We go back to the boat to gather critical intel. 728 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,000 Woo-hoo-hoo! 729 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,000 Wow. 730 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,000 There's an engine down there. 731 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:22,000 Oh, man, we're kind. 732 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,000 I mean, it's a big radial engine. It's from a plane for sure. 733 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,000 Don't tell me that. 734 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,000 It is. 735 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,000 Do it. 736 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,000 Are you serious? 737 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:30,000 Yeah. 738 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,000 It is for sure. 739 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:32,000 It's a lost engine. 740 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,000 I mean, it's old. It looks like World War II vintage. 741 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,000 Man, this could be it. 742 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,000 I mean, it really could be. 743 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,000 Let's take a look at the manual. 744 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,000 I'll show you exactly what that engine looks like. 745 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,000 Great. Yeah, let's go look at it. Come on. 746 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:45,000 Andy has the full manuals and repair guides for the Martin Mariner. 747 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:50,000 He calls them up on his computer so we can attempt to identify what we've found. 748 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,000 Okay, so now what type of engine is this? 749 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000 This is a Pratt Whitney R2800. 750 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:57,000 How many cylinders? 751 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,000 18. 752 00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,000 18. That's the magic number? 753 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:00,000 Yes. 754 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,000 There's a lot of what's down there is buried. 755 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,000 I mean, I don't know that we're going to be able to dig out and see all the cylinder counts. 756 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:09,000 Right, but I think the R2800 had two rows of nine cylinders each, correct? 757 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:10,000 Correct. 758 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,000 What else should we know about this engine in terms of what we're looking for down there? 759 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:17,000 Well, if we're looking for this to be the Mariner, the distinct feature that we're looking 760 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:22,000 for is a three blade aluminum propeller. 761 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,000 That propeller is aluminum. 762 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,000 It's definitely aluminum. 763 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:25,000 Really? 764 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,000 It is. I mean, it's shining like the day it came off the assembly line. 765 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:28,000 Yeah, definitely. 766 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,000 And these propellers are how long? 767 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:34,000 Full diameter that the propeller makes is 14.8 feet. 768 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:38,000 So I don't know that we're going to be able to dig those blades out, but maybe we can get down to the hub? 769 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,000 I mean, we can tell the angle between the two blades. 770 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:46,000 Obviously, if it's, you know, 90 degrees, that's four blades, but if it's more like 66, then that's three blades. 771 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:47,000 So let's go back down. 772 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:51,000 We're going to try to count the props and count those cylinders. 773 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,000 Two rows of nine cylinders, 18 total. 774 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,000 All right, well, we've got our mission. 775 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:56,000 We'll talk to you on comms. 776 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,000 We'll let you know what we find. 777 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,000 Let's get back in the water. 778 00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,000 Definitely. 779 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,000 Okay, let's cool off. 780 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,000 Here we go. 781 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:06,000 Now that we know what we're looking for, we prepare to dive back in. 782 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:17,000 This time we grab an aquatic scooter to help clear sand from around the wreckage. 783 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:24,000 First, we revisit the engine and attempt to count the cylinders, hoping for 18 of them. 784 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:28,000 Okay, one, two, three, four, five. 785 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,000 This is really well-buried. 786 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:37,000 Can't see how many there are, but definitely in two rows it has the right configuration. 787 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:48,000 Since we can't determine the accurate count of the engine cylinders, our next step is to check the propeller to see if we can determine how many blades it has and how long the blades are. 788 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:56,000 Quick reminder, three is the magic number for the Martin Mariner, and they should be about seven feet long. 789 00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:01,000 Okay, Mike, the propeller seems to be buried above the huff. 790 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,000 Let's clear out some sand so we can count the blades. 791 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:08,000 Yep, here we go. 792 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:14,000 Using the scooter, he directs the blower downward, sending up a cloud of silt into the water. 793 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,000 When it clears... 794 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,000 I can see the huff! 795 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:25,000 There are three propeller blades! Three just like the Mariner! Yes! 796 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:29,000 That's amazing! Let's see if we can get a measurement. 797 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:33,000 We take a string and measure out the length of the blade. 798 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:38,000 It has a bit broken off at the top, but it looks to be about the right length. 799 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,000 I don't know. You think this is the Mariner? 800 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,000 I think it might just be. 801 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,000 It's incredible! 802 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:51,000 We rush back to the boat to give Andy the details. 803 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,000 We're doing some good news for you. 804 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,000 Why? 805 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:00,000 Three props. Aluminum. 806 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,000 Yes! 807 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,000 Big time! 808 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:05,000 Yeah! Big time! I mean, that could be the Mariner! 809 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:06,000 Could be. 810 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:13,000 Cylinders was a little bit harder to tell. There's two rows of them, there's certainly a lot of cylinders, but without a lot more work down there, that one I don't think we can answer. 811 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:17,000 In terms of where that leaves us, I'm feeling pretty hopeful. 812 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:20,000 Let's take the information we have and see what it adds up to. 813 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,000 Very good day at the office. 814 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:27,000 In all the ways we can measure, the wreck below us seems to align to the Martin Mariner. 815 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:35,000 But to confirm the find, the engine and propeller will have to be raised, a massive undertaking that will require time and manpower. 816 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:47,000 I'll be waiting anxiously for the results, but for today, we sail for home, optimistic that what we've uncovered could put to bed one of the Triangle's most persistent mysteries. 817 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:55,000 I've spent two weeks traveling through the Bermuda Triangle and have arrived safely on the other side. 818 00:46:55,000 --> 00:47:02,000 My trip exposed me to tales of wormholes, electronic fog and advanced civilizations. 819 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:10,000 But helping intrepid scientists and researchers attempt to explain these stories has given me a glimpse beyond the folklore. 820 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,000 At the truth. 821 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:27,000 I learned that the infamous USS Cyclops likely was sunk by poor engineering and a rogue wave, while Flight 19 simply lost its bearings and ran out of fuel. 822 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:37,000 When seen through the lens of scientific inquiry, many of the Triangle's signature stories can be chalked up to the indiscriminate forces of nature. 823 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:47,000 Others still manage to defy reason, but while the seas may toss ships around and storms may wash planes from the skies, 824 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:59,000 the true danger of the Triangle may be our own imaginations, the most powerful force of all.