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The Bermuda Triangle

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

If you are totally uncritical thinker, someone who still finds the Easter Bunny stories fascinating, then you'll love this book. There are so many things wrong with it that it's difficult to know where to start. He certainly plays fast and loose with the facts and doesn't let a little lie every now and then get in the way of a good story. For instance, there is the USAF Globemaster disappearance in 1950. It did disappear, but it was on a flight from Newfoundland to Ireland at the time. How in the world does this count as a Triangle disappearance since the route passes nowhere near the Triangle? And the weather always seems to be "calm," but a check with U.S. weather service records shows that this is not the case most of the time. In fact, in one instance (the cargo ship Sandra) weather records show that at the time of the disappearance winds were topping out at 73 mph, only 2 mph below hurricane force! And his co-writer (J. Manson Valentine) tried to capitalize on the financial success of this book by inventing a Great Lakes Triangle, but that book did not sell. Go read Lawrence Kusche's Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved if you would have the truth. If on the other hand you prefer to remain ignorant, well I'm sure that you can find a copy of that Great Lakes Triangle book somewhere.

Although most of the sensational "mysteries" and disappearances of ships and airplanes in the "Bermuda Triangle" have since been proven to be the result of either human error or ordinary bad weather, this is still an entertaining read. For a while. After running to the computer every few pages to check on recent developments in the searches for these crafts and finding out that either wreckage has been found, or that recordings of distress signals have been digitally enhanced and turned out to be far less ominous than reported, I got more and more disenchanted. That this book is frequently listed as non-fiction is unfortunate. Nevertheless, Berlitz is a compelling writer, and it's not difficult to read. I'm sure if you like this genre and aren't terribly distracted by "facts" you may enjoy this book.

This is the first book I've read about the Bermuda Triangle, and it was quite fascinating! Mr. Berlitz first describes the disappearances that have occurred in the region, and then discusses the possible causes for them. Some great photographs are also included.

The only reason I've given this book a "4" instead of a "5" is that the author tends to go off on tangents - all of which I found quite interesting - however, I think it may have been better had he left some of this info. to another book.

I would definately recommend purchasing this book (although you'll have to find a used copy) for anyone interested in the Bermuda Triangle, or ancient mysteries in general.

Speaking as a graduate of the USCG/USAF National Search and Rescue School, the whole concept of a "Bermuda Triangle" is a bunch of hokum and this is the terribly researched book that started the nonsense. Any area that has as much novice ship and aircraft trafic is going to have lost vessels. There's actually more of a case for a Cape Sable Triangle, but everyone realizes the North Atlantic has storms!

This whole book was debunked by a research librarian in Arizona who simply did real footnoted research (something Berlitz never thought of) in the following book:

"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved" by Larry Kusche

The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle had been told in books, magazine articles, and on television and radio talk shows for several years when, in 1972, Larry Kusche, then a reference librarian, decided to collect all the information he could find on each incident. He made contact with the Coast Guard, the Air Force, Lloyd's of London, and many other agencies. He obtained microfilm copies of newspapers from cities where various incidents had been reported.

This exhaustive research had an unexpected result - it solved the mystery. It also resulted in the publication of The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved which is now back in print. Larry Kusche's book is more than an investigation of a mystery: it is a fascinating case history of a "manufactured mystery" in the making. It shows how over the years the raw materials of official accident reports, newspaper accounts articles in the mainstream press, and word of mouth have been assimilated into a "false mystery".

The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved is the only book written on the Triangle that approaches the topic rationally, rather than as another great unsolved mystery of our time. Approximately 60 of the best-known cases are examined, in an unusual, but very clear and logical style. Kusche relates each incident as it has been told over the years. He then includes snippets from articles and reports that show what was written at that time. Kusche then discusses the incident, pointing out flaws in the story.

The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved is the only book that critically examines the "mystery" and provides the reader with an alternative rational explanation to the sensationalist stories in the media.

Larry Kusche is a technical writer, commercial pilot, and a flight instructor. He is the author of The Disappearance of Flight 19.

302 pages Publication date 21st September, 1995

ISBN 0-87975-971-2

If you believe in ghosts and fairies, this is the book for you. For me, it is immensely fascinating how seemingly rational persons go for this pseudo-scientific nonsense. I give it 2 stars, not zero, because it's entertaining in its own absurdity.

Regardless of some of the reviewers that spew hateful insults
against this book, this is indeed an excellent book.
Read it and see for yourself. It's a creepy, yet riveting
book written by Charles Berlitz in the mid-seventies.
No matter what your personal belief system,
this is a fascinating account of the strange disappearances
located in the Bermuda Triangle zone of the Atlantic ocean.

This is a fantastic book!! It's a very easy read, and very well put together. Some of the accounts are just unexplainable and I ended up pondering them for days. If you are curious at all about the Bermuda Triangle, this book provides many accounts of disappearances, and a variety of explanations. I'm very satisfied with this purchase! You won't be disappointed.

two decades later! If you like "nerve wracking" books, this certainly meets the criteria if you are planning a vacation in this area. I'd like to re-read this book in the year 2009 and see if it still gives me "the jitters"... though not enough to dissuade me from going on The Enterprise, a British submersible tour of a shipwreck beneath the aqua-colored waters of Bermuda. A "fun" book, that I had suggested others to read ever since I read it when it first was published, a lifetime ago!

I read this book early in my reseach. After reading his book "Atlantis The Eighth Continent", I was stunned at how good his book was compared to the other 5 I had just read. I had read a few of what I thought great interesting material on ancient history and was quite pleased with them, and some of the interesting factual tidbits they gave...then I read Berlitz' work Atlantis... and immediately grabbed another Berlitz book (this one) to read, wondering if it was a fluke. It was no fluke! Since then I have bought every other work of his I could find. This mans work is well above the other material and it made me hope that I might find other competent researchers works out there.

He brings a vast array of interesting material to support his subject. The fact that this book sold millions of copies is no fluke, and I was truly surprised to find I'm only the second one to review this work (on Amazon.ca) and the first one to recommend it!( and I'm surprised to find only 8 reviews are here on Amazon.com. How soon we forget the masters!!!)

It was his work that slowly made me realize that the ancient history is related to so many current subjects and it was his work that gave me some clues to suggest that there just might be something to all the UFO's out there as well.

This guy approaches his subject rationally and methodically and furthermore he writes very well and his stuff is very readable, and indeed considering his subjects he makes even the potentially dry material exciting! After reading this book I was sold and I have bought every work by this man I could lay my hands on ever since.(except his language books...but you know I may buy one of his language book now!)

Even though this book is now 34 years old it reads FAR better then some of the new ones out there. For UFO and Bermuda Triangle stuff this is an essential book for any research library.

This is one of a bunch of books that Berlitz did in the 1970s, when it seemd there was a bit of a craze for all that Mysteries of the Unknown stuff.

This is entertaining enough, and looking at the mystery of the disappearance of various vehicles in this area of the world, and the odd stories that have sprung up about it.