Into the Bermuda Triangle : Pursuing the Truth Behind the World's Greatest Mystery (Hardcover)

~ Gian Quasar (Author)

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Still unsolved, the "Deadly Triangle" has claimed 1,075 ships and planes over the past 25 years

In his book Into The Bermuda Triangle, tenacious researcher Gian Quasar reveals the stunning results of his 12-year investigation into the phenomena that continue to baffle government officials, investigators, scientists, and the many witnesses to these bizarre disappearances.

Based on official reports from the NTSB and other investigative agencies, as well as interviews with scientists, theorists, and survivors of inexplicable occurrences within the Bermuda Triangle, this powerful exposé:

• Documents confirmed disappearances in detail
• Presents a chronological sequence of the most notable Triangle disappearances
• Examines 150 previously unpublished cases from the past 25 years
• Features testimony from eyewitnesses and survivors
• Explores possible explanations and the newest theories: Zero Point Energy, Magnetic Vortices, and more

From the Back Cover

A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping his plane, then disappears; eleven hours after fuel starvation, as if calling out from a void, he is heard 600 miles away. He requests permission to land, then vanishes forever. A freighter steaming over placid seas disappears without a trace. A pleasure yacht ghosts past without a soul on board. A pilot calls for help because a "weird object" is harassing his plane. A jet collides with an "unknown" and is never found. . . .

Are these events real, or just a sideshow for curiosity seekers and the gullible? These are the facts: none of the cases cited above, nor any of the hundreds of others similar to them, has ever been satisfactorily explained. Though little has been written about the Bermuda Triangle in the past quarter century, the haunting questions raised by the groundbreaking books of the 1970s have never been answered. And despite the prevailing official silence, the Bermuda Triangle continues to claim victims.

Indeed, over the past twenty-five years, despite the universal deployment of electronic navigation systems such as GPS and reliable, state-of-the-art communications, and despite the fact that in most cases searches have been immediately launched, more than seventy-five airplanes and more than a thousand yachts and commercial vessels, along with their passengers and crews, have disappeared for no apparent reason and with no logical explanation. Though many of these were equipped with emergency locator radiobeacons, not one such beacon was activated--just one more enduring Triangle mystery.

Into the Bermuda Triangle is the first comprehensive examination of this extraordinary subject in more than a generation. Drawing on official reports from the NTSB and other investigative agencies as well as interviews with scientists, theorists, and survivors, leading authority Gian Quasar not only sets the record straight on previously examined cases including the infamous Flight 19 mystery of 1945, he also offers a bulging case file of new disappearances, the collective results of his twelve-year investigation. In meticulous detail this unflinching account:

• Documents confirmed disappearances of airplanes and ships
• Examines new testimony and reexamines old interviews from eyewitnesses and survivors
• Explores possible explanations ranging from zero-point energy to magnetic vortices
• Challenges our assumptions with the sheer weight of accumulated evidence

Whether you’re fascinated by unexplained events or eager to learn the truth behind the stories you’ve heard, reading Into the Bermuda Triangle is like seeing the planets start to wobble in their orbits. Quasar wants you to understand that this earth--far from a conquered host--still conceals mysteries that will challenge our established world view no less than the theory of relativity challenged Newtonian mechanics. In this age of technological and scientific accomplishment, there are still things that transcend understanding. The Bermuda Triangle is one.

Still unsolved, still baffling, still claiming new victims every year. Here are the untold stories . . .

Twenty-five years after the last comprehensive investigation of the Bermuda Triangle, and despite modern navigation, communication, and search-and-rescue systems, ships and planes continue to disappear without trace into that mysterious region of the North Atlantic. In this book Gian Quasar synthesizes his twelve years of research--work that has underpinned several television documentary films--into a pursuit of explanations that will challenge your most fundamental assumptions. Into the Bermuda Triangle:

• Reexamines and amends the reports and conclusions of its bestselling predecessor books of a generation ago;
• Investigates the unexplained disappearances of the past 25 years--more than 75 airplanes and a thousand yachts and commercial ships with their passengers and crews;
• Searches every corner of science, no matter how arcane or out-of-the-mainstream, for an explanation that fits the known facts and solves the unknown mysteries.

Could magnetic vortices be at work? Could a space-time warp impinge on the Bermuda Triangle? Or are these bizarre happenings a harbinger of greater upheavals still to come, disruptions that we may be bringing on ourselves? One thing is sure: Boats, planes, and people continue to disappear at an alarming rate for no apparent--or logical--reason. The sheer weight of evidence in this eye-opening book will keep you awake at night.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (October 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007142640X
• ISBN-13: 978-0071426404
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #94,223 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Engaging Read!!!!, November 24, 2003

By A Customer

I have to say that this is really a fascinating and absorbing book. I just finished it, and although I don't usually leave any opinion, I felt this book needed a little. It is really not what one might think. It is not a collection of disconnected "tales of the sea." But rather it is a detective work into a true mystery that may have ramifications for the whole world. What makes it riveting is that it is not based on rumors or rehashing old sea stories. Nor is it a collection of popular ideas.

The idea this subject is "occult" or "new age" is quickly banished by Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board statistics. I think this is what actually sets the stage. The reader is quickly directed to a real world of unexplained disappearances rather than "tales of the sea" based on unconfirmed old rumors.

Quasar's style is so concise, the documented nature of the circumstances quickly grips one's attention. I was seriously disturbed by the transcription of an FAA mayday describing a "weird object," but even more disturbed when the author continues with case after case of other incidents of bizarre disappearances. He does not linger on any particular incident, but rather keeps a quick tempo throughout so that a cohesiveness continues to build.

I think what really makes the book shocking--and hence absorbing--is how the author enters this mystery from the position of the official records. The theories of UFOs, electromagnetic anomalies and time-space warps becomes more interesting after seeing the evidence contained in the NTSB reports. This is a book where the evidence is allowed to speak.

I was profoundly disturbed by the actual number of missing planes and ships, and even more disturbed that only a small percentage are ever publicly reported.

There is a greater purpose to the book which sets it apart. Most of the book is devoted to a quest for a solution. This is where I really became engrossed. Because his research turned up so much incontrovertible evidence for the bizarre, it is possible to take a captivating journey through some of the most sensational possibilities rather than regarding them as mere popular stories or psuedo-science. Although some might be considered older theories (like UFOs, Atlantis), Quasar remains focused only on the facts, and guides the reader into some refreshing new approaches to these concepts. His facts introduce angles on these phenomena which may be as groundbreaking today as von Daniken's were to the 1970s, and actually lead the entire UFO and Atlantis movements concretely away from how they are regarded today into far more productive discussions. I like how they are not just suggestions thrown out to the reader. The inter-twining course they follow leads one back to greater mystery, but paradoxically one is discovering something very real along the way.

Quasar's book is both a compelling expose into a real life mystery, a journey of true discovery, and is like the dissertation of a true life detective laying before his audience all the evidence.

The profoundness of Quasar's style of writing I think really elevates the book to the level of a serious thesis about something that may have greater ramifications for the whole world. Although only once in a while can one detect his frustration or excitement, he maintains a refreshingly objective narrative throughout-- something I think is rare today, and something that further conveys how seriously he takes the subject and its ramifications.

After reading the book, I have to agree.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Thought Provoking, January 1, 2005

By	C. Baker "[e-mail]" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is a very thought provoking book about the Bermuda Triangle. The author explores and offers theories for the strange happenings and disappearances in this area, from a pre-historical very advanced race that was wiped out by a natural disaster leaving behind buried sources of power effecting crafts in this and other areas of the world, inter-terrestrial aliens, strange energy sources that we do not yet understand, and time-space warps. He approaches these fantastic theories from a very scientific and believable viewpoint. It's up for the reader to decide what to believe.

The drawback to this book is the first few chapters become an almost mind numbing recitation of disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. The writing style is rather dry so frankly the book is a little boring at times. But some of the topics covered do indeed broaden one's thinking about the world in general and this topic in particular.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Important Read, March 9, 2004

By	Matilda (Iowa) - See all my reviews

I can't believe this book has only warranted 6 reviews so far. Mine will be short and sweet - this is an excellent and absorbing read. I didn't want to take my copy back to the library.
After reading this book, I'm convinced that our planet has a lot more to show us, regarding it's past and our future.