No Mystery

Last year Australian scientist Karl Kruszelnicki claimed that the high number of disappearances cannot be explained by aliens or Atlantis, or even by the more plausible theories involving rogue waves.

Instead, he suggests that the “mystery” is nothing more than a perfect mix of human error, bad weather and a high concentration of ships in the area.

“It is close to the Equator, near a wealthy part of the world – America - therefore you have a lot of traffic,” he told The Independent last year.

“According to Lloyd’s of London and the US Coastguard, the number that go missing in the Bermuda Triangle is the same as anywhere in the world on a percentage basis.”