1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,958 [eerie music] 2 00:00:04,083 --> 00:00:06,167 - He would point to the ocean, 3 00:00:06,250 --> 00:00:08,125 and he said, "She's so beautiful, 4 00:00:08,250 --> 00:00:09,958 but she's a killer." 5 00:00:10,042 --> 00:00:13,500 ♪ ♪ 6 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:18,167 ♪ ♪ 7 00:00:18,208 --> 00:00:19,917 - Right after my family's disappearance 8 00:00:20,042 --> 00:00:21,333 in the Bermuda Triangle, 9 00:00:21,417 --> 00:00:23,667 everything in my world vanished. 10 00:00:23,792 --> 00:00:25,625 ♪ ♪ 11 00:00:25,708 --> 00:00:27,667 narrator: Tonight on "The Bermuda Triangle: 12 00:00:27,792 --> 00:00:29,000 Into Cursed Waters"... 13 00:00:29,042 --> 00:00:30,542 - We're going right into it. 14 00:00:30,667 --> 00:00:33,208 narrator: It's the Triangle's top ten mysteries. 15 00:00:33,375 --> 00:00:35,500 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:39,000 - A giant ship over 500-feet long 17 00:00:39,125 --> 00:00:40,250 disappears without a trace. 18 00:00:42,792 --> 00:00:44,167 narrator: From killer waves... 19 00:00:44,292 --> 00:00:45,958 - The Bermuda Triangle, 20 00:00:46,042 --> 00:00:48,000 rogue waves could be part of it. 21 00:00:48,083 --> 00:00:50,333 narrator: To subsea methane explosions... 22 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:52,667 - If a bubble burst underneath you, 23 00:00:52,750 --> 00:00:56,458 then you would simply fall off the planet into the abyss. 24 00:00:56,625 --> 00:00:59,583 narrator: To an entire lost squadron... 25 00:00:59,708 --> 00:01:03,125 - And there was no evidence, no bodies, no debris. 26 00:01:03,250 --> 00:01:05,792 narrator: Even real-life ghost ships... 27 00:01:05,917 --> 00:01:08,167 - Why would a crew, an entire crew, 28 00:01:08,333 --> 00:01:11,292 simply abandon a vessel that was still floating? 29 00:01:11,375 --> 00:01:13,875 narrator: The team reveals what they now know 30 00:01:14,042 --> 00:01:15,500 about each mystery... 31 00:01:15,542 --> 00:01:17,500 - There is so much evidence now, 32 00:01:17,667 --> 00:01:19,708 especially coming from military pilots. 33 00:01:22,083 --> 00:01:24,167 narrator: And what they plan to do next 34 00:01:24,292 --> 00:01:26,167 to uncover answers... 35 00:01:26,292 --> 00:01:28,000 - The United States government 36 00:01:28,167 --> 00:01:29,375 is investigating this pattern 37 00:01:29,542 --> 00:01:31,917 of mysterious disappearances of ships. 38 00:01:32,042 --> 00:01:33,458 - So the compass could have been affected? 39 00:01:33,542 --> 00:01:34,375 - Absolutely. 40 00:01:34,375 --> 00:01:36,583 - So now you can kind of see 41 00:01:36,708 --> 00:01:38,500 where this could become more catastrophic. 42 00:01:38,625 --> 00:01:40,792 narrator: Including lost footage 43 00:01:40,917 --> 00:01:42,333 they've never shown before... 44 00:01:42,542 --> 00:01:44,083 - Mother Ocean's very good at hiding her secrets. 45 00:01:44,250 --> 00:01:46,583 narrator: And information they've kept 46 00:01:46,708 --> 00:01:48,125 under lock and key. 47 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:50,292 - If we were able to keep that a secret, 48 00:01:50,458 --> 00:01:52,833 how many other things do you think we could keep a secret? 49 00:01:52,833 --> 00:01:56,750 ♪ 50 00:01:56,875 --> 00:01:58,167 narrator: There is a place 51 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:02,167 that evokes fear and fascination. 52 00:02:02,333 --> 00:02:06,792 Bounded by Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico, 53 00:02:06,958 --> 00:02:10,208 the Bermuda Triangle has swallowed countless ships, 54 00:02:10,375 --> 00:02:12,042 planes, and people. 55 00:02:12,167 --> 00:02:14,000 ♪ ♪ 56 00:02:14,167 --> 00:02:17,083 Now an elite team is on the hunt... 57 00:02:17,167 --> 00:02:18,250 - Dive, dive, dive. 58 00:02:18,333 --> 00:02:20,375 narrator: And making big finds. 59 00:02:20,375 --> 00:02:22,167 - We've discovered "Challenger." 60 00:02:22,250 --> 00:02:25,083 narrator: Their secret weapon, a wreck map 61 00:02:25,167 --> 00:02:27,708 decades in the making. 62 00:02:27,833 --> 00:02:29,500 - These are dangerous dives. 63 00:02:29,625 --> 00:02:30,583 - Whoa! 64 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:33,708 - Any sane person would not be doing this. 65 00:02:33,833 --> 00:02:36,750 narrator: Their mission, solve the mystery 66 00:02:36,833 --> 00:02:39,833 of the Bermuda Triangle one wreck at a time. 67 00:02:39,917 --> 00:02:41,500 - Dude, are you seeing this? 68 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:44,333 - Mother Nature is gonna take these wrecks away. 69 00:02:44,458 --> 00:02:45,583 The clock is ticking. 70 00:02:45,708 --> 00:02:50,542 ♪ ♪ 71 00:02:53,542 --> 00:03:00,375 ♪ ♪ 72 00:03:00,542 --> 00:03:02,167 - When you're blazing new paths, 73 00:03:02,333 --> 00:03:04,125 you don't have notes from other people 74 00:03:04,292 --> 00:03:05,458 because, obviously, you're the first one there. 75 00:03:05,667 --> 00:03:07,667 ♪ ♪ 76 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:10,708 - What drives us, it's always going to be the next find 77 00:03:10,833 --> 00:03:12,083 and the next target. 78 00:03:12,167 --> 00:03:13,667 The unexplored. 79 00:03:13,833 --> 00:03:15,583 ♪ ♪ 80 00:03:15,708 --> 00:03:19,292 narrator: Another dive season is in the books, 81 00:03:19,375 --> 00:03:23,333 but for Mike, Jimmy, and the Bermuda Triangle team, 82 00:03:23,458 --> 00:03:26,875 the work continues. 83 00:03:26,958 --> 00:03:28,333 - In between dive seasons, 84 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:30,000 it's kind of like being in the offseason 85 00:03:30,083 --> 00:03:31,708 of any kind of professional sports team. 86 00:03:31,708 --> 00:03:34,250 I mean, we want to learn the lessons from this year 87 00:03:34,375 --> 00:03:35,833 and take them forward. 88 00:03:35,958 --> 00:03:38,208 So what we're gonna do is we're gonna start researching now. 89 00:03:38,375 --> 00:03:40,583 narrator: And that means compiling 90 00:03:40,708 --> 00:03:44,667 their top ten mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. 91 00:03:44,792 --> 00:03:49,458 It's part progress report and part to-do list. 92 00:03:49,583 --> 00:03:51,833 Number ten is a rare phenomenon, 93 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:54,833 but when it happens, it grabs headlines-- 94 00:03:54,833 --> 00:03:57,333 ghost ships. 95 00:03:57,417 --> 00:03:59,667 - The idea of ghost ships-- 96 00:03:59,750 --> 00:04:02,542 the ship seems perfectly intact, 97 00:04:02,625 --> 00:04:05,500 but the crew is missing, gone, vanished. 98 00:04:05,625 --> 00:04:08,458 And it is one of the most incredible mysteries 99 00:04:08,542 --> 00:04:09,667 out of the Bermuda Triangle. 100 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:12,708 - The big question is, why would a crew, 101 00:04:12,708 --> 00:04:15,333 an entire crew sometimes of hundreds of men, 102 00:04:15,417 --> 00:04:18,292 just simply abandon a vessel that was still floating? 103 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:20,292 narrator: To answer this question, 104 00:04:20,375 --> 00:04:23,208 the team is investigating several historical cases 105 00:04:23,292 --> 00:04:25,500 of known ghost ships. 106 00:04:25,708 --> 00:04:27,042 - One of the most famous ones, of course, 107 00:04:27,125 --> 00:04:28,125 was the "Carroll Deering." 108 00:04:28,208 --> 00:04:30,458 ♪ ♪ 109 00:04:30,583 --> 00:04:32,792 narrator: January 1921. 110 00:04:32,875 --> 00:04:35,500 The sailing frigate "Carroll Deering," 111 00:04:35,625 --> 00:04:39,125 coming from Brazil, enters the Bermuda Triangle. 112 00:04:39,333 --> 00:04:41,500 All contact is lost. 113 00:04:41,583 --> 00:04:44,167 Then on January 31st, she appears 114 00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:46,500 off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 115 00:04:46,625 --> 00:04:48,458 ♪ ♪ 116 00:04:48,458 --> 00:04:50,125 - Strange thing about that one? 117 00:04:50,208 --> 00:04:52,292 Nobody on board. 118 00:04:52,375 --> 00:04:53,708 Zero crew. 119 00:04:53,792 --> 00:04:56,625 An empty vessel that runs aground. 120 00:04:56,625 --> 00:04:58,167 - "The Carroll Deering" is lost 121 00:04:58,292 --> 00:04:59,708 just after World War I, 122 00:04:59,708 --> 00:05:02,958 where you get a rash of unexplained losses of ships. 123 00:05:03,042 --> 00:05:05,667 And so as a result, the United States government 124 00:05:05,792 --> 00:05:08,250 launched an investigation to find out 125 00:05:08,333 --> 00:05:09,875 what exactly was happening. 126 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,292 ♪ ♪ 127 00:05:11,375 --> 00:05:13,667 narrator: The investigation was overseen 128 00:05:13,833 --> 00:05:16,333 by future president Herbert Hoover. 129 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:18,333 The government's favored theory, 130 00:05:18,458 --> 00:05:20,917 "Deering's" crew turned on their captain 131 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,875 and joined league with Communist pirates. 132 00:05:24,875 --> 00:05:26,083 - The big worry at this time was, believe it or not, 133 00:05:26,208 --> 00:05:27,625 Communist revolution. 134 00:05:27,792 --> 00:05:29,875 And as a result, they were worried 135 00:05:30,042 --> 00:05:34,500 that some of the ships' crews may have actually revolted. 136 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:36,375 narrator: But nothing could explain 137 00:05:36,375 --> 00:05:38,417 why a perfectly seaworthy boat 138 00:05:38,542 --> 00:05:42,625 was reportedly discovered all sails set but unmanned. 139 00:05:42,833 --> 00:05:44,333 ♪ ♪ 140 00:05:44,417 --> 00:05:47,458 Digging deeper, Dave and Wayne come across 141 00:05:47,458 --> 00:05:49,875 a theory rooted in old sailors' tales 142 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,958 of madness at sea. 143 00:05:52,042 --> 00:05:54,167 ♪ ♪ 144 00:05:54,375 --> 00:05:55,833 - Hi, there. - You must be Nic. 145 00:05:55,917 --> 00:05:57,542 Hi, Nic. 146 00:05:57,667 --> 00:05:59,875 narrator: They meet Nic Compton, an expert 147 00:05:59,958 --> 00:06:02,792 in a bizarre condition called calenture. 148 00:06:02,792 --> 00:06:06,333 - Sailors, they are unable to resist the urge 149 00:06:06,458 --> 00:06:08,667 to jump over the side into the sea. 150 00:06:08,792 --> 00:06:09,875 ♪ ♪ 151 00:06:10,042 --> 00:06:11,333 And that's what's fascinating about it 152 00:06:11,458 --> 00:06:14,042 is that it does affect whole crews. 153 00:06:14,042 --> 00:06:18,542 In the 1785 expedition of the Senegal River, 154 00:06:18,708 --> 00:06:22,167 the crew of 30 sailors, they all ended up jumping 155 00:06:22,292 --> 00:06:23,958 over the side to their death. 156 00:06:24,083 --> 00:06:25,083 - All of them? - All 30? 157 00:06:25,208 --> 00:06:26,500 - Yeah. 158 00:06:26,583 --> 00:06:28,208 narrator: Such a scenario might explain 159 00:06:28,333 --> 00:06:29,667 what happened to the crew of 160 00:06:29,833 --> 00:06:32,083 the "Carroll Deering" and other ghost ships 161 00:06:32,250 --> 00:06:35,500 of the Bermuda Triangle. 162 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:37,958 But the team will need to keep digging 163 00:06:38,042 --> 00:06:41,042 to get to the bottom of the ghost ship phenomenon. 164 00:06:41,042 --> 00:06:43,333 - I really don't know how you solve something 165 00:06:43,417 --> 00:06:46,167 like the "Carroll Deering," unless we find out 166 00:06:46,375 --> 00:06:48,583 that that crew was taken by pirates 167 00:06:48,583 --> 00:06:50,875 and there's a trace of them. 168 00:06:50,958 --> 00:06:54,542 I mean, this is beyond the needle in a haystack. 169 00:06:54,708 --> 00:06:57,667 narrator: At number nine are meteorological phenomena 170 00:06:57,833 --> 00:07:01,292 that figure into many stories of lost ships and planes, 171 00:07:01,292 --> 00:07:03,167 freak storms. 172 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:05,542 ♪ ♪ 173 00:07:05,667 --> 00:07:07,333 - We have crazy storms that kick up 174 00:07:07,458 --> 00:07:09,958 within the Bermuda Triangle, like, instantly. 175 00:07:09,958 --> 00:07:11,958 It could be completely flat, calm, 176 00:07:12,042 --> 00:07:14,917 and then all hell is breaking loose. 177 00:07:14,917 --> 00:07:16,708 ♪ 178 00:07:16,875 --> 00:07:18,417 - I mean, we always think of hurricanes, 179 00:07:18,542 --> 00:07:20,708 but we realize that there's much more 180 00:07:20,792 --> 00:07:22,333 than just the simple hurricane 181 00:07:22,458 --> 00:07:24,458 or the occasional storm. 182 00:07:24,625 --> 00:07:27,333 narrator: The team wants to know, beyond hurricanes, 183 00:07:27,458 --> 00:07:29,500 are there other kinds of storms 184 00:07:29,625 --> 00:07:32,292 more bizarre in nature that are taking down 185 00:07:32,417 --> 00:07:35,125 ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle? 186 00:07:35,250 --> 00:07:38,833 They find clues to at least one uncanny weather pattern 187 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,625 during an investigation of an F2H Banshee, 188 00:07:42,833 --> 00:07:46,208 a high-altitude 1950s-era spy plane 189 00:07:46,333 --> 00:07:49,000 discovered in 290 feet of water. 190 00:07:49,167 --> 00:07:50,333 - Topsides. 191 00:07:50,542 --> 00:07:53,333 We are currently sitting on top of the aircraft. 192 00:07:53,417 --> 00:07:56,833 - Does not appear that the pilot got out. 193 00:07:56,917 --> 00:08:00,208 narrator: The mystery begins in February 1958. 194 00:08:00,417 --> 00:08:04,542 A four-member Banshee squadron from the Royal Canadian Navy 195 00:08:04,708 --> 00:08:07,333 are conducting joint training exercises 196 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:10,708 with the U.S. Navy along the Florida coast. 197 00:08:10,792 --> 00:08:13,917 They suddenly face an intense fog bank 198 00:08:14,042 --> 00:08:17,667 that materializes seemingly out of nowhere. 199 00:08:17,750 --> 00:08:23,042 Three planes emerge, but the fourth disappears. 200 00:08:23,208 --> 00:08:27,167 Was the fog hiding a freak weather event? 201 00:08:27,250 --> 00:08:30,333 The team investigates one potential culprit. 202 00:08:30,417 --> 00:08:32,333 It's called a microburst. 203 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:34,333 ♪ ♪ 204 00:08:34,333 --> 00:08:37,917 These small, concentrated, and powerful storms 205 00:08:38,042 --> 00:08:41,417 are usually less than 2 1/2 miles in diameter 206 00:08:41,542 --> 00:08:45,708 but with winds up to 150 miles per hour. 207 00:08:45,833 --> 00:08:47,583 Globally, they're responsible 208 00:08:47,708 --> 00:08:50,500 for at least 20 major airline disasters, 209 00:08:50,625 --> 00:08:53,375 totaling over 500 deaths. 210 00:08:53,542 --> 00:08:55,583 ♪ ♪ 211 00:08:55,708 --> 00:08:59,000 David O'Keefe joins storm chaser Jeff Gammons 212 00:08:59,125 --> 00:09:01,583 to investigate how microbursts form 213 00:09:01,708 --> 00:09:04,917 and the danger they might pose in the Triangle. 214 00:09:05,042 --> 00:09:08,750 - Typical microbursts, you go from calm winds to 60-, 215 00:09:08,875 --> 00:09:12,083 70-mile-an-hour winds, you know, in 5 minutes. 216 00:09:12,250 --> 00:09:14,792 narrator: This is what seemed to happen the day 217 00:09:14,875 --> 00:09:17,208 the Banshee disappeared, when the pilots 218 00:09:17,208 --> 00:09:19,708 of the other planes said the skies were clear, 219 00:09:19,833 --> 00:09:23,000 then suddenly they were surrounded by fog. 220 00:09:23,083 --> 00:09:24,458 - Sort of a drop of a hat, everything changed. 221 00:09:24,583 --> 00:09:25,792 - Yeah, because the thunderstorm goes up, 222 00:09:25,875 --> 00:09:29,000 and then it almost collapses on itself. 223 00:09:29,208 --> 00:09:31,375 narrator: So it's possible a microburst 224 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,000 took down the Banshee, 225 00:09:33,125 --> 00:09:37,083 but it's not the only weird weather in the Triangle. 226 00:09:37,208 --> 00:09:40,000 There are stories of monstrous white squalls, 227 00:09:40,125 --> 00:09:43,375 deadly sea tornadoes called waterspouts, 228 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:46,500 even ship-sucking whirlpools. 229 00:09:46,583 --> 00:09:49,500 And David O'Keefe thinks new advances 230 00:09:49,625 --> 00:09:52,167 will help the team understand what role 231 00:09:52,250 --> 00:09:54,208 these forces have played in the Triangle's 232 00:09:54,333 --> 00:09:55,833 many vanishings. 233 00:09:55,833 --> 00:09:57,292 - The one area that I think the team 234 00:09:57,375 --> 00:09:59,250 really should delve into would be 235 00:09:59,375 --> 00:10:00,917 the new satellite imaging. 236 00:10:01,042 --> 00:10:03,917 They've been noticing a lot of strange cloud patterns, 237 00:10:04,083 --> 00:10:06,833 and nobody really knows what to make out of it. 238 00:10:10,792 --> 00:10:12,083 narrator: The Bermuda Triangle is arguably 239 00:10:12,292 --> 00:10:15,500 the most notorious body of water on Earth, 240 00:10:15,625 --> 00:10:17,500 and the team that knows it best 241 00:10:17,625 --> 00:10:19,583 is taking us inside their list 242 00:10:19,708 --> 00:10:22,667 of its top ten unsolved mysteries. 243 00:10:22,708 --> 00:10:25,958 At number eight is one of the largest ships 244 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:27,917 lost to the Bermuda Triangle, 245 00:10:28,042 --> 00:10:29,917 the "Marine Sulphur Queen." 246 00:10:30,042 --> 00:10:32,833 - We were never able to truly figure out what happened 247 00:10:32,958 --> 00:10:34,333 to the "Marine Sulphur Queen." 248 00:10:34,417 --> 00:10:35,833 But perhaps even more important, 249 00:10:35,958 --> 00:10:37,875 what was it that took her down? 250 00:10:38,042 --> 00:10:39,458 [tense music] 251 00:10:39,542 --> 00:10:42,333 narrator: February 2, 1963. 252 00:10:42,417 --> 00:10:46,083 The "Marine Sulphur Queen," nicknamed the "MSQ," 253 00:10:46,167 --> 00:10:48,958 sets out with more than 15,000 tons 254 00:10:48,958 --> 00:10:53,167 of molten sulfur on a course through the Bermuda Triangle. 255 00:10:53,208 --> 00:10:55,000 ♪ ♪ 256 00:10:55,125 --> 00:10:58,708 - It was on a routine trip between Texas and Virginia 257 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:02,542 when it suddenly disappeared, never to be seen again. 258 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:05,833 narrator: The unexplained loss of 39 souls 259 00:11:05,833 --> 00:11:09,458 and a 500-foot tanker stuns the American public, 260 00:11:09,542 --> 00:11:11,958 even as the exact final resting place 261 00:11:12,167 --> 00:11:14,042 remained elusive. 262 00:11:14,167 --> 00:11:17,250 - Pieces of equipment that had the ship's name 263 00:11:17,333 --> 00:11:19,958 actually washed up near the Florida Keys. 264 00:11:20,042 --> 00:11:21,500 ♪ ♪ 265 00:11:21,583 --> 00:11:23,375 narrator: One theory is that the "MSQ" 266 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:25,750 was sunk by a freak weather event 267 00:11:25,875 --> 00:11:30,000 called a waterspout, ocean-borne tornadoes 268 00:11:30,083 --> 00:11:33,458 that are a known hazard to small vessels. 269 00:11:33,583 --> 00:11:35,625 ♪ ♪ 270 00:11:35,708 --> 00:11:38,625 But evidence of that is thin, and the team 271 00:11:38,708 --> 00:11:41,000 is more interested in another theory. 272 00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:43,500 - I believe it was the ship itself. 273 00:11:43,542 --> 00:11:46,500 This was a T2 tanker that was converted 274 00:11:46,708 --> 00:11:48,250 to carry molten sulfur. 275 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:50,833 narrator: World War II era T2 tankers 276 00:11:50,875 --> 00:11:52,667 like the "Marine Sulphur Queen" 277 00:11:52,833 --> 00:11:54,583 had a hidden problem. 278 00:11:54,708 --> 00:11:57,500 In the early 20th century, ship hulls 279 00:11:57,625 --> 00:11:59,500 were held together with rivets, 280 00:11:59,625 --> 00:12:02,083 but as America geared up for war 281 00:12:02,083 --> 00:12:04,667 in the 1940s, manufacturers switched 282 00:12:04,833 --> 00:12:07,292 to faster, cheaper welds. 283 00:12:07,375 --> 00:12:11,458 Unfortunately, the steel wasn't up to the task. 284 00:12:11,625 --> 00:12:12,917 ♪ ♪ 285 00:12:13,083 --> 00:12:15,000 Dave and Wayne travel to a shipyard 286 00:12:15,167 --> 00:12:17,667 in Norfolk, Virginia, to learn why. 287 00:12:17,750 --> 00:12:19,375 - The steels that they were using to build 288 00:12:19,458 --> 00:12:22,750 riveted ships were not suitable to welding. 289 00:12:22,750 --> 00:12:26,167 They had too much impurities in them. 290 00:12:26,292 --> 00:12:28,167 narrator: That dirty steel in use 291 00:12:28,292 --> 00:12:29,917 at the beginning of World War II 292 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:34,125 was prone to cracking, leading to structural failure. 293 00:12:34,208 --> 00:12:38,000 - They didn't learn how the welding affected the steel 294 00:12:38,083 --> 00:12:40,542 until you had some of those-- 295 00:12:40,542 --> 00:12:42,292 - Incidents that happened at sea. 296 00:12:42,458 --> 00:12:43,958 - Right. 297 00:12:44,083 --> 00:12:46,958 narrator: It's a flaw that sank several T2 tankers 298 00:12:47,083 --> 00:12:49,958 throughout the 1940s and '50s. 299 00:12:50,042 --> 00:12:53,208 Did it doom the "Marine Sulphur Queen"? 300 00:12:53,333 --> 00:12:54,917 ♪ ♪ 301 00:12:54,917 --> 00:12:56,625 - It's kind of shocking. 302 00:12:56,708 --> 00:12:59,542 This has to be the most compromised vessel 303 00:12:59,667 --> 00:13:00,833 that we've ever come across. 304 00:13:01,042 --> 00:13:02,583 - It was a death trap. 305 00:13:02,708 --> 00:13:04,833 It shouldn't have been at sea, period. 306 00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:06,917 narrator: To confirm this theory, the team 307 00:13:07,042 --> 00:13:09,333 is investigating unexplored shipwrecks 308 00:13:09,333 --> 00:13:11,125 near the "Marine Sulphur Queen's" 309 00:13:11,250 --> 00:13:15,000 last known position. - Dive, dive, dive. 310 00:13:15,083 --> 00:13:17,042 narrator: They even found a ship sunk 311 00:13:17,167 --> 00:13:19,292 by a U-boat during World War II, 312 00:13:19,292 --> 00:13:25,000 the "Joseph M. Cudahy," lost with 37 aboard. 313 00:13:25,125 --> 00:13:28,042 But the "MSQ" is still out there, 314 00:13:28,125 --> 00:13:30,333 and this mystery will stay near the top 315 00:13:30,458 --> 00:13:32,208 of the team's list. 316 00:13:32,375 --> 00:13:33,958 - We came up empty. 317 00:13:34,042 --> 00:13:38,167 It just means that we have to expand our search. 318 00:13:38,250 --> 00:13:40,417 narrator: Number seven on the team's list 319 00:13:40,542 --> 00:13:41,917 is an anomaly 320 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,583 that may bring death from below 321 00:13:43,708 --> 00:13:45,292 and is this high on the list 322 00:13:45,417 --> 00:13:48,958 because of some significant recent discoveries-- 323 00:13:49,042 --> 00:13:52,500 subsea methane hydrate deposits. 324 00:13:52,667 --> 00:13:53,958 ♪ ♪ 325 00:13:54,125 --> 00:13:55,708 - One of the questions that's been asked 326 00:13:55,833 --> 00:13:57,833 over the years is whether methane hydrates 327 00:13:57,917 --> 00:14:00,542 may have played a role in bringing down ships 328 00:14:00,708 --> 00:14:03,000 in the Bermuda Triangle. 329 00:14:03,208 --> 00:14:06,000 narrator: Like other fossil fuels, methane hydrates 330 00:14:06,125 --> 00:14:08,083 are formed when microbes break down 331 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:10,167 buried organic matter. 332 00:14:10,292 --> 00:14:13,000 There's been recent speculation 333 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,833 that when subsea methane deposits explode, 334 00:14:15,917 --> 00:14:18,875 they can create a massive bubble 335 00:14:19,042 --> 00:14:21,208 with the potential to displace water 336 00:14:21,333 --> 00:14:23,792 and sink ships. 337 00:14:23,875 --> 00:14:26,458 Dave and Wayne meet NOAA researcher 338 00:14:26,542 --> 00:14:29,958 Mali'o Kodis, who's helping find new ways 339 00:14:30,083 --> 00:14:33,333 to detect potentially hazardous methane deposits. 340 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:34,958 ♪ ♪ 341 00:14:35,042 --> 00:14:37,583 - Is it possible, though, to get an enormous amount 342 00:14:37,667 --> 00:14:40,417 of methane going to the surface which could indeed 343 00:14:40,542 --> 00:14:42,292 be a hazard to shipping? 344 00:14:42,375 --> 00:14:44,542 - I think with different types of deposits, 345 00:14:44,708 --> 00:14:45,792 that could be possible. 346 00:14:45,917 --> 00:14:47,542 ♪ ♪ 347 00:14:47,708 --> 00:14:52,167 narrator: Such an eruption happened off Norway in 1985. 348 00:14:52,167 --> 00:14:55,333 The nearly 300-foot-long oil platform 349 00:14:55,417 --> 00:15:00,125 West Vanguard was disabled by a sudden burst of methane gas. 350 00:15:00,208 --> 00:15:02,750 ♪ ♪ 351 00:15:02,750 --> 00:15:04,667 - What kind of signatures would we be looking for 352 00:15:04,833 --> 00:15:05,958 at the bottom? 353 00:15:06,042 --> 00:15:08,208 - I'd think some sort of a crater from, 354 00:15:08,333 --> 00:15:11,708 you know, the hydrate escaping the ocean floor. 355 00:15:11,833 --> 00:15:14,958 - So it'd leave a crater as if, for instance, a bomb went off. 356 00:15:15,167 --> 00:15:19,417 narrator: A bomb so big, it scars the ocean floor. 357 00:15:19,417 --> 00:15:22,333 A 2010 expedition to map a stretch 358 00:15:22,458 --> 00:15:25,500 of the Bermuda Triangle revealed craters, 359 00:15:25,667 --> 00:15:30,042 some larger across than three football fields. 360 00:15:30,208 --> 00:15:33,333 Dan Taylor was part of that expedition. 361 00:15:33,417 --> 00:15:36,042 - A 600-meter gas hydrate bubble 362 00:15:36,042 --> 00:15:38,042 would create a bubble on the surface 363 00:15:38,125 --> 00:15:41,375 of the ocean that's miles, miles wide. 364 00:15:41,583 --> 00:15:43,167 If you were a vessel 365 00:15:43,250 --> 00:15:46,500 and a bubble burst underneath you, 366 00:15:46,625 --> 00:15:50,792 then you would simply fall off the planet into the abyss 367 00:15:50,875 --> 00:15:52,333 and the water would swallow you. 368 00:15:52,458 --> 00:15:54,125 ♪ ♪ 369 00:15:54,208 --> 00:15:56,667 narrator: These craters suggest potentially 370 00:15:56,875 --> 00:15:59,167 hazardous subsea explosions. 371 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:02,375 And new research has revealed these deposits are 372 00:16:02,542 --> 00:16:05,417 surprisingly common in the Bermuda Triangle, 373 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:09,042 for reasons that aren't totally understood. 374 00:16:09,167 --> 00:16:11,792 But to David, more evidence is needed 375 00:16:11,917 --> 00:16:14,167 to prove they can sink ships. 376 00:16:14,292 --> 00:16:17,000 - When it comes to the possibility of them being 377 00:16:17,125 --> 00:16:19,917 strong enough to be able to pull down a ship, 378 00:16:20,042 --> 00:16:22,167 there's been no data found whatsoever 379 00:16:22,375 --> 00:16:26,125 that supports that particular type of theory. 380 00:16:26,292 --> 00:16:28,500 narrator: Number six on the team's list 381 00:16:28,583 --> 00:16:30,875 may connect to an important case-- 382 00:16:31,042 --> 00:16:33,125 wormholes. 383 00:16:33,333 --> 00:16:35,125 ♪ ♪ 384 00:16:35,292 --> 00:16:37,292 - The Bermuda Triangle's always been full 385 00:16:37,417 --> 00:16:40,750 of rumors of teleportation, wormholes, 386 00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:43,375 and strange time warps. 387 00:16:43,458 --> 00:16:45,875 narrator: Some believe the wormhole anomaly 388 00:16:46,042 --> 00:16:48,250 was a factor in the Bermuda Triangle's 389 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:51,917 most famous mystery, the loss of six navy planes 390 00:16:52,042 --> 00:16:56,208 in a single night on December 5, 1945. 391 00:16:56,375 --> 00:17:00,417 The incident became known as the Mystery of Flight 19 392 00:17:00,583 --> 00:17:03,042 and the Martin Mariner. 393 00:17:03,208 --> 00:17:05,875 - December 5, 1945, that's a weird day 394 00:17:05,875 --> 00:17:07,500 off the coast of Florida. 395 00:17:07,583 --> 00:17:10,083 I mean, it is, of course, the tragic loss 396 00:17:10,208 --> 00:17:12,042 of Flight 19 and Martin Mariner. 397 00:17:12,167 --> 00:17:14,583 But when Dave and I started digging in 398 00:17:14,708 --> 00:17:17,292 and researching even more, 399 00:17:17,417 --> 00:17:20,417 there was some bizarre happenings. 400 00:17:20,542 --> 00:17:23,542 narrator: The navy organized one of the largest 401 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:26,333 search and rescue missions in U.S. history 402 00:17:26,333 --> 00:17:28,750 to go after the lost planes. 403 00:17:28,833 --> 00:17:31,250 Dave and Wayne met with John Blum 404 00:17:31,375 --> 00:17:33,750 of the Fort Lauderdale Naval Museum 405 00:17:33,917 --> 00:17:36,875 to examine evidence of other unexplained incidents 406 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,167 on that night. 407 00:17:38,333 --> 00:17:40,667 - This first letter was sent to us in 1995... 408 00:17:40,792 --> 00:17:42,375 - OK. 409 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:45,625 - By a pilot instructor who was out on a training flight. 410 00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:48,167 And they had gone out on an eight-hour training flight, 411 00:17:48,208 --> 00:17:51,125 east over the Bahamas and back, and that's the same time 412 00:17:51,208 --> 00:17:52,917 Flight 19 was getting lost. 413 00:17:53,042 --> 00:17:54,333 ♪ ♪ 414 00:17:54,542 --> 00:17:56,625 - It says here, "We were on our way back to Miami, 415 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:59,625 "but we were back 45 minutes or so early. 416 00:17:59,708 --> 00:18:02,000 "There were a lot of clouds, and we were in and out 417 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,208 of them as we circled." 418 00:18:03,333 --> 00:18:06,292 narrator: That put the pilot over 100 miles 419 00:18:06,417 --> 00:18:08,667 from where he thought he was. 420 00:18:08,875 --> 00:18:11,000 - The only explanation that he could come up with 421 00:18:11,208 --> 00:18:15,167 was that he had some sort of massive tailwind. 422 00:18:15,333 --> 00:18:17,208 - Was this your only account, or do you have anything else? 423 00:18:17,375 --> 00:18:18,667 - No, I have some others. 424 00:18:18,792 --> 00:18:21,125 Now, that night when Flight 19 was missing, 425 00:18:21,208 --> 00:18:24,750 Banana River sent out two search planes. 426 00:18:24,875 --> 00:18:28,250 They were flying back to what they thought was Banana River, 427 00:18:28,333 --> 00:18:30,000 but when they crossed the coast, 428 00:18:30,167 --> 00:18:31,917 they were in Georgia, which is very far away. 429 00:18:31,917 --> 00:18:33,375 - Georgia? - That far up? 430 00:18:33,542 --> 00:18:34,708 - Yeah, yeah. - That's crazy. 431 00:18:34,833 --> 00:18:36,833 Let me see this. - Wow. 432 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,917 They floated all the way up the coast 433 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:40,500 until they were in Georgia, and they 434 00:18:40,583 --> 00:18:42,875 didn't realize it until they were on their way home. 435 00:18:42,875 --> 00:18:45,333 No explanation as to why. 436 00:18:45,417 --> 00:18:48,000 So we have all these planes experiencing 437 00:18:48,208 --> 00:18:51,292 similar difficulties with navigation, orientation, 438 00:18:51,375 --> 00:18:53,292 and understanding where they are. 439 00:18:53,292 --> 00:18:56,000 - Is it a coincidence, or was there something 440 00:18:56,167 --> 00:18:57,458 mysterious happening? 441 00:18:57,542 --> 00:19:00,208 ♪ ♪ 442 00:19:00,333 --> 00:19:02,625 narrator: Some researchers believe the planes 443 00:19:02,750 --> 00:19:05,250 entered a kind of wormhole or portal 444 00:19:05,375 --> 00:19:07,708 that transported them vast distances 445 00:19:07,875 --> 00:19:10,667 almost instantaneously. 446 00:19:10,792 --> 00:19:13,917 Physicists have observed this kind of teleportation 447 00:19:14,042 --> 00:19:16,208 on the atomic level. 448 00:19:16,333 --> 00:19:19,667 Many believe it's possible on a larger scale. 449 00:19:19,667 --> 00:19:22,333 But despite harrowing stories from pilots, 450 00:19:22,417 --> 00:19:24,542 there's no corroborating evidence 451 00:19:24,542 --> 00:19:27,458 that this is happening in the Bermuda Triangle. 452 00:19:27,458 --> 00:19:29,667 - Is it possible that the air crew, the pilots, 453 00:19:29,750 --> 00:19:31,083 got disoriented? 454 00:19:31,167 --> 00:19:32,708 Possibly they hit some weather. 455 00:19:32,875 --> 00:19:36,917 We have no solid evidence that allows me 456 00:19:36,917 --> 00:19:45,083 to speculate beyond just the basic levels of speculation. 457 00:19:45,083 --> 00:19:46,625 narrator: The Bermuda Triangle has claimed 458 00:19:46,750 --> 00:19:49,792 over 50 ships and at least 20 aircraft, 459 00:19:49,792 --> 00:19:52,625 all lost without a trace. 460 00:19:52,708 --> 00:19:54,500 But why? 461 00:19:54,542 --> 00:19:57,542 On the team's list of the Triangle's biggest mysteries 462 00:19:57,625 --> 00:19:59,542 is one that could offer a reason 463 00:19:59,625 --> 00:20:02,000 for many of these vanishings. 464 00:20:02,083 --> 00:20:06,917 At number five, compass malfunctions. 465 00:20:06,917 --> 00:20:09,458 - Most of the anecdotal evidence that we came across 466 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:12,500 is usually stories along the same line. 467 00:20:12,625 --> 00:20:15,333 The compasses are not playing properly. 468 00:20:15,417 --> 00:20:18,125 They're spinning around or they're just 469 00:20:18,125 --> 00:20:19,833 giving readings that are false, 470 00:20:19,917 --> 00:20:22,792 and it's unexplained as to why. 471 00:20:22,917 --> 00:20:24,625 - When you're talking about flying over water, 472 00:20:24,750 --> 00:20:28,375 your ability to navigate is limited to a compass or GPS. 473 00:20:28,542 --> 00:20:32,375 And so now you can be a degree or two off, and that changes 474 00:20:32,375 --> 00:20:35,042 potentially by hundreds of miles 475 00:20:35,208 --> 00:20:37,125 from where you're supposed to be at. 476 00:20:37,208 --> 00:20:39,500 And so now you can kind of see 477 00:20:39,542 --> 00:20:41,417 where this could become catastrophic, potentially, 478 00:20:41,542 --> 00:20:43,000 if not handled correctly. 479 00:20:43,083 --> 00:20:46,333 narrator: Jason sees some conventional explanations 480 00:20:46,375 --> 00:20:48,833 for this anomalous compass behavior. 481 00:20:48,958 --> 00:20:52,500 - A compass is designed to work well when it's balanced. 482 00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:54,292 Well, you add, like, a thunderstorm, 483 00:20:54,375 --> 00:20:56,958 it starts rocking the airplane, your compass no longer 484 00:20:56,958 --> 00:20:59,667 is as reliable as it once was. 485 00:20:59,833 --> 00:21:02,167 narrator: But there may be other reasons 486 00:21:02,292 --> 00:21:04,208 for the strange compass behavior 487 00:21:04,208 --> 00:21:05,542 in the Bermuda Triangle. 488 00:21:05,667 --> 00:21:07,167 [tense music] 489 00:21:07,292 --> 00:21:10,292 The team meets Tamitha Skov, a scientist 490 00:21:10,375 --> 00:21:13,083 who specializes in solar activity 491 00:21:13,208 --> 00:21:16,000 and its effects on the Earth. 492 00:21:16,125 --> 00:21:17,500 - If you think of the sun's surface 493 00:21:17,583 --> 00:21:20,250 as like an ocean, it'll fire off solar flares, 494 00:21:20,417 --> 00:21:22,375 solar storms, and the solar radiation storms 495 00:21:22,542 --> 00:21:24,208 sometimes all at the same time. 496 00:21:24,208 --> 00:21:25,667 ♪ 497 00:21:25,792 --> 00:21:28,292 - What is it like when it arrives on Earth 498 00:21:28,375 --> 00:21:31,375 and how does it impact directly ships at sea? 499 00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:34,167 - Slams into the Earth's big magnetic shield, 500 00:21:34,333 --> 00:21:36,708 and that causes it to rock and roll, 501 00:21:36,833 --> 00:21:39,292 which then causes compasses to kind of wiggle 502 00:21:39,375 --> 00:21:42,333 and do all sorts of strange things. 503 00:21:42,375 --> 00:21:46,167 It causes issues for satellites and for airlines. 504 00:21:46,208 --> 00:21:50,667 narrator: In 2008, a solar storm was the leading suspect 505 00:21:50,833 --> 00:21:52,833 in an onboard computer malfunction 506 00:21:53,042 --> 00:21:56,208 that suddenly sent a Qantas A330 Airbus 507 00:21:56,375 --> 00:21:59,667 into an uncontrolled nosedive, 508 00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:02,167 injuring passengers and requiring the pilot 509 00:22:02,375 --> 00:22:05,042 to make an emergency landing. 510 00:22:05,167 --> 00:22:06,958 - This is the dark side of the moon, 511 00:22:07,042 --> 00:22:08,667 just in case. - Wow. 512 00:22:08,708 --> 00:22:11,292 narrator: Looking deeper, the team found a clear link 513 00:22:11,375 --> 00:22:14,417 between periods of increased solar activity 514 00:22:14,542 --> 00:22:18,542 and notorious Bermuda Triangle losses. 515 00:22:18,708 --> 00:22:21,083 - So possibly the compass could have been 516 00:22:21,083 --> 00:22:22,583 affected by this solar storm. 517 00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:24,458 - It is absolutely likely. 518 00:22:24,625 --> 00:22:27,125 - There could be much more of a connection 519 00:22:27,292 --> 00:22:28,583 than we ever expected. 520 00:22:28,708 --> 00:22:31,083 Something bizarre happened at this particular time 521 00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:34,458 when there was a solar eruption or a solar flare 522 00:22:34,583 --> 00:22:36,167 that was going on. 523 00:22:36,292 --> 00:22:37,583 The problem is, 524 00:22:37,750 --> 00:22:40,833 correlation does not prove causality. 525 00:22:40,958 --> 00:22:44,708 But what it does do is give us the impetus 526 00:22:44,875 --> 00:22:47,667 to do further research. 527 00:22:47,708 --> 00:22:49,708 narrator: Solar weather is increasingly 528 00:22:49,875 --> 00:22:54,000 being recognized as a hazard to ships and planes. 529 00:22:54,125 --> 00:22:57,500 That fits the pattern for a Bermuda Triangle mystery 530 00:22:57,583 --> 00:23:02,833 that is number four on the team's list, killer waves. 531 00:23:03,042 --> 00:23:04,708 ♪ ♪ 532 00:23:04,875 --> 00:23:08,875 Mariners have long told tales of rogue waves... 533 00:23:09,042 --> 00:23:10,833 ♪ ♪ 534 00:23:10,875 --> 00:23:14,125 70-foot walls of water that rise from nowhere 535 00:23:14,208 --> 00:23:17,417 to swallow ships whole. 536 00:23:17,542 --> 00:23:19,667 Wayne and David are investigating 537 00:23:19,708 --> 00:23:21,917 just how frequent and dangerous 538 00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:25,333 rogue waves are in the Triangle. 539 00:23:25,542 --> 00:23:27,750 - The Bermuda Triangle, we don't know exactly 540 00:23:27,875 --> 00:23:30,125 why there are so many shipwrecks there. 541 00:23:30,250 --> 00:23:32,583 Rogue waves could be part of it. 542 00:23:32,667 --> 00:23:35,167 narrator: They join Laura Azevedo, 543 00:23:35,333 --> 00:23:37,625 a Florida-based oceanographer. 544 00:23:37,708 --> 00:23:39,417 - We consider a rogue wave a wave 545 00:23:39,583 --> 00:23:42,083 that's at least twice the size of the other waves 546 00:23:42,208 --> 00:23:43,500 in the ocean. 547 00:23:43,625 --> 00:23:45,333 Now, it could be twice or it could be much more. 548 00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:47,500 We sometimes see three times the size. 549 00:23:50,042 --> 00:23:54,458 narrator: But can rogue waves get big enough to sink a ship? 550 00:23:54,583 --> 00:23:58,500 The team sets out to find evidence on the seafloor. 551 00:23:58,708 --> 00:24:00,667 - Have had a shallow wreck called the "Peconic" 552 00:24:00,750 --> 00:24:02,333 that we identified about 20 years ago 553 00:24:02,458 --> 00:24:04,167 which was a victim of a rogue wave, 554 00:24:04,292 --> 00:24:05,333 which is a phenomenon associated 555 00:24:05,417 --> 00:24:06,750 with the Bermuda Triangle. 556 00:24:06,917 --> 00:24:10,583 Came out of the darkness and just swallowed up the ship. 557 00:24:10,708 --> 00:24:12,875 narrator: August 28, 1905, 558 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,708 the steamship "Peconic" sets sail, 559 00:24:15,833 --> 00:24:17,917 traveling along the Florida coast, 560 00:24:18,125 --> 00:24:21,667 when a rogue wave estimated at 70 feet 561 00:24:21,667 --> 00:24:24,917 appears out of the darkness. 562 00:24:25,042 --> 00:24:28,792 Only two sailors managed to escape in a lifeboat 563 00:24:28,917 --> 00:24:32,500 as the "Peconic" is swallowed by the sea. 564 00:24:32,583 --> 00:24:35,417 - So I think we go down and dive the wreck 565 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:37,000 and try to see if there's something 566 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:38,792 that exhibits some kind of damage 567 00:24:38,875 --> 00:24:40,250 from the rogue wave sinking. 568 00:24:40,375 --> 00:24:41,708 - Dive, dive, dive. 569 00:24:41,792 --> 00:24:44,125 narrator: To find traces of a rogue wave hit, 570 00:24:44,208 --> 00:24:49,083 the team deploys a technique called photogrammetry. 571 00:24:49,208 --> 00:24:52,208 The process requires hundreds of photos 572 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:54,542 that are then stitched together 573 00:24:54,625 --> 00:24:57,333 by a computer algorithm to create 574 00:24:57,375 --> 00:25:00,250 a detailed 3D model of the wreck. 575 00:25:00,417 --> 00:25:01,583 ♪ ♪ 576 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:02,917 - Wow. - Look what we got for you. 577 00:25:03,125 --> 00:25:04,542 - Oh, look at that. 578 00:25:04,667 --> 00:25:05,833 - Whatever happened happened very quickly. 579 00:25:05,833 --> 00:25:07,875 - Unbelievable. - Yeah. 580 00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:09,833 Something that just grabbed it, rolled it, 581 00:25:09,917 --> 00:25:11,625 and put it on the bottom like that. 582 00:25:11,792 --> 00:25:15,125 narrator: A ship resting on its side on the seafloor 583 00:25:15,208 --> 00:25:16,833 is highly unusual. 584 00:25:16,875 --> 00:25:20,500 This is clear evidence of a strike by a rogue wave 585 00:25:20,625 --> 00:25:23,000 and reinforces the threat posed 586 00:25:23,083 --> 00:25:26,417 by massive killer waves in the Bermuda Triangle. 587 00:25:26,542 --> 00:25:28,125 - These waves are big. 588 00:25:28,208 --> 00:25:29,958 If you don't handle the ship correctly, 589 00:25:30,083 --> 00:25:32,875 you could roll to one side and you could get toppled over. 590 00:25:33,042 --> 00:25:34,875 ♪ ♪ 591 00:25:38,833 --> 00:25:41,500 narrator: The Bermuda Triangle team is regrouping 592 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:43,250 and making plans to tackle 593 00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:45,958 the biggest mysteries of the Triangle. 594 00:25:46,042 --> 00:25:48,542 Number three has made it this high on the list 595 00:25:48,625 --> 00:25:51,000 because it's a phenomenon that Hollywood 596 00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:54,333 has long associated with the Bermuda Triangle, 597 00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:57,458 unidentified flying objects. 598 00:25:57,583 --> 00:26:00,333 [tense music] 599 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:02,167 ♪ ♪ 600 00:26:02,375 --> 00:26:03,875 - The top of the list, 601 00:26:03,958 --> 00:26:05,833 when it comes to Bermuda Triangle mysteries, 602 00:26:05,917 --> 00:26:08,667 of course, is the concept of the UFO 603 00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:10,833 or what we now call UAPs. 604 00:26:10,875 --> 00:26:13,542 ♪ ♪ 605 00:26:13,625 --> 00:26:14,833 So one of the big mysteries 606 00:26:14,875 --> 00:26:17,750 is whether they are actually playing a role 607 00:26:17,875 --> 00:26:20,667 in the loss of aircraft and ships. 608 00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:25,042 narrator: Recent evidence released 609 00:26:25,125 --> 00:26:26,167 by the U.S. government 610 00:26:26,292 --> 00:26:28,500 includes footage captured by navy pilots 611 00:26:28,708 --> 00:26:30,875 just north of the Bermuda Triangle 612 00:26:31,083 --> 00:26:32,125 off Florida. 613 00:26:32,292 --> 00:26:34,292 ♪ ♪ 614 00:26:34,375 --> 00:26:35,667 - There is so much evidence now, 615 00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:37,792 especially coming from military pilots 616 00:26:37,875 --> 00:26:40,417 and airline pilots. 617 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:43,500 - Have I ever seen anything that I can't identify? 618 00:26:43,708 --> 00:26:44,792 I'd have to say yes. 619 00:26:44,875 --> 00:26:46,625 ♪ ♪ 620 00:26:46,750 --> 00:26:48,208 Sometimes you just kind of chalk it up to, 621 00:26:48,375 --> 00:26:50,875 it was likely something that was meant to be there. 622 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,667 I just haven't been trained or exposed to that. 623 00:26:52,750 --> 00:26:54,500 That's how I've rationalized it. 624 00:26:54,583 --> 00:26:56,667 ♪ ♪ 625 00:26:56,667 --> 00:26:59,292 narrator: To determine if UAP activity 626 00:26:59,375 --> 00:27:01,875 contributes to the loss of ships and planes, 627 00:27:01,958 --> 00:27:05,167 Dave and Wayne speak with UFO expert 628 00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:08,083 Kathleen Marden, who reveals the details 629 00:27:08,250 --> 00:27:10,333 of an incident at the edge of the Triangle 630 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:13,000 that's been kept secret for decades. 631 00:27:13,083 --> 00:27:15,167 - On this particular night, 632 00:27:15,292 --> 00:27:19,000 there were fast movers that came from the north 633 00:27:19,167 --> 00:27:21,375 down the East Coast. 634 00:27:21,375 --> 00:27:24,208 I've spoken to military officers 635 00:27:24,292 --> 00:27:26,292 who were in the radar tower. 636 00:27:26,417 --> 00:27:28,333 ♪ ♪ 637 00:27:28,375 --> 00:27:31,750 narrator: March 31, 1967. 638 00:27:31,875 --> 00:27:35,125 Military radar operators track a cluster 639 00:27:35,250 --> 00:27:38,000 of targets moving at speeds well beyond 640 00:27:38,208 --> 00:27:40,292 any known aircraft. 641 00:27:40,375 --> 00:27:44,125 The targets head straight to Homestead Air Force Base. 642 00:27:44,333 --> 00:27:47,375 ♪ ♪ 643 00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:51,458 A radar operator at Homestead locks onto the targets, 644 00:27:51,583 --> 00:27:53,542 and then... 645 00:27:53,708 --> 00:27:55,375 - Four seconds later... 646 00:27:55,458 --> 00:27:58,542 ♪ ♪ 647 00:27:58,542 --> 00:28:00,667 It knocked out the radar. 648 00:28:00,833 --> 00:28:05,792 He said that the gauges moved backwards. 649 00:28:05,958 --> 00:28:09,958 ♪ ♪ 650 00:28:10,083 --> 00:28:11,833 narrator: Later that same month, 651 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,667 Marden says the American military 652 00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:17,333 intercepted radio traffic from two Cuban MiGs 653 00:28:17,542 --> 00:28:19,875 in the middle of a close encounter. 654 00:28:19,875 --> 00:28:23,958 - The Cuban MiGs were in pursuit 655 00:28:24,042 --> 00:28:27,708 of an unidentified flying object. 656 00:28:27,792 --> 00:28:31,667 One of them simply disintegrated. 657 00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:34,667 - What could have brought down a Cuban MiG 658 00:28:34,875 --> 00:28:37,083 traveling at high speed and have it 659 00:28:37,167 --> 00:28:39,208 just simply disintegrate into thin air? 660 00:28:39,292 --> 00:28:42,208 ♪ ♪ 661 00:28:42,292 --> 00:28:46,292 narrator: The team did find one potential explanation 662 00:28:46,375 --> 00:28:48,458 for some of the sightings-- 663 00:28:48,458 --> 00:28:50,833 government weapons testing, 664 00:28:50,917 --> 00:28:54,667 specifically the SR-71 Blackbird. 665 00:28:54,750 --> 00:28:57,250 They speak with Bob Hanyok, 666 00:28:57,333 --> 00:28:59,542 a former U.S. intelligence operator. 667 00:28:59,708 --> 00:29:01,917 - The SR-71 flew over the United States, 668 00:29:02,083 --> 00:29:05,333 and people would see this terribly fast object 669 00:29:05,458 --> 00:29:06,625 in the sky. 670 00:29:06,708 --> 00:29:09,417 This would have been 1965, 1966 period. 671 00:29:09,542 --> 00:29:14,000 Three SR-71s were deployed to an airbase in Florida 672 00:29:14,125 --> 00:29:16,500 to test conditions that were similar to Asia-- 673 00:29:16,708 --> 00:29:18,958 the humidity and so on. 674 00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:21,625 narrator: It means the Blackbirds were being tested 675 00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:24,250 in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle. 676 00:29:24,417 --> 00:29:28,250 - That airplane still looks extraterrestrial 677 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:30,000 in present day. 678 00:29:30,167 --> 00:29:31,958 So we were able to keep that a secret. 679 00:29:32,125 --> 00:29:34,458 How many other things do you think we could keep a secret? 680 00:29:34,625 --> 00:29:37,000 While it might be a mystery to us, 681 00:29:37,083 --> 00:29:40,042 there's someone that it's not a mystery to. 682 00:29:40,208 --> 00:29:42,500 narrator: For his part, Mike Barnette does not put 683 00:29:42,667 --> 00:29:45,167 too much stock in the idea that UFOs 684 00:29:45,167 --> 00:29:47,667 are taking ships and planes. 685 00:29:47,833 --> 00:29:49,417 ♪ ♪ 686 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:51,500 - You know, I'm not dissing it, but I want an answer. 687 00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:53,250 An answer is gonna be rational. 688 00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:56,375 There's a lot of rational explanations 689 00:29:56,542 --> 00:30:01,083 for the disappearances of these aircraft and ships. 690 00:30:01,250 --> 00:30:03,500 narrator: While the team may disagree, 691 00:30:03,708 --> 00:30:07,000 there's no denying the link between the Bermuda Triangle 692 00:30:07,208 --> 00:30:09,833 and strange lights in the sky, 693 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,458 so UAPs will remain a focus of ongoing investigation. 694 00:30:14,625 --> 00:30:19,792 ♪ ♪ 695 00:30:19,792 --> 00:30:21,250 narrator: The team is closing in 696 00:30:21,375 --> 00:30:23,667 on their top unsolved mysteries 697 00:30:23,667 --> 00:30:26,917 of the Bermuda Triangle. 698 00:30:27,083 --> 00:30:29,333 Number two on the team's list 699 00:30:29,417 --> 00:30:31,542 is the single deadliest incident 700 00:30:31,542 --> 00:30:33,417 in the Bermuda Triangle. 701 00:30:33,583 --> 00:30:34,875 - Right at the top of the list 702 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,167 is the disappearance of the USS "Cyclops" in 1918. 703 00:30:38,375 --> 00:30:42,458 I mean, this is a giant ship, over 500 feet long, 704 00:30:42,583 --> 00:30:45,500 suddenly just disappears without a trace. 705 00:30:45,542 --> 00:30:48,417 - And there was no evidence, no bodies, no debris. 706 00:30:48,542 --> 00:30:54,167 The largest peacetime loss of naval personnel. 707 00:30:54,250 --> 00:30:55,667 That resonates to this day. 708 00:30:55,750 --> 00:30:57,333 [eerie music] 709 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:01,667 narrator: On March 4, 1918, at the height of World War I, 710 00:31:01,792 --> 00:31:04,375 the "Cyclops," a navy ship nearly as long 711 00:31:04,458 --> 00:31:07,833 as two city blocks, sails from Barbados 712 00:31:07,958 --> 00:31:12,167 to Baltimore with 309 men aboard. 713 00:31:12,208 --> 00:31:16,208 Bristling with heavy cranes and thousands of tons of cargo 714 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:20,833 in her hold, she travels north towards Puerto Rico, 715 00:31:20,917 --> 00:31:23,542 crosses into the Bermuda Triangle, 716 00:31:23,708 --> 00:31:26,750 and suddenly vanishes. 717 00:31:26,750 --> 00:31:30,417 No SOS. No lifeboats. 718 00:31:30,542 --> 00:31:32,000 - So many questions. 719 00:31:32,167 --> 00:31:33,708 I mean, this ship just vanished. 720 00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:34,917 - Yeah. 721 00:31:35,083 --> 00:31:38,125 - Not a piece of wreckage was found. 722 00:31:38,250 --> 00:31:40,125 - To really explain what happened to the "Cyclops," 723 00:31:40,208 --> 00:31:42,250 the wreck needs to be found first. 724 00:31:42,417 --> 00:31:46,583 ♪ ♪ 725 00:31:46,708 --> 00:31:49,500 narrator: The team took two shots at "Cyclops." 726 00:31:49,583 --> 00:31:51,167 ♪ ♪ 727 00:31:51,250 --> 00:31:54,542 The first was a large target off Florida 728 00:31:54,667 --> 00:31:57,167 that lined up with the theory that the "Cyclops" 729 00:31:57,375 --> 00:32:01,042 took the inside route, hugging the U.S. coast. 730 00:32:01,167 --> 00:32:05,125 The wreck was called Cal's wreck. 731 00:32:05,250 --> 00:32:08,500 - This is a site that's resting in 385 feet of water. 732 00:32:08,667 --> 00:32:11,208 We're on the western edge of the Gulf Stream. 733 00:32:11,292 --> 00:32:13,292 narrator: Mike and Jimmy became the first 734 00:32:13,375 --> 00:32:16,417 to put human eyes on Cal's wreck 735 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:19,042 and determined it was most likely 736 00:32:19,208 --> 00:32:21,917 a large turn-of-the-century cargo steamship 737 00:32:22,083 --> 00:32:24,292 called the "General Whitney." 738 00:32:24,458 --> 00:32:26,458 ♪ ♪ 739 00:32:26,542 --> 00:32:29,417 The team's next shot at "Cyclops" 740 00:32:29,542 --> 00:32:31,875 was another reportedly massive wreck 741 00:32:31,958 --> 00:32:33,917 off the coast of Virginia, 742 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,333 this time following a theory that "Cyclops" 743 00:32:36,333 --> 00:32:39,708 made it much closer to her final destination in Baltimore 744 00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:42,625 before she went down. 745 00:32:42,750 --> 00:32:49,833 ♪ ♪ 746 00:32:50,250 --> 00:32:52,167 - Dive, dive, dive. 747 00:32:52,250 --> 00:32:59,083 ♪ ♪ 748 00:32:59,208 --> 00:33:03,792 narrator: The team identified a massive 500-foot shipwreck. 749 00:33:03,958 --> 00:33:06,042 ♪ ♪ 750 00:33:06,208 --> 00:33:09,417 But it turned out to be a Great Lakes bulk carrier. 751 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:11,000 ♪ ♪ 752 00:33:11,083 --> 00:33:14,167 - Well, we know where the "Cyclops" isn't now, 753 00:33:14,375 --> 00:33:17,375 so we're able to cross those out. 754 00:33:17,542 --> 00:33:19,083 The "Cyclops" has to be somewhere 755 00:33:19,250 --> 00:33:21,917 en route from Barbados to Baltimore. 756 00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:24,042 ♪ ♪ 757 00:33:24,208 --> 00:33:27,500 narrator: Back on land, the team explores several theories 758 00:33:27,583 --> 00:33:30,250 for what happened to "Cyclops." 759 00:33:30,333 --> 00:33:32,167 - Still can't find it. 760 00:33:32,333 --> 00:33:34,333 narrator: Cyclops expert Marvin Barrash 761 00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:38,333 thinks that rogue waves were the likeliest suspect. 762 00:33:38,458 --> 00:33:41,333 - Rogue waves, they can come out of nowhere. 763 00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:45,167 I suspect at night, it would have probably easily succumbed 764 00:33:45,375 --> 00:33:47,750 to such, you know, a disaster. 765 00:33:47,833 --> 00:33:51,000 ♪ ♪ 766 00:33:51,042 --> 00:33:53,167 narrator: The ship was reportedly 767 00:33:53,167 --> 00:33:55,833 overloaded with a cargo of manganese, 768 00:33:55,917 --> 00:34:01,000 a heavy ore that "Cyclops" was not designed to carry. 769 00:34:01,042 --> 00:34:03,583 - Now, this has weight to it. - Oh, boy. 770 00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:08,333 narrator: The dense cargo may have destabilized "Cyclops," 771 00:34:08,458 --> 00:34:13,958 leaving her vulnerable to heavy seas, storms, 772 00:34:14,042 --> 00:34:16,167 and even rogue waves. 773 00:34:16,333 --> 00:34:20,000 ♪ ♪ 774 00:34:20,167 --> 00:34:21,417 - Additional weight. 775 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:25,083 She was built for coal and oil, not for manganese. 776 00:34:25,250 --> 00:34:26,958 - So you're talking a catastrophic event. 777 00:34:27,042 --> 00:34:28,708 - Yes. 778 00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:30,208 ♪ ♪ 779 00:34:30,333 --> 00:34:33,167 - Compromised engineering and a rogue wave. 780 00:34:33,250 --> 00:34:36,250 - And all under the umbrella of the Bermuda Triangle. 781 00:34:36,375 --> 00:34:39,667 narrator: The fate of this 500-foot ship 782 00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:42,167 carrying more than 300 sailors 783 00:34:42,292 --> 00:34:46,833 will remain a focus of the team's ongoing investigation. 784 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,458 ♪ ♪ 785 00:34:49,625 --> 00:34:51,292 - Mother Ocean is very good at hiding her secrets, 786 00:34:51,375 --> 00:34:53,333 and this is a case in point. 787 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:54,708 ♪ ♪ 788 00:34:58,583 --> 00:35:01,375 narrator: The Bermuda Triangle team is confronting 789 00:35:01,375 --> 00:35:03,375 the biggest mysteries they've tackled 790 00:35:03,542 --> 00:35:07,208 in two seasons of exploration and investigation. 791 00:35:07,292 --> 00:35:09,833 Number one is the disappearance 792 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,583 that started it all. 793 00:35:14,208 --> 00:35:16,042 - Without a doubt, the number one mystery 794 00:35:16,208 --> 00:35:20,000 is the loss of Flight 19 and the Martin Mariner. 795 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,000 narrator: December 5, 1945. 796 00:35:23,042 --> 00:35:26,000 A squadron of five navy bombers takes off 797 00:35:26,208 --> 00:35:28,583 from Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station 798 00:35:28,708 --> 00:35:32,625 on a training mission codenamed Flight 19. 799 00:35:32,708 --> 00:35:36,917 Around 5:00 p.m., the planes radio in that they're lost, 800 00:35:37,042 --> 00:35:38,667 their compasses out. 801 00:35:38,792 --> 00:35:44,500 Then they vanish somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle. 802 00:35:44,708 --> 00:35:48,167 Hours later, a Martin Mariner seaplane 803 00:35:48,167 --> 00:35:50,000 is sent out to rescue the five planes 804 00:35:50,125 --> 00:35:52,292 from Flight 19. 805 00:35:52,375 --> 00:35:55,167 It, too, vanishes without a trace. 806 00:35:55,292 --> 00:35:57,000 [dramatic music] 807 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,958 - What really elevates that mystery is the Martin Mariner. 808 00:36:01,042 --> 00:36:03,167 Why did we lose the search airplane? 809 00:36:03,250 --> 00:36:06,167 narrator: While Flight 19 is thought to be lost 810 00:36:06,250 --> 00:36:08,208 in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle, 811 00:36:08,417 --> 00:36:11,542 the Martin Mariner is believed to have gone down 812 00:36:11,708 --> 00:36:13,417 much closer to shore. 813 00:36:13,583 --> 00:36:14,958 - Martin Mariner, this is supposed to be 814 00:36:14,958 --> 00:36:16,000 in shallower water, something that we 815 00:36:16,042 --> 00:36:17,833 could dive and explore. 816 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,375 narrator: The key clue to the Martin Mariner's whereabouts 817 00:36:21,375 --> 00:36:24,542 is an eyewitness account from a passing freighter. 818 00:36:24,667 --> 00:36:26,792 - Everything came down to a ship 819 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,250 called the "Gaines Mill" that was just 820 00:36:29,417 --> 00:36:31,292 sailing through that area. 821 00:36:31,417 --> 00:36:35,125 And all reports at around 7:50 that night, 822 00:36:35,208 --> 00:36:37,750 they saw a fireball 100-feet high 823 00:36:37,875 --> 00:36:40,958 off the ocean floor that burned for 10 minutes. 824 00:36:41,042 --> 00:36:43,167 ♪ ♪ 825 00:36:43,167 --> 00:36:45,167 narrator: Many believe that fireball 826 00:36:45,375 --> 00:36:47,542 was the Martin Mariner. 827 00:36:47,708 --> 00:36:49,917 ♪ ♪ 828 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,500 But after decades of searching, 829 00:36:52,625 --> 00:36:55,292 Mike is starting to question everything, 830 00:36:55,417 --> 00:36:57,417 including the official record. 831 00:36:57,583 --> 00:36:59,500 ♪ ♪ 832 00:36:59,542 --> 00:37:01,458 - We've dived all the charts inshore. 833 00:37:01,458 --> 00:37:03,667 There's nothing that fits. 834 00:37:03,792 --> 00:37:06,542 But what does fit is that she was farther offshore, 835 00:37:06,708 --> 00:37:08,500 and we were working our way out to that area, 836 00:37:08,583 --> 00:37:10,500 and I think one day, one of these targets 837 00:37:10,583 --> 00:37:12,375 is gonna be the Martin Mariner. 838 00:37:12,375 --> 00:37:16,333 Just a matter of time, dedication, and stubbornness. 839 00:37:16,417 --> 00:37:18,458 narrator: While Mike Barnette believes 840 00:37:18,667 --> 00:37:21,625 Flight 19's wreckage lies in deep water, 841 00:37:21,708 --> 00:37:24,333 David and Wayne have been investigating a theory 842 00:37:24,417 --> 00:37:26,208 that at least one of its planes 843 00:37:26,292 --> 00:37:29,500 made it back to shore. 844 00:37:29,667 --> 00:37:32,333 The theory is based on intercepted radio 845 00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:35,833 communications that suggest the five planes split up 846 00:37:35,958 --> 00:37:40,250 and two of them headed west toward Florida. 847 00:37:40,375 --> 00:37:42,417 - Damn it, we need to fly west. 848 00:37:42,542 --> 00:37:44,500 - We know that there was conflict 849 00:37:44,583 --> 00:37:47,417 and arguments going on between the different pilots. 850 00:37:47,417 --> 00:37:49,667 I think there's a good possibility 851 00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:52,167 that the planes did separate and one or two 852 00:37:52,250 --> 00:37:53,833 did make it back. 853 00:37:53,958 --> 00:37:56,500 narrator: Wayne and David have found tantalizing evidence 854 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:58,333 that backs up this theory... 855 00:37:58,417 --> 00:38:00,167 - That's a 50-cal. 856 00:38:00,333 --> 00:38:02,208 That is a .50-caliber. 857 00:38:02,208 --> 00:38:04,917 - Yes, this is M2 aircraft .50-caliber. 858 00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:06,333 - Wow. 859 00:38:06,458 --> 00:38:07,500 - I believe it would have been mounted 860 00:38:07,583 --> 00:38:09,333 in the wing of the aircraft. 861 00:38:09,375 --> 00:38:11,500 narrator: Including potential wreck sites 862 00:38:11,667 --> 00:38:14,375 throughout Central Florida swamps. 863 00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:17,083 So far, though, they've turned up 864 00:38:17,292 --> 00:38:20,208 no conclusive evidence. 865 00:38:20,292 --> 00:38:23,000 But the hunt is far from over. 866 00:38:23,125 --> 00:38:26,583 - We are not gonna rest until this particular mystery 867 00:38:26,708 --> 00:38:28,958 of the Bermuda Triangle is solved. 868 00:38:29,042 --> 00:38:31,417 narrator: It was while looking for Flight 19 869 00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:35,583 that the team made a surprise discovery, 870 00:38:35,708 --> 00:38:39,667 an F-8 Crusader that crashed in 1966. 871 00:38:39,750 --> 00:38:42,167 It didn't figure into any known 872 00:38:42,333 --> 00:38:44,250 Bermuda Triangle mysteries, 873 00:38:44,375 --> 00:38:46,625 but for the family of the fallen airman, 874 00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:51,792 Lieutenant Bill Lawton, it was a powerful discovery. 875 00:38:51,875 --> 00:38:54,667 In a moment seen for the first time, 876 00:38:54,750 --> 00:38:57,958 Mike and Jimmy are invited to meet them. 877 00:38:58,042 --> 00:38:59,208 - Hi. - Hi. 878 00:38:59,292 --> 00:39:00,333 - How you doing? Hey, I'm Mike. 879 00:39:00,458 --> 00:39:01,708 - Hi, Mike. It is such a pleasure. 880 00:39:01,833 --> 00:39:03,000 - Nice to meet you. - Thank you so much for coming. 881 00:39:03,125 --> 00:39:04,583 - Jimmy. - April. 882 00:39:04,708 --> 00:39:07,333 - April, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, ma'am. 883 00:39:07,458 --> 00:39:08,750 - Nice to meet you. 884 00:39:08,917 --> 00:39:11,375 narrator: Among them is April Kerr-Miller, 885 00:39:11,542 --> 00:39:15,167 the fiancée the 20-year-old airman didn't get to marry. 886 00:39:15,292 --> 00:39:16,917 ♪ ♪ 887 00:39:17,042 --> 00:39:18,542 - As soon as I saw it, I was on my feet. 888 00:39:18,708 --> 00:39:21,083 I scared everybody in the house. 889 00:39:21,083 --> 00:39:22,417 That's-- that's Bill's plane. 890 00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:26,667 There's no doubt in my mind that that's Bill's plane. 891 00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:30,167 - It must be unusual for you to come into all this 892 00:39:30,292 --> 00:39:33,792 and realize that you all have such an impact. 893 00:39:33,875 --> 00:39:36,708 - Just to have someone remembering 894 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,250 that there's a really human element to this, 895 00:39:39,417 --> 00:39:43,833 and it was very moving for the whole family. 896 00:39:43,958 --> 00:39:45,792 ♪ ♪ 897 00:39:45,875 --> 00:39:48,875 narrator: These opportunities to meet next of kin 898 00:39:48,875 --> 00:39:51,333 connect the team to the larger meaning 899 00:39:51,500 --> 00:39:53,708 of their search. 900 00:39:53,917 --> 00:39:55,375 - Whenever you're diving a shipwreck, 901 00:39:55,542 --> 00:39:57,417 in more cases, an aircraft wreck, 902 00:39:57,500 --> 00:39:59,333 you're just looking for the facts-- 903 00:39:59,458 --> 00:40:02,000 what type of aircraft, when did it go down. 904 00:40:02,167 --> 00:40:03,458 And then when you actually learn 905 00:40:03,625 --> 00:40:06,000 about the person involved, the losses, 906 00:40:06,167 --> 00:40:09,083 and then potentially reaching out to their family, 907 00:40:09,208 --> 00:40:10,625 it's hard to really describe, 908 00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:13,125 but it's very moving and deeply gratifying. 909 00:40:13,250 --> 00:40:16,000 ♪ ♪ 910 00:40:16,083 --> 00:40:18,458 narrator: For the team, the bigger mission 911 00:40:18,542 --> 00:40:21,583 continues, with new dive targets 912 00:40:21,708 --> 00:40:24,083 to explore and new theories 913 00:40:24,167 --> 00:40:26,292 to investigate. 914 00:40:26,292 --> 00:40:28,458 The mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle 915 00:40:28,542 --> 00:40:31,667 are slowly being unraveled.