The infamous area is known for its wild and wacky conspiracy theories
Scientists have discovered a large mineral structure under the sea in the Bermuda Triangle, reigniting conspiracy theories about the notorious stretch of water.
Covering the area between Bermuda, Florida, and Puetro Rico, the Bermuda Triangle is noted for having an above average number of ships and aircraft go missing, though this is often exaggerated. Over the years such is the reputation of the triangle that it’s become the focus point of several popular conspiracy theories.
So it’s not hard to imagine why the discovery of a large underwater structure in the triangle has sent the internet into a frenzy of speculation over what it might mean. The theories extend from the more casual conspiracy theories up to the truly wild.
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Atlantis features high on the list, with some speculating that this is the rediscovery of the lost city itself. “Are we finally gonna stop pretending the city of Atlantis vanished ‘without a trace’?” one person wrote on social media.
Others also went for the theory of an ancient civilisation, with one person writing on X: “What if a highly advanced civilization that is many millions of years old built an underground centre of the earth lair to live and survive and they are still there? It explains them poaching people that enter the Bermuda triangle as well.”
Some theories are little different, as one person commented: “It’s a portal to hell, protected by demonic principalities, witches and wizards. There are cities beneath the oceans run by evil demons.”
But what have scientists actually found there? Well, it’s not an ancient city, but it is an important geological discovery which could shed light on how the area is structured.
Using seismic studies, the scientists found a rock some 12.4 miles thick under the oceanic crust beneath Bermuda. That thickness has not been recorded in a similar geological layer anywhere else in the world.
William Frazer is a seismologist at Carnegie Science in Washington D.C. and the lead author on a new study. He told LiveScience: “Typically, you have the bottom of the oceanic crust and then it would be expected to be the mantle, but in Bermuda, there is this other layer that is emplaced beneath the crust, within the tectonic plate that Bermuda sits on.”
Scientists still don’t know quite how the rock came to be there, but it could explain why Bermuda sits on what’s called an ‘oceanic swell’, where the sea bed is higher than the surrounding areas. Normally this is the result of volcanic activity depositing material on the sea floor, but there is not that level of activity in the Bermuda Triangle, making the origin of the swell a mystery.
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