Overview

• Dr. Simon Boxall argues that extreme rogue waves created by converging storm systems offer a natural explanation for the region’s long-noted losses of ships and planes.
• Modeling featured in Channel 5’s The Bermuda Triangle Enigma shows a scale USS Cyclops collier snapping and sinking within minutes when lifted by steep wave peaks.
• Boxall says such waves can reach about 30 meters, potentially breaking large vessels and rapidly overwhelming crews before distress signals can be sent.
• He contends the mechanism could also factor into some aircraft disappearances, citing the 1945 Flight 19 training mission as an example often tied to the area’s lore.
• NOAA and the U.S. Navy say disappearance rates in the region are not abnormal by percentage, with experts like Karl Kruszelnicki pointing to human error and weather as likely causes.