Is the Bermuda Triangle mystery finally solved? One scientist thinks so

world – the Bermuda Triangle.The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an area of the Atlantic Ocean between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda that is best known for its stories of ships and airplanes that seemed to have disappeared without a trace.Conspiracy theories on their disappearance include everything from magnetic forces to aliens to methane bubbles to even the Lost City of Atlantis.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHERAustralian scientist and author Dr.

Karl Kruszelnicki explained this week that perhaps the legends aren’t as mysterious as they seem."Well, if you go to the facts, they come from both the United States Coast Guard and the massive insurance company, Lloyd’s of London," he told FOX Weather meteorologist Amy Freeze. "Both of them reckon that there’s no extra losses of ships or airplanes in that area."Kruszelnicki added that, as a percentage, the disappearances are comparable to losses of ships and airplanes in other parts of the world."Some years a bit more, some years a bit less," he said. "But it averages out the same."Closeup of commemorative plaque for US Naval Aviators who served at Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, FL during WWII in particular the officers & crewmen of five Naval Avenger Torpedo Bombers who disappeared mysteriously on Dec.

5, 1945 in No one knows the exact number of disappearances that have occurred in the Bermuda Triangle, but common estimates include about 50 ships and 20 airplanes, according to Britannica.com.Among those include the doomed Flight 19, a group of five torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle.

Kruszelnicki explained that Flight 19 took off in early December 1945 on a training mission because World War II had just ended, and the U.S..