Into the Bermuda Triangle: Pursuing the Truth Behind the World's Greatest Mystery

by Gian Quasar

Book Overview

Still unsolved, still baffling, still claiming new victims. Here are the untold stories.

A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping his plane, then disappears; eleven hours after fuel starvation, as if calling from a void, he is heard 600 miles away. He requests permission to land, then vanishes forever. A freighter steaming over placid seas disappears without a trace. A pleasure yacht ghosts past without a soul on board. A pilot calls...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071452176
• ISBN13: 9780071452175
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Not bad

Has some really good information and it's a good way to get some facts on the subject. Overall, it's not expensive at all and it ships pretty fast. I recommend it if you have a school project or essay to write, it pretty much gives you enough facts and understanding of the subject to get started.

Passage Into Time

This is a very interesting book and a bit eerie. It seems "Out-worldly" to lose technical equipment such as airplanes in a perfectly clear sky, especially when that's not what the pilots report seeing. Ships that disappear within hailing distance of the safe shores is also spooky. The book is really worth taking the time to read and get into. The photographs also are a great help.

Important Read

I can't believe this book has only warranted 6 reviews so far. Mine will be short and sweet - this is an excellent and absorbing read. I didn't want to take my copy back to the library. After reading this book, I'm convinced that our planet has a lot more to show us, regarding it's past and our future.

A fascinating read!!

I loved this book, and couldn't put it down. Reading it is like making the long, exciting, slow climb up a roller coaster -- you want to cover your eyes, but you just can't. The author is obviously passionate about his research, and his findings go far beyond any other book on this subject. I'll be flying through the Bermuda Triangle in April, 2004, and now am armed with many landmarks, curiosities, etc., to look for from my (hopefully) safe vantage point! Highly recommended!

The "Best book on the subject"

I am happy to leave this review here about this book to clarify for those who are considering buying it and would appreciate a mature review. After reading it I am not surprised that Hawaii's Mike Buck (The Mike Buck Show) announced on the air that there would be a "groundswell" to get this book, nor that Whitley Strieber declared it to be the "best book written on the Bermuda Triangle." I can see why the Coast Guard contacted the author and is even considering revising or retracting their very dated opinion on the topic. Let me clarify that this book is attempting to call attention to a real problem. It is not about accidents, but about DISAPPEARANCES that have no explanation. The summaries of incidents in this book are taken directly from official NTSB, US Coast Guard, Navy, and Air Force accident investigation reports, plus bulletins from Lloyd's of London-- NOT from some 30 year old book based on old newspapers. The first chapter makes it clear that the Triangle is not traveled much more than other areas, such as off New England, the Med. Sea and the North Sea. Coast Guard stats between 1st Coast Guard district (New England) and the 7th Coast Guard district (Triangle) show that 20 aircraft have vanished in fair weather in the last decade as opposed to 4 or so off New England in foul weather, yet the calls for assistance are nearly the same (10,000 and 9,000), in each district indicating similar amount of travel and trouble encountered in both places, yet disappearances are way out of proportion in the Triangle. Over 80 aircraft have vanished in the Triangle in the last 25 years, and each one mentioned in the book is documented by the National Transportation Safety Board. One need only browse their index of months on their web site to count the aircraft. NOTHING has vanished over the Rocky Mountains in the same period of time. Stats on how many have disappeared over The Great Lakes in the last 40 years make an interesting comparison. About 30 have vanished there, giving the area the reputation of the "Great Lakes Triangle. Yet over 125 have vanished in the Triangle, many of them in truly unusual circumstances. Unexplained IS a mystery to those whose brains do not swim in alcohol, and mystery is directing us to unexplored territory where we may find some of the greatest discoveries of the future. The book is so well documented, only a real loony fringe scoffer would try and represent it otherwise. Perhaps that is why the media is slightly tongue-tied over this book. It is not what anybody would expect from as subject that is often considered "politically incorrect."