NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n A scientist from the University of Southampton claims to have solved the notorious Bermuda Triangle mystery.\u00a0<\/p>\n Situated between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, this precarious stretch of sea is known for its quickly changing weather patterns, varying sea levels and complicated navigational realities.<\/p>\n The area\u2019s storied ship and plane disappearances have sparked urban legends, earning it the ominous nickname of the Devil\u2019s Triangle.<\/p>\n SCHOOLBOY SPOTS AMERICAN REVOLUTION WARSHIP ON BEACH AFTER STORM UNCOVERS 230-YEAR-OLD WRECK<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Oceanographer Simon Boxall told the Daily Mail the disappearances are due to “rough waters.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “There are storms to the south and north, which come together,” he said in a British documentary, Channel\u202f5\u2019s “The Bermuda Triangle Enigma,” which is not available outside the U.K.\u00a0<\/p>\n A University of Southampton oceanographer claims to have solved the Bermuda Triangle mystery, attributing the disappearances to rough waters and rogue waves.<\/span> (iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Boxall, along with other researchers, reconstructed a scale model of one of the ships<\/a> that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.<\/p>\n During World War I, the USS Cyclops supported warships in European waters as a unit of the Naval Auxiliary Force, according to the National Museum of the United States Navy<\/a> (NMUSN).<\/p>\n GERMAN RESEARCHERS DISCOVER DOZENS OF SHIPWRECKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE WWII STEAMER LOST IN AIR RAID<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The ship disappeared in March 1918 while returning from Brazil.<\/p>\n “Numerous ships sailed to locate the collier, as she was thought to have been sunk by a German submarine,” the NMUSN website states. “Her wreck has never been found, and the cause of her loss remains unknown.”<\/p>\n Boxall, along with other researchers, reconstructed a scale model of the USS Cyclops (pictured) which disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.<\/span> (National Museum of the United States Navy)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Boxall tested the replica to see how it would fare with rouge waves.\u00a0<\/p>\n Researchers determined the waves could quickly overwhelm the ship due to the vessel’s flat base and large size.\u00a0<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Since large ships need water<\/a> to stay afloat, if the ship became suspended in such a way, it could “snap in two.”<\/p>\n “[The waves] are steep, they are high \u2014 we’ve measured waves in excess of 30 met[ers],” Boxall said in the documentary.<\/p>\n “If that happens, it can sink in a matter of two or three minutes.”<\/p>\n “The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard contend that there are no supernatural explanations for disasters at sea.”<\/span> (Sebastien Vuagnat\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Australian scientist Karl Kruszelnicki\u00a0has echoed Boxall\u2019s theory.<\/p>\n “The number [of ships and planes] that\u00a0go missing in the Bermuda Triangle\u00a0is the same as anywhere in the world on a percentage basis,” he told The Independent in 2017.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n He says that human error and poor weather conditions<\/a> are likely behind the disappearances that have contributed to the\u00a0superstition associated with the Bermuda Triangle, Fox News Digital previously reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) stated in a 2010 report, “There is no evidence that mysterious disappearances occur with any greater frequency in the Bermuda Triangle than in any other large, well-traveled area<\/a> of the ocean.”<\/p>\n For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com\/lifestyle<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n “The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard contend that there are no supernatural explanations for disasters at sea,” NOAA\u00a0also noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Their experience suggests that the combined forces of nature and human fallibility outdo even the most incredulous science fiction<\/a>.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"University](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1200\/675\/berumda-traingle-mystery-solved.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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