Two scientists whose studies were widely credited with unlocking the secrets of the Bermuda Triangle, said their research was completely “misrepresented” — and that the mystery has not been solved.
Randy Cerveny, a climatologist from Arizona State, and Steven Miller, an atmospheric science researcher from Colorado State, were both prominently featured on the Science Channel’s “What’s on Earth” – which cast their findings that huge “hexagonal cloud” patterns over those notorious waters create 170 mph “air bombs” were responsible for bringing down planes and ships.
But both scientists are now criticizing the show’s use of their work.
“There are no mysteries behind the patterns at all,” Miller told Canada’s National Post.
“There is little to no chance, in my opinion, of these clouds being the missing link tying together all the stories surrounding the so-called Bermuda Triangle.”
Miller called the packaging of his and Cerveny’s work “misrepresenting the scientists and sensationalizing this story,” the outlet reported Wednesday.
Cerveny, who coined the phrase “air bombs” on the Science Channel show, also dismissed the notion he and Miller had a Bermuda Triangle “breakthrough.”
“They made it appear as if I was making a big breakthrough or something,” Cerveny told USA Today. “Sadly [that’s] not the case.”
For more than a century, plane pilots, ship captains, meteorologists and military commanders have been puzzles by unexplained aero and nautical tragedies in the Bermuda Triangle – between Miami, Puerto Rico and the island of Bermuda.
More contemporary research has also suggested that perhaps the Bermuda Triangle – despite its pop culture lore – really isn’t a ‘thing,’ with the frequency of air and sea tragedies there no greater than in any other stretch of ocean.