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A target races over the ocean. Dark triangles sit in formation. A patch of sea acquires a reputation. The extra frame is often where the mystery changes.
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AN UNIDENTIFIED SIGNAL IS WHERE THE WORK BEGINS.The released angles put the target 3,591 m below the aircraft, at 4,029 m. The apparent speed comes from parallax, not from the sea surface.
Recover the target’s altitude
02Defocus spreads a point light 50.5 pixels wide, 0.253 mm at the sensor, in the aperture's shape. The triangle comes from the iris, not the sky.
How many pixels can defocus occupy?
03Per 100,000 voyages the region records 2 against 4 elsewhere, a rate ratio of 0.5×. Set the traffic yourself: a count without a denominator shows nothing.
Compare incident rates fairly
The GoFast recording makes a small target appear to rush across the sea below a moving aircraft.
02Satellite imagery showed a group of dark triangular shapes arranged on the water.
03This part of the Atlantic has tropical storms, shallow water and the powerful Gulf Stream.
The GoFast recording makes a small target appear to rush across the sea below a moving aircraft.
The object displays extraordinary speed.
Reconstructing the viewing geometry attributes the apparent rush to parallax. The analysis found no exceptional motion, although it did not establish the object’s identity. Apparent speed and identification are different findings.
Read the full investigationSatellite imagery showed a group of dark triangular shapes arranged on the water.
The formation might be anomalous craft.
Clearer images from the same area matched the shapes to stationary, cone-shaped fishing nets. Their position, size and surrounding water supplied the identifying features that the first image lacked.
This part of the Atlantic has tropical storms, shallow water and the powerful Gulf Stream.
A special force makes the Bermuda Triangle uniquely dangerous.
There is no evidence of an unusually high disappearance rate compared with other large, heavily traveled ocean areas. Familiar weather and navigation hazards are already present inside the outline.
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