Mystery of Bermuda Triangle may have finally been solved

It’s thought that hexagonal clouds over the 1.3 million sq km (500,000 square miles) of ocean between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico, could be creating huge 106kph (170mph) wind “air bombs” and these deadly blasts of air can tear down trees, topple over ships and bring planes crashing down.

Researchers analyzed imagery from a NASA satellite and found the hexagon-shaped clouds 240km off the coast of Florida and over the Bahamas.

Speaking to the Science Channel, Dr Steve Miller, a satellite meteorologist from Colorado State University said traditionally, cloud shapes don’t have straight edges.

“You don’t typically see straight edges with clouds,” Miller explained. “Most of the time clouds are random in their distribution.”

With the hexagon shapes differing in sizes between 32 and 88km in width, their location in the western part of the Bermuda triangle could explain why so many aircrafts and ships have gone missing.

Scientists examined similar cloud shapes from the North Sea off the coast of the UK and found sea level winds of up to 160kph, which are powerful enough to create waves more than 45ft (14 meters) high.