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Summary: Good Intro To Critical Thinking To Give to Young People
Review: An excellent book which cuts thru the hype and hysteria surrounding the Bermuda Triangle. Kusche found facts which were indiscovered or ignored by other 'researchers', revealing forgotten storms, important information omitted by other writers, or the simple fact that some of these cases were simple figments of someone's imagination. Bravo! Debunks the popular notion of so-called messages from Flight 19 (In response to an earlier review, people who were monitoring the search in the towers that night have made repeated statements that messages allegedly sent by Flight 19- the 'strange water', et.al.- were in fact never made. If 5 writers use information from the same bad source, that does not make it true!)
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Summary: Debunks all the Bermuda Triangle nonsense
Review: Author virtually goes case by case and gives the reader a pausible reason behind each "disappearance." The five aircraft of Flight 19, arguably the most famous Bermuda Triangle case, didn't "disappear." The five planes are probably rusting in a thousand feet of water southeast of Jacksonville, Florida. The case of the "disappearance" of the MARINE SULPHUR QUEEN is indicative. It didn't "disappear"; it blew up. Debris was recovered. Author's research is impeccable. It is a joy to read a researcher like Mr. Kusche prove his case with facts. His book is the only book worth reading in the whole Bermuda Triangle genre.
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Summary: One Thing Remains...
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Kusche's book in that it is full of factual information surrounding not just the disappearance of the Avengers, but clarifies a great, many things about flying itself. I enjoyed the chronicles about Lt. Taylor, his men, and several relevant stories about naval flying and the compications involved, as well as many "errors" Lt. Taylor may have made which added to the problems they encountered. However, it must be stated that many expeditions have searched the sea for these airplanes, and a great many TBM's have been found, including entire squadrons of them. But Flight 19 still remains inexplicably absent from the registry of discovered aircraft. Therefore, and forgive me Mr. Kusche, the mystery is NOT solved regarding the Lost Patrol.
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Summary: Oh, the conspiracy theorists will hate this!
Review: Kusche does a fairly well-detailed book, chronicling the best-known of the "mysteries" dealing with the Bermuda Triangle. It's a decent list, and it is essentially a debunker's textbook.He offers a lot of information conveniently left out about a lot of the disappearances in other books, and puts a good deal of detail into why a lot of these disappearances occurred. It really makes these all seem rather mundane. For example, the loss of the British training ship "Atalanta" is a disaster waiting to happen, i.e., bad handling, a bad storm, too few real sailors and a lot of seasick, scared cadets. Good stuff if you're interested, and are willing to read with an open, unjaundiced eye.
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Summary: Oh, the conspiracy theorists will hate this!
Review: Kusche does a fairly well-detailed book, chronicling the best-known of the "mysteries" dealing with the Bermuda Triangle. It's a decent list, and it is essentially a debunker's textbook. He offers a lot of information conveniently left out about a lot of the disappearances in other books, and puts a good deal of detail into why a lot of these disappearances occurred. It really makes these all seem rather mundane. For example, the loss of the British training ship "Atalanta" is a disaster waiting to happen, i.e., bad handling, a bad storm, too few real sailors and a lot of seasick, scared cadets. Good stuff if you're interested, and are willing to read with an open, unjaundiced eye.
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Summary: Still afloat after all these years!
Review: Many years ago, this marvelous book served as my introduction to skeptical literature, along with Ronald Story's "The Space-Gods Revealed." Truth may not always be stranger than fiction, but it's a lot more fun. And the truth, ultimately, is that factual omissions, outright lies, and lazy scholarship are the real stuff of legends like that of the Bermuda Triangle. Of course, television specials narrated by Rod Serling help, too--not to mention the endless hyping of the paranormal on various cable channels. Larry Kusche may have saved me from a lifetime of belief in idiotic, media-generated poplore, and how can I thank him enough? Possibly the most enjoyable piece of skeptical detective work in print.
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Summary: What really happens in the Bermuda Triangle
Review: Most people probably know the familiar story of what happens in the Bermuda Triangle: a ship or plane disappears in perfect weather and no debris are found. There is no apparent cause for the disappearances and it is almost as though they were "snatched into outer space." "The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved" easily refutes all such claims. It seems that most disappearances happened to coincide with recorded heavy storms, a fact which is left unmentioned by other Triangle writers. In fact, many of those writers have actually claimed that there was perfect weather in the area, which is directly refuted by Kusche in his research: the 1967 loss of the "Witchcraft" is a case in point. Some of the ships and planes which are credited as Triangle fatalities were never near the Triangle at all, and some never even existed (fictional disappearances in other words). Although the true causes of most of these can never be known for certain, by documenting weather conditions, recovered debris, witnesses's descriptions, and other scraps of info Kusche can point to a probable cause which fits the evidence much better than UFO kidnappings or lasers from a sunken Atlantis. Although Kusche dispells most of the myths, reality is as fascinating as anything dreamed up in tabloid magazines. The by-now famous stories of the Mary Celeste, Cyclops, Carroll A. Deering, Flight 19, the Star Tiger, and the Marine Sulpher Queen are especially described in detail, and it's even more interesting than the legend. One thing that's shocking is how poorly researched the Triangle was before Kusche. With all the books being written about it, you would think that each writer would go back to the original newspapers from the time and check on the facts - an elementary procedure that is practically a given if you're writing about something in the past. But evidently no one did that before Kusche; it seems all the Bermuda Triangle "researchers" just copied each other's books. This is the only book you can get that has trustworthy information about the ships that were lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Everything else is soaked with fiction.
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Summary: What really happens in the Bermuda Triangle
Review: Most people probably know the familiar story of what happens in the Bermuda Triangle: a ship or plane disappears in perfect weather and no debris are found. There is no apparent cause for the disappearances and it is almost as though they were "snatched into outer space." "The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved" easily refutes all such claims. It seems that most disappearances happened to coincide with recorded heavy storms, a fact which is left unmentioned by other Triangle writers. In fact, many of those writers have actually claimed that there was perfect weather in the area, which is directly refuted by Kusche in his research: the 1967 loss of the "Witchcraft" is a case in point. Some of the ships and planes which are credited as Triangle fatalities were never near the Triangle at all, and some never even existed (fictional disappearances in other words). Although the true causes of most of these can never be known for certain, by documenting weather conditions, recovered debris, witnesses's descriptions, and other scraps of info Kusche can point to a probable cause which fits the evidence much better than UFO kidnappings or lasers from a sunken Atlantis. Although Kusche dispells most of the myths, reality is as fascinating as anything dreamed up in tabloid magazines. The by-now famous stories of the Mary Celeste, Cyclops, Carroll A. Deering, Flight 19, the Star Tiger, and the Marine Sulpher Queen are especially described in detail, and it's even more interesting than the legend. One thing that's shocking is how poorly researched the Triangle was before Kusche. With all the books being written about it, you would think that each writer would go back to the original newspapers from the time and check on the facts - an elementary procedure that is practically a given if you're writing about something in the past. But evidently no one did that before Kusche; it seems all the Bermuda Triangle "researchers" just copied each other's books. This is the only book you can get that has trustworthy information about the ships that were lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Everything else is soaked with fiction.
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Summary: The Best Book on the Subject
Review: Mr Kusche finally puts to rest the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. He takes all the stories and legends on a case-by-case basis and explains and proves 90% of them. The other 10% simply don't have enough information available to draw any conclusion. His chapter on Flight 19 is excellent and compelling and leaves no question to what happend to the legendary "Lost Patroll".
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Summary: Still the best debunking I have read
Review: There are always going to be some folks who cling to fiction rather than accept fact. You'll see reviews that quote the supposed Flight 19 radio report that "even the ocean doesn't look right". If you do you own research you'll know that this is pure bunkum - and that's precisely what Larry Kusche did: his own research, and found the vast majority of reports to be pure bunkum. In the search for truth, some people go so far and no further. Thankfully for us, Kusche went all the way as often as he could, and his work here is a confirmation of the principle of Occam's Razor: all other things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one. I recommend this book as a reality check, especially in an age where the Internet has spawned an avalanche of conspiracy theories and misinformation, and educational systems have failed for years to give students the basic skills to investigate, analyse and draw sensible conclusions. Kusche shows you how.
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