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Interview with Eddie Van Halen: Is Rock 'n' Roll All About Reinvention?
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The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and Zócalo Public Square present Is Rock 'n' Roll All About Reinvention? featuring Eddie Van Halen with Denise Quan.
#3 season 1: Karamnya Kapal Tek Sing – The Sinking of the Tek Sing (3 min. trailer)
Weekend@NationalMuseum
pentas dongeng/mini-theatre #3:
Karamnya Kapal Tek Sing – The Sinking of the Tek Sing
(3 min. trailer)
Museum Nasional Indonesia, Ruang Keramik, Gedung B Lantai 4, 29 September & 24 November 2013
Kota Tua Creative Festival, Museum Sejarah Jakarta, 21 June 2014
Kisah karamnya kapal Tek Sing di Selat Gaspar, kepulauan Bangka Belitung, saat dalam pelayaran Amoy ke Batavia, 1822. Kapal yang dijuluki Titanic dari Timur oleh pengamat moderen itu sedang mengangkut 35,000 potong keramik serta 2,000 penumpang dan awal kapal saat menabrak karang dan tenggelam. Kisah tragis tentang harapan yang kandas di tanah Hindia-Belanda abad ke-19 --diceritakan ulang dengan kocaknya oleh sang Bandahara kapal yang sibuk menghitung barang-barang yang hilang saat terapung-terapung di tengah laut.
Dongeng ketiga dari program AkhirPekan@MuseumNasional ini terinspirasi oleh keramik Tek Sing yang berhasil diangkat dari bawah laut tahun 1999 dan kini menjadi bagian dari 140,000 lebih artefak dalam koleksi Museum Nasional Indonesia.
Menghadirkan penampilan tunggal nan luar biasa dari Emanuel Handoyo, salah satu aktor Teater Koma paling populer, yang berperan sekaligus sebagai sang bendahara, kapten kapal Io Tauko, dan salah satu dari penumpang yang naas. Pementasan ini termasuk yang paling sering digelar ulang, termasuk di Kota Tua Creative Festival, 21-22 Juni 2014.
The history of the sinking of the Tek Sing Junk in the Gaspar Strait, near the islands of Bangka-Belitung, as it sailed from Amoy to Batavia in 1822. Dubbed the Titanic of the East by 21st century observers, it ran aground with a cargo of 35,000 pieces of ceramics and 2,000 passengers and crew. A tragic story of lost cargos and lost dreams in search for better life in prosperous 19th Century Dutch-Indies --retold by the ship's hilariously meticulous bookkeeper as he desperately held on to dear life floating on the Gaspar strait.
The third story in the weekend program's series of mini-theatre for families and young people was inspired by the famous Tek Sing ceramics salvaged in 1999, now part the Museum Nasional Indonesia's more than 140,000 artifacts.
Featuring a tour de force solo performance by Emanuel Handoyo, one of Teater Koma's most popular actors, who perform both the part of the bookkeeper, the doomed captain Io Tauko, as well as one of the ill-fated passengers seeking fortune in the Dutch-Indies. One of the program's most popular performances, it has since been restaged several times including most recently at the Kota Tua Creative Festival, 21-22 June 2014.
About Weekend@NationalMuseum
Launched in 2013, dapoerdongeng's Weekend@NationalMuseum program was quickly praised as innovative by the press and public for introducing the art of storytelling to Indonesia's 238-year old National Museum. It has since captivated more than 15,000 new and returning young adults, children and their parents.
Collaborating with the renowned Teater Koma, we created fictionalized stories (thought to be possible given the context of the time and in consultation with the museum's curators), inspired by select artifacts among more than 140,000 in the collection of Southeast-Asia's oldest museum.
Infused with the company's signature mix of drama and intelligent humor, the bite-sized plays' unique viewpoints and lively characters proved to be a hit among young and old alike. More significantly, this approach connects audiences with the human stories behind the artifacts, which help them to better appreciate and understand the museum's collections --not as obscure relics of bygone times but as the actions of real people and real events that continue to affect us today.
About dapoerdongeng
Weekend@NationalMuseum is created and produced by dapoerdongeng, the team behind the Mystery of Batavia and Creative City creative-transformation projects at Jakarta's historic Old Town. Supported by the British Council and the City Government, the interactive animated performances engaged nearly 2,5 million live and online visitors in 2010-2011.
Find out more:
f: Akhir Pekan di Museum
t: @museum_weekend
Mariana Trench: Record-breaking journey to the bottom of the ocean - BBC News
An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench in the Pacific.
Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench with the risk of his submersible imploding if anything were to go wrong.
The dive was later verified to be 10,972m and Victor became the first person to reach the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean.
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#DokumentasiIVAA: BIENNALE JOGJA XIII - WAWANCARA DENGAN WOK THE ROCK
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Woto Wibowo atau Wok The Rock (Lahir di Madiun, 1975). Lulus dari Program Studi Disain Komunikasi Visual, Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta, saat ini mengelola sebagai direktur MES56 (sebuah lembaga seni yang bekerja dengan medium fotografi) dan Netlabel YesNoWave (label berbasis online), Selain aktif sebagai seniman juga menginisiasi banyak project seni.
Bersama Jude Anogwih (Kurator rekanan dari Nigeria) dia menjadi kurator untuk Biennale Jogja XIII, posisi dia yang sebagai seniman serta kurator memberi pendekatan dan kolaborasi berbeda dalam proses penciptaan karya seniman dalam Biennale Jogja ini.
Hal yang paling ketara adalah bagaimana dia ingin menunjukkan praktik-praktik seni berbasis aktivitas/event, tujuannya agar penoton juga bisa proaktif melakukan aktivitas kesenian, tidak melulu terbatas dalam karya-karya yang statis. Selama pameran berlangsung kita disuguhi dan bisa ikut serta dalam kegiatan-kegiatan seniman seperti workshop, musik performance, pidato, kampanye, dsb dan mengalami langsung.
Tema besar dalam Biennale Jogja XIII Equator #3 ini adalah Hacking Conflict.
Cameramen: Dwi Rahmanto, Latu Pambudi, Muhammad Dzulqurnain
Editor: Dwi Rahmanto
Pewancara: Titah Asmaning
Video koleksi Indonesian Visual Art Archive
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2015
The Body : The Short Documentary Video by CICA Museum
Short Documentary Video
Produced by CICA Press, CICA Museum
The Body
Produced by CICA Press
2018
Featured Artists:
Sean Cham
Doki Kim
Joo-eun Kim
Dabin Lee
Eric Thayer
Lim Zeharn
Art Director: Leejin Kim
Editors: Seounyoung Lim, Hyunjin Bang
videos are copyrighted by the featured artists.
Credits:
Sean Cham. Filmed and edited by the artist
Doki Kim
Joo-eun Kim, Directed by Joo-eun Kim, filmed by Eunyoung Cho,,filmed at the National Library of Korea,
Sound source: freemusicarchive.org - Dexter Britain - 05 - Seeing The Future.
Eric Thayer, Artist. Videographer for The Groom, Ulrich von Dran. Photographer for The Groom, Arely Pena
Lim Zeharn
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#30 season 6: Geger Pecinan Gegar Mataram
AkhirPekan@MuseumNasional - Weekend@NationalMuseum
pentas dongeng/mini-theatre #30: Geger Pecinan Gegar Mataram (full version)
Museum Nasional Indonesia, Ruang Kaca Gedung Baru, 29 Juli 2018
Batavia geger! Segerombolan orang Tionghoa pimpinan pendekar silat Khe Panjang alias Kapitan Sepanjang mengamuk. Mereka menyerang pos-pos VOC di Meester-Cornelis dan De Qual di pinggir kota Batavia, juga mencegat pasukan Kumpeni dalam perjalanan ke Tangerang.
–luapan kemarahan penduduk Cina atas kesewenang-wenangan VOC yang terus mengekang hidup mereka dengan aneka aturan perizinan, kewajiban pajak, serta ancaman razia dan deportasi. Padahal, di zaman Jan Pieterszooncoen dulu Wlanda justru mendatangkan ratusan imigran Cina untuk mengisi kota Batavia yang baru dibangunnya.
Gubernur-Jenderal Valckenier yang mudah terpancing emosinya kerahkan pasukan VOC dan warga Eropa buat membalas-dendam. Selama tiga hari mereka menggeledah, menjarah, dan membakar rumah-rumah Tionghoa di dalam kota Batavia. 10,000 orang Cina mereka bantai; mayatnya dibuang ke Kali Besar.
Penduduk yang lolos bergabung dengan Laskar Sepanjang. Dari Bekasi dan Karawang, 9,000 pemberontak Tionghoa itu terus ke timur --membakar pos-pos VOC yang mereka temui di Cirebon, Tegal, hingga Semarang.
Kehadiran laskar pemberontak di wilayah Mataram memicu perdebatan sengit di Keraton Kartasura. Sunan Pakubuwono II --yang naik takhta dengan dukungan Wlanda saat usianya masih berusia 16-- pusing tujuh keliling.
Kerajaannya berhutang ratusan ribu gulden pada VOC untuk bantuan mereka mengintervensi perang takhta yang selama 20 tahun ciptakan permusuhan antara ayah dan anak, kakak dan adik, serta paman dan keponakan dinasti Mataram
Kini si raja peragu harus membuat pilihan sulit: bergabung dengan pemberontak untuk enyahkan Wlanda dari Jawa; membantu VOC agar bisa menuntut penghapusan hutang; atau bersikap netral dan membiarkan keduanya saling bunuh?
Menampilkan Dodi Gustaman (Sampek, Telik Sandi Kesultanan Mataram, Prajurit Mataram), Suntea Sisca (Engtay, Telik Sandi Kesultanan Mataram), Adri Prasetyo (Koopman Kumpeni, Telik Sandi Kesultanan Mataram, Cakranegara IV) dan Dana Hasan (Kopral Stomkop, Telik Sandi Kesultanan Mataram) dalam naskah Yudhi Soerjoatmodjo yang disutradarai Rangga Riantiarno dan dikoreografi oleh Sir Ilham Jambak
About Weekend@NationalMuseum
Launched in 2013, dapoerdongeng's Weekend@NationalMuseum program was quickly praised as innovative by the press and public for introducing the art of storytelling to Indonesia's 238-year old National Museum.
It has since captivated more than 50,000 new and returning young adults, children and their parents.
Collaborating with the renowned Teater Koma, we created fictionalized stories (thought to be possible given the context of the time and in consultation with the museum's curators), inspired by select artifacts among more than 140,000 in the collection of Southeast-Asia's oldest museum.
Infused with the company's signature mix of drama and intelligent humor, the bite-sized plays' unique viewpoints and lively characters proved to be a hit among young and old alike. More significantly, this approach connects audiences with the human stories behind the artifacts, which help them to better appreciate and understand the museum's collections --not as obscure relics of bygone times but as the actions of real people and real events that continue to affect us today.
About dapoerdongeng
Weekend@NationalMuseum is created and produced by dapoerdongeng, the team behind the Mystery of Batavia and Creative City creative-transformation projects at Jakarta's historic Old Town. Supported by the British Council and the City Government, the interactive animated performances engaged nearly 2,5 million live and online visitors in 2010-2011.
Find out more:
f: Akhir Pekan di Museum
t: @museum_weekend
i: @museum_weekend
AYO NABUH GAMELAN/Repertoire Singa Nebah/Museum Darwin, Moscow, Russia,
The Gamelan Performance by Prof. Andrik Purwasito, Master of Wayang Diplomacy, from International Relations Department, University of Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia, mseum Darwin Moscow, 26 August 2016 in Colouring of ASIA.
Selamat Hari Pers Nasional 2017
Setiap tanggal 9 Februari masyarakat Indonesia, khususnya insan pers, memperingati Hari Pers Nasional. Peringatan Hari Pers Nasional dimaknai sebagai sebuah pesta rakyat yang memiliki pers yang merdeka sebagai salah satu pilar demokrasi.
Semuanya berawal pada 9 Februari, 69 tahun yang lalu, ketika diadakan pertemuan untuk membentuk Persatuan Wartawan Indonesia (PWI) di Gedung Museum Pers Solo, Jawa Tengah. Gedung ini dulu difungsikan sebagai Kantor Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI).
Namun, bukan pada tanggal tersebut Hari Pers Nasional ditetapkan. Gagasan untuk menjadikan 9 Februari sebagai Hari Pers Nasional muncul pada Kongres ke-16 PWI di Padang, Sumatera Barat. Tidak saat itu pula, rencana peringatan Hari Pers Nasional langsung disetujui, karena baru sebatas gagasan.
Salah satu butir keputusan Kongres PWI di Padang pada 4 Desember 1978 itu adalah cetusan untuk menetapkan suatu hari yang bersejarah guna memperingati peran dan keberadaan pers secara nasional. Kehendak itu diusulkan kepada pemerintah melalui Dewan Pers untuk menetapkan Hari Pers Nasional.
Dalam sidang Dewan Pers ke-21 di Bandung pada tanggal 19 Februari 1981, keinginan uty disetujui Dewan Pers untuk disampaikan kepada pemerintah dan menetapkan penyelenggaraan Hari Pers Nasional.
Hari Pers Nasional akhirnya diselenggarakan setiap tahun pada tanggal 9 Februari yang ditetapkan melalui Keputusan Presiden RI Nomor 5 Tahun 1985 yang ditandatangani oleh Presiden Soeharto pada 23 Januari 1985.
Tanggal 9 Februari sendiri memiliki nilai historis bagi perkembangan pers di Indonesia karena bertepatan dengan HUT PWI. Pada tanggal 9 Februari 1946 itu diselenggarakan pertemuan wartawan nasional yang melahirkan PWI sebagai organisasi wartawan pertama pascakemerdekaan Indonesia. Soemanang yang juga merupakan pendiri Kantor Berita Antara ditetapkan sebagai Ketua PWI pertama pada pertemuan itu.
Bali, Indonesia Vacation
We stayed at Ubud Heaven Sayan ( Three Bedroom Villa ) for 4 nights. Located just a 10-minute drive from Ubud Monkey forest, Ubud Heaven Sayan offers an outdoor pool and rice paddies view from the villas. Free WiFi access is available in all areas. A free scheduled drop-off service to Ubud centre is also provided.
The air conditioned villa will provide you with a mosquito net, a terrace and a seating area. There is a full kitchen with a microwave, a refrigerator and kitchenware. Complete with a dining table, the dining room also comes with an electric kettle. Featuring a shower, private bathroom also comes with free toiletries. You can enjoy pool and garden view from the room.
At Ubud Heaven Sayan you will find a garden and sun terrace. The friendly staff can assist with car hire, bike rental and airport transfer at additional charges. Activities in the surrounding area include cycling. Day trips and relaxing massages can be arranged at an extra charge. Other facilities offered on-site include laundry, dry cleaning and trouser press services. Valuables can be kept in the safety deposit box at the 24-hour front desk.
#1 season 1: Keris Puputan Klungkung – The Klungkung Dager (3 min. trailer)
AkhirPekan@MuseumNasional / Weekend@NationalMuseum
pentas dongeng/mini-theatre #1
Keris Puputan Klungkung – The Klungkung Dager
(3 min. trailer)
Museum Nasional Indonesia, Ruang Regalia, Gedung B Lantai 4
8 September 2013
Perang Puputan yang dikisahkan seorang bangsawan Klungkung sesaat sebelum pertempuran terakhir yang mematikan melawan pasukan Hindia-Belanda. Sebuah hikayat tentang keberanian dan perlawanan tragis para bangsawan Bali dalam menghadapi ambisi kolonial Belanda di abad ke-19. Pentas dongeng pertama dalam program yang ditujukan bagi keluarga dan anak-anak ini terinspirasi koleksi keris Klungkung yang dijarah Belanda seusai perang, kini menjadi bagian dari 140,000 koleksi artefak di Museum Nasional Indonesia.
Menampilkan pementasan tunggal nan dramatis oleh Rangga Bhuana, salah satu generasi baru aktor, penulis dan sutradara muda Teater Koma.
The bloody Puputan war as told by a nobleman of the House of Klungkung --minutes before their final fight to the death against the well-armed Dutch-Indies army. A story of the courageous but ultimately fatal resistance of the noble houses of Bali against 19th Century Dutch colonial ambitions. The first performance in the special weekend program's mini-theatre for families and young people was inspired by the collection of royal Kris daggers looted by Dutch officials following the battle, now part of the Museum Nasional Indonesia's 140,000-plus historic artifacts.
Featuring a riveting solo performance by Rangga Bhuana, Teater Koma's next generation actor, writer, and director.
About Weekend@NationalMuseum
Launched in 2013, dapoerdongeng's Weekend@NationalMuseum was quickly praised as innovative by the press and public for introducing the art of storytelling to Indonesia's 238-year old National Museum. It has since captivated more than 15,000 new and returning young adults, children and their parents.
Collaborating with the renowned Teater Koma, we created fictionalized stories (thought to be possible given the context of the time and in consultation with the museum's curators), inspired by select artifacts among more than 140,000 in the collection of Southeast-Asia's oldest museum.
Infused with the company's signature mix of drama and intelligent humor, the bite-sized plays' unique viewpoints and lively characters proved to be a hit among young and old alike. More significantly, this approach connects audiences with the human stories behind the artifacts, which help them to better appreciate and understand the museum's collections --not as obscure relics of bygone times but as the actions of real people and real events that continue to affect us today.
About dapoerdongeng
Weekend@NationalMuseum is created and produced by dapoerdongeng, the team behind the Mystery of Batavia and Creative City creative-transformation projects at Jakarta's historic Old Town. Supported by the British Council and the City Government, the interactive animated performances engaged nearly 2,5 million live and online visitors in 2010-2011.
Find out more here:
f: Akhir Pekan di Museum
t: @museum_weekend
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Pyongyang Street Food - North Korea
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I was going to a street food stall at Bugsae Street in Pyongyang. I don't buy many kinds of food, since we are moslem, my wife and I try to be careful in choosing food. We only buy food that contain vegetable or seafood or rice and flour.
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180312 Beast - Oasis (Beautiful Show Indonesia)
doojoon took polaroid from standing area
dongwoonie hold tiger and rose from fans
JS and DOOJOON was doing silly dance -_- :D
All-new Tesla Pickup Truck 2021 - see why the Cybertruck EV is an F150 Raptor slayer!
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#2 season 1: Samurai Bersepeda – The Cycling Samurai (3 min. trailer)
AkhirPekan@MuseumNasional / Weekend@NationalMuseum
pentas dongeng/mini-theatre #2
Samurai Bersepeda – The Cycling Samurai
(3 min. trailer)
Museum Nasional Indonesia, Technology Gallery, Building B 2nd Floor, 15 September 2013 & 13 October 2013
Sejarah sepeda di Indonesia --dari asal muasalnya sebagai mainan mewah masyarakat kelas atas Hindia-Belanda abad ke-19 hingga penggunaannya sebagai kendaraan tempur pasukan Jepang yang menyerbu ke Asia pada Perang Dunia ke-2. Pementasan kedua program AkhirPekan@MuseumNasional yang ditujukan untuk keluarga dan anak-anak ini terinspirasi oleh artefak sepeda yang merupakan salah satu dari 140,000 lebih obyek bersejarah dalam koleksi Museum Nasional Indonesia.
Rangga Bhuana, Generasi baru aktor, sutradara dan penulis Teater Koma, tampil sebagai tokoh pemuda Indonesia yang terkagum-kagum pada Samurai Bersepeda yang mengalahkan penjajah Belanda (diperankan oleh Ledi Yoga).
The history of the velocipede in Indonesia --from its auspicious beginning as elegant playthings of 19th Century Dutch-Indies' high society to its effective use as mobile transport for the invading Japanese army at the beginning of the Pacific War. The second in the special weekend program's mini-theatres for families and young people was inspired by the Museum Nasional Indonesia's bicycle collection, one of the more than 140,000 artifacts it currently holds.
Performed by Rangga Bhuana, Teater Koma's next generation actor, writer, and stage director, as the young man in awe of the Cycling Samurais battalion that defeated the once-mighty Dutch. Ledi Yoga gave a supporting role as the indomitable Japanese soldier.
About Weekend@NationalMuseum
Launched in 2013, dapoerdongeng's Weekend@NationalMuseum program was quickly praised as innovative by the press and public for introducing the art of storytelling to Indonesia's 238-year old National Museum. It has since captivated more than 15,000 new and returning young adults, children and their parents.
Collaborating with the renowned Teater Koma, we created fictionalized stories (thought to be possible given the context of the time and in consultation with the museum's curators), inspired by select artifacts among more than 140,000 in the collection of Southeast-Asia's oldest museum.
Infused with the company's signature mix of drama and intelligent humor, the bite-sized plays' unique viewpoints and lively characters proved to be a hit among young and old alike. More significantly, this approach connects audiences with the human stories behind the artifacts, which help them to better appreciate and understand the museum's collections --not as obscure relics of bygone times but as the actions of real people and real events that continue to affect us today.
About dapoerdongeng
Weekend@NationalMuseum is created and produced by dapoerdongeng, the team behind the Mystery of Batavia and Creative City creative-transformation projects at Jakarta's historic Old Town. Supported by the British Council and the City Government, the interactive animated performances engaged nearly 2,5 million live and online visitors in 2010-2011.
Find out more:
f: Akhir Pekan di Museum
t: @museum_weekend
Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle - Full Documentary
...The Bermuda Triangle is a mythical section of the Atlantic Ocean roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico where dozens of ships and airplanes have disappeared. Unexplained circumstances surround some of these accidents, including one in which the pilots of a squadron of U.S. Navy bombers became disoriented while flying over the area; the planes were never found. Other boats and planes have seemingly vanished from the area in good weather without even radioing distress messages. But although myriad fanciful theories have been proposed regarding the Bermuda Triangle, none of them prove that mysterious disappearances occur more frequently there than in other well-traveled sections of the ocean. In fact, people navigate the area every day without incident.
The area referred to as the Bermuda Triangle, or Devil’s Triangle, covers about 500,000 square miles of ocean off the southeastern tip of Florida. When Christopher Columbus sailed through the area on his first voyage to the New World, he reported that a great flame of fire (probably a meteor) crashed into the sea one night and that a strange light appeared in the distance a few weeks later. He also wrote about erratic compass readings, perhaps because at that time a sliver of the Bermuda Triangle was one of the few places on Earth where true north and magnetic north lined up.
After gaining widespread fame as the first person to sail solo around the globe, Joshua Slocum disappeared on a 1909 voyage from Martha’s Vineyard to South America. Though it’s unclear exactly what happened, many sources later attributed his death to the Bermuda Triangle.
William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest,” which some scholars claim was based on a real-life Bermuda shipwreck, may have enhanced the area’s aura of mystery. Nonetheless, reports of unexplained disappearances did not really capture the public’s attention until the 20th century. An especially infamous tragedy occurred in March 1918 when the USS Cyclops, a 542-foot-long Navy cargo ship with over 300 men and 10,000 tons of manganese ore on board, sank somewhere between Barbados and the Chesapeake Bay. The Cyclops never sent out an SOS distress call despite being equipped to do so, and an extensive search found no wreckage. “Only God and the sea know what happened to the great ship,” U.S. President Woodrow Wilson later said. In 1941 two of the Cyclops’ sister ships similarly vanished without a trace along nearly the same route.
A pattern allegedly began forming in which vessels traversing the Bermuda Triangle would either disappear or be found abandoned. Then, in December 1945, five Navy bombers carrying 14 men took off from a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airfield in order to conduct practice bombing runs over some nearby shoals. But with his compasses apparently malfunctioning, the leader of the mission, known as Flight 19, got severely lost. All five planes flew aimlessly until they ran low on fuel and were forced to ditch at sea. That same day, a rescue plane and its 13-man crew also disappeared. After a massive weeks-long search failed to turn up any evidence, the official Navy report declared that it was “as if they had flown to Mars.”
Bermuda Triangle Theories and Counter-Theories
By the time author Vincent Gaddis coined the phrase “Bermuda Triangle” in a 1964 magazine article, additional mysterious accidents had occurred in the area, including three passenger planes that went down despite having just sent “all’s well” messages. Charles Berlitz, whose grandfather founded the Berlitz language schools, stoked the legend even further in 1974 with a sensational bestseller about the legend. Since then, scores of fellow paranormal writers have blamed the triangle’s supposed lethalness on everything from aliens, Atlantis and sea monsters to time warps and reverse gravity fields, whereas more scientifically minded theorists have pointed to magnetic anomalies, waterspouts or huge eruptions of methane gas from the ocean floor.
In all probability, however, there is no single theory that solves the mystery. As one skeptic put it, trying to find a common cause for every Bermuda Triangle disappearance is no more logical than trying to find a common cause for every automobile accident in Arizona. Moreover, although storms, reefs and the Gulf Stream can cause navigational challenges there, maritime insurance leader Lloyd’s of London does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an especially hazardous place. Neither does the U.S. Coast Guard, which says: “In a review of many aircraft and vessel losses in the area over the years, there has been nothing discovered that would indicate that casualties were the result of anything other than physical causes. No extraordinary factors have ever been identified.”