Ship That Vanished in Bermuda Triangle Found Nearly a Century Later

A ship that vanished in the Bermuda Triangle nearly a century ago has been found off the coast of Florida. The SS Cotopaxi disappeared while en route to Cuba from South Carolina back in 1925 and, in later years, became closely linked to the theory that the region contains a curious hotspot where ships and planes inexplicably go missing. The vessel's place in Bermuda Triangle lore was highlighted by a memorable scene in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind where the ship mysteriously appears sitting in the Gobi Desert.

However, it appears that the final resting place of the Cotopaxi may have finally been determined thanks to the new Science Channel series Shipwreck Secrets. According to a press release, researchers for the program were able to track down a heretofore unseen clue in the archives of Lloyd’s of London, which served the insurance broker for the ship. While combing through the decades-old paperwork, they discovered that a distress signal had been sent by the ship a few days after it had departed for Cuba when it was near Jacksonville, Florida.

More on this remarkable story at the Coast to Coast AM website.