Devil's Sea

A distress radio transmission from Zero F Wing Commander pilot Shiro Kawamoto crossing the Triangle near the end of the war created more questions than answers.

[4][5] In the U.S., The New York Times introduced this incident with the term "The Devil's Sea," where nine ships had been lost in perfect weather.

[8] In 1974, American paranormal writer Charles Berlitz introduced the Devil's Sea in his book The Bermuda Triangle.

[12] In 1975, American author Larry Kusche published The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved, debunking the Devil's Sea legend.

[13] The actual danger zone where the Maritime Safety Agency of Japan warned not to approach was only 10 miles to Myōjin-shō.

[17][failed verification] In Daniel Cohen's 1974 book Curses, Hexes & Spells, it's reported that legends of the danger of the Dragon's Triangle go back for centuries in Japan.

One of these explanations is the vast field of methane hydrates present on the bottom of the ocean in the Dragon's Triangle area.

Methane hydrate gases are described as icelike deposits that break off from the bottom and rise, forming bubbles on the surface of the water.

A map of the Izu Islands , the centre of the Devil's Sea legend.
A possible form of the Dragon's Triangle. Due to the Berlitz's claim having many inconsistencies, its exact form is unclear.
Yomiuri Shimbun described that this blue quadrangle was the ma-no umi where the coast guard classified as special danger area. The actual danger area was the red circle according to Kusche.