The news about the appearance of the ancient ship in the Bermuda Triangle turned out to be fake

Several major Russian media reported about emergence in the waters of the Bermuda triangle ship that disappeared 90 years ago. As it turned out, the original "news" served as a well-known satirical news website.

But it looked like the news given by the news Agency "Amitel" :

On the morning of may 18, 2015 the coast guard Cuba has announced that it has discovered a ship without a crew. It is assumed that this ship is the SS. Cotopaxi, which disappeared in the waters of the Bermuda Triangle in December 1925.

Cuban authorities have recorded the vehicle 16 may 2015, when he suddenly appeared in the area, prohibited to navigation, West of Havana.

After numerous unsuccessful attempts to contact the flight crew was mobilized three patrol boats to intercept the mysterious vessel.

When the patrol boat reached the area of the sighting, their crews were very surprised that the ship is very old, built 100 years ago and was like Cotopaxi. Besides, this ship is quite famous, as is the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.

On Board the ship was empty and the interior looked as if it had been abandoned for decades. Everything indicates that it is likely to have the same SS. "Cotopaxi", who mysteriously disappeared in 1925.

A detailed inspection of the vessel was discovered the diary of captain, which at that time served in Clinchfield Navigation Company, owned by the SS Cotopaxi.

The magazine gave no hint about what really happened to the ship 90 years ago. Cuban expert Rodolfo Cruz, El Salvador considers that the logbook is authentic. This document contains valuable information about the daily life of the crew, and reports many interesting details, registered prior to the date of disappearance of the ship, which was December 1, 1925.

Cuban authorities have recorded the vehicle 16 may 2015, when he suddenly appeared in the area, prohibited to navigation, West of Havana.

After numerous unsuccessful attempts to contact the flight crew was mobilized three patrol boats to intercept the mysterious vessel.

When the patrol boat reached the area of the sighting, their crews were very surprised that the ship is very old, built 100 years ago and was like Cotopaxi. Besides, this ship is quite famous, as is the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.

According to media reports, the coast guard discovered Cuba in the Caribbean sea disappeared in the beginning of the last century, the SS Cotopaxi ship without a crew. It was argued that on Board was discovered the captain's log, which nevertheless did not explain the reasons for the mysterious appearance of a rusty ship on the surface.

The Russian media discovered the story on June 13: with the filing of TV channel "Zvezda" was written about it RSN, "Radio Mayak", "the Russian newspaper" and NTV. They all point to the Italian "the website of popular science news" Segnidalcielo.it ("a Sign from heaven"), writing about paranormal phenomena like UFOs and crop circles.

As it turned out, the source of "news" about the unexpected return of the SS Cotopaxi was the site World News Daily, where information about the incident appeared on 18 may. In the description of the book directly stated about the satirical nature of his materials. However, this is not his first story, which was made to believe the General public in April, citing World News Daily talked about some, ate SS officer and a former CIA agent, who killed Marilyn Monroe.

In its submission, WND cited a Cuban expert Rodolfo Salvador Cruz, a photo of which was taken from a local British newspaper, said the authors of the blog "Trowel". The SS Cotopaxi in the waves was "photoshop".

Photo of the ship taken from the film "Close encounters of the third kind" in 1977 about the paranormal. The creators of the film claimed that their ship is an exact replica of the missing in the Bermuda triangle, SS Cotopaxi.

The cargo ship SS Cotopaxi Clinchfield Navigation company existed in reality. In December 1925 he disappeared while traveling from Charleston, South Carolina, in Havana, the Cuban. On Board were 32 people.

Real photo SS Cotopaxi there, but there are pictures of the ship of the same name, released much later American shipping company Pacific Steam Navigation.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»