by emad » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:00 pm
Bermuda Triangle Caused by Poor Mental Skills <br><br> Renewed media interest in the Bermuda Triangle presents an opportunity to learn more about what causes catastrophic performance failure. A sports performance psychologist offers an explanation showing that poor mental skills may really be the culprit in this and other failures such as John F. Kennedy Jr's plane crash.<br><br><br><br>Palm Beach, Florida (PRWEB) November 20, 2005 -- A recent Bermuda Triangle investigation rekindled mystery and prompted a House resolution. Now Dr. John F. Murray has new information about John F. Kennedy Jr.'s plane crash following discussions with pilots and air traffic controllers, and evidence to suggest that Bermuda Triangle type events may be better explained by psychological factors.<br><br>Much has been written and said over the past 60 years attributing the missing planes of 1945 to some mysterious zone called the Bermuda or Devil's Triangle. It is described as some odd menace that gobbles up planes without leaving a trace. Some claim that it produces a natural magnetic force that throws off navigational instruments, while others believe an evil cloud of gas or other entity dooms them.<br><br>After investigating this story and discussing these and other strange events with two long-time military and commercial airplane pilots and two air traffic controllers, Dr. John F. Murray believes that psychological factors better explain these events.<br><br>According to one credible source, the media failed to report something about John F. Kennedy Jr.'s behavior on that fateful day of July 16, 1999. According to that source who was involved in an air traffic control tower in New York that day, "Kennedy's plane blew right past the control tower without telling anyone at all! It is standard procedure to check in properly and receive a code for identification purposes during a flight. He totally neglected this," said the source.<br><br>While Kennedy's reckless behavior was not reported at the time, perhaps as a protection to his family, it indicates a very impatient mindset that day after he had to wait a long time for his passengers to arrive. It is also a preview to his later poor mental skills when he declined to turn on the auto-pilot, and then tried to rely on visual sight in a virtual soup of darkness with no horizon.<br><br>Malcolm Gladwell wrote in a New Yorker article that Kennedy's panic led to his demise. He could not see the horizon, became spatially disoriented, and went into a graveyard spiral. This is simply deficient mental or psychological skills. It occurs everyday with pro athletes and teams. In short, if Kennedy had slowed down and relied on his instruments, he might be running for President today. In this context mental skills are extremely important.<br><br>But going back to the mysterious devil's triangle, sources in aviation indicate that there have been B-52 and other military crashes never reported in the media as a result of pilot oversight. Again, this is evidence of poor mental skills.<br><br>They also reveal that the area known as the Bermuda Triangle is the one area in the world full of amateur pilots, and more amateurs than anywhere else on the planet! The sheer volume of inexperienced pilots leads to more mistakes and crashes as a result of poor mental focus, panic, and choking.<br><br>The planes that disappeared in 1945 were led by a squadron leader who probably had trouble with his instruments for any number of reasons. Simply placing a screwdriver near a compass will cause the compass to malfunction. But it could have also been any number of psychological or medical factors such as a panic attack or seizure that caused him to lose focus. All the other pilots were instructed to focus only on the leader. When the leader was lost, they were doomed with him.<br><br>When this pilot tried to correct and come home by going west, he might have actually been out in the Gulf of Mexico and ended up going just further west into the Gulf. Or he might have been off the east coast of Florida and thought he was going west when he was actually traveling northwest. This would have put him near the Carolinas. In either case, the planes would have disappeared with no trace, far from where they were supposedly lost. The Gulfstream would take care of any remaining crash debris in the east.<br><br>What about the plane that was lost in trying to rescue the squadron? It was reported to be a very unreliable plane with very few produced, supporting the theory that it was just a very coincidental crash. And this crash could have also been attributed better to psychological or mental factors than some sea monster or supernatural vortex.<br><br>What does all this mean? It means that whether talking about John F. Kennedy Jr.’s behavior on July 16, 1999, the sheer volume of traffic and corresponding crashes in the Bermuda Triangle, the loss of a whole squadron led by one leader, or the loss of a rescue plane, the Devil's Triangle is better explained by poor mental skills and reckless behavior than magical or mysterious forces. The Bermuda Triangle may really just be a function of underdeveloped mental training.<br><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/11/emw312974.htm">www.emediawire.com/releas...312974.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br> <br> <p></p><i></i>
