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Pag 24 S.R EXAMINER July 7, 1977 By Charles BerAt DROWNED EMPIRE persisting in the legends of the human race as Atlantis may today lie under the waters of the Bermuda Triangle, perhaps a victim, in the distant wm :1 WIT past, of the same violent forces for which it i the area is still known. In the same way Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle rock formations that resemble ancient ruins and that the artifacts on the sea bottom weren't dropped in an ancient shipwreck. In a series of expeditions (Poseldia 1 and 2) made by Dr. David Zink of Lamar University, and independent research by Dr. M.

Valentine, Dr. J. Thorne and others, it was ascertained that the huge stone blocks of the Bimini road are not part of the beacb rock and that a fracture in the bottom does not correspond with the orientation of the great rocks of the wall. These rocks are not part of the bottom of the sea but laid on the bottom some still resting on pillars, a fairly Impossible coincidence if it were a natural formation. The numerous other ruins throughout the Islands are now being investigated, and, even while this research is going on, more remains of buildings, walls, platforms, and pyramids are being found in increasingly deeper water.

Just as research on the sea bottom of the Bermuda Triangle has uncovered vestiges of what we may term prehistorical Atlantean civilization, investigations of the sinking of Atlantean lands may bring us closer to an explanation of what is happening now in the Bermuda Triangle. The seismic, tidal, or perhaps cosmic forces that overwhelmed the once-populated lands now under the sea may still be at work after thousands of years. There are indications that the occurrences in the Bermuda Triangle cannot be categorized as coming solely from volcanic disturbances below and a turbulent sea above, as some propose. Many other puzzling factors must also be considered. These include the unusual behavior of clouds, the sudden appearance of glowing fogs, "white-outs" accompanied by electromagnetic malfunction, unidentified lights or craft moving through the night sky or below the surface of the sea, or from under the sea to the sky and back again, and "phantom" radar sightings of objects on the radar screen that apparently have no material form.

The suggestion has been made that these phenomena may be linked to former or even present Atlantean activity in the area. There is a theory, based-largely on a reference by the famous seer, Edgar Cayce, to Atlantean power sources that sunken power complexes may still be in a state of sporadic operation even after thousands of years under the sea. But whatever the origin of these occurrences, whether seismic, electromagnetic, human or alien, they are increasingly a source of surprise and bewilderment to travelers through the area who encounter these forces that is, to those who survive them. TOMORROW: Reports from the edge of reality EncBrpled from the book Without a Trace Copyright 1977 by Charles Berlitz Published by Doubleday Company. Inc.

that the phenomenon of the Bermuda Triangle is generally discounted by physicists and meteorologists and military and civilian authorities, so do Oceanographers and archaeologists persist in denying new discoveries in the Triangle area that are indicative of the existence of a sunken civilization. But undersea research, some of which has been given impulse by public interest in the Bermuda Triangle, may have uncovered what may be the first concrete proofs of the Atlantis legend. We are more or less familiar with the concept of a great lost civilization formerly existing on a continent or great islands now sunk in the Atlantic Ocean. This legend has been preserved for thousands of years, although it has been derided by critics and skeptics almost since the time Plato first reported it. In describing the location of Atlantis, Plato said: "In those days (9000 years before Plato's time or 11,500 years before ours) the Atlantic was navigable, for there is an island situated in front of the Straits which you call the Columns of Heracles; the island was larger than Libya (North Africa) and Asia (the Middle East) put together, and was the way to other islands, and from the islands you might pass through the whole of the opposite continent which surrounded the true ocean, for this sea which is within the Straits of Heracles (the Mediterranean) is only a harbor, having a narrow entrance, but that other is a real sea.

and the surrounding land may be most truly called a continent At the time Plato was talking about, the Atlantic Ocean contained considerably greater land areas: Much larger islands among the existing ones, other islands now covered by water, and coastal lands extending far out into the Atlantic. The ocean was then approximately a thousand feet shallower than it is today this was before the melting of the third glaciation caused the oceans to rise to their present level. Great sections of what is now sea bottom existed as extended coastlines, large islands, and connecting land bridges. Proofs of this rising of the waters are notably present in the area of the Bermuda Triangle, where the extensive underwater banks of the Bahamas and Florida with their vast underwater caves the Blue Holes give ample evidence of having existed for millenniums abovesea. level.

A rather convincing Indication of the rising of the waters is the presence within the Blue Holes of stalagmites and stalactites (spires and rock "icicles" formed by drippings from cave ceilings only when caves are above water), coral maintained a discreet silence because of the possibility of treasure. Its more probable, however, that storms and seismic shifts in the ocean bottom have uncovered some of the ruins. The circumstances of the discovery of the undersea Bimini Wall (or causeway) by oceanographers Dr. Manson Valentine, Dimitri Rebikoff Jacques Mayol, and others, and the discovery from the air by pilots Trig Adams and Bob Brush of the first of the Andros "temples," have been described in detail in several books (including "Mysteries from Forgotten Worlds" Doubleday, 1972). These first discoveries were almost immediately discounted by archaeologists and oceanographers.

The Andros temple and others In the vicinity were considered to be "lobster crawls" or rectangles built for the collection of conches of sponges, although they were rather meticulously constructed of stones. The Bimini Wall was reported to be a natural break-off of beach rock, resembling a road or platform only to the imaginative. Only within the last year or so has firm proof been offered that these unusual walls and ruins aren't just formations at a relatively great depth (coral normally forms near the surface), the discovery of deep beaches in the ocean (beaches form from waves breaking on the shore), and the results of oceanic probes in the Caribbean (Duke University, 1969) when samples of igneous granite were brought to the surface, indicating continental subsidence. The theory of an Atlantean Empire having existed in the Atlantic Ocean is based on the assumption that many areas now underwater were once land and the reverse, as in the case of the Sahara, whose sea shells and other remains of marine life point out that it was once sea bottom. But legends and traditions to the contrary, the supposition that humanity once developed a seafaring empire on the islands and archipelagoes of the Atlantic remains a theory until some vestige of these constructions can be located.

Within the last few years developments have taken place that may be the first steps in establishing the authenticity of the Atlantis legend. This information has come from an eminently logical place to look for Atlantis the underwater banks and gulfs of the Bermuda Triangle. Underwater ruins, apparently vestiges of stone platforms, roads, walls, and buildings, were first noted off the coasts of Bimini and Andros in 1968. Some were first sighted from the air and then verified by divers. Some were first seen on the clear sea bottom from surface craft.

It is possible, of course, that fishermen and local divers had seen these ruins before and NEW BOOKLET LEGAL RAPE How to sue your Lawyer for Malpractice (Anywhers in the U.S.) Legal tricks exposed Send $4.95 to Albert Morch Dr. Beatrice Londis 2900 Highway 33 Neptune, N.J. 07753 Cut out A HV( scene of another party, the one Irma gave for Eartha following her opening night at the Mocambo. Shortly after dawn yesterday, Irma gave the command, and her meals-on-wheels abode headed south for Santa Barbara. No fuss, no muss and no litter left behind for street sweepers.

Peninsula equestrienne Pat Waller has a new hobby between horses. She called David Howie, president of Helga Howie, the Maiden Lane dress-design firm, to solicit funds for the SF Center for Performing Arts. Pat's volunteer pitch was so convincing, Dave hired her to do the Howie public relations (the first event, the fall showing next Monday morning at the Clift). How will Pat spend her salary? For a new horse, of course. You can sell anything inThc Want Ad Two for the road Carol Kazarian, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Kazarian, and Bruce Hagopian, son of the Lee Hagopians of Fresno, had two clergymen officiate at their recent wedding Rev. J. W. Gregg Meiser of Lakeside Presbyterian Church (where the nuptials were held) and Father Konrken Yaralian of Fresno's Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church.

I heard the traditional wedding had come back in style, but this was it times two. Fourth generation Californians Catherine Mills and Brandon Garrett Smith will hit the orange blossom trail Aug. 28, at the Washington Street home of her parents, William and Barbara Mills. Cathy and Brandon, son of Donald and Kay Smith of Mill Valley, met while students at UC-Davis. Cathy, an applied behavioral psychology grad, is a riding instructor at Golden Gate Park's equestrian center, and Brandon, an anthropology major, is working at Gillon Lumber which is owned by his grandfather, Robert Byard.

It is obvious the young couple is perpetuating the pathfinding pioneer tradition. Never let a good education stand in the way of an honest day's work. 1 line 1 dollar Dresses and Pantsuits 1A99 tO LJr One. $28 to $48 Santa Barbara's Irma Kellogg, who believes that ground travel is the only way to fly, rolled into town Tuesday in her $50,000 castle-on-wheels and rolled right out yesterday morning. Irma motor-homed in for the party artist Jack Baker gave for singer-actress Eartha Kitt in his teensy-weensy Telegraph Hill pad.

Irma and Eartha Kitt have been pals since Irma's son, SF real estater Bayeux Baker, had a torrid summer romance with Eartha on the French Riviera 25 years ago. They've all been friends ever since. Irma is also a collector of Jack's light-and-bright paintings, and will go just about anywhere he is, although they are neighbors since Jack has a home in Santa Barbara. Jack has lived here for more than a year, and for the time being, that's enough. He's giving up his SF digs and will divide his time between dwellings in Santa Barbara and Palm Springs, until the need to be among civilized people strikes him again.

Jack would like to head immediately for his secluded Palm Springs hideaway, but he first has to give notice to his tenant there (who also relishes seclusion). The tenant: Greta Garbo. Of Garbo, Jack is strictly mum. Irma's Persian-carpeted motor van couldn't negotiate the steep, twisting climb to Jack's apartment, so she had her chauffeur park it sensibly. What more logical place than the same spot she used on her visit here last May at Green and Lyon streets, close by her son's domicile.

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