Oh Crap, Dark Matter Sunk the Titanic Too?

Titanic sank due to ‘mirage’ caused by freak weather

Groundbreaking new research into the sinking of the Titanic has revealed the ship crashed because the iceberg was disguised by an optical illusion. One of the world’s foremost experts on the doomed passenger liner has discovered evidence a “mirage” was the cause of the famous crash.Tim Maltin spent six years scouring previously unseen records and the results will be shown on television in an upcoming documentary, Titanic: Case Closed.He believes a “haze” created by air currents caused the optical illusion – similar to the blur seen on a road during a warm day.Mr Maltin analysed previously unseen weather records taken from more than 75 ship’s logs from the week the liner sunk on 15th April 1912, killing more than 1,500 people.He found that a unique set of weather conditions caused an abnormal bending of light known as “super refraction.”Despite the absolutely clear conditions that night, the mirage horizon camouflaged the iceberg and caused the lookouts to spot it too late on the ship’s maiden voyage from England to New York.Historian and author Mr Maltin says the illusion would also have disguised the emergency flares sent up by the ship’s doomed crew from the vision of the nearby SS Californian.He said: “For years Titanic’s lookouts were not believed when they said the iceberg came out of a haze on that clear night, but now we know they were telling the truth.

Good photos on this site

Good photos on this site

From my earlier post

From my earlier post

Here is a good research paper on cosmic string gravitational lensing.