The Great Lakes Triangle

by Jay Gourley

Speculates on the causes of the reported, and reportedly unexplained, disappearances of hundreds of ships, boats, and aircraft in the Great Lakes region

Genres: Nonfiction, Paranormal

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I first read this when I was about 35 years old.

This is an incredibly fascinating and compelling book.

It is very factual and very well written. There are parts of it that I found truly scary.

The author totally proves his case, in my opinion.

It amazes me that with all the interest in the paranormal and the occult in this country, that more people aren't aware of this book.

I really think that it is one of the most interesting books that I have ever read.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are a great many interesting and puzzling stories of ships and airplanes disappearing, crashing for no apparent reason, or malfunctioning in strange ways. While many of them could be logically explained or told with a spin that doesn't cover the logical side of things, the sheer amount of examples in the book is noteworthy.
At first, I was impressed by the many well-documented sources. Then, as he began correlating information with hints and stories of UFOs, I paid a little closer attention to the sources. The wrecks and disappearances all come from official records (though some he claims are classified and not available to the public), everything related to aliens comes from the National Inquirer.
It's an entertaining read if you like UFO stories (not so much for me), and interesting to note that there have been significant amount of disappearing planes and boats. What could it mean? Probably nothing.

[Wendy Goerl · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gourley's understanding of the Great Lakes nature and the freighters that sail on them are so laughably inaccurate it should be on the "humor" shelf, right next to English as She is Spoke. Maybe he's on to something with all the time slips and planes suddenly dropping out of the sky, but his descriptions of the the ships' sinkings--suspiciously lacking in any details about the weather or condition of the ships--are so . . ignorant, they call the validity of the entire book into question.

[Rikard · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author only gives what is really a list of planes and ship that have mysteriously sunk or disappeared, what he does not do is give reasons as to these happening. For me this lets the book down, it would be nice to have more detail explaining these occurrences. But on the whole a nice read to start an interest in the Great Lakes Mysteries.

[wally · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was okay. most of my life i could step outside and face one of three cardinal points and...walk if i wanted...and in a matter of miles be on the shore of the big lake. i imagine one could argue there are triangles the world over considering the life we live. some things are mysteries.

[RRex · Rating 3 out of 5]

A well-researched, but tedious little volume of succinct anecdotes about plane and ship disappearances in the Great Lakes area.