Charles Berlitz

Charles L. Frambach Berlitz (; November 22, 1914 – December 18, 2003) was an American linguist, writer, CIC agent, publisher and polyglot. A writer on language learning and paranormal phenomena, Berlitz is known for his 1974 work The Bermuda Triangle.

Early life and education Berlitz was born Charles L. Frambach on November 22, 1914, in New York City to Charles L. Frambach and Millicent Frambach ). (Also cited as Melicent Frambach.) The maternal grandson of Maximilian Berlitz, a linguist, language teacher, writer and founder of Berlitz Language Schools, his grandfather later requested that Berlitz be given his last name.

Career During World War 2, Berlitz served as a CIC agent. He also attempted to link the Bermuda Triangle to Atlantis. He claimed to have located Atlantis undersea in the area of the Bermuda Triangle. He was also an ancient astronaut proponent who believed that extraterrestrials had visited Earth.

Berlitz spent 13 years on active duty in the U.S. Army, mostly in intelligence. In 1950, he married Valerie Seary, with whom he had two children, a daughter Lin, and son, Marc. He died in 2003 at the age of 89 at University Hospital in Tamarac, Florida.

Reception Berlitz's statements about the Bermuda Triangle and the Philadelphia Experiment were heavily criticized by researchers and scientists for their inaccuracy. He has also drawn criticism for ignoring possible natural explanations and promoting pseudoscientific ideas. Larry Kusche has accused Berlitz of fabricating evidence and inventing mysteries that have no basis in fact.