The Bermuda Triangle (sometimes also referred to as the Devil's Triangle) is a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by a line from Florida to the islands of Bermuda, to Puerto Rico and then back to Florida where dozens of ships and airplanes have disappeared. As far as we know, 75 planes and hundreds of ships met their demise in the Bermuda Triangle. It is one of the biggest mysteries of our time.
The term "Bermuda Triangle" was first used in an article written by Vincent H. Gaddis for Argosy magazine in 1964. In the article, Gaddis claimed that in this strange sea a number of ships and planes had disappeared without explanation. Gaddis wasn't the first one to come to this conclusion, either. As early as 1952, George X. Sands, in a report in Fate magazine, noted what seemed like an unusually large number of strange accidents in that region.
One of the most famous mysteries was the disappearance of Flight 19 when five TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers vanished over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945. All 14 men on the flight disappeared without a trace and a Martin Mariner Flying Boat also vanished during the search with 13 men on board. In 1918, the USS Cyclops was a massive carrier ship that supplied fuel to the American feet in WWI. The ship set sail with 309 people on board and was full of heavy cargo. After it failed to arrive in Baltimore from Barbados, search teams retraced its route but it was never found. Two of the Cyclops’s sister ships disappeared along the same route in 1941.
Subsequently several authors wrote about various other mysterious incidents in the triangle area. While some of such reports were dubious or without much substance, several incidents had actually occurred and remained unexplained. The words around the mystery started spreading fast, and soon Bermuda Triangle was a reality, at least in the minds of millions all over the world.
There have been many research and explorations done to uncover the mystery. There is no single theory that can explain all the incidents of disappearances. While many theories have come up from researchers and scientists trying to explain the various incidents, here are few of the most popular ones : -
Methane Gas
The gas trapped under sea floor can erupt, and as a result can lower the water density and cause ships to sink like a rock.
Electronic Fog
A strange thick cloud appears from nowhere and engulfs a ship or a plane. Instruments begin to malfunction, and finally the ship or the aircraft vanishes without a trace.
Hexagonal Cloud & Air Bombs
From satellite images Meteorologists have recently discovered strange hexagonal clouds that are capable of blasting winds to the ocean below at huge speeds. And such wind storms on the ocean can create waves as high as 45-feet. Planes and ships under such cloud can sink in no time....
Few more questions also spring up. Are there any other ocean areas on earth where similar such incidents take place? Are the numbers of such incidents similar or even greater than Bermuda Triangle? So if the numbers are similar or more, are such incidents actually normal on ocean routes?
Well, there are several questions which still need to be answered before we can come to that conclusion, if at all. Hundreds of ships and planes were actually lost in that area, and many such cases are not yet explained with evidence. But it is hard to believe that a legend of such gigantic nature is just a baseless myth that continues to engulf the world for so many decades.
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