The Bermuda Triangle: Mystery Or Coincidence

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The Bermuda Triangle: Mystery or Coincidence
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle is a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where it has been reported a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Could this be just coincidence, or could something more mysterious be at work? The first written boundaries from an article by Vincent Gaddis in a 1964 magazine Argosy, where the tree vertices are identified as Miami, Florida peninsula: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and in the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda. The Name Bermuda Triangle is actually not even recognized by the United States Board on Geographic names.
The earliest report of an unusual disappearance appeared in a September 17, 1950 article in the Miami Herald (Associated Press) written by Edward Van Winkle Jones. Later Fate magazine published the article “Sea Mystery at Our Back Door. In this article it describes the Sandra which was a tramp steamer that sailed from Savannah, Georgia. This ship apparently disappeared and the searches turned up nothing according to his report. He also describes an incident on December 5, 1945, where five Navy Avenger type torpedo bombers left the Naval Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, Fl. It was supposed to be routine, but turned into a massive search, where not a single trace was found. There were 14 men aboard those bombers. No transmissions were received on the radio channels after 5:25 which would have put them 75 miles NE of the Banana River (Florida) Naval Air Station or about 200 miles NE of Miami. This incident was the Flight 19 disappearance was reported by Michael McDonell as well. He reports, the disappearance sparked of the largest air a...

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...nted that can prove that there are any magnetic fields, or cities under the sea eating the planes with it’s energy. Those who believe in the Mystery of the Bermuda triangle do so off of some writer’s theories around that time and possible coincidence of events. The Bermuda may be a mystery, but no facts support it at this time.

Works Cited

Retrieved From URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle

Gaddis, Vincent (1964), "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle", Argosy

San, George, X. (October 1952). "Sea Mystery at Our Back Door". Fate.

Mcdonell, Michael Naval Aviation News June 1973, 8-16. http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq15-2.htm

Rosenberg, Howard. "Exorcising the Devil's Triangle." Sealift 24, no. 6 (June 1974): 11-15.
Loss of Flight 19 USS Cyclops

Retrieved from URL: http://english.pravda.ru/science/mysteries/16-09-2011/119067-bermuda_triangle-0/

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