The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

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Planes, ships, and people seem to vanish into thin air without a trace. They leave behind no wreckage, no oil slicks, and no clues. But what is to blame? With thousands of miles of unexplored ocean floor, the odd and deadly accidents in and around the Bermuda Triangle may never be truly explained. The Bermuda Triangle is a mystery to mankind because of its inexplicable incidents of mysterious disappearances, its never ending list of possible theories, and its few survivors who have lived to tell the tale.
The Bermuda Triangle is located in the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of the United States. The three points that make up this invisible triangle are Miami, Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the island of Bermuda. It has an area of half million to 1.5 million square miles and its sides stretch to 1000 miles in length each (“Bermuda” 2). The Triangle is known by many names such as “The Devil’s Triangle”, “The Triangle of Death”, “The Hoodoo Sea”, and “The Graveyard of the Atlantic” (Berlitz and Valentine, Bermuda 12). With an area this large in the middle of the ocean, one would expect a few strange accounts. However, the numbers of unexplained occurrences are astonishing.
More than 100 planes and ships and more than 1000 lives have been lost in the Triangle (Berlitz and Valentine, Bermuda 1). The U.S. Navy and Air Force are not immune to the phenomena, as thirty-five of their ships and aircrafts were lost in a short period of ten years between 1942 and 1952 (Quasar 31). Many disappeared while in normal radio contact with the control center and gave no indication of trouble; others radioed in as they witnessed strange occurrences such as nonfunctioning instruments, spinning compasses, a yellow and hazy sky, and stat...

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