1. Bermuda triangle

2. Bermuda TriangleBermuda Triangle, also known asthe Devil's Triangle, is a looselydefined region in the western part ofthe North Atlantic Ocean.where a number of aircraft and shipsare said to have disappeared undermysterious circumstances. 3. According to the US Navy, the triangledoes not exist, and the name is notrecognized by the US Board OnGeographic Names. Popular culture has attributed variousdisappearances to the paranormal oractivity by extra terrestrial beings. 4. In a 2013 study, World wide fund ofnature the identified the worlds 10most dangerous waters for shipping,but the Bermuda Triangle was notamong them. 5. Triangle areaThe first written boundaries date froman article by Vincent Gaddis in a 1964issue of the pulp magazine Argosy,where the triangle's three vertices are inMiami, Florida peninsula; in San Juan,Puerto Rico; and in the mid-Atlanticisland of Bermuda. 6. Subsequent writers did not follow thisdefinition. Some writers give different boundariesand vertices to the triangle, with thetotal area varying from 1,300,000 to3,900,000 km. 7. Consequently, the determination ofwhich accidents have occurred insidethe triangle depends on which writerreports them. The United States Board onGeographic Names does not recognizethis name, and it is not delimited inany map drawn by US governmentagencies. 8. It is also a heavily flown routefor commercial and privateaircraft heading towards Florida,the Caribbean, and SouthAmerica from points north. 9. HistoryThe earliest allegation of unusual disappearances inthe Bermuda area appeared in a September 17, 1950article published in The Miami Herald (AssociatedPress) by Edward Van Winkle JonesTwo years later, Fate magazine published "Sea Mysteryat Our Back Door", a short article by George X. Sandcovering the loss of several planes and ships 10. Flight 19including the loss of Flight 19, a group offive U.S. Navy TBM Avenger bombers on atraining missionSand's article was the first to lay out thenow-familiar triangular area where thelosses took placeFlight 19 alone would be covered again inthe April 1962 issue of American Legionmagazine 11. In the February 1964 issue of Argosy,Vincent Gaddis' article "The DeadlyBermuda Triangle" argued that Flight 19and other disappearances were part of apattern of strange events in the regionThe next year, Gaddis expanded this articleinto a book, Invisible Horizons 12. Larry KuscheLawrence David Kusche, a researchlibrarian from Arizona State Universityand author of The Bermuda TriangleMystery: Solved (1975)argued thatmany claims of Gaddis andsubsequent writers were oftenexaggerated 13. Kusche concluded that:The number of ships and aircraftreported missing in the area was notsignificantly greater, proportionallyspeaking, than in any other part of theocean.In an area frequented by tropicalstorms, the number of disappearancesthat did occur were, for the most part,neither disproportionate, unlikely, normysterious 14. The legend of the Bermuda Triangleis a manufactured mystery,perpetuated by writers who eitherpurposely or unknowingly made useof misconceptions, faulty reasoning,and sensationalism 15. The compass theoryThis theory rests on an understanding ofhow compasses actually work. a compass points north, the northreferred to here is not to the North Polebut more specifically to the Magnetic NorthPole. 16. This Magnetic North Pole is not static andis estimated to shift about a half degreeeach year.The angular difference between these twoNorth Poles is known as the magneticdeclination, and inexperienced pilots orsailors could easily be confused betweenthe two, particular where weatherconditions added to the confusion. 17. Bearing in mind that the firstevidenced disappearance actuallyoccurred in 1945 and that at thetime, technology had not reached itsoptimum, the risk of human errorwould have been much higher andtherefore, if accepted, this could be anatural explanation for the loss ofcraft and people. 18. Methane hydrateApparently there is a vast field of methanehydrates under the sea where the BermudaTriangle is supposed to be located. It has been suggested that these collections ofmethane hydrate are released into the seanaturally and capable of producing huge bubblesof dissolved gas. The impact of this is to reduce the density of thewater so that any ships in the area will lose theirbuoyancy and this can cause them to sink withoutwarning. 19. The impact of this is to reduce the density of the waterso that any ships in the area will lose their buoyancyand this can cause them to sink without warning.Similarly release of methane hydrate into theatmosphere can cause the air to become less dense sothat even aircraft nearby can lose their ability to lift. It apparently happens as the altimeter of the aircraft isaffected by this release, and ultimately, this may evencause the aircraft to crash into the sea. 20. The theory is that the natural release of methanehydrate into the sea will cause frothiness and thismay account for some of the stories about shipsbeing sucked into the Atlantic. The catch however is that research by the UnitedStates Geological Survey has found that no largereleases of this gas have occurred within theBermuda Triangle for more than 15,000 years! 21. Gulf streamThe Gulf Stream is virtually like a river withinthe ocean itself that originates in the Gulf ofMexico and flows through the Straits of Floridainto the North Atlantic.It spans a 40 to 50 mile-wide area and it cancarry debris up to a surface velocity of 5.6miles per hour to two to four knot currentsdepending on weather patterns. 22. The Gulf Stream could easily move a planeor a ship off course, and furthermore, theBermuda Triangle includes some of thedeepest trenches in the world, some asdeep to nearing 28,000 feet. Vessel remains are very likely to beswallowed up forever by the sea and intothe trenches if not by the current. 23. Unexpectedly high waves also have beenreported up to eighty feet high outside of theGulf Stream adding to the difficulty of findingships and planes lost at sea bringing itthrough in the top ten list at number 4. 24. Freak wavesThere is also the known phenomenon of freak wavesthat can appear randomly at sea. Such waves have been recorded to the height of 100feet, and if this happens, of course any sea vesselswithin the vicinity will be affected. 25. While such waves are rare, in 1982 a freak wave knownas the Ocean Ranger was responsible for capsizing theworlds largest offshore platform.This happened nowhere close to the Bermuda Triangleand there has been no confirmation of such freakwaves within the area that we know as the BermudaTriangle 26. Downed comet About 11,000 years ago, a comet may have crashed intoThe Bermuda Triangle areaScientists believe it could have strangeelectromagnetic properties that throw off compassesand aircraft engines 27. Tidal wavesResearch has shown that tidal, freak, or rogue wavescan reach up to 30 m (100 feet) in height and arecapable of sinking large ships within moments.Although these are very rare, in some areas oceancurrents mean they happen more often than thenormal. Such waves have now been hypothesized as a cause formany unexplained shipping losses over the years. 28. Human errorHuman error is something that cannot be accountedfor. But the reality is that most accidents are caused byhuman error or miscalculation and this too must fallunder the category of natural explanations for thehappenings in the Bermuda Triangle. Amongst the examples cited include the 1958 loss ofsailing yacht Revonoc, which belonged tobusinessman Harvey Conover. 29. He apparently sailed his craft into the eye of a stormand was never heard of again.Similarly human error was apparently the cause of theloss of oil tanker V A Fogg in 1972 and in this casespecifically, the blame has been allocated to the lack ofproper training of the crew who were cleaning outbenzene residue from the vessel. 30. Many scientist and triangle writers have came up withvarious supernatural theories behind the mystery ofthe Bermuda triangle likeLost city of AtlantisUnidentified flying objectSea monstersTime wrap 31. Lost city of Atlantisthere is the mystery of the lost city of Atlantis and howthere is the possibility that this city, when it existed,was powered by crystals radiating huge amounts ofenergy. when air and sea craft travel over the area of theallegedly submerged Atlantis, (which is convenientlysomewhere within the area of the Bermuda Triangle)this causes the instruments to go haywire and result innavigational disaster. 32. Unidentified flying objectsThe theory about aliens is of course irresistible.The disappearances have to do with beings fromanother world.The Bermuda Triangle is a collecting station wherealiens take our people, ships, planes and other objectsback to their planet to study, or perhaps to save themfrom a holocaust. 33. Others think that the planes and ships are sent toanother dimension 34. Sea monstersSome believe in sea monsters that supposedly sink theships. 35. Time wrapPilot also believed that if a plane goes to that area itgoes into the past or the future. Generally to the timeperiod of French revolution. 36. Ellen AustinThe Ellen Austin supposedly came across a derelictship, placed on board a prize crew, and attempted tosail with it to New York in 1881. According to thestories, the derelict disappeared; others elaboratingfurther that the derelict reappeared minus the prizecrew, then disappeared again with a second prize crewon board. 37. ContA check from Lloyd's ofLondon records proved theexistence of the Meta, built in1854 and that in 1880theMeta was renamed EllenAustin. There are no casualtylistings for this vessel, or anyvessel at that time, that wouldsuggest a large number ofmissing men were placed onboard a derelict that laterdisappeared. 38. USS CyclopsThe incident resulting in the single largest loss of lifein the history of the US Navy not related to combatoccurred when the collier USSCyclops, carrying a fullload of manganese ore and with one engine out ofaction, went missing without a trace with a crew of 309sometime after March 4, 1918, after departing theisland of Barbados. 39. Douglas DC-3On December 28, 1948, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft,number NC16002, disappeared while on a flight fromSan Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami. No trace of theaircraft or the 32 people on board was ever found.From the documentation compiled by the CivilAeronautics Board investigation, a possible key to theplane's disappearance was found, but barely touchedupon by the Triangle writers: 40. Cont The plane's batteries wereinspected and found to be lowon charge, but ordered backinto the plane without arecharge by the pilot while inSan Juan. Whether or not thisled to complete electricalfailure will never be known.However, since piston-enginedaircraft rely upon magnetos toprovide spark to their cylindersrather than a batterypowered ignition coil system,this theory is not stronglyconvincing. 41. Connemara IVA pleasure yacht was found a drift in the Atlantic southof Bermuda on September 26, 1955; it is usually statedin the stories (Berlitz, Winer) that the crew vanishedwhile the yacht survived being at sea during threehurricanes.