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2006-07-25 19:40:16 · 9 answers · asked by amarnath r 1 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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I assume you mean The Bermuda Triangle? It is a section of sea cornered by Bermuda, Ft Lauderdale FL, and Puerto Rico known for mysterious disappearances of people, ships and aircraft.

2006-07-25 19:44:25 · answer #1 · answered by Yote' 5 · 0 0

One of the legends of the sea that has persisted even to today is the story of the Bermuda Triangle. Here ships and airplanes seem to disappear more often than in other parts of the ocean. Usually the craft are never seen again, which is not too surprising in an area noted for hurricanes and high waves. The Bermuda Triangle covers an area from the southern Virginia coast to Bermuda to the Bahama Islands.

Is the Bermuda Triangle really the "graveyard of the Atlantic"? We guess that most of the disappearances of boats and planes could be explained if only someone other than those who sank had been there to watch what really happened.

Imagine, for now, that you are the captain of a sailing ship that has wandered into the Bermuda Triangle. After all, ships from Maine explored the Seven Seas bringing fish and lumber from northern New England all over the world.

You have become trapped in the Bermuda Triangle.

2006-07-25 19:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by praveen jain 2 · 0 0

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It Is Called "The Bermuda Triangle".
It Is A Triangle In The Sea Where The Weather Is Always Rough.
All Ships That Went There,
Were Gone Missing And Later Found Smashed.
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2006-07-27 21:49:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Bermuda Triangle (also known as Devil's Triangle) is a nearly half-million square-mile (1.2 million km²) area of ocean roughly defined by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Bermuda Triangle has become popular through representation by the mass media, in which it is a paranormal site in which the known laws of physics are violated and altered.

While there is a common belief that a number of ships and airplanes have disappeared under highly unusual circumstances in this region, the United States Coast Guard and others disagree with that assessment, citing statistics demonstrating that the number of incidents involving lost ships and aircraft is no larger than that of any other heavily traveled region of the world [1]. Many of the alleged mysteries have proven not so mysterious or unusual upon close examination, with inaccuracies and misinformation about the cases often circulating and recirculating over the decades.

The triangle is an arbitrary shape, crudely marking out a corridor of the Atlantic Ocean, stretching northward from the West Indies, along the North American seaboard, as far as the Carolinas. In the Age of Sail, ships returning to Europe from parts south would sail north to the Carolinas, then turn east for Europe, taking advantage of the prevailing wind direction across the North Atlantic. Even with the development of steam and internal-combustion engines, a great deal more shipping traffic was (and still is) found nearer the US coastline than towards the empty centre of the Atlantic. The Triangle also loosely conforms with the course of the Gulf Stream as it leaves the West Indies, and has always been an area of volatile weather. The combination of distinctly heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather meant that a certain, also distinctly large, number of vessels would flounder in storms. Given the historical limitations of communications technology, most of those ships that sank without survivors would disappear without a trace. The advent of wireless communications, radar, and satellite navigation meant that the unexplained disappearances largely ceased at some point in the 20th Century. The occasional vessel still sinks, but rarely without a trace.
In the 1960s, American journalist Vincent Gaddis renamed the region from "The Devil's Triangle" to "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle," but the shortened version "Bermuda Triangle" is far more common.

Other areas often purported to possess unusual characteristics are the Devil's Sea, located near Japan, and the Marysburgh Vortex or the Great Lakes Triangle, located in eastern Lake Ontario.

2006-07-25 19:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Bermuda triangle is a large triangle-shaped area of the North Western Atlantic Ocean where strange events are said to take place. The unusual events are generally associated with mysterious maritime disasters. They consist normally of the disappearance of planes, ships, and people. Also known as the Devil's Triangle, it covers approximately about 1,140,000 sq km (about 440,000 sq mi). Its three corners are made up of
(1) the island of Bermuda
(2) Miami, the coast of Florida
(3) San Juan, Puerto Rico

The first to report strange occurrences in the Bermuda Triangle, thus giving it this sinister name, was Christopher Columbus in the fifteenth century. During his journey in 1492 in the Sargasso Sea where masses of gulfweed were floating (these were regarded as creepy and dangerous by early sailors), Columbus reported bizarre compass readings in the Bermuda Triangle. Moreover, he and his crew declared that they had seen a mysterious light and a "flame of fire" in the sky.

The bad name of the area dated to the mid-19th century of a number of unexplained disappearances and oddly abandoned ships. The earliest recorded disappearance of a United States vessel, the USS Cyclops vanished in the area occurred in March 1918.

The most renowned Bermuda Triangle incident is "Flight 19." On the 5th December 1945, five U.S. Navy Avenger Torpedo Bombers disappeared in the Triangle. The five aircraft flew from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on a training mission. Lieutenant Charles Taylor led the flight. When Lieutenant Taylor's compass failed, he, being a Florida citizen, tried to guide the planes using only landmarks. The last words heard from the aircraft were "Everything is wrong.....ocean doesn't look as it should". Did flight 19 simply get lost and smash into the Atlantic never to be seen again, or was it something more puzzling?

However, the case of Marie Celeste may be found the most intriguing. On November 5th, 1872, the ship departed from New York Harbour with a cargo of industrial alcohol. Aboard were Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs and his family and eight crewmembers. A month later, a ship found the Marie Celeste floating in the Atlantic Ocean with no one in sight as well as the only lifeboat. The cargo, supplies, and personal belongings were all safely on the Marie Celeste. Evidence clearly showed that the Marie Celeste had been abandoned rapidly. Why it was deserted so hastily remains one of the great maritime mysteries.

People theorize that the Devil Triangle contains an important concentration of vortexes. These could be gateways transporting the vanished crafts and ships to other era and places. The unsteady and transitory nature assumed in certain vortexes could account for their presence one instant, and then disappearance. Sceptics draw attention on the fact that the Triangle is rather large and there are tough currents and intense traffic in the profound waters. They are fairly sure that some ships are somehow bound to be lost in the area. Of course, they are not entirely wrong, as it is quite possible. That is why it makes the Bermuda Triangle an ideal place for unquestioned and unexplained abductions

The books and articles published as well as television broadcasts, investigating the Bermuda Triangle stress that, where most of the disappearances were concerned, the conditions were favorable. All the pieces of data gathered, match: the disappearances normally occurred in daylight after a sudden rupture in radio contact and then, the vessels vanished without any clue. However, skeptics point out that many believed mysteries result from irresponsible or subjective consideration of records.

For instance, some disasters attributed to the Bermuda Triangle actually occurred outside the area of the triangle in inclement weather conditions or in obscurity and there were cases that had known mechanical problems or insufficient equipment. In the case of Flight 19, for example, the squadron commander was rather inexperienced and failed to follow instructions, a compass was faulty and the aircraft was operating under worsening weather and visibility, with a low fuel supply.

Other people suggested explanations such as: the action of physical forces unknown to science or a "hole in the sky," an unusual chemical component in the region's seawater for disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. It is also assumed that the Bermuda Triangle is a center of UFO activity. And the people had been seized by extraterrestrial beings. People feel that the missing crafts are actually being abducted by extra-terrestrials. Scientific evaluations of the Bermuda Triangle have concluded that the number of disappearances in the area is not really abnormal and that most of the disappearances have rational explanations. Despite this, paranormal associations with the Bermuda Triangle continue to persist in the public mind

2006-07-25 22:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by cookie 2 · 0 0

1. The Bermuda Triangle is a big are in the atlantic....it all water but it's shaped like a triangle......very large area......no ship or aircraft that went in that triangle or near it ever came back....the ships lost contact when they went close to the triangle......its a big mystery but scientists say that the triangle drags everything towards it.....scientists say that there's a hole in the sky at the exact place where the bermuda triangle is......it's the last place in the world a person should be in but i wanna go there....not to die but like everyone i wanna experience wat its like to be there.....if i am forced to die i'd choose to be in the triangle....it's sometimes called the devil's triangle

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Bermuda Triangle, region of the western Atlantic Ocean that has become associated in the popular imagination with mysterious maritime disasters. Also known as the Devil's Triangle, the triangle-shaped area covers about 1,140,000 sq km (about 440,000 sq mi) between the island of Bermuda, the coast of southern Florida, and Puerto Rico.

The sinister reputation of the Bermuda Triangle may be traceable to reports made in the late 15th century by navigator Christopher Columbus concerning the Sargasso Sea, in which floating masses of gulfweed were regarded as uncanny and perilous by early sailors; others date the notoriety of the area to the mid-19th century, when a number of reports were made of unexplained disappearances and mysteriously abandoned ships. The earliest recorded disappearance of a United States vessel in the area occurred in March 1918, when the USS Cyclops vanished.

The incident that consolidated the reputation of the Bermuda Triangle was the disappearance in December 1945 of Flight 19, a training squadron of five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers. The squadron left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with 14 crewmen and disappeared after radioing a series of distress messages; a seaplane sent in search of the squadron also disappeared. Aircraft that have disappeared in the area since this incident include a DC-3 carrying 27 passengers in 1948 and a C-124 Globemaster with 53 passengers in 1951. Among the ships that have disappeared was the tanker ship Marine Sulphur Queen, which vanished with 39 men aboard in 1963.

Books, articles, and television broadcasts investigating the Bermuda Triangle emphasize that, in the case of most of the disappearances, the weather was favorable, the disappearances occurred in daylight after a sudden break in radio contact, and the vessels vanished without a trace. However, skeptics point out that many supposed mysteries result from careless or biased consideration of data. For example, some losses attributed to the Bermuda Triangle actually occurred outside the area of the triangle in inclement weather conditions or in darkness, and some can be traced to known mechanical problems or inadequate equipment. In the case of Flight 19, for example, the squadron commander was relatively inexperienced, a compass was faulty, the squadron failed to follow instructions, and the aircraft were operating under conditions of deteriorating weather and visibility and with a low fuel supply. Other proposed explanations for disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle include the action of physical forces unknown to science, a “hole in the sky,” an unusual chemical component in the region's seawater, and abduction by extraterrestrial beings.


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Scientific evaluations of the Bermuda Triangle have concluded that the number of disappearances in the region is not abnormal and that most of the disappearances have logical explanations. Paranormal associations with the Bermuda Triangle persist in the public mind, however.


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oh and if you wanna know more there's also a movie abt bermuda triangle........it's called bermuda triangle something
i'm not sure but the words bermuda triangle are there

hope you find my answer suitable

2006-07-28 09:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by me 3 · 0 0

Bermuda Triangle: a triangular region in the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Florida: in this area many ships and aircraft have been reputed to have disappeared mysteriously, especially since the 1940's.

Many theories have been postulated as to the cause of the disappearances. It has been said that during radio contact with some of the pilots they reported abnormalties with the aircraft's intstruments (i.e. compass) before losing radio contact and vanishing.

2006-07-25 19:57:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

the bermuda triangle is a geographical triangle of islands where a lot of planes and ships have gone missing

2006-07-25 19:42:38 · answer #8 · answered by Andalusian Lover 1 · 0 0

the bermuda triangle is three islands and supposedly no one who has attempted to fly through them has ever been seen again

2006-07-26 09:25:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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