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2006-08-11 19:52:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Higher Education (University +)

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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, and (3) San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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.

2006-08-11 19:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by mallimalar_2000 7 · 1 0

did u mean the bermuda triangle?

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an area of the north Atlantic Ocean where it is popularly believed a significant number of ships and aircraft have disappeared under highly unusual circumstances. It has become popular through its representation by mass media as an area of paranormal activity where the known laws of physics are violated. It has even been suggested that extraterrestrial beings are responsible for some of the disappearances.

Despite popular belief, the United States Coast Guard and other agencies cite statistics indicating that the number of incidents involving lost ships and aircraft is no larger than that of any other heavily-traveled region of the world. Many of the alleged mysteries have proven not so mysterious or unusual upon closer examination, with inaccuracies and misinformation about the cases often circulating and recirculating over the decades

The Triangle
As its name suggests, the Bermuda Triangle is approximately triangular in shape, with three corners roughly defined by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Its size is nearly half a million square miles (1.2 million km²).

The Triangle marks a corridor of the north Atlantic stretching northward from the West Indies along the North American seaboard as far as the Carolinas. To take advantage of prevailing winds, ships returning to Europe during the Age of Sail would sail north to the Carolinas before turning east to cross the north Atlantic. This pattern continued after the development of steam and internal combustion engines, meaning that much of the north Atlantic shipping traffic crossed (and still crosses) through the Triangle's area.

The Gulf Stream, an area of volatile weather, also passes through the Triangle as it leaves the West Indies. The combination of heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather made it inevitable that vessels would founder in storms and be lost without trace, especially before the telecommunications, radar and satellite technology of the late twentieth century. The occasional vessel still sinks, but rarely without a trace.

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

2006-08-12 02:59:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

he Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an area of the north Atlantic Ocean where it is popularly believed a significant number of ships and aircraft have disappeared under highly unusual circumstances. It has become popular through its representation by mass media as an area of paranormal activity where the known laws of physics are violated. It has even been suggested that extraterrestrial beings are responsible for some of the disappearances.

Despite popular belief, the United States Coast Guard and other agencies cite statistics indicating 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 closer examination, with inaccuracies and misinformation about the cases often circulating and recirculating over the decades. [2]

2006-08-14 06:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by pinkcloud2015 5 · 0 0

the bermuda triangle is a mysterious place where ships and planes have disappear because the area emits a sort of a electro magnetic pulse that disables electronics equipment. Compasses will go haywire and you'll head to the wrong direction. Ships go missing because I think there is a rich deposit of come kind of magentic ore under the sea bed that produces such effects and thus, big waves are created.
take care.

2006-08-12 02:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by Wide Ruled Paper 3 · 0 0

its the bermuda triangle... and it was this area in the atlantic or pacfic where a lot of ships and aircrafts dissapeared during the 40s and 50s.. nobody knows y.. everybody has his or her own opinion

2006-08-12 02:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by Calvin 2 · 0 0

A place in the sea where if any flying plane goes missing with in no time.

2006-08-12 02:59:06 · answer #6 · answered by SACHIN S 1 · 0 0

bermuda triangle is a place wer ships disaapear

2006-08-12 02:56:29 · answer #7 · answered by umesh 2 · 0 0

google it, theres a lot of info there

2006-08-12 02:58:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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