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.[3]
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.
Christopher Columbus made mention of sightings of strange-looking animals near the border of the triangle and recorded near the area now designated as the Bermuda Triangle. At one point he reports that he and his crew observed "strange dancing lights on the horizon". On another instance they observed what was most likely a falling meteor.[4]
The first documented mention of disappearances in the area was made in 1951 by E.V.W. Jones as a sidebar on the Associated Press wire service regarding recent ship losses. Jones' article noted the "mysterious disappearances" of ships, aircraft and small boats in the region and gave it the name "The Devil's Triangle". It was next mentioned in 1952 in a Fate Magazine article by George X. Sand, who outlined several "strange marine disappearances". In 1964, Vincent Geddis referred to the area as "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle" in an Argosy feature, after which the name "Bermuda Triangle" became most common.
The area achieved its current fame largely through the efforts of Charles Berlitz in his 1974 book The Bermuda Triangle (right) and its subsequent film adaptation. The book recounts a long series of mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft, in particular the December 1945 loss of five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bombers in the infamous Flight 19 incident.
The book was a bestseller and included several theories about the cause of the disappearances, including accidents due to high traffic volumes; natural storms; "temporal holes"; the lost empire of Atlantis; transportation by extraterrestrial technology; and other natural or supernatural causes.
An explanation for some of the disappearances focuses on the presence of vast fields of methane hydrates on the continental shelves. A paper was published in 1981 by the United States Geological Survey about the appearance of hydrates in the Blake Ridge area, off the southeastern United States coast.[6] Periodic methane eruptions may produce regions of frothy water that are no longer capable of providing adequate buoyancy for ships. If this were the case, such an area forming around a ship could cause it to sink very rapidly and without warning. Laboratory experiments have proven that bubbles can, indeed, sink a scale model ship by decreasing the density of the water.
Hypothetically, methane gas might also be involved in aircraft crashes, as it is not as dense as normal air and thus would not generate the amount of lift required to keep the aircraft flying. Low levels of methane have also been shown to cause an aircraft engine to stall when added to the intake of air.
2006-08-31 01:31:50
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answered by < Roger That > 5
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Jehovah's Witnesses trust that Jesus has already come (he's come into the start of his rulership) a 2d time (a similar way that he left which became invisibly, yet in ordinary words those following him could tell). Luke 17:26-30 even as the Son of guy comes, issues will be purely as they were even as Noah lived. human beings were eating, eating, and getting married precise as a lot because the day even as Noah went into the vast boat. Then the flood got here and drowned anybody on earth. even as Lot lived, human beings were also eating and eating. They were paying for, promoting, planting, and construction. yet on the very day Lot left Sodom, fiery flames poured down from the sky and killed anybody. a similar will ensue on the day even as the Son of guy seems. in accordance to bible prophesy and Jesus' warnings, the presence of the son of guy (Jesus), would flow left out through maximum folk (with the exception of those taking recognize the indicators which "seem" invisible to maximum folk (Matthew 24:7-9; Luke 21:10-12) Jehovah's Witnesses trust that those are the most suitable days the position Jesus presence is, culminating to a grand climax.
2016-12-06 00:59:24
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answered by ? 3
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I do not think it is one story
Back in the days before the National weather service and Satelites, Hurricane Alley AKA the Bermuda triangle used to suck in and sink lots of boats and planes.
There is no mystery, just boats sailing into Hurricanes.
2006-08-31 01:31:00
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answered by billyandgaby 7
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Much of what has been posted is fairly accurate...however, there were no storms when all those navy planes disppeared. As well as 2 of the search planes. Never have found the wreckage of any of them.
2006-09-03 18:06:30
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answered by mrcricket1932 6
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Yes of course.
2006-08-31 01:27:36
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answered by Anonymous
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watch the unsolved mysteries.....and also see the visual encyclopaedia,and best is GOOGLE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2006-08-31 01:44:44
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answered by deepu 2
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yes u can
2006-08-31 01:27:22
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes you can.
2006-09-01 04:41:18
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answered by Anonymous
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it might be much more worthwhile to just google the topic=)
2006-08-31 01:32:17
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answered by abstract 3
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Sure, go right ahead!
2006-08-31 01:55:30
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answered by Evil Wordmonger, LTD LOL 6
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