Is "Bermuda Triangle" a fact or ficiton?

Answer 1

it must be a fact

it cannot be fiction

Answer 2

The Bermuda Triangle is not a paranormal pursuit. It is a tangible investigation of missing aircraft and ships, vast tonnages of both, and the possible theories of what might have caused it. There are no ghosts, demons or angels involved.
The U. S. Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official name and does not maintain an official file on the area.

The "Bermuda or Devil's Triangle" is an imaginary area located off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States, which is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft. The apexes of the triangle are generally accepted to be Bermuda, Miami, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In the past, extensive, but futile Coast Guard searches prompted by search and rescue cases such as the disappearance of a flight of five TBM Avengers shortly after take off from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., or the traceless sinking of USS Cyclops and Marine Sulphur Queen have lent credence to the popular belief in the mystery and the supernatural qualities of the "Bermuda Triangle."

Countless theories attempting to explain the many disappearances have been offered throughout the history of the area. The most practical seem to be environmental and those citing human error. The majority of disappearances can be attributed to the area's unique environmental features. First, the "Devil's Triangle" is one of the two places on earth that a magnetic compass does point towards true north. Normally it points toward magnetic north. The difference between the two is known as compass variation. The amount of variation changes by as much as 20 degrees as one circumnavigates the earth. If this compass variation or error is not compensated for, a navigator could find himself far off course and in deep trouble.

An area called the "Devil's Sea" by Japanese and Filipino seamen, located off the east coast of Japan, also exhibits the same magnetic characteristics. It is also known for its mysterious disappearances.

Another environmental factor is the character of the Gulf Stream. It is extremely swift and turbulent and can quickly erase any evidence of a disaster. The unpredictable Caribbean-Atlantic weather pattern also plays its role. Sudden local thunder storms and water spouts often spell disaster for pilots and mariners. Finally, the topography of the ocean floor varies from extensive shoals around the islands to some of the deepest marine trenches in the world. With the interaction of the strong currents over the many reefs the topography is in a state of constant flux and development of new navigational hazards is swift.

Not to be under estimated is the human error factor. A large number of pleasure boats travel the waters between Florida's Gold Coast and the Bahamas. All too often, crossings are attempted with too small a boat, insufficient knowledge of the area's hazards, and a lack of good seamanship.

The Coast Guard is not impressed with supernatural explanations of disasters at sea. It has been their experience that the combined forces of nature and unpredictability of mankind outdo even the most far fetched science fiction many times each year.

We know of no maps that delineate the boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle.

Answer 3

The Bermuda Triangle is still a mystery, but I think it is fact. Who can explain what happened to those missing airplanes?? That is why the Bermuda Triangle is the only logical explanation.

Answer 4

The Bermuda Triangle does exist for certain. However, they are now finding explanations for the disappearances of many of the missing people. Most in planes just simply crashed into the ocean. The boats that disappeared possibly sunk, because of the rough seas there.

Answer 5

The area of the Bermuda Triangle certainly exists but there is no greater loss of aircraft & vessels in this area than in any other area of comperable traffic..
Interestingly enough..
My great uncle was lost on the Navy coal ship the Cyclops in the Bermuda Triangle many many years ago...

Answer 6

Fact

Answer 7

It is pure fiction. When I was in the navy we past through it many times with not problems. People make up stories like the "Bermuda Triangle" to explain things that they do not understand.

Answer 8

There is a bermuda triangle... There have been many missing boats from the bermuda triangle. Knowone really knows if it is just bad weather or if there is a monster in the seas..

Answer 9

there is a triangle that can be traced from bermuda to any other two point on the globe, but is there some mysterious force at work causing ships and planes to disappear?? No.

Answer 10

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 tankership 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.

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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Sargasso Sea, oval region of the western North Atlantic Ocean, between the West Indies and the Azores. The Sargasso Sea is the only sea in the world bordered by ocean currents rather than by land. The four great North Atlantic currents—the Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, the Canary Current, and the North Equatorial Current—flow in a clockwise direction around the Sargasso Sea. Although its limits are indefinite, the name Sargasso Sea is most commonly applied to the area between longitude 35° and 70° west and latitude 25° and 32° north. The Sargasso Sea is noted for its large expanses of comparatively still water; this phenomenon is primarily due to the fact that the North Atlantic currents rotate around the margins of the region.

The Sargasso Sea is named for one of the abundant varieties of seaweed that float on its surface, Sargassum natans, or brown gulfweed. Brown gulfweed thrives in this ocean region and creates beds that support a number of life forms. Because the sea has weak currents, low precipitation, and high evaporation, its waters are saltier than those of other seas, making them inhospitable to many species. However, eels choose to spawn in the Sargasso Sea, swimming across the Atlantic from Europe and North America. After laying their eggs deep in the sea, they die. The young eels, or elvers, spend a year or more in the Sargasso Sea, then migrate back to Europe and North America.

The Sargasso Sea has been associated with many maritime myths, including that of the lost continent of Atlantis and the Devil’s Triangle, where a number of ships have disappeared or been abandoned.

Answer 11

The bermuda triangle is beleived to bo a fact as it has a number of life instances in support.
People who donot know of these instances beleive it to be a fiction.