The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an area in the Atlantic Ocean where the disappearance of many people and their aircraft, and surface vessels has been attributed by some to the paranormal, a suspension of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings. Some of the disappearances involve a level of mystery which is often popularly explained by a variety of theories beyond human error or acts of nature. An abundance of documentation for most incidents suggests that the Bermuda Triangle is a sailors' legend, later embellished by professional writers.
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The boundaries of the Triangle vary with the author; some stating its shape is akin to a trapezium covering the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas, and the entire Caribbean island area east to the Azores; others add to it the Gulf of Mexico. The more familiar, triangular boundary in most written works has as its points Miami, Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda, with most of the incidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the Bahamas and the Florida Straits.
The area is one of the most heavily-sailed shipping lanes in the world, with ships crossing through it daily for ports in the Americas and Europe, as well as the Caribbean Islands. Cruise ships are also plentiful, and pleasure craft regularly go back and forth between Florida and the islands. It is also a heavily flown route for commercial and private aircraft heading towards Florida, the Carribean, and South America from points north.
The Gulf Stream ocean current flows through the Triangle after leaving the Gulf of Mexico; its current of five to six knots may have played a part in a number of disappearances. Sudden storms can and do appear, and in the summer to late fall the occasional hurricane strikes the area. The combination of heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather makes it inevitable that vessels could founder in storms and be lost without a trace — especially before improved telecommunications, radar, and satellite technology arrived late in the 20th century.
Hope this helps you, Aksum.
2007-04-03 05:14:40
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answered by Aksum 2
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BERMUDA TRIANGLE is one of the million unsolved mysteries in our dear universe.The problem is that our scientific research and tools have not yet defined what the bermuda triangle really is.There is a book I came across that suggests that such a thing does not exist.Though very appealing and easy to think that way,we cannot be blind towards the strange incidents of disappearence over the particular area that has been marked as the B.TRIANGLE.
2007-04-03 12:51:07
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answered by sur 1
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http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/
No doubt you have wondered about the Bermuda Triangle. It is the greatest
modern mystery of our supposedly well understood world: a region of the Atlantic
Ocean between Bermuda, Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, where.....
explanation. (Map
The purpose of Bermuda-Triangle.Org is to provide a sober look at this
phenomenon. It is not a site based on synthesizing hearsay, tabloid news or 30 year
old books. What you will see on this Web Site is based on official documentation
gleaned over the last decade. I began this as an innocent hobby before it escalated into
a vast project, a project to get almost every report possible, to track down every clue,
to verify every claim. . . and often to get the figurative door slammed in my face.
These official reports form the bulk of the evidence used herein. Carefully sifting
.....
2007-04-03 12:25:19
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answered by Anonymous
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the Bermuda triangle is a wormhole...a dimensional door of sorts...please don't ask me how I know I can not tell
2007-04-03 14:09:52
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answered by ezemaystar 2
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Its bermuda with some triangle shapes on it.. :-))
2007-04-03 12:17:23
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answered by Deepak Surana 2
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The triangle. BAH. Its actualy a trapaziod!
2007-04-03 12:15:30
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answered by airock_54 3
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It's a myth.
No one has ever dis
2007-04-03 12:19:09
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answered by ed 7
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it is a myth!
2007-04-03 12:24:57
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answered by Liya 2
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