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~ Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Facts and Myths ~

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Bermuda Triangle is a strange triangular area on the Atlantic ocean where many ships sailing through it or planes passing over it have disappeared without a trace. In few of such cases where wrecks could be found, the crew had vanished. And such incidents have been happening since centuries.

So looking for the facts behind the mystery of Bermuda Triangle? More than 1000 ships and planes have disappeared in the triangle area over the past five centuries and continue to do so. And all these happen when apparently there are no human errors, equipment failures or even natural disasters. Strangely, the ships and aircraft just vanish when everything seems to be okay. Many believe that Devil is at play here and therefore call the area also as Devil's Triangle.

The facts however are quite far from what is generally known or believed to be true. There are many stories and myths created through sheer imagination by writers who have used them rampantly to draw publicity to their books. In many cases, the facts got blurred. But one thing which is beyond doubt is, far too many incidents have taken place in this area for it to be ignored casually or interpreted to be just another normal ocean area. Well, I have been digging deep into the incidents and analyzing the facts and evidences. This section is an account of those findings.

So where is Bermuda Triangle located and how large is the area? Is there a map? And do you get to know when exactly you cross the line and enter the area? By the simplest of all definitions, Bermuda Triangle is located off the South-Eastern coast of the United States and in the Atlantic Ocean. The three corners of the triangle are: Miami (in Florida); San Juan (in Puerto Rico); and Bermuda (a north-Atlantic island).

~ Lost Planes & Ships in Bermuda Triangle ~

Here are some of the most amazing stories of planes and ships that disappeared while crossing the triangle area. As you visit the links, you will also see my findings behind such great mysteries of all times. In most cases I have discussed and explained the possible causes, in some cases I have also given excerpts from official reports that were produced by US Navy, US Air Force or US Coast Guards after completing the search operations. And in several cases, I have given updates on further findings.

Flight 19: The Avenger planes of Flight-19 took off from the U.S Naval Base of Florida for a routine training session on an afternoon of December 1945, but strangely this time they never returned.

PBM Martin Mariner: When all hopes for the above Flight-19 planes were quickly fading, two Martin Mariner planes (flying boats) were sent by US Navy to search them out. One came back, but the other didn't. Read the full story to know what happened.

Tudor Star Tiger: Star Tiger, a Tudor Mark-IV aircraft disappeared in Bermuda Triangle shortly before it was about to land at the Bermuda airport.

Fight DC-3: The flight DC-3 NC16002 disappeared when it was only 50 miles south of Florida and about to land in Miami.

Flight 441: A Super Constellation Naval Airliner disappeared in October 1954.

C-54 Skymaster: Apparently it seemed to be a sudden thunderstorm that had disintegrated the plane. But there was much more to the story.

Mary Celeste - The Ghost Ship: Known as one of the ghost ships of Bermuda Triangle, Mary Celeste had many misadventures even before her mystery voyage in 1872. But this time, although the ship could be salvaged, none on board could ever be traced.

Carroll A. Deering: This is another ghost ship of Bermuda triangle which created one of the biggest maritime mysteries of all times. While returning from Rio de Janeiro of Brazil to Portland in Maine in January 1921, it was found abandoned and derelict at Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras in North Carolina. But all the 11 crewmen including the captain were missing. They vanished for ever and never to be found again.

Marine Sulphur Queen: This 524-foot carrier of molten sulphur started sail on Feb 2, 1963 from Beaumont, Texas with 39 crew. It was reported lost in Florida Straits on February 4, and lost for ever.

Ellen Austin: The Ellen Austin, an American schooner, met with another ship in Bermuda Triangle. The other ship was moving in full speed but strangely had nobody on board.

USS Cyclops: Disappearance of the carrier ship U.S.S. Cyclops in Bermuda Triangle has been one of the greatest mysteries of the sea.

USS Scorpion: USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Nuclear powered submarine of United States Navy that disappeared in Bermuda Triangle area in May 1968.

Answer 2

Some people trace the Bermuda Triangle history back to the time of Columbus. Estimates range from about 200 to about 1,000 incidents of ships and airplanes disappearing in the past 500 years. Howard, an expert on Bermuda Triangle, claims that more than 50 ships and 20 planes have gone down in the Bermuda Triangle over the last century itself.

It was in 1952, when the author George Sand first mentioned about the Bermuda triangle in a magazine called Fate. In this magazine, he mostly described the Flight-19 incident where the U.S navy airplanes went missing in 1945. He also mentioned about the ship Sandra that disappeared in 1950.

In the whole of 1950s, the stories of Bermuda triangle basically had been spreading by the word of mouth. Every time there was a new incidence, people used to refer to that area by Bermuda triangle. In early 1960's though, it acquired the name The Deadly Triangle.

In 1962, the author Dale Titler in his book The Wings of Mystery started introducing concepts like the electromagnetic phenomenon and such. This was the book which actually started to trigger all the discussions and hypothesis about Bermuda triangle.

Again in 1962, Allan W. Eckert wrote about some interesting dialogue from Flight-19 in one of the American magazines. This sensational article The Mystery of the Lost Patrol became extremely popular. He mentioned reports from Flight-19 stating ... "the ocean looks strange", "...all the compasses are going haywire", and that they could not make out any directions and so on.

The name "Bermuda Triangle" is generally attributed to the writer Vincent H. Gaddis who first used it in a 1964 article he wrote for Argosy magazine. Gaddis wrote a book Invisible Horizons in 1965 that further helped spreading the concept of the Bermuda Triangle.

In 1969, John Spencer stated that the area had no real shape and tried to include the Gulf of Mexico as well as New Jersey as part of the area. It sold in limited quantities, but was later reproduced in paperback in the early 1970s and did well.



Dozens of magazine and newspaper articles came out in the early ‘70s, each author offering a shape and theory to the area. Richard Winer proposed the name The Devil’s Triangle and extended the area close to the Azores near Portugal.

But it was Charles Berlitz’s in 1974, who produced the world's all-time best seller called, The Bermuda Triangle. It sold way over 5,000,000 copies in hardback and became a phenomenon by itself. However, he too cautioned that there was no real shape of Bermuda Triangle.

Answer 3

biggest mystery on earth

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Good for people who need a recap. Must admit, it is late and I did not read up much, but I know the triangle very well. This is well-written and thought out.

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lol.

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calm down peeps just give medals to each other

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@paki Everytime I get on a plane and we go to Spain, right when we cross over the Bermuda Triangle there's always turbulence. o.0

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How exactly is this "spam" ?
> He's done it before.
> It's History.
> I'm pretty sure he'd know by know where to post something like this.

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*now

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u r soooooo informative :)

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@kittiwitti1 Stop it.

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Now you're just being rude.

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-.- Right.

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Anyways, thanks @paki for making this post.

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@OpiGeode Are you serious? If you read the CoC, you'd know he copied and pasted it. Alot of people do that, to remind people like you, what the rules are.

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OSF has the exact same type of "question"
-shrugs-

@Abhisar

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If its related to History, then why can he not post something about HISTORY? If he were posting something about Math or something not school-related, then I'd side with you, but no because all you're doing is causing drama.

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@OpiGeode this is the history section this is allowed if you have a problem witth it simply leave the post but dont spam it and ruin others work

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@OpiGeode this is the history section this is allowed if you have a problem witth it simply leave the post but dont spam it and ruin others work

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Some people just dont get what "spam" actually means.

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You know what's funny. You saying this is spam, but what you're doing right now is spamming this post.

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But you're doing exactly what you say is spamming ?
- correct me if I'm wrong, seriously. All I see now is arguing.

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So you call all the tutorials spam?

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@pooja195 said exactly what I've been trying to say

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and this is history so it belongs here not the feedback section :)

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Neither are tutorials...

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OS is for learning this is another level of knowledge

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Why are we arguing over whether someone else's question is spam or not. I'm sure the admins will take care of this without us telling the OP about it.

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doesnt need to be

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Let the admins take care of it. We don't need to stay on this any longer. :\

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Bad luck.

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i never told you to delete anything xD im not apart of this but maybe your topic wasn't relevant to the topic/subjest

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Happens to me.

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@OpiGeode I get yelled at for direct answers and yet some mods/ambassadors post direct answers.
Oh well, life's life :p

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direct answers are against the rule it evades the learning process

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Speaking of which, are we allowed to rat out mods for direct answers?
I found a site talking about mods who don't even explain their answers.

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If you see it pm them if u want :P @OpiGeode if your done dont comment

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not everything needs to be a question in order to be on here.

If it is informative and nice, and helps people learn something (like a tutorial), I can 100% certify that it is not spam. In fact, right now on OS, we are encouraging tutorials! If you don't like tutorials, than ignore them

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I only tagged you once...

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end it here please dont spam this well explain post any further

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@paki wht is this Its like answering ur own question

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simple answer google it

Answer 43

This is amazing Paki! My mother told me about this I was quite intrigued, indeed. But a serious subject many people have lost lives because of the Bermuda Triangle. :(

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@Adi3 it's just an informative post that he typed himself

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I'm not tagging you?

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wats going on here

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Opi says Paki is spamming
and then it just spiraled out of control @TheGaMer007

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oh

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yeah... let's just leave this to the admins
I have a migraine

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yeah

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http://www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_00004e.htm

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Wonderful job @paki I see no plagiarism or spam :)

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\(\huge\color{lightblue}{Interesting!!}\)

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its so interesting mystery. thanks bilal sharing this mystery to me :)

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I dont think this is spam guys

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There have been hundreds of tutorials. Even the moderators made some. So this is not considered spam.

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http://www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_00004e.htm

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thank you guys :) @confluxepic @shereenkhan @AlmostAwesome @Great_And_Powerful @SamsungFanBoy

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No problem.

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This is an insisting read anyway I mean the facts you put up about the Bermuda Triangle.
I am always up for a good read. Thank you @paki ^.^

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pleasure... and thanks for nice words... @MissKitty777

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No Problem. ^_^

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WOW @paki srry that happened

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@iambatman what you say...

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It is really one of the greatest Mysteries

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Now if we can get a mod to delete all the spam comments :P

But good job @Paki :D

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@TheSmartOne ty :)

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Wow taught me alot O.O
Nice job bby O.O

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learn something new everyday

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OMG your like a teacher

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I learned something
you shure typed alot
if i did tha my fingers would have fallin off

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but Thanks @paki

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Love it Paki :) Reminds me of the project I did on the Bermuda Triangle a few years ago. Very informative, and very well put together. :) Thanks!

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http://www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_00004e.htm
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@phebe
He didn't type it.

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Runs everything through a plagiarism checker...

http://prntscr.com/6cefm1

Answer 76

ohhh dang so he didnt type any of it

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No, he typed 16% of it.
@Phebe

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Good job @paki , this is very informative. :D