THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

The Bermuda Triangle (also known as the Devil’s Triangle) is a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by a line from Florida to the islands of Bermuda, to Puerto Rico and then back to Florida. It is one of the biggest mysteries of our time- that perhaps isn’t really a mystery. The term ‘Bermuda Triangle’ was first used in an article written by Vincent H. Gaddis for Argosy magazine in 1964.

Here, dozens of ships and airplanes have disappeared. Unexplained circumstances surround some of these accidents, including one in which the pilots of a squadron of U.S. Navy bombers became disoriented while flying over the area; the planes were never found. Other boats and planes have also disappeared from the area in good weather without even radioing distress messages.

This area covers about 500,000 square miles of ocean off the south Eastern tip of Florida. When Christopher Columbus sailed through the area on his first voyage to the New World, he reported that a great flame of fire (probably a meteor) crashed into the sea one night and that a strange light appeared in the distance a few weeks later. He also wrote about erratic compass readings, perhaps because at that time a sliver of Bermuda Triangle was one of the few places on Earth where true north and magnetic north line up.

But why do ships and planes seem to go missing in the region??? Some authors claimed that it may be due to a magnetic anomaly that affects compass readings. Others say that methane eruptions from the ocean floor may suddenly be turning the sea into a froth that can’t support s ship’s weight so it sinks. Also, several books have gone as far as conjecturing that the disappearances are due to an intelligent, tecnologically advanced race living in space or under the sea.

Would you now dare to cross the Bermuda Triangle?

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

Quiz

 

1. What is it?
   1.   A stretch of the Atlantic Ocean.
   2.   A ship.
   3.   An airline company.
2. What is the most known disparition?
   1.   US Navy planes
   2.   US Navy ships
   3.   US Navy trains
3. It was the first incident in this area.
   1.   True
   2.   False
4. What is the other name of the Bermuda Triangle?
   1.   Islands of Bermuda
   2.   Devil's Triangle
   3.   Florida
5. How many square miles of ocean covers this Triangle?
   1.   About five thousand.
   2.   About five hundred.
   3.   About five hundred thousand.
6. There is not any possible theory that explains this.
   1.   True
   2.   False
7. Who was the first person using this term?
   1.   Argosy
   2.   Vincent H. Gaddis
8. This legend is over. Nobody believes it anymore.
   1.   True
   2.   False

Sources:

http://www.history.com/topics/bermuda-triangle

http://www.unmuseum.org/triangle.htm