Discovering the Bermuda: Mystery, Facts and Fantasy
The Bermuda Triangle has been an area of mystery for over a century, but whether it is a fantasy like Atlantis, the Garden of Eden, the Fountain of Youth, or is just plain fact, is up to you. The Bermuda is sometimes referred to as the Devil’s Triangle, Limbo of the Lost, the Twilight Zone, or the Hoodoo Sea (Robinson 1). Even though they sound different, we can interpret one thing; the Bermuda Triangle is an eerie and ghostly place that has yet to be explained.
History
The first person to discover the bizarre things within the Bermuda was Christopher Columbus in 1493. In the journal he was keeping he wrote about how his compass readings were strange, and that he saw peculiar bursts of light out on the ocean (Robinson 1) (Origins Of the Bermuda Triangle Myth 1). It is uncertain why Columbus saw strange lights, but there may be an answer to why he had odd compass readings. The Bermuda is one of the two places in the world where true north and magnetic north line up. These unusual circumstances could cause the compass readings to be abnormal (Mayell 2). This same problem may have been what caused the disappearance of one of the most significant Bermuda Triangle mysteries, Flight 19. Flight19 is one of the most famous Bermuda Triangle mysteries because the events that unfolded are baffling.
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The author was E.V.W Jones, who talked about the many accidents that have been happening near Florida (Whiting 9). The second time someone mentioned the accidents was in a magazine article in 1952. George X. Sands wrote an article for Fate Magazine about these unusual circumstances (Origins of the Bermuda Triangle Myth 2). Sands wrote that there were a “series of strange marine disappearances, each leaving no trace whatsoever, which have taken place in the past few years.” (Origins of the Bermuda Triangle Myth
“‘The ‘Bermuda Triangle’, or ‘Devil’s Triangle’, is a mythical geographic area’, states a fact sheet issued by the U.S. Coast Guard” (Gaffron 17). One of the most influential groups in the United States believes that the Bermuda Triangle is only a myth. “Most rational explanations for the incidents in the Bermuda Triangle, including the explanations given by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, include human error and environmental effects” (Obringer). The U.S. Navy has lost quite a few ships in the Bermuda Triangle region and believe that the reason behind those disappearances involved either human or technical difficulties. “Plane ditchings or explosions in flight may result from many causes; lack of visible evidence being explained by the truism that ‘It’s a big ocean’” (Berlitz 6) The reports from the people that actually lost lives believe in that something bad but normal happened which is a sound explanation for the
What really happened over the summer in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico? People have debated this topic countless times. Despite all of the deviations of what happened, there is a general timeline. Sometime during the months of June and July 1947, an aircraft landed in Mac Brazel’s ranch; Brazel proceeded to tell Sheriff George Wilcox. He sent a member of the Roswell Army Air Field base to look at the wreckage on Brazel’s ranch. This person took some of the debris back to the base for further inspection. On July 8, 1947, the newspapers published stories about how someone found a flying saucer in New Mexico. However, the government told the newspapers to report that it was merely a weather balloon that had crashed. After that, everybody simply accepted the story and dropped the topic. Throughout that story, many pieces of evidence went untold to the media. There were numerous pictures that went unreleased. Many affidavits went unnoticed and nobody paid attention to inconsistencies in the government’s justifications. Because of explicative photographs, several eyewitness accounts, and contradictory government explanations, there is extensive proof that the government concealed an alien landing in Roswell, New Mexico.
Edward W. Lawson, The Discovery of Florida and Its Discoverer (St. Augustine: Edward W. Lawson, 1946) , accessed March 15, 2014, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00026726/00001/2j
Is the government covering up the truth about the September 11 event in New York City or it’s just classified information that the world is not ready for. For many Years people around the world have came up with all these conspiracy theories about 911. theories such as Flight 93 being completely staged, there really was no second plane, some even say inside traders knew about attacks before they happened. These theories have many people wondering if the government really is covering up the truth about 911. Though no one can prove whether some 911 conspiracies are true , there are many suspicious events leading up to the tragedy that point to foul play.
One of the famous mystery disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle is the famous Flight 19. It was December 5, 1945 and while doing their routine patrol they vanished. Flight 19 consisted of five Avenger torpedo bomber planes, each with a three-man crew. However, one of the crew did not show up that day, and so with fourteen crewmen, they took off for their scheduled routine patrol.
After obtaining funding to take his fleet of ships in search of the Indies, Columbus spent weeks at sea. In early October 1492, Columbus’s crew started seeing flocks of birds, branches and sticks floating in the water, and many other signs of land. Rordrigo*** was the first to see land on October 12 1492. (Textbook) Rodrigo was supposed to receive a reward from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabela, but Columbus claimed he had seen a light the evening before an...
The Bermuda Triangle (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 well known for all the mysterious things that happen within it. It got its name from a news article written by VIncent H. Gaddis in 1964. He claimed that in that part of the Atlantic ocean, a large amount of ships and planes have went missing without any explanation. He wasn’t the first to claim something about that area, but he gave it the name. The first major story about the Bermuda Triangle was when the USS Cyclops went missing in 1911. It is the most famous ship lost in the Bermuda Triangle. It served has a collier for the U.S Navy during World War 1. It was on its way from Bahia, Salvador to Baltimore, Maryland. The ship never made it to Baltimore. The ship could have sunk anywhere between Baltimore and Bahia. It is not proven to have sunk in the Bermuda Triangle, but that was the area they had said it sunk in.
This is an area where countless amounts of ships and or planes are said to have vanished due to odd conditions that nobody can confirm. In fact, over 1000 lives have been lost, 50 ships, and 100 airplanes have vanished here within just the last 100 years.There is large amounts of theories and reasons people have come up with to describe this phenomenon but the three most plausible ones are Methane gases being released into the water, lowering the buoyancy, electromagnetic fields messing with any electrical equipment and compases, or causing ‘time travel’, as well as natural causes such as weather. The area within the Triangle is one of the most often traveled shipping lanes and flight patterns in the world. I don’t personally believe there is any singular answer to what actual happens within the Bermuda region, but I do believe that it is a joint operation of many different factors depending on the situation at hand. As long as those theories exist, the Bermuda Triangle will remain a source of fascination and mystery until science proves
“In total, six airplanes and 27 men appear to have vanished” (How). On December 5th of 1945, five U.S. Navy bombers went missing without a trace of why. Later a rescue plane was sent to search for the plane and the survivors, but those planes disappeared as well. That incident is one of the most famous and well known disappearances in the area (How). The Bermuda triangle is an area in the Atlantic Ocean which many people believe mysterious disappearances have taken place. It reaches Puerto Rico, Florida, and Bermuda in a triangle shape that covers approximately 500,000 square miles (History). The mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda triangle are myths as evidenced by people who travel the area safely every day, there is no scientific proof of the mysteries, and there are scientific reasons why people have disappeared.
So there may have or have not been a splitting of the ship that led to a total structural failure that ultimately sank the ship. Given what we know about The Devil’s Triangle today, one may very well conclude that it was the not a natural disaster, given the notoriety of The Devil’s Triangle. So during all this time and while we speculate the unknown and search the deep mysteries . The Bermuda Triangle has claimed countless lives even though the reason is unknown. This unnatural occurrence of unexplained crashes is fact not fiction, not believing in the unknown is what got the Bermuda triangle ignored into the past today. This Phenomenon is not something that can be ignored its something that must be lived in order to be able to see the truth. I firmly believe that the Bermuda is real and it is not done claiming lives not now ,nor in the future. The Devil’s triangle has always been in front of us and we haven’t even notice the unexplained unnatural phenomenon. Our society has never paid attention to this phenomenon, we turn a blind eye on this just saying it’s just a mythical rumor. Then again out of no where the Devil’s Triangle has proven time and time again to be one of the world’s most bewildering phenomenons keeping all of America on our toes. As we
Naval History & Heritage Command. "Bermuda Triangle." Naval History & Heritage Command. U.S. Navy, 9 July 1997. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. .
The three main theories provided to analyze the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan are the “Crash and Sank” theory, changing the name and living a new life theory, and the Gardner Island theory. The most plausible explanation supported by multiple evidences is that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan arrived safely at Gardner Island but later died of thirst and hunger. However, no theory is convincing enough to answer the question: What really happened to Amelia
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as Devil’s Triangle is an imaginary triangle located between the points of San Juan, Miami, and Bermuda. Christopher Colombus was the first to report odd happenings in the triangle. He claimed that odd lights appeared in the area, and that his compass was acting odd. Afterward, countless reports of missing ships and planes in the area have been noted. No one has an answer to the mystery, however several theories have been developed. The Devils Triangle is a common mystery and a contreversial subject because of the mystery that surounds it, the specific disapearances and paranormal activity that has been publicized, and researchers attention to the topic by their efforts to formulate theories and explanations to solve the mystery.
Webster, George. "Mysterious Waters: From the Bermuda Triangle to the Devil's Sea." CNN. Cable News Network, 31 May 2011. Web. 01 Mar. 2014.
The Bermuda triangle is a place that boggles many scientists even in this day and age. The Bermuda Triangle, referred to by some as the Devil's Triangle, is in a western region of the North Atlantic Ocean where countless aircraft, ships and people have inexplicably disappeared. Throughout the years of 1955 and 1975 more than 428 vessels disappeared, along with 100 ships and 1000 lives (Obringer1). Where did these people and ships disappear off too and how come no remains were found is the mysterious question people yearn to find out. Back in the 1964, the Bermuda triangle was often nicknamed as The Devil's Islands, because sea travelers could hear various different screeching noises coming off the shores (Obringer1). The Bermuda Triangle is a whirl pool of mysterious occurrences where things have magically disappeared without any remains and no matter how many theories scientists come up with to solve the mysteries of this enchanted island, none come close to having answers for any incident that occurred on this island.