History of the Bermuda Triangle

    The Bermuda Triangle (Devil’s Triangle) is located in the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda, Florida, and Puerto Rico. This area is known for strange disappearances of ships and planes that have occurred and are still occurring today.    

    The first person to record strange activity in this area was actually Christopher Columbus in 1493, who noticed that his compass readings were not working properly and that there were very shallow areas in the ocean with no land close by.

    In 1952, George X. Sands wrote an article about the loss of several planes and ships including the loss of Flight 19 which disappeared on December 5, 1945. In 1964, Vincent H. Gaddis wrote an article claiming that the disappearances of several ships and planes that had disappeared in The Bermuda Triangle were part of a strange pattern.

    In 1975, Lawrence David Kusche wrote a book called The Bermuda Triangle Mystery:  Solved.  He argued that the number of ships and airplanes reported missing in the area were no larger than in other parts of the ocean.  Further, he argued that the number of disappearances of planes and ships in the Bermuda Triangle had been exaggerated.  In fact, in 1992, the massive insurance company, Lloyd’s of London, determined that the number of ships sinking in the area was not exceptionally large.  But the myths and fears surrounding the Bermuda Triangle still persist today.

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