Bermuda Triangle2
- 2. „The Bermuda Triangle” "Bermuda Triangle„ is an imaginary area located off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States of America, which is noted for a supposedly high incidence of unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft. The apexes of the triangle are Bermuda; Miami, Florida; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The US Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official name.
- 3. The boundaries of the triangle cover the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas and the entire Caribbean Island area and the Atlantic east to the Azores. The more familiar triangular boundary in most written works has as its points somewhere on the Atlantic coast of Miami; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda, with most of the accidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the Bahamas and the Florida Straits. The area is one of the most heavily travelled shipping lanes in the world.
- 4. A significant factor with regard to missing vessels in the Bermuda Triangle is a strong ocean current called the Gulf Stream. It is extremely swift and turbulent and can quickly erase evidence of a disaster. The weather also plays its role. Prior to the development of telegraph, radio and radar, sailors did not know a storm or hurricane was nearby until it appeared on the horizon. For example, the Continental Navy sloop Saratoga was lost off the Bahamas in such a storm with all her crew on 18 March 1781. Many other US Navy ships have been lost at sea in storms around the world. Sudden local thunder storms and water spouts can sometimes spell disaster for mariners and air crews.
- 5. Evidence The most famous US Navy losses which have occurred in the area popularly known as the Bermuda Triangle are: USS Cyclops & the Aircraft of Flight USS Cyclops in March 1918 and the aircraft of Flight 19 in December 1945. The ship probably sank in an unexpected storm, and the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean - no physical traces of them have ever been found.
- 6. SS Marine Sulphur Queen Tanker SS Marine Sulphur Queen carrying bulk molten sulfur sank in February 1963. Although the wreck of Marine Sulphur Queen has not been located, a life preserver and other floating artifacts were recovered. These disappearances have been used to provide credence to the popular belief in the mystery and purported supernatural qualities of the "Bermuda Triangle."
- 7. Douglas DC-3 On December 28, 1948, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, number NC16002, disappeared while on a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami. No trace of the aircraft or the 32 people onboard was ever found.
- 8. Star Tiger and Star Ariel G-AHNP Star Tiger disappeared on January 30, 1948 on a flight from the Azores to Bermuda; G-AGRE Star Ariel disappeared on January 17, 1949, on a flight from Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica. Both were Avro Tudor IV passenger aircraft operated by British South American Airways. Both planes were operating at the very limits of their range and the slightest error or fault in the equipment could keep them from reaching the small island
- 9. KC-135 Stratotankers On August 28, 1963, a pair of US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft collided and crashed into the Atlantic. The Triangle version (Winer, Berlitz, Gaddis) of this story specifies that they did collide and crash, but there were two distinct crash sites, separated by over 160 miles (260 km) of water
- 10. Entertainment & Films Entertainment The Sea World amusement park on the Gold Coast operated a ride called Bermuda Triangle. Films The first film based on the Triangle was The Bermuda Triangle in 1978. After that, other films included The Triangle in 2001, The Triangle (a TV miniseries) in 2005, and Triangle in 2009.
- 11. Music Music Composer Isao Tomita released an album, Bermuda Triangle, inspired by the region. Singer and songwriter Barry Manilow released a single "Bermuda Triangle" in 1981, taken from his 1980 album Barry. The song references the area to depict loss ("The Bermuda Triangle makes people disappear"), however the allusion is centred around romantic loss, and caused by fickleness rather than paranormal activity.
- 12. Quiz 1 What is the Bermuda Triangle? 2. Where is the Bermuda Triangle? 3. What’s happened in this place? 4. How many disasters were there?
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