The mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle has intrigued many people. There is section of the western Atlantic, off the southeast coast of the united States, forming what has been termed a triangle, extending form Bermuda in the north to southern Florida, and then east to a point through the Bahamas past Puerto Rico to about 40o west longitude and then back again to Bermuda. This area occupies a disturbing and almost unbelievable place in the worlds catalogue of unexplained mysteries. This is usually referred to as the Bermuda Triangle, where more than 100 planes and ships have literally vanished into thin air, and where more than 1,000 lives have been lost without a single body or even a piece of wreckage from the vanished planes of ships having been found. Disappearances continue to occur with apparently increasing frequency, in spite of the fast that the seaways and airways are today more traveled, searches are more thorough, and records are more carefully kept.
Many of the planes concerned have vanished while in normal radio contact with their base or terminal destination until the very moment of their disappearance, while others have radioed the most extraordinary messages, implying that they could not get their instruments to function, that their compasses were spinning, that the sky had tuned yellow and hazy (on a clear day), and the ocean (which was calm nearby) ‘didn’t look right’ without further clarification of what was wrong.
Aircraft, including passenger planes, have vanished while receiving landing instructions, almost as if they had flown through a hole in the sky. Large and small boats have disappeared without leaving wreckage, as if they and their crews had been snatched into another dimension. Large ships have simply vanished while other ships and boats have been found drifting within the Triangle, sometimes with an animal survivor, such as a dog or canary, who could give no indication of what had happened-although in one case a talking parrot vanished along with the crew.
Unexplained disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle have continued to the present day. There seems to be a growing public awareness that something is very wrong with this area. Recent reports from planes and boats which have had incredible experiences within the Triangle and survived are contributing toward a new folklore of the sea, though the cause of the unexplained menace to planes and ships within this area is as mysterious as ever.