The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle : a place where things disappeared

These events make the area mysterious and fascinating.

What is the Bermuda Triangle?

When was the name used?Who invented the name?

When: 1964Who: Vincent H. Gaddisnot used until 1964 appeared in an article by Gaddis in the magazine Argosy

What happened in the area?

1492• Strange lights seen by

Christopher Columbus

1918 • Cyclops

1941• The Proteus and the

Nereus

1945 • Flight 19

1954 • Super Constellation

1962 • Air Force KB-50 tanker

1968 • Scorpion

Events in FocusThe First Strange Event

The Most Famous Event

1492

Strange things reported by Columbus

The first event recorded in history

Seeing “strange dancing lights on the horizon” in the sky

1945

Flight 19

The most famous of all disappearances 5 U.S. Navy planes and their 14 crewmen vanishedA rescue plane sent to find them vanished, too.

What is at the Bermuda Triangle?

Magnetic Anomalies (磁場異常 ):strange and unusual magnetic power The magnetic field here is not stable.

The weather changes very oftenThunderstorms occur a lot

Unpredictable weather:

Alien abduction (外星人綁架 ): Things were taken away by aliensAliens use the place as a kind of collection station

Time warp (時空轉移 ):

People or objects are moved from one period of time to another

Atlantis (亞特蘭提斯城 ): A highly civilized (文明 ) cityThe ancient lost city has some kind of strange power.

How much do you know about the “Bermuda Triangle?”

POP QUIZ!!？

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An area between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico.

Q1: Where is the Bermuda Triangle?

Christopher Columbus

Q2: Who was the first one to record something

strange in the area?

Vincent H. Gaddis

Q3: Who invented the name "Bermuda Triangle?"

1964

Q4: When did the name appear for the first time?

The disappearance of Flight 19

Q5: What was the most famous disappearance in

the area?

Magnetic Anomalies, Unpredictable Weather, Alien Abduction,

Time Warp, Atlantis

Q6: Can you name any likely reason to explain the

disappearances in the area?

The End!!

Black Holes

1918

The U.S. Navy ship Cyclops

The U.S. Navy ship , and all three hundred people on board, disappeared completely

1941

The Proteus and the Nereus

Proteus Nereus

The two U.S. ships vanished traveling from the Virgin Islands to the U.S.A.

1954

Super Constellation

A large aircraft have disappeared with 42 passengers aboard.

1962

Air Force KB-50 tanker

An aircraft with 8 crew members vanished

1968

Scorpion

The nuclear=powered submarine with a crew of 99