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The Bermuda Triangle

Kelly Fischer

LT 130

May 18, 2006

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Location

The Bermuda Triangleis an imaginary linemeeting at 3 pointscreating a triangle.

The triangle connectsMiami, FL, Bermuda,and San Juan, PuertoRico.

Also known as theDevils Triangle.

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Legend of the Bermuda Triangle

Since WWII, approximately1,000 people havedisappeared along with over100 planes and ships.

The legends began in the1500s during a time of trade

between Spain and theAmericas.

Columbus was one of the first

to report something unusualabout this area.

He reported their compassesgoing haywire and seeing a

bolt of fire that fell into the

sea.

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Disappearances

The earliest recorded

disappearance of a United

States vessel was in

March, 1918.

It was the USS Cyclops,

which typically carried

coal and cargo. When

returning from a voyage toBrazil, it vanished, never

to be found.

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Flight 19

The most well-known incidentoccurred on December 5,1945.

Flight 19, a training squadronof 5 torpedo bombers,disappeared.

It is said their instrumentsstopped working, they losttheir sense of location and

flew further into the AtlanticOcean, where they vanished.

When a Navy Search andRescue plane went to look forFlight 19 it also disappeared.

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Unexplained Bermuda Find

In 1970, as Dr. Ray Brown was scuba diving in theAtlantic waters, he came across a smooth, mirror-likestructure below the surface.

The structure was in the shape of a pyramid, which uponinspection revealed an entrance. It opened into a smallroom where Brown found a brassy, metallic rod with ared gem attached to the end hung from the middle of the

ceiling. Oddly enough the room contained no algae or coral.

The gem which Brown kept, is rarely seen, but isbelieved to have healing powers.

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Facts

Large amounts ofgas hydrate in the sea

floor sedimentsgenerates a foamysurface.

Because of the

foams low density aship is unable todisplace enough tofloat.

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Facts

A paper published in1981 by the USGeological Survey

stated that the area has amagnetic forcesurrounding it.

This area is one of only

two in the world wherethe compass will pointtrue North instead of

polar North.

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Environmental Factors

The area is known forvolatile weather

patterns.

Frequent stormsystems develop

because the waters areso warm. The result issometimes ahurricane.

Water spouts are alsospotted often.

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Websites

http://students.depaul.edu/~mvalenzu/subject.html

http://woodshole.er.gov/project-pages/hydrates/bermud

http://byerly.org/bt.html

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cycl

http://bstar.net/bermudatriangle/

http://students.depaul.edu/~mvalenzu/subject.htmlhttp://woodshole.er.gov/project-pages/hydrates/bermudaTriangle.htmlhttp://byerly.org/bt.htmlhttp://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cyclops.htmlhttp://bstar.net/bermudatriangle/http://bstar.net/bermudatriangle/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cyclops.htmlhttp://byerly.org/bt.htmlhttp://woodshole.er.gov/project-pages/hydrates/bermudaTriangle.htmlhttp://students.depaul.edu/~mvalenzu/subject.html