Meet The Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an area in the Atlantic Ocean where various disappearances of people and their aircraft and surface vessels have occurred. Some of the disappearances involve a level of mystery which is often popularly explained by a variety of theories beyond human error or acts of nature, attributed by some to the paranormal, a suspension of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings. An abundance of documentation for most incidents suggests that the Bermuda Triangle is merely a sailors' legend, later embellished by professional writers. Popular interest in the idea continues, however, reflecting the irrepressible human yearning to fathom that which lies beyond the external, physical world and interact with the realms of the imagination and spirit.

Ships and planes have disappeared mysteriously as they go across the Bermuda Triangle area in the Atlantic ocean. And all these happen when there is apparently no human errors, equipment failures or even natural disasters. Strangely, the ships and aircraft just vanish when everything seems to be okay. 

The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle remains as one of the greatest and most baffling puzzles of all times. The area is also known as the Devil's Triangle because of the belief that Devil is at play here.

There has been over 1000 cases recorded over the past five centuries where ships and planes have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle area without good explanation. 

Where is it ?

The Bermuda Triangle is located off the South-Eastern coast of US in the Atlantic Ocean, starting from Miami. The triangular boundary has its points at Miami (Florida); San Juan (Puerto Rico); and Bermuda (the north-Atlantic island).  

Each side of the triangle measures a little less than 1000 miles with a total area of about 1.5 million square miles. Accidents had mainly taken place along the southern boundary of the triangle, that is between Florida and Puerto Rico (see the map below). 

 

    Another popular theory says that it is more of a trapezium covering the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas, and the entire Caribbean island area east to the Azores. Occasionally, the Gulf of Mexico is added under this theory.

Beyond the exact geographical boundaries, the general area of the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico have been heavily-sailed shipping lanes since Christopher Columbus led the way for the European involvement of the New World. From colonial trade ships to the modern day, ships cross through the triangle waters daily for ports in the Americas and Europe, as well as the Caribbean Islands. Cruise ships are also plentiful, and pleasure craft regularly go back and forth between Florida and the islands. It is also a heavily flown route for commercial and private aircraft heading towards Florida, the Caribbean, and South America from points north.

The climate in that area of the ocean can be fairly extreme. The Gulf Stream ocean current flows through the Triangle after leaving the Gulf of Mexico. Sudden storms can and do appear, and in the summer to late fall, the occasional hurricane strikes the area. The combination of heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather makes it inevitable that vessels could founder in storms and be lost without a trace—especially before modern telecommunications, radar, and satellite technology arrived late in the twentieth century.