Where Did All the Ships Go
The Bermuda Triangle is one 1 the greatest mysteries of the sea. In this triangular area between Florida,
Puerto Rico and Bermuda in Atlantic, ships and airplanes
2 to disappear more often than in
3 parts of the ocean. And they do so
4 leaving any sign of all accident or any dead
bodies. It is 5 that
Christopher Columbus was the first person to record strange happenings in the
area. His compass stopped working, a flame came down from the sky, and a wave
100 to 200-feet-high carried his ship about a mile away. The
most famous disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval Air Flight
19. 6 December 5, 1945, five bomber
planes carrying 14 men 7 on a training
mission from the Florida coast. Later that day, all communications with Flight
19 were lost. They just disappeared without a trace. The next
morning, 242 planes and 19 ships took part in the largest air-sea search in
history. But they found nothing. Some people blame the
disappearances 8 supernatural forces.
It is suggested the 9 ships and planes
were either transported to other times and places, kidnapped by aliens 10 attacked by sea creatures.
There are 11 natural explanations,
though. The US Navy says that the Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on earth
12 a magnetic compass points towards
true north 13 magnetic north. 14 planes and ships can lose their way if they
don’t make adjustments. The area also has changing weather and
is known 15 its high waves. Storms can
turn up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship. Fast currents could then sweep
away any trace of an accident.