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The Bermuda Triangle legend began on December 5, 1946, when five aircraft mysteriously disappeared.
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The Avenger aircraft took off from Fort Lauderdale at 10:02 on a clear winter's morning.
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The rescue plane found the wreckage of the Avenger aircraft.
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The Bermuda Triangle covers an area of approximately 500,000 square miles.
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Richard Wier is a scientist who has written about the Bermuda Triangle.
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Theories about the Bermuda Triangle include giant sea monsters and spinning compasses.
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The Bermuda Triangle legend claims that the triangle covers the seas between Miami, Puerto Rico, and the island of Cuba.
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The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has been solved over the last 60 years.
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Study Notes
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery
- The Bermuda Triangle legend began on December 5, 1945, when five aircraft mysteriously disappeared.
- The doomed Flight 19 consisted of five Avenger torpedo bombers, the US Navy's top ship and submarine killer, with a range of 1,000 miles and capable of carrying up to 2,000 lb of ordinance.
Flight 19 Disappearance
- The Avenger aircraft took off from Fort Lauderdale at 10:02 on a clear winter's afternoon.
- Four hours later, they vanished into thin air, prompting a naval air search rescue plane to take off into the darkening skies.
- The rescue plane also disappeared 20 minutes later, at 7:47 p.m.
The Search and Investigation
- After a massive search, no wreckage was found, and nothing was ever heard from the crew again.
- Over the last 60 years, the mystery has sustained wild theories about strange forces at work in the area.
The Bermuda Triangle Area
- The legend claims that the triangle covers the seas between Miami, the island of Bermuda, and Puerto Rico, an area of approximately 1.2 million square miles.
- Since 1492, when Columbus first sailed into the area, the list of unexplainable disappearances has grown, with thousands of ships and planes vanishing without warning.
Theories and Speculations
- Richard Wier, a bestselling author, has written about these strange disappearances, suggesting that we know more about the Moon and Mars than our own planet.
- Theories about the Bermuda Triangle include giant sea monsters, cosmic time wars, spinning compasses, and holes in the ocean that swallowed ships.
- Some believe that there's an anomaly going on down there that we can't explain, something that occurs far below the deepest rays of sunlight.
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery
- The Bermuda Triangle legend began on December 5, 1945, with the disappearance of five aircraft.
Flight 19 Disappearance
- Flight 19 consisted of five Avenger torpedo bombers, with a range of 1,000 miles and capable of carrying up to 2,000 lb of ordinance.
- The aircraft took off from Fort Lauderdale at 10:02 on a clear winter's afternoon.
- They vanished into thin air four hours later, prompting a naval air search rescue plane to take off.
- The rescue plane also disappeared 20 minutes later, at 7:47 p.m.
The Search and Investigation
- A massive search was conducted, but no wreckage was found, and nothing was ever heard from the crew again.
- Over the last 60 years, the mystery has sustained wild theories about strange forces at work in the area.
The Bermuda Triangle Area
- The legend claims that the triangle covers the seas between Miami, the island of Bermuda, and Puerto Rico, an area of approximately 1.2 million square miles.
- The area has a history of unexplainable disappearances, dating back to 1492 when Columbus first sailed into the area.
- Thousands of ships and planes have vanished without warning in the area.
Theories and Speculations
- Theories about the Bermuda Triangle include giant sea monsters, cosmic time wars, spinning compasses, and holes in the ocean.
- Some believe that there's an anomaly going on down there that we can't explain, something that occurs far below the deepest rays of sunlight.
- Richard Wier, a bestselling author, suggests that we know more about the Moon and Mars than our own planet.
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Explore the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, which began on December 5, 1945, with the disappearance of five aircraft. Learn about Flight 19 and its mysterious vanishing.
