Bermuda Triangle

When we refer to the Bermuda Triangle, which is also known as the Devil’s Triangle, geographically it refers to the imaginary triangle from the Straits of Florida, to the area of San Juan, Puerto Rico and the Bermuda islands itself.

Historically, references suggest that approximately 50 ships and about 20 aircraft have mysteriously disappeared in this area. Some of these stories date as far back as the mid-19th century and the veracity of many of these stories are still open to debate.

For over forty years, the Bermuda Triangle has been popularly known for supposedly paranormal disappearances of boats and aircraft. This imaginary triangle, also known as "Devil's Triangle," has its three points at Miami, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda. Actually, despite several factors which should contribute to higher rates of accidents in the region, the Bermuda Triangle has been found to be no more statistically dangerous than other areas of the open ocean.

The popular legend of the Bermuda Triangle began with a 1964 article in the magazine Argosy that described and named the Triangle. Further articles and reports in such magazines as National Geographic and Playboy merely repeated the legend without additional research. Many of the disappearances discussed in these articles and others did not even occur in the area of the Triangle.

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