The Devil's (Bermuda) Triangle facts

  • The Bermuda Triangle is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and surface vessels allegedly disappeared mysteriously.
  • Popular culture has attributed these disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings.
  • It is also known as the Devil's Triangle.
  • Over two hundred separate disappearances have been attributed to the BermudaTriangle, including massive vessels such as the USS Cyclops and the SS Marine Sulphur Queen. 
  • The disappearance of Flight 19 ranks at the very top of Bermuda Triangle lore. On December 5, 1945, five Navy Avengers vanished while on a routine training mission over the Atlantic.
  • One of the most cited explanations in official inquiries as to the loss of any aircraft or vessel is human error. Whether deliberate or accidental, humans have been known to make mistakes resulting in catastrophe, and losses within the Devil's Triangle are no exception. 
  • The area of the Devil's Triangle is said to be around 440,000 miles of sea. This is an area much larger than Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma combined.
  • Some of the more fantastic theories include alien abductions, time warps, strange magnetic fields, and black holes
  • In various oceans around the world, rogue waves have caused ships to sink and oil platforms to topple. These waves, until 1995, were considered to be a mystery and/or a myth.
  • There have been approximately One Thousand lives taken in the past century, apparently caused by the Devil's Triangle