What is the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle?

The Bermuda Triangle (sometimes also referred to as the Devil's Triangle) is a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by a line from Florida to the islands of Bermuda, to Puerto Rico and then back to Florida. It is one of the biggest mysteries of our time - that perhaps isn't really a mystery. Even though the Bermuda Triangle isn't a true mystery, this region of the sea certainly has had its share of marine tragedy.

This region is one of the heaviest traveled areas of ocean in the world. Both small boats and commercial ships ply its waters along with airliners, military aircraft and private planes as they come to and from both the islands and more distant ports in Europe, South America and Africa. The weather in this region can make traveling hazardous also. The summer brings hurricanes while the warm waters of the Gulf Stream promote sudden storms.

With this much activity in a relatively small region it isn't surprising that a large number of accidents occur.

The Bermuda Triangle has grown to epic proportions, with events that occurred hundreds of miles away from it attributed to it. The most highly publicized event was a U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Charles C. Taylor on December 5, 1945.

This event was likely a result of geographic confusion by the pilot. He mistook some islands to the east of Florida for the Florida Keys (to the south of Florida) and insisted on heading north and east, until he ran out of fuel. Some events can be attributed to existing electrical troubles, leaks, though others, like the disappearance of Milwaukee's 440th Airlift Wing, Plane 680, in 1965 has no explanation.My feeling is that the multiple islands in the area lead to confusion, and the known infestation of sharks and barracudas have wiped out any survivors.

Quote-- The "Bermuda Triangle" or "Devil's Triangle" is an imaginary area located off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States of America, which is noted for a supposedly high incidence of unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft. The apexes of the triangle are generally believed to be Bermuda; Miami, Florida; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The US Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official name.

The US Navy does not believe the Bermuda Triangle exists. It is reported that Lloyd's of London, the world's leading market for specialist insurance, does not charge higher premiums for vessels transiting this heavily traveled area. --/Quote-- Taken from: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq8-1.htm.

I heard that its something to do with the tectonic plates and geothermic activity making all of the planes or ships guidance systems being off set bye some random force but in summer times it can be clearly seen that its just a rocky area so boats that are not very modernised tend to crash but planes go threw it all the time now,its just an old myth cos the planes and technology in the 60's were crap.

First of all it is no longer a mystery. There are records all over the world about missing ships, helicopters and freights across the Bermuda Triangle. These incidents became mysteries because not a single piece, a single human bone was found of the missing ships in the past.

But as of today, the scientist were able to actually find some of the missing evidence of these ships in the deep bottom of the ocean thanks to modern science. Now, what causes these disappearances? The scientists say there are methane volcanoes hidden in the bottom of the ocean and once they explode, it creates a huge whirlpool on the surface of the ocean.

Thus, a ship or a helicopter could vanish within seconds into the whirlpool in to the bottom of the seas.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.