However, a closer look into the circumstances of Dec. This last interpretation was employed in Steven Spielberg’s science fiction film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” for dramatic effect and helped popularize the legend of the disappearance of Flight 19. In the decades since, the catastrophic loss of so many aviators and aircraft on a single day of flying in what later became dubbed, “The Bermuda Triangle,” has fueled speculation of supernatural involvement, peculiar distortions of the planet’s magnetic field in the region, exceptional atmospheric disturbances, or even extraterrestrial intervention. Although trace wreckage from the PBM was found, no sign of the Avenger flight’s 14 men was discovered. The resulting air and sea search involved scores of ships and nearly 500 aircraft scouring thousands of square miles of the Caribbean, Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, and even portions of Florida and Georgia.
Later that same day, a search and rescue PBM Mariner flying boat apparently exploded in mid-air early in its search leg, killing all thirteen men aboard. Seventy-five years ago, five TBM Avenger bombers failed to return to Naval Air Station (NAS) Fort Lauderdale from a training flight over the Bahamas. In honor of the 75th Anniversary of the mysterious disappearnace of Navy flight 19, I wanted to look back on this anomaly with all of you. In 1952 a Fate magazine article established the "official" borders of the Triangle and introduced the.Hello, Midway Family! Welcome back to “Karl’s Korner”, a historical segment written by myself, Karl Zingheim – Ship Historian of the USS Midway Museum.
This shouldn't surprise us: Often there are no witnesses to disasters at sea, so our imaginations tend to invent explanations. Tales are told of huge sea monsters or mythical places from which no one returns. Ships get lost they encounter bad weather pirates seize them they sink, catch fire, or run aground.ĭespite these known risks, the loss of ships has led to speculation that other, hidden dangers may stalk sailors. For as long as ships have sailed, things have gone wrong. The history of sea travel is one of frequent tragedy. With such slippery borders, it's more of an idea than a place: the Triangle is wherever planes and ships disappear! In a geographic sense, there is no one Triangle instead, there are many different proposed areas with the same name. Most Triangle writers argue that the "real" borders may be much larger. The apexes of the triangle are generally accepted to be Bermuda, Miami, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico." "The 'Bermuda or Devil's Triangle' is an imaginary area located off" the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States, which is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft. Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official name and does not maintain an official file on the area.
Although each story is different, they're said to reflect an underlying mystery, a creepy common thread.ĭo they? Is there really a common Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, or have many different mysteries been mistakenly lumped together?Īccording to the U.S. For centuries, people really have sailed out over the Atlantic, never to be seen again. The Triangle legend is based on hundreds of true stories of disasters at sea. When we hear that people have actually disappeared in real life, it's easy to imagine that something strange-something otherworldly-has struck without warning. What happened to them? Where did they go? How could no clues be left behind? These ideas disturb us deeply. There are few ideas as chilling as the thought that sometimes, in some places, for no reason, people simply disappear. This is among the creepiest phrases in the English language. a something that snatches people from the surface of the world, erases them, or spirits them away.Īnd here's the thing: people do vanish into the Bermuda Triangle. But, legends warn this tropical beauty conceals a deadly secret something. Here, off the east coast of Florida, is a vacation paradise: clear water, white beaches, and warm weather. There is a place, it's said, where small boats, huge ships, and even powerful military aircraft sometimes sail out into calm, clear weather.
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