As unique and mysterious as any occult-oriented myth in American history, the Bermuda Triangle, or Devil’s Triangle as it is often known, is the site where many ships, planes and boats have disappeared under mysterious and unexplained circumstances. While there is much evidence to support that the Bermuda Triangle mystery is a fabrication, there are also others who feel that the mystery is a valid one. What is valid is the fact that many disappearances that have occurred have not been explained, even though the explanation for a few of the disappearances have come to light, “It is the stuff of legends, pulp novels and late-night reruns of the Twilight Zone: a 140,000 square mile stretch of the Atlantic Ocean that seems to swallow unfortunate voyagers like a space-time warp. During the past 45 years, more than 100 ships and planes have disappeared in the triangular region-roughly bounded by Bermuda, Southern Florida and the Greater Antilles-often in circumstances as murky and mysterious as the storm-tossed sea itself,” (Time, 1991: 1). This discussion and analysis will explore the Bermuda Triangle and the mysterious disappearances that have occurred there. Those mysterious accidents that have been explained will be addressed, as well as those which still remain a mystery despite efforts to understand the cause of their disappearance.
The movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, asks us to believe that the disappearance of a group of fighter pilots that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle, supposedly, were actually abducted by aliens and taken from Earth until they were returned some 40+ years later. The fighter pilots were a group of five that belonged to the most famous group of aircraft that ever disappeared without a trace. Where? The Bermuda Triangle of course, “the most famous disappearance is that of Flight 19, five US torpedo bombers on a routine training flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Dec. 5, 19...