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The Legendary Berlnuda Triangle (百慕大三角): A Mystery No More
For years, people have believed that an
area of the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Florida, USA was a
dangerous place. They thought planes and boats passing through here were likely
to disappear. By 1964, a writer had called the area the "'Bermuda
Triangle". The name stuck, and so did the mystery.
In 1945, five US Navy planes, called Flight
19 took off from Florida and never came back. After they disappeared into the
Bermuda Triangle, different ideas had begun to spread that the area was a
dangerous place. Even before this famous flight, several ships had disappeared
in these waters. People had many different ideas about why this appended. Some people
even believed that a huge octopus (章鱼) was
responsible!
However, scientists believe that weather is
part of the problem. Unusually shaped clouds above the area create strong winds
that go down into the water, creating huge tsunami (海啸) waves that can take down boats or low-flying planes. And many
researchers believe that there's no mystery, at all Ship goes down and plane
accidents happen all over the world. It just seems to happen more in the
Bermuda Triangle because there's more traffic.
The Bermuda Triangle is also one of the
deepest areas of the Atlantic, with some areas being 8 km (5 mi.) deep. So,
remains are hard to find which makes the disappearances seem even more
mysterious. In 2011, the Flight 19 planes were found, showing that they didn't
completely disappear. But no matter how much evidence（证据） there is that the Bermuda Triangle is no more dangerous than any
other part of the ocean, many still believe that you mustn't go there.
