First Encounters




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The term "Bermuda Triangle" was first used in an article written by Vincent H. Gaddis for Argosy magazine in 1964. In the article Gaddis talks about the number of ships and planes that disappeared without any explanation (unmuseum).The apex's of the triangle are generally accepted to be  Bermuda, Miami, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico. However the U.S. Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangles as an official name and does not maintain an official file on the area. The first documentation that anything was amiss in the area came from Christopher Columbus, Who reported compass malfunctions and a bolt of fire that fell into the sea. He also reported a light on the horizon (byerly). Flight 19, involving 5 navy ships and 14 crew members, was one of the first largely publicized disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. They became lost in a mysterious fog and couldn't tell north from south or see the horizon line to tell which way was up or down. Since none of the compasses or navigation equipment were working in any of the 5 planes, the squad had to guess where they were going Broken conversations with radio controllers (who could not spot them on radar) could not help them. Rather than flying towards what some of the pilots believed to be Florida, they probably flew 100's of miles into the Atlantic Ocean. One of the largest rescue missions in naval history, involving 100's of boats and aircraft could find no trace of wreckage (Pinean).  Hundreds of similar cases have been recorded since then, and many of books have been written about the different theories of disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle.

Pineau, Doug."The Bermuda Triangle."The Astral World.Web.4 April 2011<http://www.theastralworld.com/other-mysteries/bermuda-triangle-fog-1.php>

Byerly"The Bermuda Triangle"Byerly.org.Web.4 April 2011<http://byerly.org/bt.htm#The Page>

Unmusem"The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle"Unmusem.org.Web.4 April 2011<http://www.unmuseum.org/triangle.htm>