The secrets of the Bermuda Triangle for more than half a century excite the minds of the world. Mysterious disappearances attract the attention of scientists, the press and ordinary inhabitants. At the same time, scientists who understand the issue do not see any reason to believe that there is something abnormal in this area. Journalists? After all, it is their job to seek sensation. Is not it?
Geography
The Bermuda Triangle is a region of the Atlantic Ocean. If you draw imaginary lines on the water, then the vertices of this triangle form Miami, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. By the name of the latter, the region, in fact, was named. To a large extent, the Bermuda Triangle coincides with the Sargasso Sea.
History of notoriety
For the first time that unexplained and too widespread disappearances allegedly occur in this geographical area, one of the correspondents of the Associated Press wrote in 1950. Although the concept of "Bermuda Triangle" appeared only in the mid-1960s. Journalists from around the world enthusiastically picked up this fascinating and therefore profitable topic. During the 60-70s, hundreds of publications appeared about the mysterious and insecure region. The Bermuda Triangle, a photo of which has increasingly appeared on the front pages of newspapers, has become a worldwide scarecrow. In 1974, the book of the same name was published, which collected all the facts of disappearances in the ocean between Miami and Bermuda. Charles Berlitz, a supporter of mystical concepts, presented facts in the spirit of anomalous phenomena. The book quickly became a bestseller, not least inflating the notoriety of these waters all over the world. A year later, another author - Laurence Couchet - released a book where he outlined his own version of what was happening. He tried to prove that nothing unusual there, in general, never happened, and that all speculation about mystical phenomena was just a consequence of the indefatigable search for sensations by journalists.
Versions on the nature of the phenomenon
More than a hundred disappearances of ships and planes connected with the Bermuda Triangle. However, it is important to note that to date, many of these cases have been refuted: some of them occurred for well-studied and rational reasons, others were recorded outside the region, and still others never happened, being just a figment of journalistic fantasies. In fact, in a serious society, the Bermuda Triangle has long been not perceived as something anomalous. In the end, a number of accidents and crashes happen around the world. And here, besides, there are very busy transport and passenger routes. It is not surprising that the number of accidents here may seem somewhat large. At the same time, there still remain supporters of anomalous phenomena: wormholes in parallel worlds, alien tricks, and so on. By the way, this soil is very fertile in the cinema. Only in the last two decades a whole series of films has appeared, one way or another telling about mysticism in these waters. In addition to abnormal versions, some rationalists put forward their natural options that could explain the causes of the crash. Among them are hypotheses about methane emissions from deposits on the seabed, which seriously cut the water and literally make the ships sink, versions of possible underwater air pockets that occasionally provoke a whirlpool of water. And a number of others.