Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a
region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a
number of aircraft and surface vessels allegedly disappeared under
mysterious circumstances.

Popular culture has attributed these disappearances to the
paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings. Documented
evidence indicates that a significant percentage of the incidents
were inaccurately reported or embellished by later authors, and
numerous official agencies have stated that the number and nature
of disappearances in the region is similar to that in any other
area of ocean.

The boundaries of the triangle cover the Straits of Florida, the
Bahamas and the entire Caribbean island area and the Atlantic east
to the Azores. The more familiar triangular boundary in most
written works has as its points somewhere on the Atlantic coast of
Miami; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the mid-Atlantic island of
Bermuda, with most of the accidents concentrated along the southern
boundary around the Bahamas and the Florida Straits.

The area is one of the most heavily traveled shipping lanes in the
world, with ships crossing through it daily for ports in the
Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean Islands. Cruise ships are also
plentiful, and pleasure craft regularly go back and forth between
Florida and the islands. It is also a heavily flown route for
commercial and private aircraft heading towards Florida, the
Caribbean, and South America from points north.