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Where Did All the Ships Go?{{/B}} The Bermuda Triangle (本角区) is one{{U}} (51) {{/U}}the greatest mysteries of the sea. In this triangular area between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda in Atlantic, ships and airplanes{{U}} (52) {{/U}}to disappear more often than in{{U}} (53) {{/U}}parts of the ocean. And they do so{{U}} (54) {{/U}}leaving any sign of an accident or any dead bodies. It is{{U}} (55) {{/U}}that Christopher Columbus was the first person to record strange happenings in the area. His compass stopped working, a flame came down from the sky, and a wave 100 to 200-feet-high carried his ship about a mile away. The most famous disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval (海军的) Air Flight 19,{{U}} (56) {{/U}}December 5, 1945, five bomber planes carrying 14 men{{U}} (57) {{/U}}on a training mission from the Florida coast. Later that day, all communications with Flight 19 were lost. They just disappeared without a trace. The next morning, 242 planes and 19 ships took part in the largest air-sea search in history. But they found nothing. Some people blame the disappearances{{U}} (58) {{/U}}supernatural (超自然的) forces, It is suggested the{{U}} (59) {{/U}}ships and planes were either transported to other times and places, kidnapped (绑架0) by aliens (外星人){{U}} (60) {{/U}}attacked by sea creatures. There are{{U}} (61) {{/U}}natural explanations, though. The US Navy says that the Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on earth{{U}} (62) {{/U}}a magnetic compass (指南针) points towards true north{{U}} (63) {{/U}}magnetic north.{{U}} (64) {{/U}}, planes and ships can lose their way if they don't make adjustments. The area also has changing weather and is known{{U}} (65) {{/U}}its high waves. Storms can turn up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship. Fast currents could then sweep away any trace of an accident. |