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Where Did All the Ships Go? The Bermuda Triangle (三角区) 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 transposed to other times and places kidnapped (绑架) 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. |