 The Bermuda Triangle : a place where things disappeared The Bermuda Triangle  These events make the area mysterious and fascinating.

 not used until 1964  appeared in an article by Gaddis in the magazine Argosy

1492 Strange lights seen by Christopher Columbus 1918 Cyclops 1941 The Proteus and the Nereus 1945 Flight Super Constellation 1962 Air Force KB-50 tanker 1968 Scorpion

The First Strange EventThe Most Famous Event

1492 Strange things reported by Columbus  The first event recorded in history Seeing “strange dancing lights on the horizon” in the sky

1945 Flight 19  The most famous of all disappearances  5 U.S. Navy planes and their 14 crewmen vanished  A rescue plane sent to find them vanished, too.

 strange and unusual magnetic power  The magnetic field here is not stable.

 The weather changes very often  Thunderstorms occur a lot

 Things were taken away by aliens  Aliens use the place as a kind of collection station

Time warp ( 時空轉移 ): People or objects are moved from one period of time to another

 A highly civilized ( 文明 ) city  The ancient lost city has some kind of strange power.

How much do you know about the “Bermuda Triangle?”

An area between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico.

Christopher Columbus

Vincent H. Gaddis

1964

The disappearance of Flight 19

Magnetic Anomalies, Unpredictable Weather, Alien Abduction, Time Warp, Atlantis

1918 The U.S. Navy ship Cyclops The U.S. Navy ship, and all three hundred people on board, disappeared completely

1941 The Proteus and the Nereus Proteus Nereus The two U.S. ships vanished traveling from the Virgin Islands to the U.S.A.

1954 Super Constellation A large aircraft have disappeared with 42 passengers aboard.

1962 Air Force KB-50 tanker An aircraft with 8 crew members vanished

1968 Scorpion The nuclear=powered submarine with a crew of 99