BermudaTriangleTrianglearea•TheBermudaTriangle(Devil'sTriangle),isaregioninthewesternpartoftheNorthAtlanticOceanwhereanumberofaircraftandsurfacevesselsdisappearedundermysteriouscircumstances.•TheboundariesofthetrianglecovertheStraitsofFlorida,theBahamas(巴哈马群岛)andtheCaribbeanislandarea.Mainarticles:Flight19•Flight19wasatrainingflightoffivetorpedobombers(鱼雷轰炸机)thatdisappearedonDecember5,1945,whileovertheAtlantic.•Oneofthesearchandrescueaircraftdeployedtolookforthem,ateamwitha13-mancrew,alsodisappeared.WreckageofaplaneConnemaraIV(康尼马拉4号)•OnSeptember26,1955,ayacht(快艇)wasfoundadriftintheAtlanticsouthofBermuda.•Itisusuallysaidthatthecrewvanished(消失)whiletheyachtsurvivedbeingatseaduringthreehurricanes.Otherincidents•StarTigerdisappearedonJanuary30,1948onaflightfromtheAzorestoBermuda;•StarArieldisappearedonJanuary17,1949,onaflightfromBermudatoKingston,Jamaica.•OnDecember28,1948,aDouglasDC-3aircraft,numberNC16002,disappearedwhileonaflightfromSanJuan,PuertoRico,toMiami.•OnAugust28,1963,apairofUSAirForceKC-135StratotankeraircraftcollidedandcrashedintotheAtlantic.•……Explanations•SupernaturalexplanationsAtlantisUFOs•NaturalexplanationsTheGulfStreamViolentWeatherMethanehydratesMagneticvariationsSupernaturalexplanationsAtlantis•Somepeoplebelievethattheatlantishasanomalous(异常的)orunexplainedforces.UFOsThisideawasusedbyStevenSpielbergforhissciencefictionfilmCloseEncountersoftheThirdKind(第三类接触),whichfeaturesthelostFlight19aircrewsasalienabductees(被绑架者).NaturalexplanationsTheGulfStream•TheGulfStream(墨西哥湾流)isadeepoceancurrentthatoriginatesintheGulfofMexico.•Ithasasurfacespeedofuptoabout2.5metrespersecond.Asmallplanemakingawaterlandingoraboathavingenginetroublecanbecarriedawayfromitsreportedpositionbythecurrent.False-colorimageoftheGulfStreamflowingnorththroughthewesternAtlanticOcean.(NASA)ViolentWeatherHurricanesRogueWavesMethanehydrates(可燃冰)•largefieldsofmethanehydrates(aformofnaturalgas)•methaneeruptions(sometimescalled“mudvolcanoes”)Itmayproducelargemassofbubblesthatdecreasethedensity(密度)ofthewater.Thewatercan’tprovideadequatebuoyancy(浮力)forships.Magneticvariations(磁场突变)•Compass(罗盘)problemsareoneofthecitedphrasesinmanyTriangleincidents.Magnetic(compass)northandgeographic(true)northareonlyexactlythesameinsometriangleareas.•Acompass“changing”acrossanareaaslargeastheTrianglemayhappen.NormalmagneticfieldAbnormalmagneticfield