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The Bermuda Triangle
Maritime experts are extremely puzzled by the Bermuda Triangle-the area of ocean between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico-because many ships have disappeared there. The first reference to the area was by Christopher Columbus in the 15th century. Columbus and his crew saw 'strange dancing __(1)__' in the sky and reported problems with their compass. At another time, they saw what might __(2)__ been a falling star.
Captain Joshua Slocum in his boat Spray was the 1st man to sail __(3)__ round the world in the 1890s, but he was never heard of again after __(4)__ into the Bermuda Triangle in 1909. 9 years __(5)__, a US Navy ship Cyclops and her __(6)__ of 309 men were lost in the Triangle, __(7)__ they had the latest radio equipment. While the radio equipment __(8)__ have failed, this doesn't explain the ships __(9)__. And in 1944 Captain Joe Talley nearly drowned when his fishing boat was __(10)__ underwater.
Ships are not the only things to disappear in the Triangle. In 1945, Flight 19, a group of five US Navy planes, left Florida and __(11)__ into the Triangle.__(12)__, they were led by an officer with a history of getting lost and were soon off course. A huge flying boat was __(13)__ to find the missing planes but radio contact was lost 20 minutes after __(14)__ and the flying boat exploded in __(15)__ over the Triangle. Although hundreds of planes and boats took __(16)__ in the search for the six planes and their crews, nothing was found. While the planes must have __(17)__ somewhere in the Triangle, the stange thing is that no one has found their __(18)__.
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