Taylor also had a history of getting lost while flying. He had twice needed to be rescued in the Pacific Ocean. The navy itself had a good idea of what had happened ahead of the disappearance. Since then, scores of fellow paranormal writers have blamed the triangle’s supposed lethalness on everything from aliens, Atlantis and sea monsters to time warps and reverse gravity fields, whereas more scientifically minded theorists have pointed to magnetic anomalies, waterspouts or huge eruptions of methane gas from the ocean floor. Singer, Barry (1979). The Humanist. XXXIX (3): 44–45. {{ cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help) The Bermuda Triangle does not appear on any world maps, and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official region of the Atlantic Ocean.

Collier Cyclops Is Lost; 293 Persons On Board; Enemy Blow Suspected", The Washington Post, April 15, 1918. Sometimes, when an event is hard to explain, it’s tempting to say it was caused by the paranormal or supernatural. Airborne Transport, Miami, December 1948" (PDF). Civil Aeronautics Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-03 . Retrieved 2015-10-05. Cochran-Smith, Marilyn (2003). "Bermuda Triangle: dichotomy, mythology, and amnesia". Journal of Teacher Education. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. 54 (4): 275. doi: 10.1177/0022487103256793. S2CID 145707847. In 1945, five US Navy planes and 14 men disappeared in the area while doing routine training exercises. The flight’s leader, Lieutenant Charles Taylor, was heard over the radio saying:It's also important to note that the area within the Bermuda Triangle is heavily traveled with cruise and cargo ships; logically, just by random chance, more ships will sink there than in less-traveled areas such as the South Pacific. Turn left to heading 241° for 120 nautical miles (222km) to end exercise north of NAS Fort Lauderdale.

Mayell, Hillary (15 December 2003). "Bermuda Triangle: Behind the Intrigue". National Geographic News. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2018-11-06 . Retrieved 13 January 2023. He uses 'experts' without authenticating their expertise as unquestionable authorities ("scientifically competent observers", ... “of considerable scientific and disciplinary preparation” [whatever that means]) provided they say what he wants them to say. Larry Kusche, author of The Bermuda Triangle Mystery: Solved (1975), [1] argued that many claims of Gaddis and subsequent writers were exaggerated, dubious or unverifiable. Kusche's research revealed a number of inaccuracies and inconsistencies between Berlitz's accounts and statements from eyewitnesses, participants, and others involved in the initial incidents. Kusche noted cases where pertinent information went unreported, such as the disappearance of round-the-world yachtsman Donald Crowhurst, which Berlitz had presented as a mystery, despite clear evidence to the contrary. Another example was the ore-carrier recounted by Berlitz as lost without trace three days out of an Atlantic port when it had been lost three days out of a port with the same name in the Pacific Ocean. Kusche also argued that a large percentage of the incidents that sparked allegations of the Triangle's mysterious influence actually occurred well outside it. Often his research was simple: he would review period newspapers of the dates of reported incidents and find reports on possibly relevant events like unusual weather, that were never mentioned in the disappearance stories.

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The agonic line sometimes passes through the Bermuda Triangle, including a period in the early 20th century. The agonic line is a place on Earth’s surface where true north and magnetic north align, and there is no need to account for magnetic declination on a compass. Despite its reputation, the Bermuda Triangle does not have a high incidence of disappearances. Disappearances do not occur with greater frequency in the Bermuda Triangle than in any other comparable region of the Atlantic Ocean. In February 1964, Vincent Gaddis wrote an article called "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle" in Argosy saying Flight 19 and other disappearances were part of a pattern of strange events in the region. [9] [10] The next year, Gaddis expanded this article into a book, Invisible Horizons. [11]

Downdraft likely sank clipper, The Miami News, May 23, 1986, p. 6A" . Retrieved 1 October 2014. [ permanent dead link] Another common explanation for the Bermuda Triangle rests on magnetism. The Earth’s magnetic North Pole isn’t the same as its geographic North Pole , which means that compasses usually don’t point exactly north. Only along what’s known as agonic lines, which line up magnetic and geographic north, are compasses truly accurate. a b "Online Video Extract from 'The Bermuda Triangle: Beneath the Waves' ". YouTube. 2004. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016 . Retrieved September 10, 2014. Vanner, Antoine (2020-05-01). "Training Tragedies: the Losses of HMS Eurydice and HMS Atalanta". The Dawlish Chronicles . Retrieved 2021-07-27.Take the disappearance of Charles Taylor and the five planes which the US Navy investigated. The investigation found that as it got dark outside and the weather changed, Taylor had navigated the planes to the wrong location. Regal, Brian (2009-10-15). "Bermuda Triangle". Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp.36–38. ISBN 978-0-313-35508-0. The Legend Of The Ghost Ship: Carroll A. Deering". National Park Foundation. November 2, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-09 . Retrieved January 13, 2023.