The Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle is an area of the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Florida. This area is famous for the disappearance of hundreds of ships and planes.
- On 5th December 1945 five military planes were flying near the coast of Florida. Suddenly, the pilots did not know where they were. One of the pilots phoned with these words " We seem to be lost ... Everything is wrong ... We can't be sure of anything ... Our equipment has stopped working ... " Then, the phone went dead. The planes were never seen again.
- On 11th June 1986 Martin Caidin was flying in good weather. Suddenly, the sky became very cloudy. Then, it changed to bright yellow and the plane's equipment stopped working. Above the plane there was a hole and below the plane there was another hole. Caidin could see the ocean at the end of it. He stayed calm and flew the plane for a few hours. When he finally got into blue sky, the plane's equipment started working again.
Are these disappearances ordinary? Why haven't searchers ever found any pieces of the planes and ships?
People have tried to explain the mystery but they have different opinions. Here are some of them:
* The weather is unusual there.
* These disappearances are ordinary accidents.
* The lost city of Atlantis pulls these ships and planes down under the sea.
( Information taken from the book Mysteries of the Unexplained by Kathy Burke - Penguin Active Reading)
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