In the February 1964 issue of Argosy, Vincent Gaddis's article " The Deadly Bermuda Triangle " argued that Flight 19 and other disappearances were part of a pattern of strange events in the region.

1973 ); Charles Berlitz ( The Bermuda Triangle, 1974 ); Richard Winer ( The Devil's Triangle, 1974 ), and many others, all keeping to some of the same supernatural elements outlined by Eckert.

Lawrence David Kusche, a research librarian from Arizona State University and author of The Bermuda Triangle Mystery: Solved ( 1975 ) argued that many claims of Gaddis and subsequent writers were often exaggerated, dubious or unverifiable.

* The legend of the Bermuda Triangle is a manufactured mystery, perpetuated by writers who either purposely or unknowingly made use of misconceptions, faulty reasoning, and sensationalism.

When the UK Channel 4 television program " The Bermuda Triangle " ( c. 1992 ) was being produced by John Simmons of Geofilms for the Equinox series, the marine insurance market Lloyd's of London was asked if an unusually large number of ships had sunk in the Bermuda Triangle area.

The NOVA / Horizon episode The Case of the Bermuda Triangle, aired on June 27, 1976, was highly critical, stating that " When we've gone back to the original sources or the people involved, the mystery evaporates.

David Kusche pointed out a common problem with many of the Bermuda Triangle stories and theories: " Say I claim that a parrot has been kidnapped to teach aliens human language and I challenge you to prove that is not true.

This has led to the production of vast amounts of material on topics such as the Bermuda Triangle.

Finally, if the Triangle is assumed to cross land, such as parts of Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, or Bermuda itself, there is no evidence for the disappearance of any land-based vehicles or persons.

However, according to another of their papers, no large releases of gas hydrates are believed to have occurred in the Bermuda Triangle for the past 15, 000 years.

* The Sea World amusement park on the Gold Coast ( Australia ) operated a ride called Bermuda Triangle.

* Composer Isao Tomita released an album, Bermuda Triangle, inspired by the region.

* Singer Songwriter Barry Manilow released a single " Bermuda Triangle " in 1981, taken from his 1980 album Barry

* The first film based on the Triangle was The Bermuda Triangle in 1978.

* List of Bermuda Triangle incidents

*" Ship And 37 Vanish In Bermuda Triangle On Voyage To U. S .", The New York Times, October 18, 1976.

*" Ship Missing In Bermuda Triangle Now Presumed To Be Lost At Sea ", The New York Times, October 19, 1976.

The following websites have either online material that supports the popular version of the Bermuda Triangle, or documents published from official sources as part of hearings or inquiries, such as those conducted by the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard.

( Smaller numbers of Scottish prisoners were also sent to Bermuda following Cromwell's invasion of Scotland.

In Palladium's After The Bomb Sourcebook 6: Mutants in Orbit, there is a section pertaining to Rifts that also says that there were several points where the ley lines create dimensional pockets ( similar to the Bermuda Triangle ) in which full-fledged jungles grow within the borders of three nearby Rifts.

Bermuda was also becoming overcrowded, and the Bahamas offered both religious and political freedom and economic opportunity.

However, in the 1650s, following Cromwell's adventures in Ireland, and his attempt to force his protectorship on independent Scotland, Irish prisoners-of-war ( POW ) and ethnically-cleansed civilians, and smaller numbers of Scots POWs, were also sent to Bermuda.

Consequently, the very features that made Bermuda such a prized base for the Royal Navy ( its headquarters in the North Atlantic and West Indies ' til after the Second World War, also meant it was perpetually threatened by US invasion, as the US would have liked to both deny the base to an enemy, and use it as a way to extend its defences hundreds of miles out to sea, which would not happen ' til the Second World War.

Following the loss of Britain's ports in thirteen of its former continental colonies, Bermuda was also used as a stop-over point between Canada and Britain's Caribbean possessions, and assumed a new strategic prominence for the Royal Navy.

It was also common, however, for enlisted men to marry Bermudians, and many of those remained in Bermuda, leaving the Army.

The terms of the base rights granted for Bermuda also included that the airfield constructed by the US would be used jointly with the Royal Air Force ( RAF ).

The modern yachting sloop is known as the Bermuda sloop, due to its Bermuda rig ( also known as the Marconi rig, due to its resemblance to the wireless towers of Guglielmo Marconi ), which is the optimal rig for upwind sailing ; consequently sloops are popular with sport sailors and yachtsmen, and for racing.

Churchill also granted the US base rights in Bermuda and Newfoundland gratis, allowing British military assets to be redeployed.

Of those enslaved, most were awarded to the allied tribes, but many were also sold as slaves in Bermuda.

Due to his father's work, Sheen also spent part of his childhood in Bermuda, where the family lived on St. John's Road, Pembroke.

As Bermuda's Blacks ( whether perceived as a diverse, multi-racial group, or as homogenously Black African ) have been in the majority for more than a century, but are still comparatively less well-off than White Bermudians, this fear may presumably also be the cause for the opposition to census reform in Bermuda.

Despite the limited land mass, there has also been a tendency for place names to be repeated ; there are, for instance, two islands named " Long Island ", three bays known as " Long Bay " and the town of St. George is located within the parish of St. George on the island of St. George ( each known as St. George's ), whereas Bermuda's capital, the City of Hamilton, lies in Pembroke Parish, not Hamilton Parish, on the largest island, " Main Island ", which itself is sometimes called " Bermuda " ( or " Great Bermuda ").

There are also two seamounts to the South-West of Bermuda, forming Argus Banks, and Challenger Banks.

The size of cars is also restricted ( due to the narrow and winding roads on Bermuda ), meaning that many models popular in the United States, Canada, and Europe are not available in Bermuda.

With the US, the primary threat to Bermuda in the Nineteenth Century, becoming an ally in both wars, US forces began to make use of Bermuda also.

See also Government of Bermuda Budget Statement 2006 / 07 ( pdf file ).

His brother, Lt. Gen. Sir Walter Kitchener, had also entered the army, and was the Governor of Bermuda from 1908 ' til 1912.

She also spent several summers studying specimens and drawing illustrations at Bermuda Biological Laboratory, Marine Biological Laboratory, Mt.

Its original form had gaff rig, but evolved to use what is now known as Bermuda rig, making it the basis of nearly all modern sailing yachts.

So little is known about the New Zealand Storm Petrel that is was thought extinct for 150 years until its rediscovery in 2003, although this record is dwarfed by that of the Bermuda Petrel which was considered extinct for 330 years.

Image: Spirit of Bermuda. jpg | Spirit of Bermuda, a Bermuda-rigged schooner ( known in Bermuda as a Bermuda sloop ).

The localised effect known as the Bermuda High, warm, high-pressure air, fuelled by the heat of the Gulf Stream, rebuilds its strength for a few days before the advance of the next front causes progressively worsening weather.

It was first known as " Bermuda City ," which was changed to Charles City, lengthened to Charles City Point, and later abbreviated to City Point.

The Company's possession of Bermuda was made official in 1612, when the third and final charter extended the boundaries of ' Virginia ' far enough out to sea to encompass Bermuda, which was also known, for a time, as Virgineola.

Bermuda has since been known officially also as The Somers Isles ( in commemoration of Admiral Somers ).

The town was home to Admiral Sir George Somers, its one time mayor and parliamentarian, who founded the Somers Isles, better known as Bermuda.

Its original form had gaff rigging, but evolved to use what is now known as Bermuda rig, which had been used on smaller Bermudian boats since the early 17th Century, making it the basis of nearly all modern sailing yachts.

The term Bermuda sloop has come to be used outside of Bermuda, today, to describe any single masted, Bermuda rigged boat, also known as Marconi sloops, although most are far less extreme in their design than was once the norm in Bermuda, with bowsprits omitted, masts vertical and shortened, and booms similarly shortened.