Griffin & Jacob

Bermuda Triangle

Our topic is about the Bermuda Triangle. It is a triangle in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Over the past 100 years there were over 50 disappearances. The triangle is from Miami to Bermuda to Puerto Rico. We selected this topic to find out more about the Bermuda Triangle. We wanted to find out how many disappearances there were. It was fun doing this topic. We wanted to learn about the theories of the Bermuda Triangle. We also wanted to learn about where it is. But, most of all we wanted to wanted to learn about how many ships and planes disappeared. We expected to get more information on our topic. We didn't know how big some disappearances were compared to others. We found all our research from the internet and books. The useful sites were Goggle and Yahooligans. One unuseful site was Ask Jeeves for Kids. We did our research by splitting up. One of us read and one of us went on the internet. Some useful books were The Bermuda Triangle, The Mystery of The Bermuda Triangle and The Bermuda Triangle Mystery. The first big disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was the Cyclops. It was a steam ship carrying a load of coal. The Cyclops disappeared in 1989. It was 542 feet long! They had proof it wasn't where it was supposed to be. In February 1963 a tanker 503 feet long called the Marine Sulfur Queen was carrying a large crew and a cargo of sulfur. When they entered the Bermuda Triangle they lost contact. No signs of wreckage were found. The most likely story is that the sulfur on board blew up. Flight 19 was an unusual disappearance. A group of airplanes took off on a training mission the mission was supposed to be 2 hours long but they got lost. They told the other flights by radio they knew where they were and not to look for them. Some people think aliens shot the planes down. Other people think a giant sea creature pulled them into the water. One other idea is that UFOs kidnapped them. Storms in the Bermuda Triangle Seem to appear more suddenly and violently then any where else. About 5,000 people have died in the Bermuda Triangle over the past 50 years. The Bermuda Triangle is 980 miles long. The Bermuda Triangle covers 500,000 square miles. 50 ships and planes disappeared since 1954. Christopher Columbus sailed through the Bermuda Triangle and saw many strange lights. The Sargasso Sea is a strange place in the Bermuda Triangle where there is no wind and lots of seaweed. The DC-3 was a pretty stupid disappearance. The DC-3 was an airliner that disappeared. There were false reports that the pilot could see Miami lights. But it was most likely he was over a deep ocean. After he disappeared there was no trace of him. We think the pilot saw the lights of a UFO instead of the city lights of Miami. He flew toward the lights but it was really the UFO. Then we think the UFO captured him. This report gave us experience for what we have to do next year. The project gave us a lot of facts for the Bermuda Triangle. It was worth it just for the facts. If we had a longer time we would add more facts and have more objectives. It would of been easier if we had more time.   Glossary aliens - a creature from outer space that we think are real. Bermuda Triangle - An area of water in the Atlantic Ocean where ships and planes tend to disappear. black hole - a hole that is a dead star that sucks in things. current - a flow of water in a certain direction. disappearance - when something vanishes without a trace. hurricane - a very powerful storm plane - a thing that flies in the air. radio - something that is used to contact people Sargasso Sea - a strange sea by Bermuda. ship - a vessel used to transport people through bodies of water. storm - a storm is a wild wind, thunder and other things UFO - an unidentified flying object vortex - a fast spinning swirl of air or water. waterspout - it's kind of like a tornado full of water. whirlpool - a pool of water that sucks things in.   Bibliography Collins, Jim. (1977). The Bermuda Triangle. Milwaukee. Donk, Andrew. (2000). Bermuda Triangle. New York. Innes, Brian. (1999). The Bermuda Triangle. Austin. Kusche, Lawrence. (1975). The Bermuda Triangle Mystery. New York. Oxlade, Chris. (2000). The Mystery of The Bermuda Triangle. Chicago. Thorn, Ian. (1978). Bermuda Triangle. Mankato. Unknown. Bermuda Triangle. [Online] Available http://oceanographer.navy.mil/BermudaTriangle, March 19, 2002. Unknown. Bermuda Triangle. [Online] Available http://tqjuinior.thinkquest.org/3717/index.html, November 2001. Unknown. Bermuda Triangle. [Online] Available http://www.BermudaTriangle.org/, November 17, 2001.

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