An Informative Speech

On

MYSTERIOUS BERMUDA TRIANGLE

Purpose: To inform our audience about Bermuda Triangle.

Central Idea: We are going to discuss some amazing & thrilling facts about Bermuda Triangle

today, specifically the historical origins of Bermuda Triangle, some notable incidents

along with its natural & supernatural explanations.

Introduction:Bermuda Triangle, region of the western Atlantic Ocean that hasbecome associated in the popular imagination with mysterious maritimedisasters. Today were going to discuss some breathtaking facts about it, specifically the historical origins of Bermuda Triangle, and some notable incidents along with its natural & supernatural explanations.Body:Our presentation is divided into 4 main points: Area History Unsolved incidents Natural & supernatural explanationsFirst, we will discuss the area surrounding the triangle.The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels are alleged to have mysteriously disappeared in a manner that cannot be explained by human error, piracy, equipment failure, or natural disasters. Popular culture has attributed these disappearances to the paranormal, a suspension of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings. Thereafter, we will discuss the historical origins.In 1492 Christopher Columbus was on his famous journey, which would eventually lead him to the West Indies. He noted that the ships compass was acting strangely and giving inaccurate readings in the Sargasso Sea, and at one point he saw a frat hall Of fire shoot across the sky and crash into the sea.The earliest allegation of unusual disappearances in the Bermuda area appeared in a September 16, 1950 Associated Press article by E.V.W. Jones. Two years later, Fate magazine published "Sea Mystery At Our Back Door, a short article by George X. Sand covering the loss of several planes and ships, including the loss of Flight 19, a group of five U.S. Navy TBM Avenger bombers on a training mission. Sand's article was the first to lay out the now-familiar triangular area where the losses took place.

Our next point is about natural & supernatural explanations.Natural explanationsCompass variations, deliberate acts of destruction, Gulf Stream, Human error, Hurricanes, Methane hydrates, Rogue waves can be the common natural causes for the unsolved incidents in the triangle area. We will only be discussing about the gulf stream.The Gulf Stream is an ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and then flows through the Straits of Florida into the North Atlantic. It has a surface velocity of up to about 2.5meters per second (5.6mph). A small plane making a water landing or a boat having engine trouble can be carried away from its reported position by the current.Supernatural explanationsTriangle writers have used a number of supernatural concepts to explain the events. One explanation refers to the leftover technology from the mythical lost continent ofAtlantis. . Followers of the purported psychicEdgar Caycetake his prediction that evidence of Atlantis would be found in 1968 as referring to the discovery of the Bimini Road. Believers describe the formation as a road, wall, or other structure.Writers attribute the events to UFOs. This idea was used by Steven Spielberg for his science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which features the lost Flight 19 as alien abductees.Finally, there are some unsolved notable incidents which we will be discussing.Flight 19Flight 19 was a training flight of TBM Avenger bombers that went missing on December 5, 1945 while over the Atlantic. The flight encountered unusual phenomena and anomalous compass readings. the accident was ascribed to "causes or reasons unknown." Adding to the mystery, a search and rescue Mariner aircraft with a 13-man crew was dispatched to aid the missing squadron, but the Mariner itself was never heard from again.Star TigerandStar ArielG-AHNP Star Tiger disappeared on January 30, 1948 on a flight from the Azores to Bermuda; G-AGRE Star Ariel disappeared on January 17, 1949, on a flight from Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica. Both were Avro Tudor IV passenger aircraft operated by British South American Airways. Both planes were operating at the very limits of their range and the slightest error or fault in the equipment could keep them from reaching the small island. One plane was not heard from long before it would have entered the Triangle. Incidents like uss Cyclops, kc-135 stratotankers, conemara-4 can also be mentioned about.Conclusion:We strongly believe that youve now enriched your knowledge on this place of scientific wonder through our speech. Perhaps it is the ending of our speech though the mystery concerning the triangle area still continues.Thank you very much for your patience & for being with us.

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