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Bermuda
4d Fact or fiction?

1 Warm-up

Answer the following questions.

• Have you ever heard of the Bermuda
Triangle?
Devil's
• What do you know about it?

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Triangle

Miami

Puerto Rico

2 Read  A. Listen, read and find out if the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle is still unsolved.

e seem to be off course... instead of north while sailing through this area. In
everything is wrong... strange... 1918, the US ship Cyclops disappeared. The US Navy
even the ocean doesn’t look as investigated the incident, but they could not find an
‘W it should... it looks like we are...’ explanation. When asked about what happened to
Those were the last words of Lieutenant Charles the ship, US President Woodrow Wilson said: ‘Only
C. Taylor. He was the leader of five aeroplanes that God and the sea know.’
set out from Florida in good weather conditions
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on a routine mission on 5 December 1945. Hours Up until now, people have suggested many theories
later the planes disappeared and nobody knew how. to explain this mystery. Some believe that sea
Flight 19 is one of the most well-known incidents monsters or aliens are responsible for the
related to the mysterious Bermuda Triangle. disappearances. Scientists believe that there are
strong currents of air and a strong magnetic field in
The Bermuda Triangle (also known as the Devil’s the area which cause problems. According to a 1975
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Triangle) is a 305,000 km area of ocean which lies report, there are no more incidents in the Bermuda
between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. Triangle than in any other part of the world.

Stories about the Devil’s Triangle go back to the What’s the truth? Well, like many real-life mysteries,
late 15 century, when Christopher Columbus it depends on what you want to believe.
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noticed that his compass needle pointed northwest

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