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According to multiple sources the Idea of the Bermuda Triangle came from Benjamin Radford he presented at Live Science in 2012. It was said over multiple sources that he spoke of a triangular graveyard in the Atlantic but it might not have existed outside of the writers mind.

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It may not even exist at all according to What's The Real Science Behind The "Bermuda Triangle"? 

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It may not even exist at all according to What's The Real Science Behind The "Bermuda Triangle"? 

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Every few years, a story goes viral claiming that experts have finally 'solved' the Bermuda Triangle mystery.

Maybe it's strange hexagonal clouds acting as "air bombs", rogue waves, or perhaps some freak whirlpools.

But there's one problem with all of these 'solutions' - the Bermuda Triangle doesn't actually exist, and there is no 'mystery' to solve.

There are actually no extra unexplained plane crashes and shipwrecks in the area, despite what you might have heard.

The name Bermuda Triangle refers to a region of ocean bordered by Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico, and it was first brought to public attention back in the 1950s by a journalist named Edward Van Winkle Jones, who wrote a story for the Associated Press about a large number of ships and planes that had disappeared in the region.

The idea really took off in the 1970s, when Charles Berlitz published the best-selling The Bermuda Triangle, and everyone started speculating about UFOs or rogue waves that were frequenting the region.

But the problem was, no one had actually fact-checked the claims of boats and planes going missing in the first place. And when journalist Larry Kusche did go over the facts a few years later, he discovered there was no mystery to solve in the first place.

The 'mysterious disappearances' everyone was freaking out over were either reporting mistakes or outright fabrications. But the idea proved remarkably resilient.

As Benjamin Radford explained for Live Science in 2012:

"In some cases there's no record of the ships and planes claimed to have been lost in the aquatic triangular graveyard; they never existed outside of a writer's imagination. In other cases, the ships and planes were real enough - but Berlitz and others neglected to mention that they 'mysteriously disappeared' during bad storms. Other times the vessels sank far outside the Bermuda Triangle."

There are some real boats and ships that have gone missing in the region, but seeing as it's one that's frequented by tankers, cruise ships, charter planes, and small pleasure ships - as well as the location of hurricane alley and the notorious Gulf Stream, that's not all that surprising.

Kusche published a book on the subject, The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved, in 1975, but despite converting a few former believers, the myth of the Bermuda Triangle remained. Who knows how long it will last.
An earlier version of this article was published in October 2016.

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What's The Real Science Behind The "Bermuda Triangle"?

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Every few years, a story goes viral claiming that experts have finally 'solved' the Bermuda Triangle mystery. Maybe it's strange hexagonal clouds acting as "air bombs", rogue waves, or perhaps some freak whirlpools. But there's one problem with all of these 'solutions' - the Bermuda Triangle doesn't actually exist, and there is no 'mystery' to solve.

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Some people think it might be aliens causing the disappearances in the Bermuda 

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Some people think it might be aliens causing the disappearances in the Bermuda 

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The hard part about learning about the Bermuda is you don't know what you read/learn is true. For example there are two main sides of explanation to the Bermuda. There's theories for it being a portal to a different dimension or energy coming from the lost city of Atlantis. Then there's the more realistic theories of it just being a strange place where weird things happen and the science fact/ Theories about it.

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Flight 19 is one of the better known disappearances that had happened in the Bermuda. To this day remain lost in the unknown.

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The exact number of ships and airplanes that have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle is not known. The most common estimate is about 50 ships and 20 airplanes.

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The exact number of ships and airplanes that have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle is not known. The most common estimate is about 50 ships and 20 airplanes.

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People have been trying to solve the "mystery" of the Bermuda Triangle for years. Here's what we know (and don't know) about the Bermuda Triangle.

What is known about the Bermuda Triangle:

The Bermuda Triangle is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean (roughly) bounded by the southeastern coast of the U.S., Bermuda, and the islands of the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico).

The exact boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle are not universally agreed upon. Approximations of the total area range between 500,000 and 1,510,000 square miles (1,300,000 and 3,900,000 square kilometers). By all approximations, the region has a vaguely triangular shape.

The Bermuda Triangle does not appear on any world maps, and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official region of the Atlantic Ocean.

Although reports of unexplained occurrences in the region date to the mid-19th century, the phrase "Bermuda Triangle" didn't come into use until 1964. The phrase first appeared in print in a pulp magazine article by Vincent Gaddis, who used the phrase to describe a triangular region "that has destroyed hundreds of ships and planes without a trace."

Despite its reputation, the Bermuda Triangle does not have a high incidence of disappearances. Disappearances do not occur with greater frequency in the Bermuda Triangle than in any other comparable region of the Atlantic Ocean.

At least two incidents in the region involved U.S. military craft. In March 1918 the collier USS Cyclops, en route to Baltimore, Maryland, from Brazil, disappeared inside the Bermuda Triangle. No explanation was given for its disappearance, and no wreckage was found. Some 27 years later, a squadron of bombers (collectively known as Flight 19) under American Lieut. Charles Carroll Taylor disappeared in the airspace above the Bermuda Triangle. As in the Cyclops incident, no explanation was given and no wreckage was found.

Charles Berlitz popularized the legend of the Bermuda Triangle in his best-selling book The Bermuda Triangle (1974). In the book, Berlitz claimed that the fabled lost island of Atlantis was involved in the disappearances.

In 2013 the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) conducted an exhaustive study of maritime shipping lanes and determined that the Bermuda Triangle is not one of the world's 10 most dangerous bodies of water for shipping.

The Bermuda Triangle sustains heavy daily traffic, both by sea and by air.

The Bermuda Triangle is one of the most heavily traveled shipping lanes in the world.

The agonic line sometimes passes through the Bermuda Triangle, including a period in the early 20th century. The agonic line is a place on Earth's surface where true north and magnetic north align, and there is no need to account for magnetic declination on a compass.

The Bermuda Triangle is subject to frequent tropical storms and hurricanes.

The Gulf Stream-a strong ocean current known to cause sharp changes in local weather-passes through the Bermuda Triangle.

The deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean, the Milwaukee Depth, is located in the Bermuda Triangle. The Puerto Rico Trench reaches a depth of 27,493 feet (8,380 meters) at the Milwaukee Depth.

What is not known about the Bermuda Triangle:

The exact number of ships and airplanes that have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle is not known. The most common estimate is about 50 ships and 20 airplanes.

The wreckage of many ships and airplanes reported missing in the region has not been recovered.

It is not known whether disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle have been the result of human error or weather phenomena.

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What Is Known (and Not Known) About the Bermuda Triangle

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People have been trying to solve the "mystery" of the Bermuda Triangle for years. Here's what we know (and don't know) about the Bermuda Triangle.

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The Bermuda is in the North Atlantic ocean