The
Bermuda Triangle, also known as the
Devil's Triangle, is a loosely defined region in the western part of the North
Atlantic Ocean, where a number of
aircraft and
ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. According to the
US Navy, the triangle does not exist, and the name is not recognized by the
US Board on Geographic Names.
Popular culture has attributed various disappearances to the
paranormal or activity by
extraterrestrial beings. Documented evidence indicates that a significant percentage of the incidents were spurious, inaccurately reported, or embellished by later authors. In a 2013 study, the
World Wide Fund for Nature identified the world’s 10 most dangerous waters for shipping, but the Bermuda Triangle was not among them.