Bermuda Triangle (legend, 1950–present)

The legend was built in print: a 1950 wire article (five incidents, 1945–50), a 1952 paranormal magazine drawing an arbitrary Florida–Bermuda–Puerto Rico triangle, and Argosy's 1964 'Lost in the Bermuda Triangle' with invented quotes. LEMMiNO's 2017 breakdown of the anchor cases: - Columbus's 'fireball' and compass anomalies happened mid-Atlantic, outside the triangle (a meteor; magnetic declination). - Flight 19 (5 Dec 1945): radio logs show Lt. Charles Taylor, used to the Florida Keys, thought he was over the Keys while over the Bahamas; he flew north and east until fuel ran out. - PBM Mariner BuNo 59225, sent to search: a ship saw a plane explode 23 minutes after it launched; PBMs were known for fuel-vapor fires. - The Star Tiger (1948) and Star Ariel (1949) remain unresolved; Tudor defects include a cabin heater fire risk. - The Carroll A. Deering (1921): mutiny evidence; the bottle message was a hoax by its finder. - Many 'triangle' losses occurred outside it. There's no uniform pattern, and loss rates track heavy traffic, storms and the Gulf Stream; the Coast Guard doesn't recognize it as a special zone.