17. The US Coast Guard denies the existence of the triangle beyond creative imagination
The US Coast Guard recognizes the boundary descriptions of the region known as the Bermuda Triangle. Whenever it conducts rescue operations withing the area, the press reports their efforts with breathless headlines such as; “Coast Guard ends search for missing boat in Bermuda Triangle (Tampa Bay Times, January 2, 2021); “BREAKING NEWS: Coast Guard: Missing Ship Sank in Bermuda Triangle” (CBS News This Morning, October 5, 2015) and the like. But Coast Guard records, incident reports, vessel logs, and reports from air patrols contain much of the data which refutes the sensationalists and their descriptions of the events in the triangle. In this they are joined by the United States Navy. The United States Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the name Bermuda Triangle.
The US Coast Guard maintains a Bermuda Triangle Fact Sheet, prepared jointly with the US Naval Historical Center. It stresses the need to consider human error when studying losses in those waters. “All too often, crossings are attempted with too small a boat, insufficient knowledge of the area’s hazards, and a lack of good seamanship”, states the Coast Guard succinctly. The Coast Guard also denies supernatural activity in the region. They state, “It has been their experience that the combined forces of nature and unpredictability of mankind outdo even the most far-fetched science fiction many times each year”. By the mid-1990s, boating in the region was so popular the US Coast Guard answered an average of 23 calls per day for assistance. Despite Coast Guard warnings the region is not for the inexperienced sailor, they continue to ply the waters, knowledgeable or not. Unfortunately too many become statistics, but from personal error, rather than paranormal activity.