Chapter 1 Disappeared Without a Trace 4 Chapter 2 The Bermuda Triangle 8 Chapter 3 Searching for Answers 16 Glossary 22 To Learn More 23 Index 24
5 It was a clear sunny day on December 5 1945 Five United States Navy planes took off from Florida The group of planes was called Flight 19 The pilots were on a training mission About an hour after takeoff a naval radio operator got a message from one of the pilots Something was wrong The planes were lost and their instruments were not working The pilots couldn’t even tell which direction was west Hours later another message came through A confused pilot said that the crews might have to ditch It was the last anyone ever heard from Flight 19
