Bermuda Triangle
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The Bermuda Triangle is invoked by Fitzwallace as the maritime/atmospheric cover in which planes disappear; narratively it provides a convenient, almost mythical setting to explain how wreckage can be buried among other losses, enabling U.S. concealment.
Described as mysterious and chaotic — a place of vanishing that aids concealment.
Narrative justification for how the plane's remains could be obscured among other wreckage.
Serves as a cloak of plausible deniability — an area that transforms human agency into accidental loss.
Remote maritime region; effectively inaccessible for routine inspection.
The Bermuda Triangle is invoked as the official cover story and geographic explanation for the plane's disappearance; Fitzwallace uses it rhetorically to explain why physical evidence could plausibly be missing.
Invoked as eerie and inscrutable—an atmospheric shorthand for disappearance and plausible deniability.
Narrative cover: a naturalized explanation to mask deliberate concealment.
Symbolizes institutional obfuscation disguised as natural mystery.
The Bermuda Triangle is invoked metaphorically in the staff's banter about the plane's disappearance — a folkloric reference that dramatizes the implausibility and theatricality of Danny's alleged theory.
Mythic and mysterious in the dialogue, used to ridicule or to highlight the surreal scope of the accusation.
A rhetorical device to emphasize the sensational nature of the allegation.
Symbolizes how facts can be swallowed by legend when official explanations are absent.
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