The Disappearance of Flight 19
This strange story actually takes place just a few months after the end of hostilities during World War II, but it’s bizarre enough (and involves military personnel and hardware) that it deserves a place on the list. In December of 1945, Lieutenant Charles Taylor led a flight of five Navy planes on a training exercise out of Fort Lauderdale. Radio broadcasts from Taylor reveal that none of their compasses were working and the entire fleet got lost, never to be seen again. The planes were never recovered and their disappearance helped bolster the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.