In 1945, six planes and 17 men disappeared without a trace, all in one day.  This was Flight 19.  Flight 19’s captain was Lieutenant Charles Taylor.  Flight 19 was a routine flight.  It took off about 2:10 p.m. from Miami.  The weather was very normal on that December 5th of  1945.  It was never spoken directly to after its descent.  A message was intercepted at 4:00 p.m. that told about pilot Taylor not knowing the way to go because his compass was spinning around and around.  

            After that, it was never heard from again.  While searching for its remains, a search plane was also lost.  The searches for the remains of both continued until December 10 of that same year.  None of the wreckage from Flight 19’s planes, or from the search plane, was ever found.  It is one of the most infamous disappearances.  Searching for Flight 19 lasted five days, and covered 380,000 square miles.  Dr. Kripper suggests a vortex may have been involved in the disappearance of Flight 19.