author
Vincent H. (Vincent Hayes) Gaddis
1913–1997
Best remembered for introducing the phrase “Bermuda Triangle,” this American writer brought mystery, folklore, and unexplained events to a huge popular audience. His books helped define mid-20th-century fascination with strange disappearances and paranormal puzzles.
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The new science of space speech
by Vincent H. (Vincent Hayes) Gaddis
About the author
Born in Ohio in 1913, Vincent Hayes Gaddis became a journalist and author with a long-running interest in unusual phenomena, legends, and unexplained stories. He wrote for magazines and developed a style often compared with Charles Fort, blending reporting, speculation, and a strong sense of wonder.
He is most closely linked with the phrase “Bermuda Triangle,” which he used in a 1964 cover story for Argosy. That article helped bring the idea into popular culture, and he went on to write widely read books on mysteries, ancient lore, and paranormal subjects, including Invisible Horizons, Mysterious Fires and Lights, and American Indian Myths and Mysteries.
Gaddis died in 1997, but his influence still shows up wherever readers and listeners are drawn to sea mysteries, lost civilizations, and strange historical claims. Even when his subjects are debated, his work remains an important part of the modern storytelling tradition around the unexplained.