Comprehension Passage

Below is a group of sentences which are jumbled up. The first and the last sentences are given and cannot be changed. Sentence 1 is missing a vital part, which has to be searched from other sentences A, B, C, D and E. Then rearrange the sentences in their correct order and answer the questions given below.

1. __________whose three defining points include Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico and which is alleged to be the site of the disappearance of an inordinate number of aircraft and nautical vessels.

A. Depending upon which account you read, the size of the Bermuda Triangle ranges from 500,000 square miles to 1,500,000 square miles and  the number of disappearances is claimed to be as high as 2000 vessels and 75 aircraft in the last 500 years.

B. However, the definition of the “Bermuda triangle,” the number of disappearances within its boundary, and the purported causes of those disappearances vary wildly.

C. The supposed causes of these disappearances range from hostile visitations by aliens to vindictive “sea monsters”.

D. An especially infamous tragedy occurred in March 1918 when the USS Cyclops, a 542-foot-long Navy cargo ship with over 300 men and 10,000 tons of manganese ore onboard, sank somewhere between Barbados and the Chesapeake Bay.

E. The reports of unexplained disappearances did not really capture the public’s attention until the 20th century.

6. The Cyclops never sent out an SOS distress call despite being fully equipped for it.

Which of the sentence is likely to fit into the blank given in sentence (1) ?

1
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as The Devils’ Triangle and The Deadly Triangle, is an imaginary area of the Atlantic Ocean 
2
The Case of the Bermuda Triangle (June 27, 2006) was highly critical, stating that ‘When we’ve gone back to the original sources or the people involved, the mystery evaporates
3
Defying 70 years of fevered speculation, a sceptical scientist has dared to declare that the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has been 'solved' 
4
Most reputable sources dismiss the idea that there is any mystery 
5
None of these

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