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Expedition to a Remote Pacific Island Fails to Find Fresh Clues in Hunt for Amelia Earhart’s Plane
Researchers found no plane wreckage and said the Taraia Object was likely washed-up trees, though they uncovered other artifacts for further study.
- On Monday, Purdue University and Archaeological Legacy Institute researchers concluded the 'Taraia Object' in Nikumaroro's lagoon is likely natural debris, not Amelia Earhart's missing Lockheed Electra.
- Visible in aerial photos since 1938 and flagged in 2020 satellite imagery, the anomaly spurred the 17-person expedition to remote Kiribati to investigate theories about Earhart's disappearance.
- Using sonar and magnetometers to survey the site, researchers found no aircraft wreckage; the team recovered a 30-inch steel tube requiring further analysis, Purdue said.
- Giant coconut crabs made overnight stays on Nikumaroro impractical, forcing the team to sleep aboard their support vessel while documenting the site, expedition reports stated.
- Despite ruling out the Taraia Object, Purdue general counsel Steve Schultz maintains the castaway hypothesis remains plausible, citing historical artifacts including a woman's shoe discovered in 1940.
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Mysterious object found in South Pacific wasn't Amelia Earhart's plane, Purdue team says
A Purdue University-backed expedition found no new clues to Amelia Earhart’s plane on a remote South Pacific island, but researchers uncovered items that could eventually help solve the enduring mystery.
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Amelia Earhart expedition in South Pacific to search for aviator’s missing plane ends in disappointment
A U.S. team of marine archeologists who were hoping a submerged object a satellite detected six years ago in a lagoon on the remote Pacific island of Nikumaroro was Amelia Earhart's missing plane, ended up disappointed in their quest.
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The Seattle Times‘The mystery continues’: Latest hunt for Amelia Earhart’s plane comes up empty
Search after search has failed to find the plane of Amelia Earhart, the pioneering pilot who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. One recent expedition mistook rocks for the aircraft. Now, another has found trees.
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