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Purdue Foundation and Archaeological Legacy Institute Set November Search for Earhart's Electra

NIKUMARORO ISLAND, PHOENIX ISLANDS, REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI, JUL 2 – The Purdue-led expedition aims to verify a satellite-identified anomaly as Earhart's Electra 10E, backed by $500,000 in funding and plans for a 2026 excavation if confirmed.

  • Purdue University and Archaeological Legacy Institute will lead a November 2025 expedition to Nikumaroro to inspect the Taraia Object as Earhart's lost plane.
  • This expedition follows decades of theories suggesting Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan crashed near Nikumaroro after vanishing in 1937 during their world flight.
  • Previous efforts, including a 2017 team with forensic dogs, found artifacts and a scent of human remains but no definitive proof of Earhart's presence on the island.
  • Richard Pettigrew said the Taraia Object’s size and location correspond with Earhart’s plane and radio signals, while Purdue’s Steven Schultz stressed 'smoking gun evidence' remains elusive.
  • If confirmed, the expedition could solve a major 20th-century mystery and fulfill Earhart’s wish to return the Electra 10E to Purdue for aeronautical study.
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Fresh tracks on Nikumaroro Island raise hope; Purdue University to send an expedition there.

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A new expedition is being organized to find the plane of famous female pilot Amelia Earhart, which disappeared 88 years ago. Scientists believe that Earhart may have crashed on a remote island in the South Pacific, NBC reports.

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