Researchers Are Closer Than Ever to Solving Earhart Mystery — And Aerial Photos May Hold the Key
Newly discovered aerial photos taken in 1938 of a mysterious anomaly on a remote island in the South Pacific provide “very strong” evidence that it may be Amelia Earhart’s missing plane, researchers claim.
Footage of the strange metallic object located underwater in a lagoon on the island of Nikumaroro — captured a year after the pioneer aviator disappeared 88 years ago — bolsters scientists’ belief that the “Taraia Object” is Earhart’s legendary Lockheed 10-E Electra, Purdue University announced.
A 15-person crew — made up of researchers from Purdue and the Archeological Legacy Institute (ALI) — will set off on Nov. 4 for the island, located between Hawaii and Fiji near the center of the Pacific Ocean, to investigate the enigmatic find, believed to be the main body and tail of the missing aircraft.
“Finding Amelia Earhart’s aircraft would be the discovery of a lifetime,” said ALI executive director Dr. Richard Pettigrew, who has long believed that Nikumaroro hides the secret to Earhart’s disappearance.
“Other evidence already collected by the International Group of Historic Aircraft Recovery establishes an extremely persuasive, multifaceted case that the final destination for Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, was on Nikumaroro. Confirming the plane wreckage there would be the smoking-gun proof.” (Read more from “Researchers Are Closer Than Ever to Solving Earhart Mystery — And Aerial Photos May Hold the Key” HERE)
