The bones, which were subsequently lost, continue to be a source of debate. The research contradicts a forensic analysis of the remains in 1941 that described the bones as belonging to a male. Last year, a scientific study claimed to shed new light on the decades-long mystery of what happened to Earhart. Richard Jantz, an emeritus anthropology professor at the University of Tennessee, argued that the bones discovered on Nikumaroro in 1940 were likely Earhart’s remains. Some 13 human bones were found on Nikumaroro, also known as Gardner Island, three years after Earhart’s disappearance. One well-publicized theory is that she died a castaway after landing her plane on the remote island of Nikumaroro, a coral atoll 1,200 miles from the Marshall Islands. There are a number of competing theories about what ultimately happened to Earhart. Project Blue Angel is planning another expedition to Buka in the Spring that will harness advanced imaging technologies. “While there is no way to be certain yet that this is definitively Amelia Earhart’s Electra, the crash site may hold the clues to solving one of the world’s greatest mysteries,” Snavely added in the statement. However, the project notes that the wreckage has been gradually eroded by years of rough water and earthquakes.
“Amelia’s Electra had specific modifications done to it for this specific journey, and some of those unique modifications appear to be verified in the wreckage that’s been found,” added pilot and aerospace engineer Jill Meyers, who is Blue Angel’s PR Manager. Rosa Parks and Sally Ride will be made into Barbie dollsĮxplorer who found the Titanic wants to solve Amelia Earhart's disappearance
Will these newly discovered bones crack the Amelia Earhart mystery? Helmet worn by Amelia Earhart sells for $825,000 at auction “While the complete data is still under review by experts, initial reports indicate that a piece of glass raised from the wreckage shares some consistencies with a landing light on the Lockheed Electra 10,” explains the Project, in its statement. Last year US members of Project Blue Angel also investigated the site, which is about 100 feet below the ocean’s surface. ChrisEvan Films/Youtubeĭivers from Papua New Guinea have surveyed the site on a number of occasions for Snavely. The researcher thinks that low on fuel she may have decided to turn back during her journey to Howland Island. Snavely has traced Earhart’s route from Lae in Papua New Guinea, which was the departure point for her doomed final flight. “What we’ve found so far is consistent with the plane she flew.” “The Buka Island wreck site was directly on Amelia and Fred’s flight path, and it is an area never searched following their disappearance,” said William Snavely, Project Blue Angel director, in a statement. Their fate became one of the great mysteries of the 20th century and is still hotly debated. The Project’s members have been studying the site for 13 years and say that wreckage off Buka Island could be from Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E.Įarhart famously disappeared while attempting to fly her Lockheed Electra 10E plane around the world. The aviator and her navigator Fred Noonan went missing on July 2, 1937, during a flight from Papua New Guinea to Howland Island in the Pacific. Wreckage off the coast off Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, may offer a vital clue to the decades-long mystery, according to investigators from Project Blue Angel. Researchers say that a site in Papua New Guinea may contain the long-lost remains of Amelia Earhart’s plane. Miss the 2019 Blood Moon? Here's when the next one will occurĬhina’s latest monkey cloning tests are considered 'monstrous'
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