Jump to content
Sign in to follow this  
Fubar512

Piece of Amelia Earhart's Plane found

Recommended Posts

The 77 year-old mystery may soon be solved, as authorities announced that they have "with a high degree of certainty" found wreckage from Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra, on Nikumororo atoll.

 

http://news.discovery.com/history/us-history/aluminum-fragment-appears-to-belong-to-earharts-plane-141028.htm

 

http://news.discovery.com/history/us-history/amelia-earhart-resting-place.htm

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I always figured this was one of those "only unexplained because enough evidence and forensic work hadn't been completed" deals. The fact that they found this piece in 1991 but only verified it in 2014 is pretty much all you need to know.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Thought I would add these link for anyone interested.

 

The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery

http://tighar.org/

 

The Earhart Project

http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html

 

The Earhart Project Archives: Finding Aid by Type of Document
 
The Earhart Project Archives: Finding Aid by Subject
 
Earhart Project Research Bulletin, October 28, 2014
The Window, the Patch, & the Artifact: Is TIGHAR Artifact 2-2-V-1 a piece of wreckage from Amelia Earhart’s aircraft?

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Sign in to follow this  

×

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue..