US expedition investigates underwater object as possible Earhart plane
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 9 Oct, 21:24 · Archive
US researchers are investigating a mysterious underwater object in the Pacific that may be aviator Amelia Earhart's crashed plane.
US researchers have launched an investigation into a mysterious underwater object that may be the crashed plane of aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937. The object, known as the Taraia Object, was discovered in 2020 through satellite imagery of a remote part of the southern Pacific Ocean. However, researchers subsequently found that the same anomaly was visible in aerial photographs dating back to 1938.
Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan vanished on 2 July 1937 whilst flying a Lockheed Electra on a mission to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. They were attempting to reach Howland Island when radio contact was lost. Authorities had long concluded the aircraft plunged into the sea and sank in very deep water.
The Taraia Object lies in a shallow coral lagoon known as Nikumaroro in the Phoenix Islands, midway between Australia and Hawaii, approximately 640 kilometres southeast of Howland. A US expedition team comprising experts from Purdue University in Indiana, the Purdue Research Foundation and the US Archaeological Legacy Institute has gathered in Kiribati to investigate. Their initial work will use remote sensing with magnetometers and sonar to inspect the object, followed by a hydraulic dredge to expose it for identification, with a search of nearby land for any washed-up debris.
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- Hopes underwater object could be lost aviator's planeA US expedition is targeting a mysterious underwater object to find out if it is the crashed plane of long-missing pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart.Perth Now · 9 Oct, 21:02
- Hopes underwater object could be lost aviator's planeA US expedition is targeting a mysterious underwater object to find out if it is the crashed plane of long-missing pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart.The West Australian · 9 Oct, 21:02
In this story: Amelia Earhart · Fred Noonan · Purdue University · US Archaeological Legacy Institute · Phoenix Islands · Nikumaroro · Howland Island
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