Fragment of Amelia Earhart's Plane Identified

I have always been interested in the story of Amelia Earhart and saw the movie
a few years ago. Thanks for that information SeaBreeze.
 

We have had these kind of findings before, as I recall a shoe on an island and some natives having seen a white woman, etc. The story seems to be revived regularly, but I am not holding my breath for a definitive answer any time soon...
 
Some more facts about her disappearance HERE.

Amelia Earhart’s disappearance has always been presented as an unfathomable mystery, especially to schoolchildren. We were told about this celebrated woman who disappeared “somewhere” in the Pacific. We don’t know what happened to her, and we probably never will. But what of the evidence we already have?
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I know zilch about navigation, but I've often wondered if they could have been way off from where they thought they were. Of they were as close as they thought they were to Howland, it seems like the searchers would have found something -- but then again, the whole plane could be at the bottom of the ocean, I guess, scattered around in little pieces.
 
"The breakthrough would prove that, contrary to what was generally believed, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, did not crash in the Pacific Ocean, running out of fuel somewhere near their target destination of Howland Island.

Instead, they made a forced landing on Nikumaroro' smooth, flat coral reef. The two became castaways and eventually died on the atoll, which is some 350 miles southeast of Howland Island."

Falcon's right, they need to find bones now. Or even evidence of a structure, or a cooking pit or camp. This is pretty flimsy evidence to conclude she and Noonan died on Nikumaroro. Couldn't the piece they found have washed ashore after a crash landing in the Pacific?

Sure is cool they're reasonably sure it is from her plane, though. I hope they scour the island now.
 
One of the most common conspiracy theories is that they were captured by the Japanese since they were on a spy mission for Roosevelt. From what I've read Roosevelt knew, made or realized Japan was big issue long before Pearl Harbor, basically most of the 30s. Who would've had the closet Navy around that time?
 
WhatInThe said:
One of the most common conspiracy theories is that they were captured by the Japanese since they were on a spy mission for Roosevelt. From what I've read Roosevelt knew, made or realized Japan was big issue long before Pearl Harbor, basically most of the 30s. Who would've had the closet Navy around that time?
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Don't you think Japan would have said something for propaganda purposes, or else tried to do some kind of ransom or trade deal if Japan had actually captured them? I don't know -- but it seems like it would have come out post-war. I think it's more likely they got lost and crashed somewhere besides where they thought they were.
 
The article SeaBreeze posted said the following:

"TIGHAR (pronounced “tiger”) is an acronym for The International Group for Historical Aircraft Recovery. It’s a large team of highly educated people (including anthropologists), and The Earhart Project is one of their ventures.

They’ve been leading expeditions to Gardner Island for more than two decades, including one in 2015. From this, they have amassed a significant number of artifacts, all suspiciously dated from the 1930s.


A woman’s shoe, an aluminum airplane panel, and a flight suit zipper have all been linked to Earhart’s time and style. They even found a Plexiglas panel that is the exact shape of the Electra’s windshield.


The archaeological site contained improvised tools and cooked animal remains, suggesting that someone (such as Earhart) had landed safely and used resources at her disposal to subsist for a while as she awaited rescue."
 

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