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Topic: Aviatrix Amelia Earhart's final resting place?
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nojnj
Member Posts: 503
From: Highland Heights, KY
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 12-18-2010 06:34 PM
   
I thought this was interesting...MSNBC: Amelia Earhart's final resting place? Newly reported evidence adds support to the claim that famed aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, spent the last days of their lives on Nikumaroro Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean, seen here from more than 400 miles up...Now TIGHAR [The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery] says it has recovered bone fragments from a remote area of Nikumaroro that may have come from a human. DNA tests to be conducted in Oklahoma could confirm whether the bones were indeed of human origin or instead came from a sea turtle. There's even a chance the bones could be genetically linked to Earhart. |
LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-18-2010 09:52 PM
I saw that program on cable (either Discovery or Science channel) and I found it very fascinating. The search was done by a skilled team of scientists. |
alanh_7
Member Posts: 1252
From: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 12-19-2010 08:29 PM
The Tighar group have be looking on Nikumororo island for years. They have looked over that island through 6 or 7 expeditions in detail and have yet to find any real concrete evidence to prove this was the resting place of Amelia Earhart. Some years ago, they claimed she and Noonan landed there evidence was the bottom of a shoe and a bill bottle cap. The fact that the island has had many visitors over the years since in 1937, In particular during WW2 is something they choose to ignore. I am not saying these fragments are not Earhart or Noonan. If I see concrete evidence from an independent source I will believe it. But until then the Tighar group has had so many false alarms and headline grabs without substance it hard to take them seriously any more. |
NAAmodel#240
Member Posts: 312
From: Boston, Mass.
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 12-27-2010 12:11 PM
In 1993 I tried to engage them in my search for pieces of X-15 number three. Since two were in museums and the one I was looking for was in pieces they had no interest.We ending up working with Milt Thompson, Bill Dana and others (both NASA and not) and had a great time. We located 18 fragments. Frankly, I was surprised the group had no interest in the X-15. | |
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