Amelia Earhart investigators to study mysterious object in Pacific
Summary
A research team has started an expedition to Nikumaroro, a small island in the Pacific, to study a mysterious object called the Taraia Object that might be Amelia Earhart’s lost plane. The team will use photos, videos, sonar, and magnetometers to investigate and possibly recover the object for identification.Key Facts
- The Taraia Object is a visual anomaly seen in photos since 1938 near Nikumaroro Island in Kiribati.
- Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared in 1937 during a flight over the Pacific.
- Nikumaroro is about halfway between Australia and Hawaii and near Howland Island, Earhart's planned destination.
- The research team includes members from Purdue University and the Archaeological Legacy Institute.
- They plan to document the study with photos, videos, and scans before dredging the object from the lagoon.
- Some researchers believe Earhart and Noonan landed and lived on Nikumaroro for some time, citing relics and skeletal remains found there.
- Other experts doubt the object is related to Earhart's disappearance, saying prior searches found nothing there.
- For nearly 100 years, people have searched for Earhart’s plane to learn what happened to her.
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