They are going to find her this time...;)

[phil65]

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/nat ... e/3599461/

Phil

[quemerford]

You'd think by now that anyone *really* looking would know that it's probably best to tell us after they've found her.

Otherwise it just sounds like you're looking for money to fund a nice vacation.

[Steve Nelson]

I saw some of the satellite shots they claim show a "mysterious object" that could be the Electra just offshore, which is obviously a tree trunk.

SN

[junkman9096]

"TIGHAR executive director Ric Gillespie doubts they will find that proof."

When you've lost TIGHAR.....

[kalamazookid]

"TIGHAR executive director Ric Gillespie doubts they will find that proof."

When you've lost TIGHAR.....

Someone from TIGHAR having doubts actually sounds like a ringing endorsement to me.

I doubt they find anything of interest.

[JohnB]

The good news, it is being done by Purdue University... so it's reasonably legit.
The bad news, they are guessing AE & FN still were marooned and died on the island.
The island has been searched by the "other" group for decades without finding anything conclusive.

The big question is what is the likelihood of the Lockheed making it to that island? How logical would it have been for the crew to divert...either intentionally or not..to the island? Years of TIGHAR propaganda have soured me on the likelihood of them reaching the island. It always seemed a convenient spot for the group to propagate their search efforts..

Would the aircraft STILL be shiny (I'm guessing that's what the satellite picked up) after 87 years of submersion ..covered in sand or not...how much of it would it be covered with coral. Seems like that could be answered in a phone call with an oceanographer (I understand Purdue is better known for corn than coral).
After seeing shallow wrecks of aircraft in the region, I would expect more coral on any wreckage.

[Xrayist]

Wait a minute...hasn't TIGHAR found her, like seven times, already?

[JohnB]

They haven't left yet, but they're e already sounding like the other group...
Here's a quote from the NBC story linked previously...

"The location is also close to Earhart’s planned flight path and almost precisely where four of her radio calls for help seem to originate, said Pettigrew, who has traveled to Nikumaroro."

I thought that to transmit radio messages, one of engines had to be operating.
Correct? If I'm wrong, please advise.

How could the engine be running if they were in the water (where they say the plane is) Or out of fuel?
If there was some battery power was it enough for a message to received at long distances

If the radio wasn't working, then this group, despite being fielded by a university, has shown in its news release that they're not going to let facts get in the way of a good story by leaning on unsubstantiated "evidence" that supports their hypothesis.
In other words, were the four radio call mentioned by them confirmed to be from AE?

And another issue with their theory is if the Lockheed is where they say it is and is that close to the shore, wouldn't pieces of it have been visible (or washed up on the beach) a couple of years later when the island was inhabited?

I wish them luck, hopefully the group had addressed these issues and the superficial media coverage I've seen just hasn't addressed them.

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[Stoney]

just watch a tv program about Nikumaroro yesterday and it was suppose to have a loran station on it in WW II and a wrecked ship from the 1920's plus a old coconut farm, no sign of her.

[JohnB]

Yes, there have been a (relative) lot of inhabitants and visitors on the island which made TIGHAR'S claims that anything found on the island (the dried poop/shoe/bottle) HAD to be her's, particularly farcical.

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[JohnH]

Looking on the map, now I see the deal with this island. Robert Ballard already thoroughly scanned the water and there's nothing there. When even Gillespie says it's no good , then that's a problem. I don't get the continued focus on this place. It seems most likely they went into the water , if one engine cut out first , it also was a possible spin stall. It seems highly unlikely they made any island . An ocean scan is going to be the only chance at it.

[quemerford]

I don't get the continued focus on this place.

Really? Looks like a nice place for an expenses-paid vacation to me.

[Larry Kraus]

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