Amelia Earhart bones
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Razor17019
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Re: Amelia Earhart bones
TIGHAR is an organization that hunts for lost aircraft.
https://tighar.org/
They have been working on the Earhart case since 1998.
They have done many hours of research and on site analysis of Gardner Island or as it is known now - Nikumaroro.
They found many items that point to Earhart and Noonian dying on the island.
"In 1940, three years after Earhart disappeared, a British Colonial Service officer found the partial skeleton of a castaway on a remote part of the island. A campfire, animal bones, a box that had once contained a sextant, remnants of a man’s shoe and woman’s shoe made him think he may have found Amelia Earhart but, based on measurements, a doctor judged the skeleton to be male and American authorities were never notified.
The bones were subsequently lost, but computerized re-evaluation of the bone measurements by forensic anthropologists suggests that the skeleton was probably that of a white female of northern European descent who stood roughly Earhart’s height.
TIGHAR has found a site on the island that fits the description of where the castaway’s remains were found in 1940. Archaeological excavations in 2001, 2007 and 2010 have found and recovered physical evidence suggesting residence by an American woman of the 1930s including several artifacts of the same type as items known to have been carried by Earhart. TIGHAR research has shown that serial numbers reported to have been on the sextant box found in 1940 are consistent with the make and model of sextant used by Fred Noonan."
The site is filled with very fact based theroy of their landing on this island and dying there.
Interesting read and they search, find and recover other aircraft and items.
Check it out!
Razor
https://tighar.org/
They have been working on the Earhart case since 1998.
They have done many hours of research and on site analysis of Gardner Island or as it is known now - Nikumaroro.
They found many items that point to Earhart and Noonian dying on the island.
"In 1940, three years after Earhart disappeared, a British Colonial Service officer found the partial skeleton of a castaway on a remote part of the island. A campfire, animal bones, a box that had once contained a sextant, remnants of a man’s shoe and woman’s shoe made him think he may have found Amelia Earhart but, based on measurements, a doctor judged the skeleton to be male and American authorities were never notified.
The bones were subsequently lost, but computerized re-evaluation of the bone measurements by forensic anthropologists suggests that the skeleton was probably that of a white female of northern European descent who stood roughly Earhart’s height.
TIGHAR has found a site on the island that fits the description of where the castaway’s remains were found in 1940. Archaeological excavations in 2001, 2007 and 2010 have found and recovered physical evidence suggesting residence by an American woman of the 1930s including several artifacts of the same type as items known to have been carried by Earhart. TIGHAR research has shown that serial numbers reported to have been on the sextant box found in 1940 are consistent with the make and model of sextant used by Fred Noonan."
The site is filled with very fact based theroy of their landing on this island and dying there.
Interesting read and they search, find and recover other aircraft and items.
Check it out!
Razor
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