[ducttape45]

That’s what I’ve heard too. I wonder how close that sighting is to Nikumaroro?

[Macho MAGA Man]

Not sure. I thought the article said the object was located within 100 miles from Howland Island. Nikumaroro Island is 395 miles distance to Howland Island.

[linMcHlp]

Thanks to an Old Photograph, an Explorer Believes He Can Solve the Mystery of Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance Once and for All

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But in 2012, Ballard was shown a photo taken by Eric Bevington, a British officer, in October 1937, three months after Earhart’s disappearance. It pictures Nikumaroro Island, one of the Pacific’s mostly uninhabited Phoenix Islands, part of the Micronesian nation of Kiribati. A tiny speck poking out of the water on the edge of the photo, known as “The Bevington Object,” is believed by some to be the landing gear of Earhart’s plane, a Lockheed model 10-E Electra.

The shoreline runs into the ocean and then there is a shelf, in effect, beyond which (further into the ocean) the depth is remarkable.

Beginning with that shelf and then the area of depth - that is where I would first search, for the engines, using a rover, a sub, etc.

The Electra's fuel tanks - inside the cabin - may have acted as floats. I suspect that the aircraft may have floated offshore and to some distance. Depending on the sea state activities over the days after a possible landing on the shore - seen in the photo above.