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Scientists Discover New Possible Clue in Amelia Earhart Mystery
New York Post ^ | December 1, 2022 | Patrick Reilly

Posted on 12/01/2022 5:03:48 PM PST by nickcarraway

Scientists believe that they have discovered a key clue in the mysterious death of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart — who famously went missing during her ill-fated flight around the globe in 1937.

A team of researchers at Penn State’s Radiation Science and Engineering Centre (RSEC) discovered never-before-seen letters on a metal plate that washed ashore the remote island of Nikumaroro and recovered in 1991.

One well-publicized theory about her disappearance is that she died a castaway after landing her plane on the remote coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: ameliaearhart; flight; pennstate
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1 posted on 12/01/2022 5:03:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t get it. What do the letters mean?


2 posted on 12/01/2022 5:08:54 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: nickcarraway

How this is a key clue is not evident from the article, to say the least. It seems more an excuse to justify running tests and keeping journalists(?) employed. No connection is made between the letters and numbers read and anything to do with the plane involved.

The riveting used is noted to specifically not match what was used for her plane, so they are forced to hypothesize a repair that used alternate riveting.


3 posted on 12/01/2022 5:10:19 PM PST by Hieronymus
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To: nickcarraway

This aluminum panel was found back in 1991, TIGHAR has said for years that they thought it was most likely a part of her airplane. I believe this is the most likely theory of what happened to Amelia and her navigator Fred Noonan, that they landed on that island and later perished. The theory made sense, they were lost and Noonan would of headed south where lots of small islands were and they landed or crash landed because they were low on fuel.


4 posted on 12/01/2022 5:15:44 PM PST by WonkyTonky (Lenin said that Socialism is the first step toward Communism)
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To: nickcarraway

the pressing need of the day.


5 posted on 12/01/2022 5:16:50 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: nickcarraway

Crab food.


6 posted on 12/01/2022 5:17:33 PM PST by Theoria
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To: nickcarraway

Gravity?


7 posted on 12/01/2022 5:21:55 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: nickcarraway

When in doubt, aliens.


8 posted on 12/01/2022 5:25:35 PM PST by George J. Jetso
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I thought Captain Janeway solved that mystery in 2374


9 posted on 12/01/2022 5:25:38 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Beowulf9

Drink your Ovaltine.


10 posted on 12/01/2022 5:25:48 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: nickcarraway

Who cares?

I wish they would look as deeply into the election fraud over the past decades, the political graft of the politicians, and the theft of our nation’s money by the deep state, Ukraine, China, and others, as they have looked for a woman pilot who crashed her plane into the ocean decades ago. Hey! I know. They could look at FTX’s finances and find out where all that money went. Now that would be revealing and something I would be interesting in knowing.


11 posted on 12/01/2022 5:25:53 PM PST by CFW
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To: nickcarraway; Fred Nerks

Poor Amelia, they can’t accept that she was abducted by the Pleiadians.


12 posted on 12/01/2022 5:27:37 PM PST by Candor7
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To: nickcarraway

Rona got her.


13 posted on 12/01/2022 5:28:31 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Beowulf9

Possible manufacturer’s construction marks.


14 posted on 12/01/2022 5:29:01 PM PST by Cold Heart ("Miracle Grow for tumors")
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To: nickcarraway

“A ghost of aviation
She was swallowed by the sky
Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly
Like Icarus ascending
On beautiful foolish arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm”


15 posted on 12/01/2022 5:29:15 PM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: Beowulf9

Numbers could be production numbers or location on the plane, I wonder of there are plans still around for the lockeed Electra


16 posted on 12/01/2022 5:53:56 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: nickcarraway

She might have had a chance to survive if she had spent the money to go to the movie with Tom Hanks and the volley ball named Wilson...


17 posted on 12/01/2022 5:54:57 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: nickcarraway
This clearly says 385, not 335 on the center bottom panel:

Neutron radiography revealed several characters in the panel.

But honestly, so many things are floating on the water in oceans. It could belong to a number of missing vessels or other debris.

I mean there is even speculation that there are:

5 Ghost Ships Believed to Still be Sailing the Great Lakes

Above article was last updated Jan.12th, 2022, and originally published Jan. 7th, 2022.

18 posted on 12/01/2022 6:06:43 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Cold Heart

“Possible manufacturer’s construction marks.”

That was my first thought.


19 posted on 12/01/2022 6:13:54 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: WonkyTonky

I saw a documentary in which they showed a picture of what appeared to be her plane on a Japanese warship, and another shot of what appeared to be her sitting on the edge of a dock, in Japanese custody.
I don’t know if we’ll ever know for sure what really happened…


20 posted on 12/01/2022 6:25:40 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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