Where have I heard THAT before?...
Posted on 11/09/2025 12:31:16 PM PST by bitt
An expedition to track down Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane set for early November was pushed until next year .
A team of researchers from Purdue University was set to explore Nikumaroro Island in the South Pacific and dredge up what they believe may be Earhart’s plane, but encountered difficulties with local authorities when filing their permits — delaying their voyage.
Steve Schultz, Purdue University’s senior vice president and a member of the Earhart research team, explained that “maritime expeditions require thorough preparations and numerous clearances.”
“We have gained valuable insights throughout this process and are very confident and resolved to continue this quest with a planned 2026 departure,” he said in a statement.
The 15-person crew is still waiting on additional clearances from local authorities, but even if they were approved immediately, the impending cyclone season is already too close to guarantee a safe expedition.
“We’ve overcome other challenges to this project over the past four years, and we will get past this one, too,” Dr. Richard Pettigrew, executive director of the Archaeological Legacy Institute, said in an update.
The scientists believe that a visual anomaly on the island dubbed the Taraia Object may be Earhart’s plane.
“Because of the compelling evidence we have in front of us, we have to go to Nikumaroro and get a close look at the Taraia Object,” Pettigrew said. “Rest assured that we will do just that, so stay tuned! We will have a revised project schedule worked out soon.”
The Taraia Object has been visible in photos dating back to 1938, the year after Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared during her journey to become the first female aviator to circle the globe.
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An expedition to find a spine and a set of balls for Republicans
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Shocking!, or not.
Her plane is not going anywhere so what’s another year?
Would these ever be found?!
Where have I heard THAT before?...
I know where the plane is. It’s at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Somebody wants to create and monetize a new Reality Show on Search Missions. It’s usually a rotation of the same few catagories,
Titanic related. Amelia Earhart/ Jimmy Hoffa/ Nessie
Seen it speculated that she was on a mission to check out Japanese dispositions in the region before being forced down by Japanese warplanes and killed. Since there’s no mention of this in Japanese archives seized by the Allied victors, whereas even vivisections of US pilots and germ warfare efforts against the West Coast were painstakingly detailed, the Japanese abduction theory seems far-fetched. If found, the underwater wreckage will finally put this and many other speculations to bed.
Amelia Earhart’s plane will be found before the spine and balls on Republicans. So also will be questions about eternity and the existence of heaven and hell.
I’m more concerned about finding my little red Radio Flyer wagon than her airplane.
Nah, it was recycled for war materials by the Japanese.
It’s right next to Obama’s Birth Certificate.
It sounds like they spooked the local officials.
They would have been better of sending one guy down there as a tourist to simply scope out the area to determine if it was just weird shadows or sunken tree stumps that were in the water.
-PJ
“Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared during her journey to become the first female aviator to circle the globe.”
huh. so this brave ‘first woman!’ to do something did it with the help of a man. interesting. that part of the story doesn’t seem to get mentioned very often. they really, really hate white men is all i can say.
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