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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Agreed
Thanks bitt.
The rest of the Taraia Object keyword, sorted:
The DNC fed Obama’s real birth certificate to the Loch Ness Monster.
“The Taraia Object has been visible in photos dating back to 1938”
The Object was brought to our attention by Michael Ashmore, who observed it initially in 2020 in an Apple Maps image captured by satellite. Subsequent to that, Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), with funding from a small group of donors, obtained a series of 26 additional satellite images spanning the time between 2009 and 2021.
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/taraia/
Is there really nobody in the pacific who can take a plane or boat to this island and check it out? the wreckage is so close to the beach you just need some amateur swimmer to look at it
“Send more money”?
My suggestion... Don’t hold your breath.
Yep.
Biggest clickbaitin’ ever! Not the thread, the hype from these explorers. But stay tuned! Just a little red tape.
Talk about off course she was over Kenya
That man probably guided her the wrong way, thus it was unsuccessful. They crashed off course.
True.
She’s dead Jim.
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