Amelia Earhart expedition finds suspected plane debris on Nikumaroro was washed-up trees
Summary
A US expedition sailed to the uninhabited Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro, about halfway between Australia and Hawaii, to investigate an object suspected to be wreckage from Amelia Earhart's plane. The object was first spotted on satellite imagery in 2020, and the team was drawn to the area by a metallic glint in the waters off the island. Steve Schultz of Purdue University said the team had not found the smoking gun it sought, and the expedition said the object was a clump of washed-up trees. The BBC reports that researchers said the object was likely to be trees. The New York Times reports that the satellite image that sent researchers to the atoll brought no resolution to the decades-old search. Sky News reports that the expedition ended without recovering any wreckage and that the anomaly was likely large trees.
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The Guardian
Source ↗The Guardian reports that a US expedition said the object it suspected was Amelia Earhart's plane debris on Nikumaroro was a clump of washed-up trees, with Steve Schultz of Purdue University saying the team could not find a smoking gun.
BBC
Source ↗The BBC reports that researchers travelled to a remote Pacific island to check whether an object first spotted on satellite imagery in 2020 was wreckage from Amelia Earhart's plane, and said it was likely to be trees.
The New York Times
Source ↗The New York Times reports that a satellite image sent researchers to a remote Pacific atoll in the search for Amelia Earhart's plane, but their findings brought no resolution to the decades-old search.
Sky News
Source ↗Sky News reports that an expedition investigating a satellite anomaly off a South Pacific island ended without recovering the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's missing plane, with researchers finding the object was likely large trees.
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