Latest search for Amelia Earhart's plane at Nikumaroro Island came up empty — satellite anomaly turned out to be driftwood and debris, according to Purdue University and Archaeological Legacy Institute.
Despite decades of failed searches, researchers remain convinced she landed on the atoll as a castaway. Focus now shifts to deep-water scans near Howland Island, where a private group is raising millions to search the ocean floor using radio signal models.
The author questions whether the time and money spent chasing a decades-old mystery is worth it, noting the ocean rarely gives up its secrets.
Despite decades of failed searches, researchers remain convinced she landed on the atoll as a castaway. Focus now shifts to deep-water scans near Howland Island, where a private group is raising millions to search the ocean floor using radio signal models.
The author questions whether the time and money spent chasing a decades-old mystery is worth it, noting the ocean rarely gives up its secrets.