New Guinea - Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan, en route to Howland Island, 2 July 1937

[Richard]

.... Speaking of Nikumaroro, anyone seen this (non-TIGHAR expedition to examine the “Taraia Object”)

The image appears to be a boat dock. It certainly isn't an aircraft.

The constant references to Nikumaroro by various groups over the years get more doubtful each time. If the objective is to raise money for further expeditions, then perhaps their speculations and "finds" are successful.

But to-date, not a single piece of valid evidence has been found to substantiate a Nikumaroro landing by Amelia and Fred.

There have also been numerous stories about finding her airplane here or there - or finding some corroded part that Might have been from her plane. None of which have panned out - except perhaps to keep the story alive and in the news.

 

[Richard]

A second batch of documents regarding the search for Amelia has recently been released.

It includes a request by Eleanor Roosevelt for the radio logs of the Itasca, correspondence between the US Secretary of State and Japan's Ambassador to the US, and a statement from President Roosevelt on the cost of the search.