Possibe discovery of final resting place of Earhart and Noonan

[Reschke]

Cool story they have posted here. I wonder if they might be able to search the area around the atoll for possible wreckage of the aircraft that might have been swept off into the waters around there. If so and they find it then matching the serial numbers on parts (if able to) they should be able to positively identify but who knows if that will happen or not.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/23/amelia-earhart.html

[Fulmar]

I remember seeing on the today show about 10 years ago about them finding a women's shoe on one of those remote islands.  I briefly remember the interview, but I'm pretty sure it was Richard Gillespie.

[Ack-Ack]

I remember seeing on the today show about 10 years ago about them finding a women's shoe on one of those remote islands.  I briefly remember the interview, but I'm pretty sure it was Richard Gillespie.

Yeah, it was him.  Circumstantial evidence is looking good in his favor.  He needs to find the plane or some thing that he can trace back to the plane or somehow find the bones that were found in '39 and re-examine them.

ack-ack

[Chalenge]

There are a lot of things that bother me about this story and for which I must say the likelihood is very very small that the island ever saw Amelia. For one thing its unlikely that an island would have even been found outside of the one they were shooting for. The Pacific Ocean is not an easy place to find land just when you need it and this island they claim as the 'forced landing' site is not anywhere near the course they had selected. Castaways are called that because problem sailors are put ashore (sometimes left adrift off shore) rather than keep them aboard (Alexander Selkirk being the most famous castaway and inspiring the 'Robinson Crusoe' book). You could probably find skeletons on a lot of islands left from such castaways but the giant crab idea is a fanciful reason for the bones to have been carried off. Those crabs (about 16 inches) usually go for shiny objects and I dont see them pulling off bones instead (although they certainly would have devoured any flesh they came upon). Litter on the other hand can be carried by the seas half way around the world (California rubbage has floated all the way to Manila before) and debris would probably do the same. Somehow I doubt Amelia was wearing anything likely to be easily recognized as a womans shoe except by its size which is not a good indication of gender.

Everytime a new movie comes out there is a return of the same speculation and no one has ever found hard evidence of where she ended up.