All,
I've been following this research for a long time and have been very skeptical of the investigation (some call it pathological science, but I wouldn't go that far or use adjectives like that). After looking at the post-loss radio transmission information, particularly the correlations it provides between direction finding and patterns in time, space and content of reports uniquely attributable to a genuine witness, it is abundantly clear AE was on or about Gardner island. What still remains an unexplained mystery, as far as I'm concerned, is why and how she was there. It doesn't make any sense ... not to me.
But the radio evidence is exceptional. Combined with the correlational patterns we are now seeing in the subsurface analysis it is clear that the plane has been found. At least three correlated regions of artificial material consistent with an aircraft in a remote location also correlated with a photograph of that same area above water, tends to confirm the radio evidence. I do not believe that any one region such as this, nor any of the so-called shore "evidence", was sufficient by itself to establish any cause to change what you're doing. Congratulations to all of you at TIGHAR and I hope that the positive vision of discovery prevails over avarice.
Lloyd