So---where does TIGHAR go from here??
What about the land search?
Rolling Thunder revisited at the 7 site?
Shakedown at the village?
Or too early to say?
What about the land search?
Rolling Thunder revisted at the 7 site?
Shakedown at the village?
Or too early to say?
Wasn't there a mention that (for those of you who are going to next year's expedition) you all would try to hunt down the bones that are possibly in Fiji? Unless if I'm mistaken....
Should you find the bones and if they then prove to be those of Amelia Earhart, what are TIGHARS plan for them?
You heard it here first -
A four-person TIGHAR team led by Niku VI Team Physician Jon Overholt MD will search for the missing bones in Fiji in May. The focus of their search will be the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva - a prime suspect location. Previous TIGHAR searches for the bones in 1999 and 2006 were denied entry to the hospital but we now have the hospital administration's enthusiastic cooperation.
I agree with focusing on the deep water search now. More artifacts are probably just going to simply add to the already convincing theory. The "smoking gun" is on the ocean floor. Find that, and nothing else matters. Even if you find the original bones in Fiji, may not have enough evidence to prove they were AE's and that they really came from Niku. Find a piece of the 10E, any piece.
You heard it here first -
A four-person TIGHAR team led by Niku VI Team Physician Jon Overholt MD will search for the missing bones in Fiji in May. The focus of their search will be the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva - a prime suspect location. Previous TIGHAR searches for the bones in 1999 and 2006 were denied entry to the hospital but we now have the hospital administration's enthusiastic cooperation.
Are there any pictures of Sir Harry's office extant? I have been wondering what kind of a housekeeper he was and whether something like the mysterious boxes from one of the farthest corners of the empire might show up in the background of some photos, kind of like the Pan Am shot (http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/thumb/8/8e/M-130_Clipper_Nav_Station.jpg/300px-M-130_Clipper_Nav_Station.jpg).
Someone tell me I'm wrong, and the Electra is safe and sound, in 1500Ft of water, on the sandy bottom, in virtually mint condition, just waiting for Ric to find it.
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Of course if TIGHAR finds the definitive skeleton in the closet, SOMEBODY will be a willing-enough skeptic to claim that there's no way to know that THOSE bones are THE ACTUAL bones sent by Gallagher...
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I was thinking the same thing. The only thing that DNA testing would prove is that EA's bones are in Fiji. Unless ironclad evidence proving chain of custody could be found, I can't imagine there'd be any way to difinitively connect them to Gardner, even if they are THE bones. What then?
Unless ironclad evidence proving chain of custody could be found, I can't imagine there'd be any way to difinitively connect them to Gardner, even if they are THE bones.
I did not know that there are tourist expeditionss to niku and also to kanton, is this good or bad for ae expeditions? Is is possible that "tourism" can take, destroy, remove, misplace important evidence??In addition to saying that for $3900 you'll get to camp overnight on the island, this expedition company (http://www.pacific-expeditions.com/voyage_options/phoenix_islands.asp) describes an irresistible Niku:
Gardner Island: Possibly the final resting place of Amelia Earhart, but we can not guarantee you we will find her crashed Lockheed plane.
We can find you plenty of diving with the manta rays and sharks. We definitely recommend a trip around the lagoon in our inflatable boat, bring your snorkeling gear for sure.
Be careful, this is the sort of magical atoll that you will fall in love with - probably at first sight - a green speck of paradise in the mighty blue Pacific