Niku VIII Preliminary Report

[Jerry Germann]

In this video, https://youtu.be/5h8DXqmzEPY?t=2658  ... at about 44:14-44:20, a member is seen holding an interesting aluminum appearing object, (flanged). Has that artifact been determined to be worthy of additional study, or has it been identified?
Would you be able to post some closer images ?

[Ric Gillespie]

In this video, https://youtu.be/5h8DXqmzEPY?t=2658  ... at about 44:14-44:20, a member is seen holding an interesting aluminum appearing object, (flanged). Has that artifact been determined to be worthy of additional study, or has it been identified?
Would you be able to post some closer images ?

That object was apparently not collected.  The person holding the artifact is Tom Roberts.  Tom is an experienced TIGHAR expedition member and he was the only person on the Betchart cruise who has an aviation background (he's a retired Lockheed Martin engineer). If Tom advised against collecting the object it must have been obviously non-aviation.

[Jerry Germann]

http://ameliaearhartarchaeology.blogspot.com/2015_09_01_archive.html

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

[Jerry Germann]

    Question concerning panel B, does that panel exhibit a hole at or about the same proximity as does panel C ?
   The Fabric piece, ...is it just a random piece, snagged upon the fold of the seam between the two panels, If upon prying the seams apart , is more material evident, indicating that it was held along the whole of the seam?