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The Archaeological Search for Amelia Earhart
'''You may [mailto:info@tighar.org send an e-mail to TIGHAR Central] for more information about these or other TIGHAR lecturers.'''
An illustrated lecture by Thomas F. King, PhD, co-author of Amelia
 
Earhart’s Shoes
;[[Richard E. Gillespie]]
The 1937 disappearance of aviation pioneers Amelia
:Ric is a co-founder of [[TIGHAR]] and is prepared to lecture on a large variety of topics related to [[TIGHAR|TIGHAR's]] work on historic aircraft recovery.  He is based Wilmington in Wilmington, Delaware, but has lectured all over North America and Europe.
Earhart and Fred Noonan is a mystery that continues to
:* [http://tighar.org/news/contact-us contact information]
fascinate. Several drastically different hypothetical
 
answers have been provided to the question: “What
;Skeet Gifford
happened to Amelia Earhart?” These include:
:details
• Ran out of gas and crashed into the Pacific
:* contact information
• Captured by the Japanese and executed
 
• Captured by the Japanese and survived
;[[Andrew McKenna]]
• Hidden as part of an elaborate espionage operation
:details
by the U.S., Great Britain, or others
:* contact information
• Trapped in a time/space warp
 
• Became Tokyo Rose
;Lonnie Schorer
• Returned to the U.S. and died in the 1990s
 
and
;Barbara Norris
• The Nikumaroro Hypothesis – landed, survived for
:details
awhile, and died on Nikumaroro atoll in the
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Phoenix Islands.
 
The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has been conducting
;[[Fr. Martin X. Moleski, S.J., Ph.D.]]
interdisciplinary scientific research testing the Nikumaroro Hypothesis since 1989, and
:Fr. Moleski was sent by TIGHAR on the [[2003_Bones_Search_II|second expedition to Fiji]] to search for the material sent there from Nikumaroro in 1941. One-hour Powerpoint-illustrated lecture on the bones, sextant box, shoe parts, corks on brass chains, Benedictine bottle, and the inverting eyepiece.
may be coming close to an answer. Amelia Earhart’s Shoes, first published in 2001 and
[[Category:Biographical Data]]
republished in an updated paperback edition in 2004, recounts TIGHAR’s adventures and
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presents the evidence.
 
Thomas F. King, TIGHAR’s senior archaeologist and coauthor
;[[Thomas F. King, PhD]]
of Shoes, is available as a speaker to groups of any size
:Tom King, Earhart Project senior archaeologist and co-author of ''Amelia Earhart's Shoes,'' is available as a speaker to groups of any size and type. He provides a one-hour Powerpoint-illustrated lecture on TIGHAR’s work and fields questions, comments,and arguments.
and type. He provides a one-hour Powerpoint-illustrated
:[http://www.blogger.com/profile/00037819472341496713 Tom King's profile.]
lecture on TIGHAR’s work and fields questions, comments,
:* ''To arrange for a talk,'' e-mail [mailto:TFKing106@aol.com Dr. King.]
and arguments.
To arrange for a talk, contact Dr. King at TFKing106@aol.com
To purchase Amelia Earhart’s Shoes, visit the publisher at
www.altamirapress.com Dr. King
To learn more about TIGHAR and its work, visit www.tighar.org
For a project summary, see http://archaeology.about.com/od/pacificislands/a/king_ae.htm
For a new (2006) analysis of Earhart’s disappearance, see http://www.findingamelia.com/

Latest revision as of 18:25, 11 June 2010

You may send an e-mail to TIGHAR Central for more information about these or other TIGHAR lecturers.

Richard E. Gillespie
Ric is a co-founder of TIGHAR and is prepared to lecture on a large variety of topics related to TIGHAR's work on historic aircraft recovery. He is based Wilmington in Wilmington, Delaware, but has lectured all over North America and Europe.
Skeet Gifford
details
  • contact information
Andrew McKenna
details
  • contact information
Lonnie Schorer
Barbara Norris
details
  • contact information
Fr. Martin X. Moleski, S.J., Ph.D.
Fr. Moleski was sent by TIGHAR on the second expedition to Fiji to search for the material sent there from Nikumaroro in 1941. One-hour Powerpoint-illustrated lecture on the bones, sextant box, shoe parts, corks on brass chains, Benedictine bottle, and the inverting eyepiece.
Thomas F. King, PhD
Tom King, Earhart Project senior archaeologist and co-author of Amelia Earhart's Shoes, is available as a speaker to groups of any size and type. He provides a one-hour Powerpoint-illustrated lecture on TIGHAR’s work and fields questions, comments,and arguments.
Tom King's profile.
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