TIGHAR Lecturers

The Archaeological Search for Amelia Earhart An illustrated lecture by Thomas F. King, PhD, co-author of Amelia Earhart’s Shoes The 1937 disappearance of aviation pioneers Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan is a mystery that continues to fascinate. Several drastically different hypothetical answers have been provided to the question: “What happened to Amelia Earhart?” These include: • Ran out of gas and crashed into the Pacific • Captured by the Japanese and executed • Captured by the Japanese and survived • Hidden as part of an elaborate espionage operation by the U.S., Great Britain, or others • Trapped in a time/space warp • Became Tokyo Rose • Returned to the U.S. and died in the 1990s and • The Nikumaroro Hypothesis – landed, survived for awhile, and died on Nikumaroro atoll in the Phoenix Islands. The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has been conducting interdisciplinary scientific research testing the Nikumaroro Hypothesis since 1989, and may be coming close to an answer. Amelia Earhart’s Shoes, first published in 2001 and republished in an updated paperback edition in 2004, recounts TIGHAR’s adventures and presents the evidence. Thomas F. King, TIGHAR’s senior archaeologist and coauthor of 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. 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/