Overview

Overview

The goal of this wiki is to present the results of TIGHAR's research into the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937. In its first draft, we hope to provide links to all of the materials currently on the TIGHAR website as well as a variety of other already-existing materials and new articles detailing research methods, data, and interpretations. The outline given here does not list every article on the site; you may also use the search box on the left to explore other topics of interest.

Background Information

• Amelia Earhart
• Fred Noonan
• Gerald Gallagher

Around the World!

• Flight Planning
• Disaster at Luke Field

The Fatal Flight

• Delayed in Lae
• Preparations to take off
• Lae to Nightfall
• Nightfall to Ship In Sight
• Landing on the Reef?

Searches without Rescue

• Coast Guard search
• Navy search
• Some darned yacht--//The Yankee//?

Post-Loss Radio Messages

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• Summary

On Gardner / Nikumaroro

1937-1938

• New Zealand Survey (1938)
• U.S.S. Bushnell Survey (1939)

Colonization (1939)

• Pacific Islands Settlement Scheme

Bones: Lost and Found and Lost

• The Floyd Kilts Account
• The Documented Discovery
• What They Found -- Bones
• What They Found -- Artifacts
• The Trip to Fiji
• Examination and Description
• Disappearance

Subsequent Events

• Coast Guard LORAN Station (1944-1946?)
• Floyd Kilts (1960)
• The Bones File Surfaces (1997)

TIGHAR Research

Background on TIGHAR

• About TIGHAR
• The Niku Hypothesis
• Research Methods
• Earhart Project Advisory Committee

TIGHAR on Nikumaroro

• Niku I (1989)
• Niku II (1991)
• Niku IIIP (1996)
• Niku III (1997)
• Niku IIIIP (1999)
• Niku IIII (1999)
• Niku VP (WOF) (2003)
• Niku V (2008)
• The Island
  • Location and Geology
  • Place Names
  • Flora
  • Fauna
    • • • Marine
        • Terrestrial
  • History
  • Ethnohistory
  • Archaeology
    • • • The Village
        • Nutiran
        • Aukaraime South
        • The Seven Site
        • The Triangle Site
        • Kanawa Point
        • Ameriki
        • The Lagoon
        • The reef
        • artifacts_index Index of Archaeological Material

Research in Other Places

• Fiji
  • 1989 Initial Research
  • 1999 Bones Search I
  • bones_2003_overview 2003 Bones Search II
• Tarawa
• Funafuti
• Hanslope Park
• Auckland
• McKean Island
• kanton_overview Kanton (Canton) Island

Other Lines of Investigation

• Monte Carlo Simulation of Flight

Research Partners, Sponsors, Benefactors

• FedEx
• Photek
• Stihl
• Backwoods
• Select GIS Services
• Markertek Video Supply
• Instrument Sales and Service

Publications

• publications:shoes Amelia Earhart's Shoes
• publications:finding_amelia Finding Amelia
• TIGHAR Tracks
• TIGHAR Research Documents

Educational Resources

• tighar_lecturers Lecturers
• education_course_materials Course Materials

TIGHAR Products

• for_sale_clothing Clothing
• for_sale_misc Other fundraising goodies