Bones, Shoes May Have Been Amelia Earhart's

[Ryinrea]

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable new lead in the mystery of what happened to aviator Amelia Earhart. Earhart disappeared in 1937 in the Western Pacific along with her navigator Fred Noonan as they were nearing the end of their round-the-world flight.New evidence suggests that Earhart may have crash-landed on an island and died waiting for rescue.

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Cool, this is on of the most coolest discovers.

[Swede]

Cool, this is on of the most coolest discovers.

Yes, it was...over 11 years ago. If the topic interests you, you might enjoy the fairly new novel (read - fiction) by Tom King. Again, while fictional and not to be taken as truth, the author is quite well known in the realm of CRM. As one who does not read fiction, I can not comment on the material other than what I know of the authors background. It is quite likely that it contains forensic aspects that you may enjoy.

[Swede]

Yes, it was...over 11 years ago. If the topic interests you, you might enjoy the fairly new novel (read - fiction) by Tom King. Again, while fictional and not to be taken as truth, the author is quite well known in the realm of CRM. As one who does not read fiction, I can not comment on the material other than what I know of the authors background. It is quite likely that it contains forensic aspects that you may enjoy.

Just an addendum, as it would appear that there a number of "Tom Kings" who are published.

Thomas F. King - "Thirteen Bones"

[Siara]

I've always been interested by this. One clue that seems like it could be a good lead... among the bones and artifacts they found the box for a sextant. This would have belonged to Fred Noonan, her navigator. His name has been lost in the past (relative to Amelia's) but at the time he was a very well-known navigator. The sextant box had a serial number and "batch number" inscribed on it. The company that made the equipment verified that the numbers dated it to the mid-1930's, but they couldn't get more specific. Doesn't it seem like they would have made a note of that somewhere for advertising purposes (eg- "The famed aviator Fred Noonan bought one of our sextants...")

The group mentioned in this article is planning to return to the former Gardner Island this summer searching for more artifacts. DNA technology has improved to the point where they'd only need a tiny DNA specimen to check it against Amelia's. When they found the first artifacts they were told that there was no hope for a DNA match because the specimen wouldn't be large enough and new enough. The first batch of artifacts have been handled by so many people that they're hopelessly contaminated.

Edited January 21, 2010 by Siara

[Swede]

I've always been interested by this. One clue that seems like it could be a good lead... among the bones and artifacts they found the box for a sextant. This would have belonged to Fred Noonan, her navigator. His name has been lost in the past (relative to Amelia's) but at the time he was a very well-known navigator. The sextant box had a serial number and "batch number" inscribed on it. The company that made the equipment verified that the numbers dated it to the mid-1930's, but they couldn't get more specific. Doesn't it seem like they would have made a note of that somewhere for advertising purposes (eg- "The famed aviator Fred Noonan bought one of our sextants...")

The group mentioned in this article is planning to return to the former Gardner Island this summer searching for more artifacts. DNA technology has improved to the point where they'd only need a tiny DNA specimen to check it against Amelia's. When they found the first artifacts they were told that there was no hope for a DNA match because the specimen wouldn't be large enough and new enough. The first batch of artifacts have been handled by so many people that they're hopelessly contaminated.

As noted, the technology has advanced significantly in recent years, as evidenced by such examples as the sequencing of H. neanderthalensis. With pretreatment and the sampling of interior material, one may speculate that a match may be obtainable.

[lindajoy]

Cool, this is on of the most coolest discovers.

Interesting article.. thank you for sharing it with us...one would think if there was any suspicion that it was Earhart's bones that they would have been well taken care of and secured...Don't know where they now are?? Seems someone may be misleading someone else???