Modern Mysteries

Mystery object thought to be Amelia Earhart's plane has been identified

By T.K. Randall
November 6, 2024 ·  4 comments

The original sonar image of the object thought to be Earhart's plane. Image Credit: Deep Sea Vision More than 82 years after Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe in her Lockheed Model 10 Electra, the question of what happened to her continues to remain one of the biggest unanswered mysteries of the modern age.

Back in January of this year, however, a potentially game-changing new discovery in the Pacific Ocean approximately 100 miles from Howland Island (Earhart's destination just prior to disappearing) was thought to have had the potential to solve the mystery once and for all.

At the time, South Carolina-based underwater mapping team Deep Sea Vision had reported capturing a clear sonar image of what appeared to be an aircraft on the seafloor around 16,000ft beneath the surface.

The search, which was funded by pilot and former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Tony Romeo, involved scanning over 5,200 square miles of the ocean floor over several months.Fast-forward to the present, and now Romeo has confirmed in a statement that new sonar images of the mysterious object have revealed that it is in fact nothing more than a plane-shaped rock formation.

"This outcome isn't what we hoped for," he said.

"The global response to our initial discovery has been truly inspiring, a testament to Amelia and the pull of her incredible story."

Despite this disappointing result, however, the firm is resolute in its determination to continue the search and put the mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart to bed once and for all.

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