After watching the History Channel documentary "Amelia Earhart - The Lost Evidence"
I believe it is very plausible, but More needs to be done.
I thought of many possible leads that could be followed that would further their investigation and conclusions. Can you think of more?
1. The tiny Marshall Island where metal airplane parts were discovered could be searched again by professionals looking for more artifacts.
2. The metal artifacts recovered so far could be analyzed again and compared to a known piece of Earhart's Lockheed plane that I know exists. A piece of her plane is authenticated to have broken off in Hawaii when she had an accident there from her previous attempt. This piece I believe is in a private collection.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetective ... art-plane/The aircraft artifacts are 99% aluminum, but the 1% of other materials could provide an exact match.
3. Search for more or aerial photos of the Marshall Islands before WWII. The Lockheed plane may show up.
4. The flags on the ship in the background of the photo may spell out a date. Each flag is a number or letter, what do they say?
5. Research Japanese archives, there has got to be a report from the Marshall Island Japanese sent back to mainland Japan somewhere.
6. Do the DNA test of Earhart's niece, keep on file for future reference. Use those results to test: Prison cell on Saipan, soil samples from cemetery on Saipan, any other suspected location she may have been, etc
7. Search for those bones that Fred Goerner dug up !
8. Search for those bones the Marines dug up!
9. Search for more in the National Archives, How about those classified decoded Japanese messages from the Marshall Islands.
10. Don't give up! The truth is out there.