TIGHAR makes it to CNN...

[Robbie Roberts]

I watched their "special" about their expeditions a few months ago, and I actually believe they have a convincing story this time- At least an interesting one if not true. But I am hoping they do have it right this time, so they'll shut up, and start looking for Grizzly Adams. We need him.

In any case, the story about the girl hearing a distress call in Florida does hold water- it is possible for radio to "skip" like that, depending on atmospherics at the time, frequency transmitting on, etc. Any Ham Radio operator can tell you that. The radios then usually had Broadcast band, and Shortwave: which is what she was transmitting on. A signal using skip can "jump" over stations in between to be picked up hundreds or thousands of miles away, depending on the carrier signal- even low strength- and the particular atmospheric conditions. And anyone using HF can tell you, Broadcasting next to a body of salt water gives you a great groundplane to bounce off of- and increase your transmission distance. Given the amount of saltwater between where they speculate she was, and Florida, that signal could have kept bouncing all the way around, conditions being right- which they well may have been.

As to the theory of the aircraft landing on a strip of level beach, there appears to be enough near the shipwreck the anyone could have done so: the possibility the a/c got hung up in a hole, and subsequently destroyed, washed out in a high seas tide, etc, is plausible- not to hard to imagine happening in the course of a few years. And with weather patterns being what they are, I could see heavy seas washing that beach- if it were always calm, it would not be such a wide expanse in that spot. They found "something round" just over the shelf there: I'd say keep looking in that area, but further down the shelf face, and farther afield.

And about the torn to bits and eaten by crabs theory, may sound strange, or far-fetched, but I very seriously believe that would happen if the opportunity presented itself. Man would that hurt! But if no one is there to hear the screams, well then you die alone...

Scott

[agent86]

Yep ,Ol Grizzly Adams is missed by all. poor sob. oh yeah,gentle Ben too

[m charters]

What the heck, throw this one in the mix for fun....

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/disco ... rt-licked/

[agent86]

Yes sir,one engine on fire and the other feathered can ruin your whole day. dont wanna be on that plane
I believe that Tighar is also on a quest to verify ol wrong way Corrigan's story that he took a wrong turn and didnt mean to wind up where he did.thank god for these experts

[ZeamerB17]

Did anyone else catch the last line... Fecal clumps? Really... you cant make this up.

I've got a "fecal clump" for TIGHAR ...

"You learn patience," TIGHAR executive director Ric Gillespie said Wednesday night about the findings. "The door is still open for it to be a human finger bone."

The middle finger, no doubt.

[agent86]

Then its obvious they have solved the amelia question,a womans shoe sole,fecal clumps and an Aluminium box.it would hold up in court dont ya think? I'm sorry but these guys are Bozo's

[Gary M]

If she landed on the (new) beach and the plane was later washed out to sea to its new resting spot, wouldn't it had been spotted when the US Navy searched high and low for her in July 1937? Or, didn't they search that far to the west?

Send John Chatterton and Richie Kohler down on the wreck and they will figure it out by lunch time.......

[Warbirdnerd]

TIGHAR weighs in on the PNG story...

SYDNEY - A US aircraft history expert has dismissed as "beyond ludicrous" claims that the wreckage of aviator Amelia Earhart's plane has been found in Papua New Guinea and is guarded by a six-meter long snake.

Papua New Guinea's Post-Courier newspaper had reported that a plane wreck found in 70 metres of water northwest of Buka in the autonomous Bougainville region in 2005 may answer the mystery of what became of the adventurer.

But the US-based group of aviation enthusiasts The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) dismissed the claim as improbable.

"They contacted me months ago and my response was initially, 'I really don't see how it could be Earhart's plane'," executive director Ric Gillespie told AFP via telephone from the United States.

Earhart's plane took off from Lae, in what is now Papua New Guinea, in July 1937 during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe via the equator. She was never seen again.

A massive search failed to find Earhart or navigator Fred Noonan and the pair are presumed to have died after ditching their Lockheed Electra in the ocean en route to Howland Island -- a tiny isle in the middle of the Pacific.

Gillespie said Earhart's plane was within 200 miles of Howland with four hours of fuel left at most when it disappeared.

"And there's just no way that a 150 mile an hour airplane can fly 2,000 miles in four hours back to New Guinea -- it's not going to happen," he said.

He said the plane could be the wreck of an American US navy Lockheed Ventura that was lost in the area during World War II.

"If there is any airplane there at all I suspect that is what they found," he said, adding that his request for pictures for verification purposes had been ignored.

He said the stories regarding the coral-covered wreck -- such as that valuables including gold bullion had been found inside the plane and that a six-meter (20 foot) snake was guarding it -- were difficult to believe.

"It has just reached the point where it is beyond ludicrous," he said.
"Maybe somebody has seen an airplane which could be mistaken for a Lockheed Electra and things just went way out of control. Maybe they are inventing things to try to keep people away from it but it's just got as silly as anything I've ever seen (regarding Earhart)... and that's saying something."

Many theories, including that Earhart lived for years as a castaway on a remote island, have surfaced since the aviator went missing and Gillespie said the story illustrated the enduring interest in the aviator.

"I suppose it's a tribute to Amelia," he said.

Found it here:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingne ... aim-in-PNG

[Pathfinder]

He said the plane could be the wreck of an American US navy Lockheed Ventura that was lost in the area during World War II.

How cool is that? It is obvious that RG read MY posting here on WIX. That is the ONLY conclusion I can draw from his statement!!!

[agent86]

last I heard,John and Ritchie are on their way

[WallyB]

How cool is that? It is obvious that RG read MY posting here on WIX. That is the ONLY conclusion I can draw from his statement!!!

Your post ?

[Pathfinder]

Your post ?

Of Course!! It is the presumption of a Totally Inaccurate Grandstanding Half-A**ed Researcher

[The Inspector]

TIGHAR finally finding positive proof of her fate is exactly the same odds as ever finding Bin Ladin, if we ever do, the mystery and suspense are over (as would be the fund raising/tax money expendatures), wait a second! has anyone checked the greeters @ the Walmart in Ottumwa Iowa?

[agent86]

TIGHAR finally finding positive proof of her fate is exactly the same odds as ever finding Bin Ladin, if we ever do, the mystery and suspense are over (as would be the fund raising/tax money expendatures), wait a second! has anyone checked the greeters @ the Walmart in Ottumwa Iowa?

That dude looks like Bin Laden to me,he must be guilty

[tom d. friedman]

i wanna see the 20 ft long snake.second biggest snake i've seen today

that wasn't a 20 ft snake, it was a 20 ft load of crap!!! must have been from the crabs & probably to much butter!!