WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – The nearly 90-year mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart’s disappearance remains unsolved after a Purdue University expedition determined that an object believed to be her missing airplane was likely a collection of trees.
The Taraia Object expedition, a joint effort between Purdue University, the Purdue Research Foundation and the Archaeological Legacy Institute, announced Sunday that researchers found no conclusive evidence linking the mysterious object to Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10-E.
The team traveled to Nikumaroro, a remote island in the South Pacific, to investigate an unusual object first spotted in satellite imagery in 2020…