Scientist '99 Percent' Sure Bones Found Belong To Amelia Earhart

Scientists 99 percent sure bones found belong to Amelia Earhart. Scientists have linked these findings to Amelia Earhart.

Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who set many flying records and championed the advancement of women in aviation. During a flight to circumnavigate the globe, Earhart disappeared somewhere over the Pacific in July 1937. Her plane wreckage was never found, and she was officially declared lost at sea. Her disappearance was one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century.

Bones discovered on a Pacific island in 1940 are "likely" to be those of famed pilot Amelia Earhart, this is according to a US peer reviewed science journal. Earhart, her plane, and her navigator vanished without a trace in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean. Many theories have sought to explain her disappearance. But a new study published in Forensic Anthropology claims these bones prove she died as an island castaway.

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[piper]

There is also a photograph taken at the island in 1937 that shows what looks like the wheel of a plane sticking up out of the water around the island. It is speculated that the plane slowly moved down the reef of the island and eventually sank deep down into the ocean.

[gothicfairy]

I want to know how you can lose bones that might have had even the slightest connection to Amelia Earhart.

[terrahawk]

Without the bones it's speculation!
sincerely
- Sasquatch

[ffggddss]

One of my favorite songs was written about her disappearance, 2 years after it happened: "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight, " 1939, by "Red River" David McEnery.
Like the video says, it was assumed at the time she was "lost at sea, " meaning basically that she ditched in the ocean, and this is how the song has it:

"In shark-infested waters, her plane went down that night,
"In the blue Pacific to a watery grave."

And despite the fact that this is almost certainly not the case, the song is truly a gem.
I first heard it on an "alternative music" radio station back in the 70's; the cover of it by Ian Matthews, which omits the 2nd of the 4 verses. The refrain goes:

"There's a beautiful, beautiful field,
"Far away in a land that is fair,
"Happy landings to you, Amelia Earhart,
"Farewell, first lady of the air."

Fred

[NealB]

Until the missing bones are found and DNA tested, this counts as more of a wild ass guess than a theory.

[vikkiledgard]

Loved this video. Another great video from UM's! 👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[benjaminjohnson]

This is interesting - it would be cool to find out what happened to her, however analyzing data vs. actually investigating the bones themselves will never solve the case. Even if the bones do actually narrow it down to where they match less than 1% of the population, unless we can actually compare it to DNA or other information, we'll never know for sure.

[Nastyswimmer]

The bones were closer in size to Earhart than to 99% of the population, in other words they were the same size as 1% of the population - or about 40 million people at the time she went missing. So, rather than a 99% probability that the bones are hers, on the basis of this evidence the chance is only 1 in 40 million

[trudyperrigo]

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[raymondpruitt]

And in eighty year some scientists will say that you were wrong about those bones and with that being said without hard evidence none of us will ever know.

[Bidwellz]

she was murdered, the mystery hasnt been a mystery in decades.

[dantespimp]

How the hell do you lose BONES??? o_o It's kinda sad that a lotta cases go unsolved because some idiot misplaced an important sample. e_e

[colinp]

It seems to me that there are too many things that conveniently go missing now that we have the means by which their veracity can be determined. It makes you wonder if they actually existed in the first place or are they invented as a way to "solve" past events.

[edwardkellogg]

Just hope with more research that this mystery can be laid to rest.

[taborturtle]

I believe she was captured by the Japanese and executed secretly in Japan because they thought she was a spy. We aren't even shure if she was doing some sort of reconnaissance or not anyways. I watched an interesting program about the whole story and the evidence they had was pretty compelling. There is a photo of her and her companion that was taken after her disappearance. You can clearly see her and Fred in the background with some Japanese soldiers. A couple of former soldiers came forward and told the story of a white female aviator spy and her navigator being executed in Okinawa. It's sad to think but it looks like she met her end in Japan and as an American spy. I wish the Japanese government would come forward and present any information they have, but you know they won't. They don't want to be known as the people who killed Amelia! I really can't blame them I suppose.

[SantaAna_]

And We Still don't who Shot 2pac And Biggie 😔😠

[charlottemurrey]

Didn't get a notification for this vid, I have the little bell thing turned on :/

[SquaskewBros]

Love the Aztec death whistle in the background

[randomcanadian]

How would she have flown "around" something we know to be flat....? hahahhahhahaha KIDDING :D

[vikinghawk]

Of course the bones have magically disappeared just like lucky charms