Search for Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane reignites with ambitious new expedition

The Taraia Object Expedition is scheduled to depart October 7 for Nikumaroro Island to investigate an anomaly identified through satellite imagery. Researchers believe the object may be the aircraft piloted by Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The expedition will conduct physical investigation and documentation of the site.

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