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Re:Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing, Newly Dis... by abritinthebay on Thursday July 06, 2017 @11:09AM (#14710965)
I agree this photo is silly but that’s not quite true - we have partial plane wreckage, of either the same or similar model of plane, and a woman’s bones (now lost).

It’s likely she crashed, and likely died on an island. The evidence is extremely suggestive. Not conclusive by any means but more than simply conjecture.

Re:Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing, Newly Dis... by kafkaesq on Thursday July 06, 2017 @03:37PM (#14713225)
a woman’s bones (now lost).

I thought the consensus was that they turned out to be a man's bones (and not even matching Earhart's proportions). Which may explain why they ended up getting "lost".

That leaves us with just that patch of aluminum, of unconfirmed origin. I would call that kind of an indication "mildly" rather than "extremely" suggestive.

Re:Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing, Newly Dis... by abritinthebay on Thursday July 06, 2017 @03:46PM (#14713304)
No, that was the initial conclusion but later analysis (of the measurements) put it within the (non typical) range of her.. remember- it was partial remains too.

They also found a woman’s shoe and a sextant with a serial in the range that would have been issued to her.

It’s not conclusive at all, I agree, but it’s got vastly more evidence (that is otherwise not easily explainable) than any other theory.