New Research Claims Bones Found 80 Years Ago On Pacific Atoll Likely Amelia Earhart's
Richard Jantz, a forensics expert at the University of Tennessee, reanalyzed measurements from the bones. He says they are female and the right size to be Earhart. But questions linger.
There is no shortage of speculation on what became of legendary American aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 over the Pacific during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe by air.
Now, Richard Jantz, a researcher affiliated with the University of Tennessee, has reexamined data from bones found three years after Earhart vanished on a remote atoll and determined they very likely belonged to her.
Three main theories about Earhart's disappearance — arguably the most enduring aviation mystery in history — have been bandied about over the years.
The first (and simplest) is that
