Amelia Earhardt...her plane still not located

September 28, 2001. Niku IIII was the most successful Earhart expedition ever conducted. Whether or not it has produced the proverbial smoking gun remains to be seen, but there is no question that we have now identified and begun the clearing and excavation of a bona-fide archaeological site on Nikumaroro that is producing artifacts which have the potential of conclusively solving the Earhart mystery. Ric Gillespie, Executive Director, TIGHAR

The "anomoly" discovered by the Ikonos space satelite turned out to be bright red coral which appeared rust-like in the satelite photos. Darn. See my post at 11/28/2002 11:53:04 AM .