For years, researchers speculated that a plane-shaped object submerged in the lagoon on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro could be Amelia Earhart's missing aircraft. But a recent expedition has found that the “Taraia Object” is far more mundane: on.natgeo.com/2KUPqO
Six years of satellite squinting, and the shiny "metal" was a pile of trees with a coral-sand glaze. Nikumaroro remains undefeated.
Oct 21, 2026 · 4:25 PM UTC
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