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Explorer believes he may have found Amelia Earhart’s lost plane

Headline from WPRI Providence, on the newest of 3 developments

A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries

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Developments in this update

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  1. A former US Air Force officer spent $11 million searching for Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane — and may have found it

    Headline from Insider ·

  2. Amelia Earhart plane wreckage may have been found in Pacific

    Headline from The Columbian ·

  3. Newest

    Explorer believes he may have found Amelia Earhart’s lost plane

    Headline from WPRI Providence ·

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63 articles, oldest first.

  1. Insider

    A former US Air Force officer spent $11 million searching for Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane — and may have found it (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Amelia Earhart vanished during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. Tony Romeo believes he's found the wreckage of the ill-fated flight.

  2. Fox News

    Ocean exploration company believes it may have found Amelia Earhart's wrecked plane: 'We're all hopeful' (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Deep Sea Vision, an ocean exploration company based in South Carolina, believes it may have found the plane that Amelia Earhart died in in 1937, capturing it on sonar.

  3. New Hampshire Public Radio

    Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly spotted in the Pacific by exploration team (opens New Hampshire Public Radio)

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    New Hampshire Public Radio's feed description

    Deep Sea Vision says its sonar image equipment spotted an object in the Pacific Ocean that closely resembles the shape and size of Amelia Earhart's aircraft.

  4. KTLA Los Angeles

    Pilot believes he has found Amelia Earhart’s plane (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    KTLA Los Angeles's feed description

    For nearly 90 years, the world has been vexed by the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her plane. Back in 1937, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan left Miami in a Lockheed Electra 10-E plane on a …

  5. NBC 6 South Florida

    Is this Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane? Explorer believes he's solved the great mystery (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Tony Romeo, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer and CEO of Deep Sea Vision, believes he found Amelia Earhart’s plane that vanished in 1937.

  6. Jalopnik

    Amelia Earhart's Lost Plane Possibly Found At The Bottom Of The Pacific Ocean (opens Jalopnik)

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    Jalopnik's feed description

    Real Estate investor spent $11 million looking for the lost aviator's plane.

  7. CBS News

    Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Deep Sea Vision says it captured a sonar image in the Pacific Ocean that "appears to be Earhart's Lockheed 10-E Electra" aircraft.

  8. The Daily Caller

    ‘Wreckage’ Of Amelia Earhart’s Plane Possibly Found In Breakthrough Search (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    A series of sonar images shared on Saturday are believed to show the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane, which disappeared on July 2, 1937.

  9. Insider

    Is this Amelia Earhart's missing plane? (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    A former US intelligence officer believes he may have found the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane on the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

  10. Time

    Amelia Earhart's Missing Plane Possibly Found (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    A team led by Deep Sea Vision used an underwater drone to scan more than 5,200 square miles of ocean floor.

  11. NBC News

    Is this Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane? Explorer believes he’s solved the great mystery with sonar (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    “There’s no other known crashes in the area, and certainly not of that era in that kind of design with the tail that you see clearly in the image,” Tony Romeo, CEO of Deep Sea Vision, said on the discovery.

  12. The Guardian

    Ex-US air force pilot claims he may have located lost Amelia Earhart plane (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Tony Romeo believes sonar images may well be wreckage of plane flown by US aviator that disappeared over Pacific in 1937

  13. New York Times

    An Explorer Believes He Found Amelia Earhart’s Plane. Experts Aren’t Convinced. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    A robotics company captured a sonar image that its chief executive believes shows Earhart’s long-lost plane at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Archaeologists say it’s too early to know.

  14. FOX 4 Dallas

    Amelia Earhart's lost, wrecked plane possibly spotted by explorers in Pacific Ocean (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

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    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    A marine robotics company may have unraveled the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance. Utilizing sonar technology, they detected an image resembling her aircraft west of her projected landing spot in the Pacific Ocean.

  15. Washington Times

    Explorers claim to have found Amelia Earhart’s plane on the ocean floor (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    A company of explorers, Deep Sea Vision, claims to have found the missing plane of aviator Amelia Earhart after taking a sonar image of the Pacific Ocean's floor.

  16. WSVN Miami

    Sonar imagery may have revealed Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane, researchers say - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    (CNN) — Groundbreaking aviator Amelia Earhart’s tragic and mysterious disappearance while flying over the Pacific Ocean has captivated the world for nearly 87 years, spurring on

  17. WSVN Miami

    New clue discovered in Pacific Ocean believed to be lost plane flown by Amelia Earhart - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    A new clue has been released in one of American history’s biggest mysteries.A picture picked up by sonar, showed what is believed to be the

  18. Triblive

    Amelia Earhart plane wreckage may have been found in Pacific (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    A South Carolina exploratory team claims it may have found the plane Amelia Earhart was flying when she disappeared in July 1937. Robotic company Deep Sea Vision (DSV) said in a press release that a sonar image it recorded “in a swath of the Pacific untouched by known wrecks” could

  19. AL.com

    Amelia Earhart’s plane possibly found in Pacific Ocean, researchers say (opens AL.com)

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    AL.com's feed description

    Earhart, along with navigator Fred Noonan, disappeared during a 2,500-mile flight as they attempted to circle the globe.

  20. Anchorage Daily News

    Deep-sea exploration company thinks it has found Amelia Earhart’s plane on the seafloor (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The evidence: a few fuzzy images taken roughly 5,000 meters under the surface of the Pacific, showing what appears to be an object on the ocean floor shaped like a plane.

  21. CNN

    Sonar imagery may have located Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane, researchers say (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    A new deep-sea exploration company has revealed a sonar image of an airplane-shaped anomaly 16,000 feet underwater — and it could be Amelia Earhart’s missing plane.

  22. ZME Science

    Unmanned submersible may have found Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane (opens ZME Science)

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    ZME Science's feed description

    After a century of speculation, a deep-sea drone may have finally located Amelia Earhart's lost aircraft in the Pacific Ocean.

  23. Newsweek

    Map of area Amelia Earhart plane is believed to have been discovered (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Deep-sea explorers say they have found what could be Earhart

  24. Digital Journal

    Deep sea explorer says may have found Amelia Earhart's plane (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A deep sea exploration company has released a sonar image they say may be the remains of the plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed American aviatrix who

  25. Washington Examiner

    Explorer claims to have found location of Amelia Earhart's plane (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A former Air Force intelligence officer turned explorer claims he has located the resting place of Amelia Earhart's plane following an $11 million expedition at sea.

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