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Marine robotics firm Deep Sea Vision confirmed that a sonar image initially believed to show Amelia Earhart’s missing plane was actually a natural rock formation.

The image, taken near Howland Island, sparked excitement earlier this year as it aligned with her 1937 flight path.

However, after 11 months of analysis, the company concluded it was not the wreckage of her Lockheed 10-E Electra.

Deep Sea Vision plans to continue its search for Earhart’s last known location despite the setback.

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[–] seang96@spgrn.com 3 points 8 hours ago

Deep Sea Vision's Instagram page also featured a post this month of a branded T-shirt with the sonar image that states: "We find rocks."

The best part of this story, they got a good humor about it at least.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

My God in Heaven. It WAS aliens all along. A UFO intercepted Earhart's plane and turned it to stone with a space ray! Or, possibly, a wizard did it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Ah, the dreaded "looks like," which amateurs plague archaeologists with all the time and which regularly makes it into the media makes it into the media again.

Heaven forbid we wait for confirmation. It looks like her plane!

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

But don't worry, now that the correction is out, we'll only have at least 15 years of people who saw those articles confidently declaring that Amelia Earheart's plane was discovered (along with her remains).

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 10 points 19 hours ago

But the government is hiding it for reasons....

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You have to admit, that was a pretty damn close match for a sonar image.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

But that's exactly why you wait for confirmation.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

I’m wondering if the rock formation includes all the silverware that the coconut crabs used.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago

We all know she was a Japanese prisoner. /s