kholmar
07-13-2001, 12:32 PM
<title>Amelia Earhart Plane Possibly Spotted By Satellite William Colston kholmar bill2@earthling.net</title>
This story places the aircraft in the Pheonix Group rather than the Gilberts but both groups belong to the Republic of Kiribati. Not too much evidence yet, just some satellite imagery.<br>
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Excerpt<br>
The wreckage of Amelia Earhart's ditched-at-sea aircraft may have been found. High-resolution satellite imagery of Nikumaroro Island in the southwest Pacific has detected what may be remains of the plane resting in water within a coral atoll....<br>
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..... This uninhabited coral atoll is in the Phoenix Group, now part of the Republic of Kiribati. Islands of Kiribati are low-lying coral atolls built on a submerged volcanic chain and encircled by reefs....<br>
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Link to the full story<br>
<a target=_new href="http://sightings.com/general11/spotted.htm">http://sightings.com/general11/spotted.htm</a><br>
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Map of the General Area<br>
<a target=_new href="http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?link=school/worldatlas_index&uid=u3huc3hcuey8j8md:z09zblly8&atlas=kiribati">http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?link=school/worldatlas_index&uid=u3huc3hcuey8j8md:z09zblly8&atlas=kiribati</a><br>
This story places the aircraft in the Pheonix Group rather than the Gilberts but both groups belong to the Republic of Kiribati. Not too much evidence yet, just some satellite imagery.<br>
<br>
Excerpt<br>
The wreckage of Amelia Earhart's ditched-at-sea aircraft may have been found. High-resolution satellite imagery of Nikumaroro Island in the southwest Pacific has detected what may be remains of the plane resting in water within a coral atoll....<br>
<br>
..... This uninhabited coral atoll is in the Phoenix Group, now part of the Republic of Kiribati. Islands of Kiribati are low-lying coral atolls built on a submerged volcanic chain and encircled by reefs....<br>
End Excerpt<br>
<br>
Link to the full story<br>
<a target=_new href="http://sightings.com/general11/spotted.htm">http://sightings.com/general11/spotted.htm</a><br>
<br>
Map of the General Area<br>
<a target=_new href="http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?link=school/worldatlas_index&uid=u3huc3hcuey8j8md:z09zblly8&atlas=kiribati">http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?link=school/worldatlas_index&uid=u3huc3hcuey8j8md:z09zblly8&atlas=kiribati</a><br>