The Search For Amelia Earhart's Lost Plane Is Finally Over

Hey guys, what's going on? I'm your host Jarred Bronstein and welcome back to Inform Overload. Today we're talking about the mysterious case of Amelia Earhart and her missing plane, because the search is finally over. Don't get too excited now guys. Before we jump into it, make sure you guys are subscribed, click that bell to be notified of our latest posts, and of course, share this video with a friend! We got some fun outtakes or bloopers or just clips of me being horrible at my job coming up toward the end of this video, so stick around for that, but let's just fly into it. Alright, so Robert Ballard, who was the guy responsible for finding the Titanic, led the search to find Amelia Earhart's lost plane, or at least parts of it, to finally put an end to the mystery of her disappearance once and for all. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to find a single trace. Now although most would consider this a failure, he sees it as quite the opposite. They now know where the plane isn't. That's a good way to look at it. Like a half full half empty kind of thing. It's good. Although Dr. Ballard avoided searching for the plane for decades, one clue made the expedition irresistible. A photo taken by a British officer in 1940 of what is now known as Nikimuroro, an island located in the middle of the Western Pacific Ocean. Did I say it wrong? Most likely. Kurt Campbell, who was a senior official during the Obama era, had intelligence analysts enhance this picture, which showed a blurry object that looked like it could have been a piece of landing gear from Earhart's plane. This clue, and the decades of research done on the island by the International Group of was enough to get Dr. Ballard interested in exploring. Using ships, drones, and other technologies, they surveyed the island's deep and shallow waters. Although they didn't find pieces of her plane, they did find a ton of rocks that were the same size and shape as some of her landing gear. It's possible that is what the picture showed as the blurry image. However, there is other evidence that leads many to believe that this is the island Earhart made her landing. It's believed she made distress calls which were picked up by surrounding islands, including Wake Island, Midway Atoll, and Honolulu. These islands form a triangle like shape around Nikumaroro. There was a campsite found on the island back in 1940 where 13 bones were gathered and sent off for testing. The tests determined the bones belonged to a European man, and then they were lost. After many years, Tighar found information on the doctor's analysis, and had Richard Jantz, a former professor of anthropology at the University of Tennessee, study the nearly 80 year old analysis. His studies concluded the bones found on the island were in fact very similar to Earhart's bones. What's even more interesting is just a year ago, the lost bones were found in a museum on the island of Tarawa, an atoll in the South Pacific. The bones are now being tested for DNA by researchers at the University of South Florida to determine whether or not they belong to Earhart. During their expedition, Dr. Ballard, who was accompanied by archaeologists from National Geographic, found samples of soil at a temporary camp on the island. They will be testing the soil for DNA as well to determine if it could prove Earhart did in fact inhabit the island while she made an emergency landing. As of now, the search for Earhart's plane has concluded, given the current evidence they have. However, if it is in fact proven that any of the samples found did belong to Earhart, the search will continue on the island. There's also the possibility they will explore a nearby island, Howland Island, which is where Earhart was landing to refuel before she disappeared. Of course, her plane may have disintegrated over the decades of sitting in the ocean's salt water, but certain pieces of the plane, such as the engine, would still be intact. So here's to hoping they do in fact find the evidence to prove it was Earhart who set up camp as a castaway, and we can finally know what happened to one of the world's most influential figures, once and for all. As always, I'd love to hear from you guys in the comment section down below, let me know your thoughts on this story. Do you guys think the mystery of Amelia Earhart will ever be solved? While you guys sit with that, let's reply to some comments from the video 3 Women Arrested For Starting Elderly Fight Club At Dementia Facility Shane Francis said The world has gone mad, what's next? Pennywise said This is why my elderly or sick family member are taken care of by me, and always stay with a loved one when they are hospitalized. The nurses told me that. Yeah, I'm a strong believer that no one will care for your family as much as you will. Although they say nurses are more well equipped and trained and stuff, it's just a stranger. I get they love what they do, but it's really just a stranger taking care of your family member, whereas you're going to be a lot more compassionate towards your family member. Or maybe not. I don't know, it depends on your relationship with them I guess. BaconSaurusGaming said Let's create bacon club. That's, I could get behind that. But Johnny's gotta obviously be the head of it, cause he's the bacon king. Anyways guys on that note we're gonna wrap this one up. I've been your host Jarred Bronstein. Make sure you guys are subscribed, give this video a thumbs up and share it with a friend. We got some bloopers coming up so stick around for those and you can laugh at how many times I've messed up in this video. Alright I'll see you guys soon. Said that right I think.