Researchers attempting to solve the mystery of missing aviatrix Amelia Earhart have produced a new study looking distress signals thought to have been sent by the pilot following her disappearance. The organization known as TIGHAR released their findings today, which would have been Earhart's 121st birthday. In their report, the group says that they analyzed over 100 curious radio signals which were reported in the days after Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanished and found that 57 of the calls appeared to be credible.
TIGHAR notes that these signals are somewhat controversial in the sense that they were "dismissed by authorities as having been hoaxes or misunderstandings" only after the search and rescue mission "failed to find any trace of the airplane or crew." Prior to that, the US Navy and Coast Guard had actually been using the calls as potential indicators of Earhart's location. And, since the manufacturer of Earhart's plane said that the calls could only have been made if the plane was on land, the legitimacy of the signals would confirm that Earhart did not simply crash into the water and perish.
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