普渡大学研究团队对基里巴斯尼库马罗岛塔拉亚半岛发现的一处物体进行了现地调查，原本希望确认这是否为传奇飞行员阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特1937年失踪飞机的残骸1。该物体最初在2020年的卫星图像中被发现1。经过实地验证，研究团队最终确定该物体实际上是被冲上沙洲的树木堆积物，而非飞机残骸1。
现场调查发现该物体已部分碎片化并冲离原位，目前仅剩Y型单一片段1。更重要的是，这个物体在1938年的历史照片中就已可见1，说明其存在时间远早于此次搜寻行动。项目主任Rick Pettigrew表示："这个谜团已经持续了90年，谜团仍在继续"1。失踪飞机的最后已知位置距尼库马罗岛约400英里（644公里）的豪兰岛附近1。本次探险队未发现任何决定性证据1，这场跨越近一个世纪的搜寻再次没有得出决定性结论。
A team from Purdue University has concluded that an object discovered on a remote Pacific island is not wreckage from legendary aviator Amelia Earhart's missing aircraft.12 The researchers conducted a field investigation on Taraia Peninsula near Nikumaroro in Kiribati, where satellite imagery had revealed what was initially thought to be potential remains of Earhart's plane.1 Upon examination, the team determined the object was actually accumulated tree debris that had washed onto a sandbar, rather than aircraft wreckage.12
The object in question was first identified in satellite imagery in 2020.1 During the on-site investigation, researchers found that the material had already fragmented and shifted, leaving only a single Y-shaped segment.1 Historical photographs from 1938 indicated the object had already been present decades after Earhart's 1937 disappearance.1 Rick Pettigrew, the project director, stated: "This mystery has been ongoing for 90 years and the mystery continues."1 The search site lies approximately 400 miles from Howland Island, near where Earhart's plane vanished in 1937.1 The expedition found no conclusive evidence related to Earhart's aircraft, marking another unsuccessful chapter in the 90-year-old investigation.12
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