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Amelia Earhart expedition heads to Pacific atoll to test satellite…

A 17-person US expedition is heading to a remote Pacific atoll, following years of satellite images; sceptics doubt the object in them is a plane.

On air: Hank Ledger, Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on BBN Newsroom
Published 10:08 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

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First reported by The Guardian: “Is it a plane or a tree? Amelia Earhart expedition aims to solve mystery of disappearance”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 10:08 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Amelia Earhart, Mexico Pacific.
BBN covered this story before: North Korea fires ballistic missiles; Erie shooting leaves eight dead (October 12).

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The GuardianIs it a plane or a tree? Amelia Earhart expedition aims to solve mystery of disappearance

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe one we teased: a 17-person US expedition is approaching a remote Pacific atoll where it suspects Amelia Earhart crash-landed in nineteen thirty-seven, based on satellite images taken over several years.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSceptics say the object in those pictures is unlikely to be her aircraft, which means the biggest mystery of the century may come down to a bush.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA tree. They're flying across an ocean to zoom in on a tree.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey say they don't know yet, and that is the honest answer after almost ninety years.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNinety years, and the clue might be photosynthesis. Somebody should tell the tree it's a suspect.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's been in witness protection since nineteen thirty-seven.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet's hope the tree cooperates. Brock has the weather, and I'm told he has opinions about the Pacific.

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