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posted by mrpg on Sunday July 29 2018, @09:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the RIP dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Amelia Earhart's final moments may have been broadcast around the world days after her plane disappeared in 1937, according to a group that analyzed radio distress calls.

The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) believes the aviation pioneer waded out to her crashed Lockheed Electra on the reef at the then-uninhabited Gardner Island to call for help, it wrote in a research paper.

[...] The Electra's radio could only communicate within a few hundred miles, but the transmitter also put out harmonics that allowed the signal to reach beyond that.

"High harmonic frequencies 'skip' off the ionosphere and can carry great distances, but clear reception is unpredictable," the paper says.

As a result, the signal was heard by people using shortwave radios at home in locations like Texas, Kentucky, Wyoming, Florida and Toronto.

In St. Petersburg, Florida, a teenage girl  transcribed phrases like: "waters high," "water's knee deep -- let me out"  and "help us quick," the Washington Post notes.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @09:56AM (15 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @09:56AM (#714276)

    "waters high," "water's knee deep -- let me out" and "help us quick,"

    Those sound like someone who is trapped inside something, not someone who crashed on an island.

    Amelia Earhart was a pioneer, but she crashed more than 80 years ago. It's too late to figure out what really happened. Let her rest in peace.

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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @11:45AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @11:45AM (#714309)

    She not resting in peace, she is dead.

    • (Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Sunday July 29 2018, @12:33PM (1 child)

      by SomeGuy (5632) on Sunday July 29 2018, @12:33PM (#714320)

      Well literally yes, but the public's memory of her is being stirred up. It's sort of an unsolved mystery, a new fact or a new data point dug up somewhere can make an interesting news story.

      But the way the modern news is these days, I'm surprised it isn't more along the line of "oh, look, we found some vague anecdotal evidence that this person may have said something that when read backwards, squinting, standing on your head, while the wind is blowing from the south, might *possibly* be interpreted as racist or sexually harassing!11!1!1." Time unperson them, fire them, make sure they can never hold a job again, disgrace their family and descendants, and erase them from history!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @02:52AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @02:52AM (#714584)

        The benefits of having a womb are demonstrated.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @01:12PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @01:12PM (#714337)

      She not resting in peace, she is dead.

      If the wild animals had anything to say about it, she is resting in pieces.

  • (Score: 2, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 29 2018, @01:10PM (7 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday July 29 2018, @01:10PM (#714336) Journal

    It will happen, soon after we get a foothold on space in our solar system. Some high profile lady (movie celeb, singer, politico, whatever) will take off on some daring mission - and get lost. She may or may not have a Man Friday, or a Woman Wednesday with her, but she'll be lost - somewhere. Friday or Wednesday will be pretty much forgotten, but public outcry over the loss of this famous woman will be deafening. And, she'll be "spotted" on dozens of asteroids, and craters on moons and planets will be attributed to her crashing. Every time any radar or other sensors throws up an anomaly, it will be that famous woman's ghost ship causing it. That will probably last a lot longer than a mere 80 to 100 years.

    The non-famous men, women, and children who are lost in exploration will all be forgotten, of course.

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday July 29 2018, @04:00PM (6 children)

      by Gaaark (41) on Sunday July 29 2018, @04:00PM (#714387) Journal

      Here's hoping it's a Kardashian.... on second thought, mmmrrrrmmmmNo.
      Tired of hearing of them.

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      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 29 2018, @04:24PM (5 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday July 29 2018, @04:24PM (#714393) Journal

        I suspect that any earth dwellers who go into space will be able to DO SOMETHING, aside from exposing their anatomy and being vulgar. What have the Kardashian clan ever done? They can't sing, they can't dance, they sure as hell can't change a tire, build anything, do bookwork, or anything else that might make them valuable somewhere. All they have is their anatomy - and EVERYONE has anatomy!

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @07:30PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @07:30PM (#714429)

          I suspect that any earth dwellers who go into space will be able to DO SOMETHING, aside from exposing their anatomy and being vulgar.

          Well, there goes the number one defense strategy for our Space Force.

        • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Monday July 30 2018, @12:31AM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 30 2018, @12:31AM (#714535) Journal

          What have the Kardashian clan ever done?

          You mean, apart from the sanitation, the medic...
            Oh, wait, sorry

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        • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday July 30 2018, @12:36AM (2 children)

          by Gaaark (41) on Monday July 30 2018, @12:36AM (#714539) Journal

          That's what I keep asking myself: they are nothing but for some reason they are rich and famous and...and...and....

          Yeah. I don't get it either.

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          • (Score: 2) by driverless on Monday July 30 2018, @01:56AM

            by driverless (4770) on Monday July 30 2018, @01:56AM (#714565)

            They're famous for being famous. It's like a recursive acronym.

          • (Score: 1) by anubi on Monday July 30 2018, @10:40AM

            by anubi (2828) on Monday July 30 2018, @10:40AM (#714672) Journal

            Gaaark:

            Maybe consider her a "Giffen Good"?

            Its the only explanation I can offer. Like you, I am clueless.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:44PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:44PM (#714489)

    She wasn't a pioneer. She did nothing that another human being didn't do before. She was only a pioneer if you are sexist.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:47PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:47PM (#714491)

      That's not true. It is important to recognize when females do something for the first time. That is also why we should recognize the first transvestite to fly around the globe, and the first lesbian, and the first transgendered she-male... basically, you should expect another 17-20 aviation records to be set by the time the millennials are done figuring out how many genders there are.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @04:33AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @04:33AM (#714622)

        Given the current definition of gender that is being pushed, there is the possibility of at least 7.6 billion genders as of July 2018, and growing. That leaves a lot of room for new records.