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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: 2, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 29 2018, @01:10PM (7 children)
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)
Here's hoping it's a Kardashian.... on second thought, mmmrrrrmmmmNo.
Tired of hearing of them.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 29 2018, @04:24PM (5 children)
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
Well, there goes the number one defense strategy for our Space Force.
(Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Monday July 30 2018, @12:31AM
You mean, apart from the sanitation, the medic...
Oh, wait, sorry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday July 30 2018, @12:36AM (2 children)
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.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday July 30 2018, @01:56AM
They're famous for being famous. It's like a recursive acronym.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Monday July 30 2018, @10:40AM
Gaaark:
Maybe consider her a "Giffen Good"?
Its the only explanation I can offer. Like you, I am clueless.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]