Fragments of Evidence Suggest Solution to Earhart Mystery

(Norman, Okla..) - Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are Trying Thurs extract DNA from tiny bone fragments found on a Pacific island Somewhere near famed aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, are believed To Have Vanished in 1937.

Earhart was Trying Thurs Become the first woman to fly around the world "when her plane disappeared. New Evidence Including The Three bone chips, along with "some shoe fragments and a bottle containing traces of lanolin and oil, Which Could Have Been part of a lotion, suggests she and Noonan May have landed on a reef beside the island and Survived for"some time as castaways. Other items found over the years include Remnants of fish and animals Prepared more as a Westerner Would Than A South Sea Islander, a panel That Could Be from a Lockheed Electra - the pair was the aircraft flying - and Other bones.

If Researchers Can Get mitochondrial DNA from the bone fragments, They will compare inline with material from a relative of Earhart To Try Thurs Determine Whether there is a relationship.

The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, in charge of the project, is Trying Thurs Manage Expectations, warning The Bone Chip Now Being Tested Could have come from a turtle.

The Earhart mystery has fascinated for Many Generations on Amelia Earhart was declared dead in 1939. Earhart was a celebrity in her time Because of her exploits and her beauty.