# Amelia Earhart's.

> Disputed: Amelia Earhart's.

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Answer · Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

# Amelia Earhart's.

Amelia Earhart's.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** Two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The measurements fit a tall woman of European ancestry and match Earhart's reconstructed dimensions.
- DNA from the bones, if found, matches her relatives.

## What would rule it out

- Recovery of the bones and a non-matching DNA profile.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[Jantz's 2018 comparison finds the bones closer to Earhart than to 99 per cent of a reference sample.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMZVC5WN0/jantzs-2018-comparison-finds-the-bones-closer-to-earhart)

Suggestive

FOR

[The 1998 FORDISC analysis classed the bones as a tall white female.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPN03658KZ/the-1998-fordisc-analysis-classed-the-bones-as-a-tall-white)

Suggestive

FOR

[Hoodless, who handled the bones, judged them a stocky male; Cross and Wright found his analysis the more…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPN0B05Y0P/hoodless-who-handled-the-bones-judged-them-a-stocky-male)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Whose bones were found on Gardner Island in 1940?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/questions/QST0CYPMTQA45GR/whose-bones-were-found-on-gardner-island-in-1940)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Amelia Earhart's. [Answer ANS0CYPMZKJ0BTE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CYPMZKJ0BTE
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