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Mysteries Disappearance of Amelia Earhart ArtifactsThe Gardner Island bones (thirteen bones and a skull)

ART0CYPN3GJ45MR·Artifact · sample

The Gardner Island bones (thirteen bones and a skull)

SamplepublisherFound September–December 1940; examined 4 April 1941

Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

Searches of the Fiji School of Medicine stores have not found them.

TIGHAR, 1940. publisher

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TranscriptionTIGHAR · tighar.org · publisherPrimary source: The Bones Chronology: the Western Pacific High Commission file on the Gardner Island bones, 1940–1941 (including D. W. Hoodless's report of 4 April 1941)2 steps from the original

Where it's published

Where it was made

Nikumaroro (Gardner Island), Phoenix Islands, Kiribati · Atoll

Sources 2

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The Gardner Island bones (thirteen bones and a skull) [Artifact ART0CYPN3GJ45MR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CYPN3GJ45MR

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