# Lambrecht 1937: Aircraft Search of Earhart Plane (report on the search of the Phoenix Islands, 9 July 1937)

> John O. Lambrecht, 1937. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary account of the 1937 overflight of Nikumaroro.

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# Aircraft Search of Earhart Plane (report on the search of the Phoenix Islands, 9 July 1937)

John O. Lambrecht, 1937. _U.S. Navy, USS Colorado; reproduced by TIGHAR, Earhart Project Research Document_.

The senior aviator's report, dated 16 July 1937, on the Colorado's floatplane search of the Phoenix Islands, recording at Gardner Island "signs of recent habitation" with no answer to repeated circling and no aircraft.

**Disappearance of Amelia Earhart** ReportCopy of **[Lambrecht's report on the aircraft search of the Phoenix Islands](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/artifacts/ART0CYPN7NC5K1G/lambrechts-report-on-the-aircraft-search-of-the-phoenix)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The primary account of the 1937 overflight of Nikumaroro.

## Cited by on this site 10 records

[Lambrecht's report on the aircraft search of the Phoenix Islands](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/artifacts/ART0CYPN7NC5K1G/lambrechts-report-on-the-aircraft-search-of-the-phoenix)

ART

[Lambrecht's report on the aircraft search of the Phoenix Islands: transcription](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/copies/CPY0CYPN7X61M9P/lambrechts-report-on-the-aircraft-search-of-the-phoenix)

CPY

[Colorado's aircraft saw signs of habitation but no aircraft and no one signalling on 9 July 1937.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMXD858Z2/colorados-aircraft-saw-signs-of-habitation-but-no-aircraft)

Evidence

EVD

[The Navy searched the Phoenix Islands on the strength of the bearings and found nothing.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPN21P6Y0C/the-navy-searched-the-phoenix-islands-on-the-strength-of-the)

Evidence

EVD

[The SS Norwich City wrecked on the reef in 1929 with loss of life.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPN12E31C3/the-ss-norwich-city-wrecked-on-the-reef-in-1929-with-loss-of)

Evidence

EVD

[Colorado's floatplanes overfly Gardner Island and see signs of recent habitation](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/events/EVT0CYPMP2W06BW/colorados-floatplanes-overfly-gardner-island-and-see-signs)

EVT

[John O. Lambrecht](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/people/FIG0CYPMHP83JVW/john-o-lambrecht)

FIG

[The disappearance of Amelia Earhart](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart)

The mystery article

MYS

[United States Navy](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/organisations/ORG0CYPMKWJ3Z85/united-states-navy)

ORG

[Lt John O. Lambrecht, USS Colorado: Reported that at Gardner Island signs of recent habitation were…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/accounts/WIT0CYPMSR2482T/lt-john-o-lambrecht-uss-colorado-reported-that-at-gardner)

WIT

## Cite it

```
Lambrecht, J. O. (1937). Aircraft Search of Earhart Plane (report on the search of the Phoenix Islands, 9 July 1937). U.S. Navy, USS Colorado; reproduced by TIGHAR, Earhart Project Research Document. https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Lambrecht's_Report.html
```

[Read it free at tighar.org](https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Lambrecht's_Report.html)

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**SRC** 0CYPMCAC4KKW

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Report

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29 Oct 2026

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