# NPR 2024: Ocean explorers hoped they photographed Amelia Earhart's plane. Turns out it's a rock

> NPR, 2024. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The rejection of the 2024 claim.

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# Ocean explorers hoped they photographed Amelia Earhart's plane. Turns out it's a rock

NPR, 2024. _Oregon Public Broadcasting (NPR)_.

Reports Deep Sea Vision's November 2024 return to the sonar target with a camera-equipped vehicle and its finding that the object was a natural rock formation.

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## What it's used for here

The rejection of the 2024 claim.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[A return visit shows the sonar object is a rock formation](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/events/EVT0CYPMS0M38MB/a-return-visit-shows-the-sonar-object-is-a-rock-formation)

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

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## Cite it

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NPR (2024). Ocean explorers hoped they photographed Amelia Earhart's plane. Turns out it's a rock. Oregon Public Broadcasting (NPR). https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/25/rock-formation-not-amelia-earhart-s-plane-shown-in-sonar-image/
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[Read it free at opb.org](https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/25/rock-formation-not-amelia-earhart-s-plane-shown-in-sonar-image/)

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