# Purdue University News 2026: Search for Amelia Earhart's plane continues after Taraia Object expedition on Nikumaroro rules out latest hypothesis

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# Search for Amelia Earhart's plane continues after Taraia Object expedition on Nikumaroro rules out latest hypothesis

Purdue University News, 2026. _Purdue University Newsroom_.

The expedition sponsors' announcement of 18–19 October 2026: the joint Archaeological Legacy Institute, Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University team sailed from Tarawa on 6 October, spent seven days at Nikumaroro with four onshore, and found the Taraia Object to be a cluster of large tree trunks coated with carbonate-cemented coral sand, with one Y-shaped segment remaining; a steel tube about 30 inches long was recovered from the lagoon.

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The primary statement of the 2026 result.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[The "Taraia Object"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/artifacts/ART0CYPN4QM2B5Y/the-taraia-object)

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[The Taraia Object, the latest candidate, proved to be trees (October 2026).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMXWW0EG0/the-taraia-object-the-latest-candidate-proved-to-be-trees)

Evidence

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[The ALI–Purdue expedition identifies the Taraia Object as a cluster of trees](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/events/EVT0CYPMS8E59C0/the-alipurdue-expedition-identifies-the-taraia-object-as-a)

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[Richard Pettigrew](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/people/FIG0CYPMKCY633P/richard-pettigrew)

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

The mystery article

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[Archaeological Legacy Institute](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/organisations/ORG0CYPMMVT6PQB/archaeological-legacy-institute)

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[Purdue Research Foundation](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/organisations/ORG0CYPMN3M7319/purdue-research-foundation)

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Purdue University News (2026). Search for Amelia Earhart's plane continues after Taraia Object expedition on Nikumaroro rules out latest hypothesis. Purdue University Newsroom. https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/2026/Q4/search-for-amelia-earharts-plane-continues-after-taraia-object-expedition-on-nikumaroro-rules-out-latest-hypothesis/
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