00:00The latest search for Amelia Earhart's missing plane has come up empty, and a promising clue
00:04in the nearly 90-year-old mystery turns out to be something much less exciting.
00:09Researchers say the mysterious object was likely trees.
00:13Researchers from Purdue University and the Archaeological Legacy Institute traveled to
00:18Nicomaroro, a remote island in the South Pacific.
00:21They were investigating a mysterious object spotted in satellite images in 2020.
00:25Some researchers believe Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan landed on the island after disappearing
00:31in 1937, but the expedition found no evidence linking the object to Earhart's plane.
00:37Instead, researchers say it was likely a collection of large trees washed up on the shore.
