Scientists have begun studying a mysterious object in the Pacific Ocean

A joint expedition from Purdue University and the Archaeological Heritage Institute in Oregon headed to the Nikumaroro Islands in the Pacific Ocean to study the mysterious object. This was reported by CBS News.

Scientists believe that this object may be the plane of the American writer and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart that went missing in 1937, on which she traveled around the world. It is claimed that experts have “very strong” evidence for this hypothesis.

The island is about 640 kilometers southeast of Howland Island, where Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan planned to go.

Amelia Earhart disappeared in July 1937 along with her navigator Frederick Noonan during a flight around the world along the longest route on Earth - across the equator.