So, found via the highly-technical means of "dinking around on the Internet," I came across
the Earhart hypothesis. Organized by an outfit called
The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, this is an archeological effort to find out what happened to
Amelia Earhart, whose plane was lost during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937.
Basically, Earhart was trying to find Howland Island, a critical refueling stop. She missed, and her plane was lost. The folks at TIGHAR have been doing archaeological work on
Nikumaroro, formerly Gardner Island, which is one of the few places Earhart might have landed on. They've found some tantalizing evidence.
Presented for your consideration...