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Narrator: The pan am stations tune their direction finders to amelia's frequency
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Expedition Amelia

It's on land,and it's on its wheels, causethey've gotta run an engine to Recharge the...

Narrator: The pan am stations tune their direction finders to amelia's frequency, And they detect signals. Assuming the plane could no longer be flying, the signals have to be coming from land. Gillespie: It's on land,
and it's on its wheels, cause
they've gotta run an engine to Recharge the battery that
the radio depends on

Full Transcript

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Narrator: The pan am stations tune their direction finders to amelia's frequency,
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And they detect signals.
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Assuming the plane could no longer be flying, the signals have to be coming from land.
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Gillespie: It's on land, and it's on its wheels, cause they've gotta run an engine to
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Recharge the battery that the radio depends on.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:54
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
National Geographic

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Movie Summary

Deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard attempts to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance in an effort to end speculation about what actually happened to her.
Narrator: Pan am reports the signals to the navy which plots the bearings on this map - Expedition Amelia 00:16
Narrator: Pan am reports the signals to the navy which plots...
There's another one taken from wake island, comes down this way. - Expedition Amelia 00:04
There's another one taken from wake island, comes down ...
And there was another one taken from midway that came down through here and a fourth - Expedition Amelia 00:11
And there was another one taken from midway that came down t...
Narrator: If you extend all the lines down and plot where they cross. - Expedition Amelia 00:15
Narrator: If you extend all the lines down and plot where...
Narrator: It's those signals that are keeping bob going out here. - Expedition Amelia 00:15
Narrator: It's those signals that are keeping bob go...
Narrator: Not just the pan am signals, which could only take bearings, - Expedition Amelia 00:29
Narrator: Not just the pan am signals, which could only t...
Gillespie: She would sit at the radio and cruise the dial and she would jot down the - Expedition Amelia 00:08
Gillespie: She would sit at the radio and cruise the dial an...
Make sketches of cowboys, glamorous women. - Expedition Amelia 00:04
Make sketches of cowboys, glamorous women.
And suddenly she hears a woman's voice saying, “this is amelia earhart. - Expedition Amelia 00:06
And suddenly she hears a woman's voice saying, “this is...
Please help me.” and she starts transcribing what, what she hears. - Expedition Amelia 00:06
Please help me.” and she starts transcribing what, what she ...
Narrator: She writes the word howland and describes a man who sounds injured. - Expedition Amelia 00:06
Narrator: She writes the word howland and describes a man...
Gillespie: And the man is trying to get out of wherever they are and she's trying to - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Gillespie: And the man is trying to get out of wherever they...
Narrator: Ric thinks it's fred noonan. - Expedition Amelia 00:07
Narrator: Ric thinks it's fred noonan.
Narrator: Throughout, she continually jots down the letters “ny, ny.” - Expedition Amelia 00:18
Narrator: Throughout, she continually jots down the lette...
Narrator: 80 years ago, the norwich city would have still been largely intact. - Expedition Amelia 00:11
Narrator: 80 years ago, the norwich city would have still...
And betty wasn't the only one who heard this kind of thing. - Expedition Amelia 00:04
And betty wasn't the only one who heard this kind of th...
Narrator: Tighar uncovered 57 credible transmissions, officially reported to local - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Narrator: Tighar uncovered 57 credible transmissions, off...
It then took the reports a step further, correlating when they were received with the - Expedition Amelia 00:28
It then took the reports a step further, correlating when th...
Narrator: As the sun sets on day two of his search, - Expedition Amelia 00:44
Narrator: As the sun sets on day two of his search,
Narrator: The larger argus rov will keep an eye on herc, - Expedition Amelia 00:10
Narrator: The larger argus rov will keep an eye on herc,