SCIENTISTS are set to travel to the Pacific in a bid to solve one of the greatest mysteries of modern times - the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

In just over a month, a team of experts will travel to an island in the western Pacific Ocean called Nikumaroro.

There they will investigate the Taraia Object and whether it could be Earhart's missing Lockheed Electra 10E plane.

The Taraia Object is a visual anomaly in the lagoon of the island.

The mysterious object was first identified on satellite imagery back in 2020.

It was later confirmed that the object can be seen in photos of the island as far back as 1938 - a year after the tragedy took place.

Earhart was travelling with her navigator Fred Noonan when she disappeared in July 1937.

At the time, she was attempting to become the f

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