The flying goddess of the United States, Emilia Elhart, went missing after leaving a strange distress signal. Residents and troops frequently received distress signals, but they could not be found. The United States spent a huge sum of 4 million dollars. In vain. So what happened to her at that time? Eighty years have passed, where did Elhart go? Likes, favorites and comments are welcome.
Why did the American female pilot disappear?
The flying goddess is strangely missing
"I entered a sponge-like cloud, and I can’t tell whether it’s the sky or the sea. There is a strong magnetic field that makes me deviate from the course. I can’t see the land... gasoline only Enough to fly for half an hour..." This is the last word left by the legendary American female pilot, , known as the goddess of flying, Emilia Elhart in this world. After sending this signal, Elhart disappeared bizarrely, and she and her plane never appeared in people's sight again.
Elhart’s disappearance occurred on July 2, 1937. On this day, Alhart drove her love machine Lockheed Electra L-10E airplane , and her companion decided to set off from Papua New Guinea’s Laicheng, Fly about 4000 kilometers to reach Howland Island. This is the last part of Alhart's flight around the earth. If completed, Alhart will be the world's first female pilot to fly a plane across the earth alone.
The magnificent Alhart
Unfortunately, Alhart failed to complete this huge glory, but left people with a mystery for more than 80 years.
When Alhart’s plane just took off, it flew very smoothly. The U.S. tower and the "Itasca" of the U.S. Naval Guard stationed on Howland Island were constantly fighting Alhart. Make contact, and every time Elhart’s reply is very timely. On the surface, this is a trip without any worries.
But at 7:40 a.m. on July 2, the "Itasca" and the tower received a signal from Elhart at the same time, that is, the signal at the beginning. Alhart said that he could not see the land, and the plane could only fly for half an hour, but at this time, Alhart’s plane is still an hour away from landing on Howland Island. . If within this half an hour, the "Itasca" cannot reach Elhart, then Elhart may have an accident on the ocean.
Elhart and his love machine
Therefore, "Itasca" is very anxious and has been constantly communicating with Elhart, but the signal from Elhart is intermittent. Continue, by 19:20 in the evening, it was completely interrupted. At 19:20, almost 10 hours have passed since Erhart's last clear signal. Erhart must be more ill-fortuned .
The guard of the United States and the residents became nervous, and even began to adopt the most earthy method of setting smoke bombs on the island to help Elhart point the way, but Elhart didn’t know why.There was no response at all.
Elhart
U.S. Coast Guard can’t wait any longer and decided to take the initiative and immediately mobilize cruiser and aircraft to conduct a large-scale search in the waters of Howland Island to 7 At around 23 o'clock in the middle of the night on the 2nd, a British cruiser once received a weak signal from Elhart, but unfortunately, the signal was too weak, and then the signal disappeared again.
After sending the last message, the American female pilot disappeared strangely. This incident also instantly made the United States boiling. People joined the search for this legendary female pilot, , and the United States, the United Kingdom, and France once joined the search. , But in the process of searching, weird things happened frequently, which exacerbated the mystery of this disappearance .
Alhart
bizarre signal for help
While the US Naval Guard continued to search, strange signals appeared in the homes of many residents near the Pacific Ocean. On the early morning of July 4th, a special signal came from the radio of a resident of San Francisco. It was not the program he usually listened to, but the voice of a woman. The woman said, "I'm still alive, the most Okay, tell my husband quickly." The breath is very weak. Then a woman’s voice came from a Canadian radio, "Can you hear me? I am Emilia Elhart, please answer."
Two more days have passed, Howland Island also received a signal from the missing Elhart. She said "I am on an island and my plane is floating on the sea" , but when the staff wanted to communicate further, the signal was cut off again and never appeared again.
old radio
In many peculiar distress signals, the search and rescue personnel determined that the specific location of Elhart was probably determined. Two types of numbers, 179 and 16 have appeared in the distress signal, and they probably refer to the latitude and longitude. At that time, the target of Alhart's flight was Howland Island, which means that the target should be near Howland Island. Therefore, 19 degrees west longitude, 16 degrees north latitude, 179 degrees east longitude, and 16 degrees north latitude were two locations. Locked, and then search and rescue later, there was never any discovery.
By July 9, at this time, a full week has passed since Erhardt disappeared. The French "Soyuz" insisted on sending a signal to Elhart, and told her that if she is healthy and on land, she will make 4 long tones. However, it is puzzling that Elhart In the afternoon, three long and one short echo signals were sent out. Everyone was puzzled and didn't know what Elhart meant.
Howland Island
Later, the search and rescue personnel adopted a stupid method, which was to send out signal waves from three different directions at the same time. When Alhart responded, they would find that there was a focus, then this The focus should be where Elhart sends his signal. But when the search and rescue team arrived at this place, they found it was on the sea 500 kilometers north of Howland Island. At that time, there was a British ship "Mebby" nearby.Did not find any floating objects, nor received any distress signal
arrived here, all the search and rescue personnel were at a loss. Is Elhart playing with them, or is Elhart really involved in some weird incident? In order to search and rescue Alhart, the United States spent a full 4 million U.S. dollars, mobilized 66 aircraft, and 9 ships searched for 9 days on the sea near Howland Island. But Elhart has no trace . After the official stopped searching, Alhart’s husband kept searching, but he never found a trace of Alhart.
El Hart
Two years after the American female pilot disappeared, the United States had to register it as dead. More than 80 years have passed. No one knows what happened to El Hart; where is she, No one knows. But many people have different views on Alhart's disappearance.
Where did Elhart go?
People have different opinions on where and what happened to Alhart. However, some of these opinions are still recognized by the public, and experts have continued to supplement them afterwards.
must first be inferred from the distress signal sent by Erhardt. The message that Elhart sent to Canadian residents' radio signals was that she was on an island and her plane was floating on the sea. So it can be inferred from this incident that Alhart may have been in a plane crash, and then the plane fell on the sea, and Alhart escaped from the dead and fled to an island . However, Alhart crashed in the Pacific Ocean, and there are so many small islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is difficult to tell which island she was on.
Erhart
Later, the signal sent by Erhart to the "Soyuz" was three long and one short. Let’s take a look at what Soyuz said at the time, "If you are healthy and on land,Please make 4 long beeps. " And Erhart gave three longs and one short, which means that she has one of the conditions that cannot be met. Based on the possibility of a plane crash, Erhart's body should not be healthy enough. This message is also This proves that Elhart eventually lived on an island.
So, which island is Elhart on? In 1940, Richard, a skeletal biology expert at the University of Tennessee, was in Taiping, Canada. A human remains was found on Dana Island, which is only 400 kilometers away from Howland Island. At the same time, he also found a female heel.
Howland Island analysis map
until 1991 In 2016, another expedition team found a piece of metal here, which looked like the porthole of an Elhart aircraft. In 2007, a new international rescue team came to Gardner Island, and here, they found Elhart The zippers on the clothes, the rusty knives, and the metal pieces of the airplane.
From these basic theories, a total of two versions have been derived. One is that Elhart was killed after the plane crash Wandering to this Gardner Island. Gardner Island is a desert island unlike Howland Island. Although Elhart is an outstanding pilot, she is obviously inexperienced in survival in the wild. Soon, Alhart was dying of thirst and starvation. After Alhart died, her body was also moved by animals on the island and scattered around.
Gardner Island
is here In 2017, experts put forward a new view. In 1937, Japan had begun to invade the Pacific islands, and Erhardt was probably captured by the Japanese army. A historical photograph shown by the United States caused facial recognition. Experts’ attention, they think the image of one of the men resembles Alhart’s companion. The woman with her back to the photo looks like Alhart.After the whole picture of the hull, there is another thing that looks like an airplane.
Then, it is possible that Alhart and her companions were found and captured by the Japanese army after they lived on the desert island. They landed on Marshall Islands . After Japan went to war with the United States, it was arrogant and arrogant. It is very likely that Alhart was imprisoned as a prisoner of war in the Japanese prison until his death. Which one do you think is more likely? Likes, comments and favorites are welcome.
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