16 February 2021, 12:00 pm EST By
Amelia Earhart s disappearance has long been a mystery, but now, scientists are hoping to help unearth clues to what actually happened during the pilot s doomed flight around the world, and it seems like they will be using a nuclear reactor to help.
(Photo : KENAN ÜNLÜ/PENN STATE)
RSEC director Kenan Ünlü holding the metal patch they are analyzing.
Unearthing Clues of Amelia Earhart s Disappearance
According to Popular Mechanics, scientists from the Penn State University will use particle physics in order to test whether a piece of metal that was found by Ric Gillespie in 1991 is indeed a part of Earhart s Lockheed Model 10-E Electra.