Let me get this right. This is the TENTH search by TIGHAR over the last 23 years? - and all this searching has been fully supported by the U.S. Govt.?
This is the nation that can put men on the moon (and return them safely to Earth) - can put an exploratory rover on Mars and send back reams of technical information about the Red Planet - can find the Titanic, the HMAS Sydney and the German Raider, the Kormoran - can explore the depths of the seven seas to the nth degree - but they can't find the aeroplane of a pioneer aviatrix who was reputedly lost at sea? - despite TEN searches over 23 years, with full Govt backing??
Tighar is not fully supported by the US Government. It is run on donations from the public. They are struggling to pay off the last expedition before they can plan the next.
This new evidence may give some weight to getting some Government support. Tighar will be a bit careful before ever definitively saying they have found it because they have been burnt before when their evidence was challenged and found not to fully hang together.
If you review the Tighar site there is a lot of circumstantial evidence but no smoking gun..
We'll see what the future holds
Adie