By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The disappearance of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart more than 87 years ago has remained one of the most captivating mysteries in history, with a handful of explorers devoted to scouring the seas for any clue to her final whereabouts. Sonar imagery captured in January revealed a plane-shaped anomaly on the seafloor about 100 miles away (161 kilometers) from the Pacific Ocean’s Howland Island — the next location w…

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They thought they’d found Amelia Earhart’s plane. Instead, the search continues

Celebrated American aviator Amelia Earhart was the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic

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Mystery underwater object was believed to be Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane

The hunt for Amelia Earhart plane's final resting place has taken a dramatic twist after searchers who claimed to have found the aircraft were looking at a rock formation instead

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They thought they’d found Amelia Earhart’s plane but it turned out to rocks

An ocean exploration company took a sonar image of an object that resembled Amelia Earhart’s missing plane in January. New imaging confirmed it was a rock formation.

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Sonar imagery that looked like Amelia Earhart’s plane was actually a natural formation of rocks

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Earhart, her navigator and their plane disappeared during their attempted 1937 circumnavigation of the globe. A deep sea exploration company thought it might have solved the mystery, but it lives on.

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Ocean explorers hoped they photographed Amelia Earhart's plane. Turns out it's a rock

The company behind a search for pilot Amelia Earhart's possible crash site in the Pacific said a sonar image believed to resemble her plane turned out to be the sea floor's normal shapes.

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Image believed to show Amelia Earhart's plane was a rock formation, not crash site, company says

"It's almost like somebody did set those rocks out in this nice little pattern of her plane, just to mess with somebody out there looking for her."

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Missing aviator Amelia Earhart's 'plane' turns out to be 'just a pile of rocks'

What looked like Earhart’s missing plane turned out to be rocks. Explorers aren’t giving up on the search.

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They thought they'd found Amelia Earhart's plane. Instead, the search continues

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Search for Amelia Earhart's Plane Hits Setback as Sonar Image Identified as Rock Formation

Search for Amelia Earhart's Plane Hits Setback as Sonar Image Identified as Rock Formation

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