#24: Sparked the Largest Search in U.S. History
The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard launched a massive search within hours of her disappearance. Ships, planes, and submarines scoured the Pacific for weeks, covering thousands of square miles. The world watched anxiously as each day passed with no trace of Amelia, Fred, or their Lockheed Electra airplane anywhere.
Despite the intense effort, the search found nothing. No wreckage, no signals, no survivors. The operation cost millions of dollars and involved thousands of people, but ended without answers. Her sudden vanishing became a global shock—and the beginning of one of history’s greatest and most enduring mysteries.
