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Due to how influential Amelia Earhart was, the world wanted to know what happened to and how. Even though the government had given up and declared her lost at sea, the people still had hope that she could be found. Locals and foreigners reported to each other on things that could be related to Earhart and could lead to more clues on her whereabouts. Right after the official search ended, Putnam funded a private search by local authorities around Gilbert Islands. Well into July, he continued the search remotely on the other surrounding islands in hopes of finding his wife Amelia. 
These items found over the years were thought to be related to Earhart. The aluminum shrapnel was thought to be a piece of her plane after she crashed and washed ashore on an island. The broken bottle was also found on the island that was considered where she disappeared which was uninhabited for many years. No real evidence showed that these items had any relation to Earhart but these finding fueled the ongoing search in hopes that it could lead to something greater. 

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