The problem is that amateurish “us against the world” projects like TIGHAR’s and the hunt for the Spitfires in Burma strike a chord with most people because most people haven’t done the hard work and earned the qualifications that allow them to see the reality. The unqualified feel left out and talked down to by people with expertise – that is why these farces get funding and continue to exist. I am a retired archaeologist, got the quals, got the experience and I can say with some degree of real knowledge that there is no archaeology in the Burma stunt and precious little in the Nikumaroro exercise, just the project promoters pushing exaggerated claims based on their personal reinterpretations of what the properly qualified people have said. These are nothing but treasure hunts and a means to encourage equally unqualified people to part with their money. But getting people to part with their money seems to have funded the lifestyles of all sorts of shonky operators since Adam was a pup so it is just the way of the world.
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