Something kind  of wild happened earlier this year. A sonar scan taken by a deep-sea exploration team called Deep Sea Vision sparked a whole bunch of excitement in the aviation world.

They were searching near Howland Island—the place where Amelia Earhart was supposed to refuel during her 1937 flight—and they picked up an image that looked a lot like an airplane on the ocean floor. Naturally, people started to hope it could be her missing Lockheed Electra. For a moment, it felt like maybe just maybe the world was getting closer to solving one of its most haunting mysteries.

Earhart disappeared without a trace during her flight from Lae, New Guinea, to Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean, and ever since, folks have been trying to figure out what happened to her. This image brought back all that hope.

Unfortunately, after a long wait almost 11 months, Deep Sea Vision confirmed the truth: the object wasn’t her plane. It turned out to be just a naturally shaped rock formation. It was kind of a letdown, honestly, but I get it. The ocean hides a lot, and sometimes nature mimics what we’re hoping to find. Even though this wasn’t the breakthrough, it still says something about where we’re at. Technology is getting better, the people working on this are more determined than ever, and the story still matters to a lot of us.

Amelia wasn’t just a pilot she was a symbol of courage and freedom, and feminism, someone who dared to chase something bigger than herself. That kind of spirit doesn’t go away, and neither does the desire to bring her story to a real close. So her plane’s still out there somewhere. And maybe the next scan, the next dive, or the next wild idea will finally bring it to light!