HONOLULU (AP) — An excavation crew has made a startling discovery at the bottom of Pearl Harbor: a human skull that archeologists suspect is from a Japanese pilot who died in the historic World War II attack.
Archaeologist Jeff Fong tells The Associated Press that the skull was unearthed during dredging of the harbor in April.
Fong says archeologists have ruled out the skull belonging to an ancient Hawaiian burial site. And they also ruled out that it is connected to any missing person cases.
The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command in Hawaii is trying to determine who the skull belongs to.
It was found in the channel off Pearl Harbor’s shipyard. Fong says items dredged with the skull, including a 1940s-era Coca-Cola bottle, provide clues that the skull is from World War II.
