Experts certain it's not Hawaiian, may be Japanese
(AP) - Forensic scientists are conducting tests on a skull unearthed at the bottom of Pearl Harbor to determine if it is that of a Japanese pilot who died in the historic attack on Dec. 7, 1941. An excavation crew dredging the harbor recently made the startling discovery; after early analysis, an expert is about "75% sure" that the skull belongs to a Japanese pilot. The items found with the skull, which was determined not to be from a Native Hawaiian, provided some clues: forks, scraps of metal, and a Coca-Cola bottle researchers have determined was from the 1940s. More»
