New Evidence Supports Theory That Amelia Earhart Died in Japanese Captivity

[Magnificent Seven]

Since Amelia Earhart’s attempt to circumnavigate the globe came to an abrupt end in 1937, numerous theories have been attached to her fate. Some arguments, like the idea that she ran out of gas and crashed into the Pacific, are supported by experts. Others, like the theory that she changed her identity and lived in New Jersey into her old age, have more fringe appeal. Now, NBC News reports that a newly uncovered photograph may shed light on the real story behind her disappearance.

The photo shows a woman with cropped hair and pants sitting on a dock while a man with a receding hairline stands behind her. A facial recognition expert who studied the image believes that the figures are likely Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, the navigator onboard the plane with her during her final journey. The photograph is thought to date back to the time of their disappearance in 1937.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/502466/new-evidence-supports-theory-amelia-earhart-died-japanese-captivity

[Magnificent Seven]

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This is my theory.

I think it's real. I think they were forced to come down and arrested them. Then Japan didn't realize that there was too much of media about them. Japan decided to hush it up by executed them and destroyed all documents, etc. I can be wrong about it but I doubt it.

Please feel free to discuss and share your theories, etc. Have fun!

[Valar Morghulis]

I watched a documentary about this.

She flew into the Bermuda triangle which I'd actually a space portal, that took her to an alien land and she was cryogenically frozen.

[weazel]

I think she overdosed on opium

[Tned]

Who is Amelia Earhart?

[Magnificent Seven]

Who is Amelia Earhart?

For real or are you joking? :confused:

Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and she disappeared for 80 years.

[weazel]

if she was solo who was the aviator that is supposed to be in that photo with her?

[OrangeHoof]

It would be nice if we had the answer but I don't think this proves anything. I studied a much larger .jpg of this photo and I'm not convinced the seated person is a woman - and once you doubt that, everything else in the photo unravels. It seems more like people *wanting* to see something in the photo that may or may not be true. Just like UFO sightings where a blur in the sky is supposed to be *proof* that space aliens exist.

[OrangeHoof]

if she was solo who was the aviator that is supposed to be in that photo with her?

Fred Noonan was her "navigator" on the trip - someone who doesn't fly the plane but checks to see if they are on course.

[Magnificent Seven]

if she was solo who was the aviator that is supposed to be in that photo with her?

I think I was not clear enough.

Fred Nooan was Amelia Earhart’s navigator. Earhart flew in a plane by herself and Noonan navigated the plane.

[OrangeHoof]

Trump: "She crashed? I like my heroes who don't crash."

[Tned]

For real or are you joking? :confused:



Not for real. ;)

[OrangeHoof]

Another thing that makes me suspicious is that this doesn't break in the news until there is a tv show to promote. Supposedly, they've known of this photo being in the National Archive since 2012. But now, since the History Channel has a documentary to show that needs to get ratings, is the first time the public is hearing about this.

[BroncoWave]

Another thing that makes me suspicious is that this doesn't break in the news until there is a tv show to promote. Supposedly, they've known of this photo being in the National Archive since 2012. But now, since the History Channel has a documentary to show that needs to get ratings, is the first time the public is hearing about this.

I don't get why this is suspicious to you. No shit it's going to come to light when someone like the History Channel gets wind of it. Do you expect the national archives to do a big press release for every single picture/document that comes their way?

[NightTrainLayne]

I don't get why this is suspicious to you. No shit it's going to come to light when someone like the History Channel gets wind of it. Do you expect the national archives to do a big press release for every single picture/document that comes their way?

No, but this is quite obviously a publicity tour/stunt for the upcoming documentary.

[BroncoWave]

No, but this is quite obviously a publicity tour/stunt for the upcoming documentary.

Sure, but I don't think that makes the picture suspicious.

[OrangeHoof]

How many documentaries have there been that purport to have NEW EVIDENCE that will reveal who killed JFK? And it gets tons of tv publicity and only turns out to be rehashed info or some unproven theory with a few pieces missing? That's why I'm suspicious. They've sat on this for five years but only share it with the news media when they have a tv show to promote. That doesn't seem suspicious to you?

[BroncoWave]

How many documentaries have there been that purport to have NEW EVIDENCE that will reveal who killed JFK? And it gets tons of tv publicity and only turns out to be rehashed info or some unproven theory with a few pieces missing? That's why I'm suspicious. They've sat on this for five years but only share it with the news media when they have a tv show to promote. That doesn't seem suspicious to you?

You know the History Channel has been sitting on this for 5 years?

[Timmy!]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--29WVsSbR--/h4m6l59o6nsyn0zt9fcf.jpg

[elsid13]

It very hard to make a determination or the sourcing of photo. The Japanese equivalent of NARA has already said they don't have any historical records collaborating the photo.

[OrangeHoof]

You know the History Channel has been sitting on this for 5 years?

Maybe not the History Channel but whomever caught this photo in the National Archives (and the full photo is actually taken from quite a distance from the people in it) reportedly discovered this in 2012. Same reason we suspect Bill Cosby accusers when they surface in 2000-ish with allegations about 1980-ish.

[aberdien]

Maybe not the History Channel but whomever caught this photo in the National Archives (and the full photo is actually taken from quite a distance from the people in it) reportedly discovered this in 2012. Same reason we suspect Bill Cosby accusers when they surface in 2000-ish with allegations about 1980-ish.

This is a bad comparison.

[BroncoWave]

Same reason we suspect Bill Cosby accusers when they surface in 2000-ish with allegations about 1980-ish.

Wait, wut?

[MasterShake]

I thought they were pretty close on another theory that she crashed on a remote Pacific Island and was eventually eaten by Coconut Crabs after she died. Neat article on it here:


The documents note that a partial human skeleton, badly damaged by coconut crabs, had been discovered on the island in 1940, alongside the remains of birds, a turtle and a campfire. Artifacts found with the bones included the sole of a shoe thought to belong to a woman, a Benedictine liquor bottle and a box that held a nautical navigational device called a sextant. The box would have contained the same type of sextant that Noonan is said to have used as a backup navigational device, Gillespie told Live Science.

https://www.livescience.com/56752-castaway-bones-linked-to-amelia-earhart-questioned.html

[FanInAZ]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--29WVsSbR--/h4m6l59o6nsyn0zt9fcf.jpg

Episode #1 of Season #2 of Star Trek: Voyager ("the 37's") explains exactly what happened.

[FanInAZ]

It very hard to make a determination or the sourcing of photo. The Japanese equivalent of NARA has already said they don't have any historical records collaborating the photo.

If they did, we would've known about this decades ago.

[OrangeHoof]

I thought they were pretty close on another theory that she crashed on a remote Pacific Island and was eventually eaten by Coconut Crabs after she died. Neat article on it here:



https://www.livescience.com/56752-castaway-bones-linked-to-amelia-earhart-questioned.html

So, you're saying she died from crabs...

[Simple Jaded]

Aliens are real.

[Valar Morghulis]

Aliens are real.

i think a few post on this forum

[Simple Jaded]

i think a few post on this forum

Que?

[Valar Morghulis]

Que?

ah I get it, i was talking about little green aliens from outer space, you were talking about your gardener!

[sneakers]

I think the history channel program about this is on tonight.

[Magnificent Seven]

I think the history channel program about this is on tonight.

Yes. It will be on channel History at 9:00 PM (PT) It's called "Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence"

I checked their website. The show will start at 7:00 pm (MT) in Colorado.

[Simple Jaded]

ah I get it, i was talking about little green aliens from outer space, you were talking about your gardener!

Are you implying that I need a gardener?

[Valar Morghulis]

Are you implying that I need a gardener?

I believe you may in fact be a gardener

[BroncoWave]

So did anyone watch it?

[Magnificent Seven]

So did anyone watch it?

I did. I watched the whole show last night. Quite interesting! They claimed U.S. fliers were captured and taken onto a Japanese ship to the island of Saipan, 1,450 miles south of Tokyo, where they were imprisoned on suspicion of being U.S. spies. Spent years or decades held captive in an island of Saipan.

They also claimed that Noonan was executed, while Earhart was left to rot in prison, eventually dying of dysentary. In 1968, they interviewed one of Pacific Islanders and she said Fred Noonan was beheaded by the Japanese soldiers/people.

[BeefStew25]

Pic was a fake

[NightTrainLayne]

Pic was a fake

Well, the pic was "real". . . .but published in 1935. Earhart disappeared in 1937. .. .

[BeefStew25]

Sorry judge Judy

[NightTrainLayne]

Sorry judge Judy

Careful, you're in Contempt!

[FanInAZ]

I did. I watched the whole show last night. Quite interesting! They claimed U.S. fliers were captured and taken onto a Japanese ship to the island of Saipan, 1,450 miles south of Tokyo, where they were imprisoned on suspicion of being U.S. spies. Spent years or decades held captive in an island of Saipan.

They also claimed that Noonan was executed, while Earhart was left to rot in prison, eventually dying of dysentary. In 1968, they interviewed one of Pacific Islanders and she said Fred Noonan was beheaded by the Japanese soldiers/people.

1) If they interviewed someone in 1968, why are we hearing about it just now?

2) If I were the Japanese, I would've...
2a) ...used an uninhabited island for my prison camps, which means that no civilians would've been present to witness anything.
2b) ...wanted the enemy spies that we capture near by our top counter espionage interrogators with the hope they might eventually be broken, not just rotting away on some remote island.

[Magnificent Seven]

1) If they interviewed someone in 1968, why are we hearing about it just now?

2) If I were the Japanese, I would've...
2a) ...used an uninhabited island for my prison camps, which means that no civilians would've been present to witness anything.
2b) ...wanted the enemy spies that we capture near by our top counter espionage interrogators with the hope they might eventually be broken, not just rotting away on some remote island.

Good question. I don't know and I learned something new. It was on the show.

[BeefStew25]

This is about as bad as cnn getting trump nominated.