{"id":2031,"date":"2017-07-05T14:16:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T19:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2017-07-16T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T22:18:13","slug":"amelia-earhart-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/amelia-earhart-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Amelia Earhart Found…New Photo adds Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Sunday, July 2, 2017, marked the 80th<\/sup> Anniversary of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart on her round the world flight.\u00a0 Today\u2019s (July 5) news headlines have rocked the world, with a new possibility:\u00a0 Amelia Earhart is found?\u00a0 Or at least her fate is closer to being found.<\/p>\n

NBC news broadcast a story on the Today Show that had the whole TV crew mesmerized.\u00a0 Let me say clearly, I don\u2019t usually put a lot of stock into NBC (or other networks) reporting. It tends to be shallow and lacks substance and critical thinking.\u00a0 This may be an exception.\u00a0 One reason is that NBC is reporting a story that is being done by the History Channel, which is slightly more reputable than NBC http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/amelia-earhart-may-have-survived-crash-landing-never-seen-photo-n779591<\/a> .<\/p>\n

According to the story, a photo in the National Archives has been discovered from 1937 (the years of Earhart\u2019s disappearance) that shows a Caucasian man and woman on a dock in the Marshall Islands.\u00a0 That in and of itself is not earth shattering.\u00a0 However, consider that the Japanese occupied the islands at the time and had driven out westerners, so there were virtually no Caucasians in the Marshall Islands in 1937.<\/p>\n

In the photo there is a Caucasian man with his face towards the camera.\u00a0 He has a sharply receding hairline and a protruding nose.\u00a0 Earhart\u2019s navigator (the only other crewman aboard the plane) was a man named Fred Noonan.\u00a0 He has a sharply receding hairline and a protruding nose.\u00a0 In my opinion, after having seen the photo in question, the man definitely looks like Noonan.<\/p>\n

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Amelia Earhart and Navigator Fred Noonan in 1937. \u00a0This is not the National Archives photo in question.<\/p>\n

The evidence for Earhart is not as convincing.\u00a0 There is a woman with her back to the camera.\u00a0 She is sitting and looking to the side.\u00a0 The entire face is not exposed.\u00a0 She is wearing pants and has a short bob haircut, Earhart trademarks, but this evidence is not convincing in and of itself.<\/p>\n

Photographs can be doctored, but according the report, this photograph does not appear to be tampered with.<\/p>\n

Other evidence that lends some credence to the story.\u00a0 Locals have long reported that some islanders saw Earhart and Noonan in Japanese custody and that she was taken away by a ship.\u00a0 The rumors are so strong that some commemorative stamps were produced in the 1980s, celebrating the story.<\/p>\n

Additionally, a ship in the background appears to be towing a piece of machinery that is 38 feet long.\u00a0 The same measurement as the Lockheed Electra flown by Earhart.<\/p>\n

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Nikumaroro Island (FKA Gardner Island) long rumored to be the crash landing site<\/p>\n

One word of caution.\u00a0 There are been NUMEROUS stories through the years about Earhart.\u00a0 Her bones have reportedly been found<\/em>.\u00a0 Fragments of her airplane have been found<\/em>, especially on Nikumaroro Island.\u00a0 A sole of a shoe have been found<\/em> on Nikumaroro (formerly Gardner) Island.\u00a0 Never have these stories been completely verified, at least in my mind.\u00a0 Sometimes it borders on the \u201cElvis Sighting\u201d level.\u00a0 I will say that this photo, if it is authentic, is some of the best evidence that Earhart may have survived, or at least Noonan.<\/p>\n

For a full explanation of the round the world venture and all of the possibilities of what could have occurred, see Session 4 of Doctor Aviation.\u00a0 Take your Mind to Flight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past Sunday, July 2, 2017, marked the 80th Anniversary of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart on her round the world flight.\u00a0 Today\u2019s (July 5) news headlines have rocked the world, with a new possibility:\u00a0 Amelia Earhart is found?\u00a0 Or at least her fate is closer to being found. 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