{"id":2036,"date":"2017-07-10T09:04:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2017-07-10T09:04:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:04:51","slug":"amelia-earhart-photo-a-critique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/amelia-earhart-photo-a-critique\/","title":{"rendered":"Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence – A Critique"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I viewed the documentary Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence and saw the photo that has been found, which indicates that she may have survived her final flight.\u00a0 I first blogged on the photo a few hours after the story broke: https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/amelia-earhart-found\/<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Below are my initial thoughts after viewing the documentary in full.<\/p>\n

This is a link to the photo identifying important facets:\u00a0 https:\/\/ewedit.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/amelia-graphic.jpg?w=2000<\/a><\/p>\n

The documentary actually spent very little time with the photo.\u00a0 One of my initial questions is how could they place the location and date of the photo to 1937 in the Marshall Islands.\u00a0 The question was answered when a former US government employee, Les Kinney, shared the photo he states he found in the National Archives. It had been clearly labeled with the location.<\/p>\n

The next question on most people\u2019s minds: \u201cHas the photo been tampered with\u201d?\u00a0 I was impressed with the six different tests used to check for tampering.\u00a0 The photo passed all six tests, indicating that it has not been doctored.<\/p>\n

One of the key facets of linking the photo to Earhart was matching her back to the back of the individual sitting on the dock.\u00a0 The expert apparently used three different photos (shown in the interview).\u00a0 Ironically, the best match appeared to be from a motion picture of Earhart emerging from the top of the aircraft earlier in her life.\u00a0 The producers used this \u201cmatch\u201d frequently as they returned from five minute commercial breaks.\u00a0 Interestingly, the photo expert did not choose to use this image (at least that he shared).\u00a0 It could be due to the fact that it was from a motion picture.<\/p>\n

I would love to know who took the photo, but the documentary did not take up this question.<\/p>\n

Concerning the photo itself, I was most impressed with the portion of the photo dealing with the Koshu<\/em>, a Japanese vessel towing an object.\u00a0 This is the same vessel depicted in the stamps issued by the Marshall Islands in the 1980s based on locals\u2019 accounts of the event some forty plus years after the fact.\u00a0 The dimensions of the Koshu<\/em> are well documented.\u00a0 The distance between the decks is 8 feet.\u00a0 With this as a baseline, they were able to place the length of the object being towed at 38 feet.\u00a0 The Lockheed Electra (Earhart\u2019s plane) was 38 feet, 7 inches.\u00a0 This was very strong evidence that it may have indeed been the Electra.<\/p>\n

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I should add that a man named Mike Campbell, who worked both for the US Navy and the US Air Force and who has been investigating the Earhart case since the 1980s, highly questions the validity of the photo, but not the Marshall Island landing.\u00a0 His main critique:\u00a0 If Earhart and Noonan were captured by the Japanese, where are the armed military guards who would likely have not left their side?\u00a0 His critique can be found at: https:\/\/earharttruth.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/05\/6078\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I was a little frustrated at the beginning of the film.\u00a0 Consistent with today\u2019s fast paced, frenetic presentation of multiple images, the documentary started out choppy, in my opinion.\u00a0 They seemed to be rushing the pace.\u00a0 I understood better why they did so in the second hour.\u00a0 Most of the thoughtful (and to this point unseen) information was presented at a more digestible pace in the second hour.<\/p>\n

What I found most interesting as a pilot will be shared in my next blog.\u00a0 I will also share my remaining questions in that post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night I viewed the documentary Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence and saw the photo that has been found, which indicates that she may have survived her final flight.\u00a0 I first blogged on the photo a few hours after the story broke: https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/amelia-earhart-found\/ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Below are my initial thoughts after viewing the documentary in full. 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