Internet Is Freaking Out About This Newly Discovered Photo That Shows Amelia Earhart Survived Her Crash
The fate of famous aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of our time. But a newly discovered photograph might just hold the key to unlocking the truth about what really happened on the final leg of her attempt to become the world’s first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.
80 years ago, while flying over the South Pacific on July 2nd 1937, the duo vanished while heading east from Papua New Guinea. In Earhart’s final radio communication, she noted that they were running low on gas, and this led people to believe that the pair most likely crashed into the sea. But former FBI official Shawn Henry believes that the picture below, unearthed by retired US Treasury Agent Les Kinney in 2012, proves that Earhart and Noonan actually landed safely but were then captured by the Japanese. This isn’t the first time that this theory has been put forward, but it is the first time that a photograph has emerged that seemingly supports such a claim.
“This absolutely changes history,” Henry told People Magazine. “I think we proved beyond a reasonable doubt that she survived her flight and was held prisoner by the Japanese on the island of Saipan, where she eventually died.”
Henry’s investigation has resulted in a documentary that will air on the History Channel on Sunday, July 9th, called Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence. Tune in to see for yourself if this ongoing mystery is about to be solved.
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The fate of aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of our time
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80 years ago, while flying over the South Pacific, the duo vanished while heading east from Papua New Guinea
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In Earhart’s final radio communication, she said they were running low on gas, which led people to believe they’d most likely crashed at sea
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But a formerly top secret photograph might just hold the key to unlocking the truth about what really happened
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The picture shows what appears to be Earhart and Noonan in the Marshall Islands, which were then occupied by the Japanese
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Experts believe the man’s nose and hairline match Noonan’s
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The woman also appears to have the same iconic short hair as Earhart
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Furthermore, the picture shows a Japanese warship towing something that resembles Earhart’s plane
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Many people continue to believe that Earhart and Noonan were captured by the Japanese
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But this is the first time a photograph has emerged that seemingly supports such a claim
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Has the mystery of Earhart and Noonan finally been solved?
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WATCH: “This could rewrite history.” Investigators uncover new photo that they believe shows Amelia Earhart alive in Japanese custody pic.twitter.com/QmH1NX3uzJ
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I read on another site that they also used digital enhancement to get a better look at the ship in the background. Elvis was aboard playing a song for some aliens.
I don't believe it. You didn't mention which song he was playing.
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2 people in the distance on an old picture... Yep must definitely be them. :P I admit the man's hairline does look similar. Don't think we'll ever fully find out what happened to them though
So you think you know better than the experts cited in this trailer? Right. I don't know whether this definitively proves she survived & became a Japanese prisoner, but certainly the photo CAN'T be so easily dismissed. Sheesh
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The woman's hair is only similar, and the man seems to be having a really good time. If they were captured by the Japanese, I don't think they would have been so happy. And anyway, it doesn't change history. They died. Either like this or like that, doesn't change the fact.
'Captured' for being random people is very different than captured for being soldiers or spies. They would have likely been treated well and escorted away by the military.
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B******t. Two people in a random picture, they must be Earhart and Noonan... if they were captured by the Japanese, where are the Japanese soldiers then? Besides, we already know roughly what happened - they had radio trouble and couldn't find Howland, so they headed south-east on the 157/337 line of position and ended up on Gardner island, where they spent 5 days sending SOS calls before the plane was washed off the reef. By the time the US Navy showed up, a week later, there was no plane, so they circled the island once, moved on and then gave up saying they "crashed and sank" and the SOS were pranks. The uninhabited island was then colonised by the British one year later and they found 13 bones in 1940 which they speculated belonged to AE, but, because of WW2 the bones were lost. Just look into the "Nikumaroro Hypothesis" of all the versions out there, it's the most compelling and has corroborating evidence from various sources, including radio, archaeological, anecdotal, etc.
They were abducted by aliens, put in a stasis and will be found in approximately 300 years by the federation starship Voyager
Did you watch the video? It's not conclusive but the fact natives of the island had reported their being there decades before does add some more credibility
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I don't buy it. Just because it's a person with short hair and same body type, it could be anybody. I need more proof.
Short hair, same body type, plus near another person with a distinctive hairline and nose as the traveling companion, in a place that had previously reported that they had been there...the odds improve greatly with all that data combined. It's not a certainty but much more likely
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Who knows for sure? i guess only Erhard and Noonan knew for sure what happened. The world is full of myteries! She is a rolemodel and pioneer no less.
even if she didnt die in a crash and was captured by the japanese she couldve been killed. or if she did live she would be dead by now, sadly.
Blurry pics as definate proof .my grandma,s wed pic sure looks like marilyn monroe, so i have no choice but to accept my heritage...
This picture has been now utterly debunked - it was taken by Notoaki Nishino of Palau on October 10, 1935 and published in a Japanese book about the South China Sea. So TWO YEARS before Earhart set off on her flight. By the way, the book can be found online here: http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1223403/99?platform=hootsuite
its not them they werentd ressed that way when she flew after takinging off maui county. and 2 the mad has long hair to the eyebrow rather then short hair
Nice try but picure was taken earlier http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4670468/Photo-showing-Amelia-Earhart-NOT-aviator.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus
Can't open the link. You mean the photo was taken before their last flight?
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But why would they have been "captured" by the Japanese...? we weren't at war with them at that time.
Yeah another photo to go with all the blobsquatch pics that claim to prove something.
Amelia Earhart is still alive! She just changed her name to Caitlyn Jenner
I read on another site that they also used digital enhancement to get a better look at the ship in the background. Elvis was aboard playing a song for some aliens.
I don't believe it. You didn't mention which song he was playing.
Load More Replies... 2 people in the distance on an old picture... Yep must definitely be them. :P I admit the man's hairline does look similar. Don't think we'll ever fully find out what happened to them though
So you think you know better than the experts cited in this trailer? Right. I don't know whether this definitively proves she survived & became a Japanese prisoner, but certainly the photo CAN'T be so easily dismissed. Sheesh
Load More Replies... The woman's hair is only similar, and the man seems to be having a really good time. If they were captured by the Japanese, I don't think they would have been so happy. And anyway, it doesn't change history. They died. Either like this or like that, doesn't change the fact.
'Captured' for being random people is very different than captured for being soldiers or spies. They would have likely been treated well and escorted away by the military.
Load More Replies... B******t. Two people in a random picture, they must be Earhart and Noonan... if they were captured by the Japanese, where are the Japanese soldiers then? Besides, we already know roughly what happened - they had radio trouble and couldn't find Howland, so they headed south-east on the 157/337 line of position and ended up on Gardner island, where they spent 5 days sending SOS calls before the plane was washed off the reef. By the time the US Navy showed up, a week later, there was no plane, so they circled the island once, moved on and then gave up saying they "crashed and sank" and the SOS were pranks. The uninhabited island was then colonised by the British one year later and they found 13 bones in 1940 which they speculated belonged to AE, but, because of WW2 the bones were lost. Just look into the "Nikumaroro Hypothesis" of all the versions out there, it's the most compelling and has corroborating evidence from various sources, including radio, archaeological, anecdotal, etc.
They were abducted by aliens, put in a stasis and will be found in approximately 300 years by the federation starship Voyager
Did you watch the video? It's not conclusive but the fact natives of the island had reported their being there decades before does add some more credibility
Load More Replies... I don't buy it. Just because it's a person with short hair and same body type, it could be anybody. I need more proof.
Short hair, same body type, plus near another person with a distinctive hairline and nose as the traveling companion, in a place that had previously reported that they had been there...the odds improve greatly with all that data combined. It's not a certainty but much more likely
Load More Replies... Who knows for sure? i guess only Erhard and Noonan knew for sure what happened. The world is full of myteries! She is a rolemodel and pioneer no less.
even if she didnt die in a crash and was captured by the japanese she couldve been killed. or if she did live she would be dead by now, sadly.
Blurry pics as definate proof .my grandma,s wed pic sure looks like marilyn monroe, so i have no choice but to accept my heritage...
This picture has been now utterly debunked - it was taken by Notoaki Nishino of Palau on October 10, 1935 and published in a Japanese book about the South China Sea. So TWO YEARS before Earhart set off on her flight. By the way, the book can be found online here: http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1223403/99?platform=hootsuite
its not them they werentd ressed that way when she flew after takinging off maui county. and 2 the mad has long hair to the eyebrow rather then short hair
Nice try but picure was taken earlier http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4670468/Photo-showing-Amelia-Earhart-NOT-aviator.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus
Can't open the link. You mean the photo was taken before their last flight?
Load More Replies... But why would they have been "captured" by the Japanese...? we weren't at war with them at that time.
Yeah another photo to go with all the blobsquatch pics that claim to prove something.
Amelia Earhart is still alive! She just changed her name to Caitlyn Jenner
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