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Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2017 19:15:25 GMT
Jim Crowder of St. Paul believes there is enough evidence out there that not only proves aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart survived her plane’s crash into the south Pacific Ocean, but she was also captured by the Japanese. That theory appeared further strengthened in a July 2 History Channel special report called “Amelia Earhart, The Lost Evidence,” that reveals a what was believed to be long-lost Office of Naval Intelligence photograph appearing to show Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, on a boat dock on Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands. “Two days ago, I would have said that it changed the conversation dramatically,” said Crowder, a member of the Amelia Earhart Research Association.
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Post by Admin on Jul 26, 2017 20:11:52 GMT
Less than a week after the documentary aired, two bloggers claimed to have evidence that the photo was in a coffee table book printed in 1935. Earhart, who lived in St. Paul for a short time and attended Central High School at age 16 during the 1913-14 school year, vanished on June 2, 1937. Despite the long-held belief that Earhart’s Lockheed Model 10 Electra ran out of fuel and crashed — killing the two people onboard — and a statement from the National Archives that the Japanese offered to help and then joined in the search efforts, no trace of the plane has been found, leading some to feel it’s still a mystery what happened.
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Post by Admin on Jul 30, 2017 19:18:20 GMT
The speculation keeps many like Crowder spellbound. “I believe there are people who want to make sure that it never ends,” he said. That’s because Crowder is convinced some governments, including the United States, don’t want anyone to know the true story. “There is some evidence of a coverup,” Crowder said. Earhart was attempting to circumnavigate the earth in a grueling 29,000-mile flight near the equator when the plane disappeared from radar while it was over Howland Island.
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Post by Admin on Aug 5, 2017 19:13:05 GMT
Nikumaroro is a speck of an island in the South Pacific."All together it's about 4 1/2 miles long, including the land and the lagoon," Dr. Rick Pettigrew said. Pettigrew, an archaeologist and filmmaker, just returned from the island with new clues about the possible fate of famed aviator Amelia Earhart. She vanished 80 years ago this summer while attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe in an airplane. The International Group for Historic aircraft Recovery believes Earhart's plane went off course near the equator and crash landed on this remote atoll, where she later died along with navigator Fred Noonan. "I think there's already a great deal of evidence," Pettigrew said, "and as it accumulates, more and more people will come to realize that this is in fact what did happen to Amelia."
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Post by Admin on Aug 10, 2017 19:50:28 GMT
Pettigrew took part in a just completed TIGHAR expedition to the island. They spent 8 days under hot conditions looking for clues. Among the tools put to work: forensice dogs trained to detect human remains. "They did detect that scent right at the very spot where we believe that Amelia died," Pettigrew said. "No bones were found but soil samples were taken from that location and DNA analysis is planned for that soil." Dive teams worked areas off the reef, trying to find pieces of metal that could be traced to Earhart’s plane. None were found, but Pettigrew said the efforts were not a failure. More evidence was collected, he said - but he can't say much more because of restrictions from National Geographic, which is producing a documentary piece on the expedition. "I would say stay tuned," Pettigrew said, "because I think that it's still possible that there will be a breakthrough."
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