That grainy black-and-white photo purportedly showing Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan alive on an atoll in the Marshall Islands with Earhart’s Lockheed Electra being towed by a Japanese ship? Nope, not even close.
History Channel’s Amelia Earhart Story Quickly Unravels
Key Takeaways:
- A photo purportedly showing Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan alive after their 1937 disappearance has been debunked by internet sleuths and a Japanese blogger.
- The photograph was discovered to have been published in a Japanese travelogue in 1935, two years before Earhart's ill-fated flight.
- NBC News and the History Channel are criticized for allegedly embellishing evidence and misrepresenting facts to support the discredited claim in their reporting and documentary.
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