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 recently publicized photo, purported to show Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan alive after their 1937 disappearance, has been definitively debunked.
- Internet sleuths discovered the identical photograph was published in a Japanese travelogue in 1935, two years *before* Earhart's ill-fated flight.
- The History Channel's documentary, "Earhart: The Lost Evidence," which featured the photo, is criticized for embellishing evidence, such as flipping images and overlooking clothing discrepancies.
- Further details, including the correct identification of the ship in the photo and the 1935 publication date confirmed by a Japanese blogger, prove the image is unrelated to Earhart's disappearance.
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