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 purported "new evidence" photo claiming to show Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan alive after their 1937 disappearance has been widely debunked by internet sleuths and a Japanese blogger.
- The photo was discovered to have been published in a Japanese travelogue in 1935, two full years before Earhart's ill-fated flight, rendering it irrelevant to her fate.
- The History Channel's documentary, which featured the photo, employed questionable tactics such as flipping images for facial recognition and ignoring contradictory details like clothing.
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