For decades it has been speculated that Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, survived a crash that likely took place when they went off course. Local natives claim that they witnessed Earhart's plane crash on the island of Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Now, investigators are claiming that this recently released photo from once closed national archives is proof that the theory may be true.
The History Channel is going to be airing a documentary on the topic this Sunday. It appears that facial recognition software aligns with the images and that it is a likely match. Additionally, the boat seen in the picture looks to be moving an object the same size as Earhart's plane.
If this photo is accurate and corresponds to native legend that Earhart and Noonan were taken into Japanese captivity as spies, they likely died in a prison in the Marshall Islands. Records may never be found, as the Japanese have claimed that no such records exist. With this being said, many of these documents were burned after the war and no one from that time period is around to verify the information.
I find these mysteries fascinating!
