They found Amelia Earhart . . . again . . . maybe

[DWalt]

Every year in the USA alone, there are over 2,000 unresolved missing person cases and over 4,000 unidentifiable dead bodies discovered. And people still debate one incident that happened over 85 years ago.

 

[GypsmJim]

I read a story about 10 years ago that showed a blurry picture that had been found in a Japanese person's possession. It showed a barge with a damaged plane on it, and it looked like it was hers. In the foreground were 2 persons obviously restrained, and the woman looked like her. The theory at the time was that Japan either shot her down or was nearby when she crashed. It further speculated that she was held in captivity until she died.

 

[pantannojack]

One TV story version suggested that she could have carried a trailing directional antenna but she did not want the added drag. Also same story said there was a disagreement between pilot and navigator over where to make a crucial turn in route and how to verify that important point on map.

 

[DWalt]

I read a story about 10 years ago that showed a blurry picture that had been found in a Japanese person's possession. It showed a barge with a damaged plane on it, and it looked like it was hers. In the foreground were 2 persons obviously restrained, and the woman looked like her. The theory at the time was that Japan either shot her down or was nearby when she crashed. It further speculated that she was held in captivity until she died.

Possibly not the same picture, but there was one photo discovery similar to that which got investigators excited. On further analysis it was identified and determined to be something unrelated to Earhart.

 

[Abbynormal]

Fred Noonan was a known drunk. I think he got too boozed up on the Papua New Guinea jungle juice and f'd up navigatin'.

 

[quikdraw67]

We'll see.

Very few people are alive today who remember when Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937. Plus there are lots of war wrecks in the Pacific.

Jimmy Hoffa will be missing 50 years as of 2025, I remember that as a kid, and I'll be 57 this year.

Stuff like this is basically click bait. It really doesn't matter.

 

[lihpster]

They ditched the plane in the ocean next to a US destroyer and were immediately picked up. On the way back to America, Noonan went overboard in an "accident". Amelia was given a new face and training and began working overseas as a spy, helping the resistance in France. After the war she worked for the CIA and helped to design spy planes. She eventually became the test pilot for the repaired ship that crashed at Roswell. Eventually, she retired and died slumped over a slot machine at Harrah's in Las Vegas in 1975.

Prove me wrong.

 

[LVSteve]

They ditched the plane in the ocean next to a US destroyer and were immediately picked up. On the way back to America, Noonan went overboard in an "accident". Amelia was given a new face and training and began working overseas as a spy, helping the resistance in France. After the war she worked for the CIA and helped to design spy planes. She eventually became the test pilot for the repaired ship that crashed at Roswell. Eventually, she retired and died slumped over a slot machine at Harrah's in Las Vegas in 1975.

Prove me wrong.

OK. My retired slot tech neighbor says she croaked over one his machines at the Desert Inn after a night of passion with Howard Hughes.

 

[Rustyt1953]

OK. My retired slot tech neighbor says she croaked over one his machines at the Desert Inn after a night of passion with Howard Hughes.

She asphyxiated from Lysol.

 

[DWalt]

If you read anything about Amelia, the conclusion is that the was a fair pilot, certainly not a great one. She had many accidents but was fortunately able to walk away from them. She was more interested in setting records than being a competent and capable pilot. She was married to a very wealthy New York publisher whose major hobby was publicizing his wife in every possible way. Basically she was a creation of good publicity and advertising paid for by her husband. Most think that her disappearance was the result of her not having the necessary skills to operate her radio equipment.

 

[sigp220.45]

I read a story about 10 years ago that showed a blurry picture that had been found in a Japanese person's possession. It showed a barge with a damaged plane on it, and it looked like it was hers. In the foreground were 2 persons obviously restrained, and the woman looked like her. The theory at the time was that Japan either shot her down or was nearby when she crashed. It further speculated that she was held in captivity until she died.

They found the same picture in a book published a couple of years before she disappeared. It wasn't her.

 

[Rudi]

We shall see, as Grandma used to say.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

They ditched the plane in the ocean next to a US destroyer and were immediately picked up. On the way back to America, Noonan went overboard in an "accident". Amelia was given a new face and training and began working overseas as a spy, helping the resistance in France. After the war she worked for the CIA and helped to design spy planes. She eventually became the test pilot for the repaired ship that crashed at Roswell. Eventually, she retired and died slumped over a slot machine at Harrah's in Las Vegas in 1975.

Prove me wrong.

I think we have da winna!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NYlakesider]

I think we have da winna!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree, he has sources as good as the late Tom Clancy had!-

 

[SMSgt]

Wait? She's missing?

 

[lihpster]

I agree, he has sources as good as the late Tom Clancy had!-

Boy, I got vision and the rest of the world's wearing bifocals.

 

[Onomea]

More here:

A crew says it found Amelia Earhart's plane. It could take years to confirm.

A crew led by Tony Romeo, the founder of underwater exploration company Deep Sea Vision, said they captured an image of what might be Earhart's Lockheed Electra.

By Praveena Somasundaram

https://wapo.st/47VSwEf

 

[rwsmith]

I HOPE.........

I HOPE they got a good fix on the location. We've had enough of those 'close but no cigar' findings.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

We have so many unresolved mysteries out there, Hoffa, D.B. Cooper, JFK, Roswell, the list is endless.

Captains Earhart and Noonan are part of that lore even though we are not too far from the century mark on its anniversary.

Back in that day, 1937 was only 34 years from the Wright Bros. so aviation was still an oddity. If you think Murphy's Law is bad now you can imagine what it was like then under those conditions.

Anything could've happened...we will never truly know although I hope that is wasn't both of them dying a slow death as castaways on a desert island.

Most likely they ran out of fuel and went in the drink.

If it is their plane that was found, at least it provides closure to the casebook...and in that regard should be left alone as a grave just like numerous ships over the centuries until the sea gives up her dead.