Amelia Eaehart may have survived

Very interesting. First I thought no way they are really reaching until I watched the video. Then I though-Hey there very well might be something to this. Can't wait to see the show on Sunday. Off to set the DVR.

I'll be watching the documentary - I find this fascinating.

I have a personal interest in her, I have a picture around here somewhere, she was the Matron of Honor in the wedding for Porter Adams, who is a distant cousin of mine of some sort - I'm hurting my brain trying to remember/figure it out, I think he's the nephew of a great great great grandmother. DD brought in a copy of the photo for school, she had to pick a female women in history and dress up like her and act the part of her at a "social gathering" her teacher held in either 4th or 5th grade, everyone dressed up and walked around pretending to be someone. Anyway Amelia being a pilot was friends with my we'll call him cousin's wife and so she was in the wedding. Porter was the head of the Aeronautical Society at one point which is how they were associated.

I think it's interesting that just in the past few years they've produced evidence that she and her navigator died on Nakamura Island, with evidence of a campsite and bones and glass fragments from her facial lotion bottles as "proof". They even have a picture of what may be her plane on the reef. And now this "proof" that they were captured by the Japanese. I think it's pretty compelling that local stories talk about her. I am looking forward to watching this.

very cool; thanks! I need to remember to set it to record.

And can I also just say how cool it is that our community here is so varied and broad that a Pea would have photos of Amelia Earhart in a family wedding, and that another Pea's relative once met her?!? I bet we could find connections to just about anything or anyone if we ask the Peas about it!  

I was all set to record--and then I heard an interview on NPR. The man interviewed has done a lot of scholarly research on Amelia. He debunked the story for several reasons. I'll try to remember all that he said. (Interview was on radio in my market on Friday morning before noon.)

#1. The photo has been around with those who study her for at least 18 months, I think he said. He has a copy of the photo and has examined it. He objected to calling it a "new photo just discovered"
#2. He says they reversed the photo to make the hairline match Noonan.
#3. When she disappeared, she gave lots of May day calls and some "pings" from her plane. The pings went on for 3 days. For the pings to continue that long, they had to be on land where a generator could charge the battery to ping. He thinks they were on an island/sandbar that was covered over with high tides and the ping had to stop.
#4. Bones were found many years ago. The British mistakenly identified them as a male and now say they were a female about same height as Amelia.

We thought it was fascinating and tragic too. What was particularly sad was when the US felt they had to let her go rather than let the Japanese know they were able to crack their code. She could have been saved but that would have compromised National Security. Tragic. 

Btw, I believe eve that was them in the photo.

great thread, darn I missed the documentary! I'm going to look for it on on Demand.

It was on the History Channel.  I'd check their website to see if an upcoming airing is on the schedule.