“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
— Carl Sagan
Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24th, 1897. Throughout her life she inspired young readers and also forged away for female pilots as well as just modern-day people looking into the window of her life.
It seems as if we all know the story of Earhart's plan to journey across the ocean, but never truly made it to her destination. According to the article, What Happened to Amelia Earhart? Written within History.com, "On the morning of July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, took off from Lae, New Guinea, on one of the last legs in their historic attempt to circumnavigate the globe. " They then go on an explanation that the journey altogether was about 2,000 miles away. We then read on and nod our heads when it's telling us that Earhart's and Noonan's planes never arrived at their destination of Howland Island.
However, the idea of the plane crashing due to bad weather or plane malfunctions wasn't the only thing that has us wondering. Around 84 years later, History.com also lets us know that "Her plane wreckage was never found, and she was officially declared lost at sea. Her disappearance remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century"
So, what are some of these thoughts that conspiracists have stirred about in a pot?
Theory #2
The Castaway Theory
While reporting her last coordinates at 8:43 am, Earhart reports flying, "on line 157 337...running north and south." This supposedly is the correct coordinates of where her destination is supposed to be. A week after the plane's disappearance, U.S. Navy planes flew over Gardner Island on July 9, 1937. These navy planes didn't find any signs of Earhart, Noonan or the plane. However, they did report that they saw signs of recent habitation. This comes to the rest of the Castaway Theory that Earhart and Nanoon were having plane troubles and were forced to land on Gardner Island, where they lived there for a while as castaways, until they died. In the Article written by USAToday.com, "A skull was found on the island along with bones from an arm and leg." However, it was also reported that no one had lived on that small island for it seemed like since 1892. Later on in the investigation, "a scientist interpreted those bones as belonging to a man in 1941."
Theory #2
Stolen by the Japanese
"In 2017, investigators announced the discovery of a photo, buried in the National Archives for nearly 80 years," say's USAToday.com. They then go on and tell us that, "that they believed depicted Earhart and Noonan days after their disappearance. However, the photo was later debunked. "
Japanese authorities, later on, told that there aren't any records that indicated that Earhart and Noonan were in Japanese custody. But if the Japanese were lying, what would they possibly want with two young pilots? Some conspiracies think that they were tortured in Tokoyo for being accused spies for the U.S government and that these pilots later died in custody or possibly by execution? What do you think?
Theory #3
Amelia Earhart ... or perhaps Irene Bolam?
A few authors, such as WC Jameson, and Joseph Gervais, both ended up writing books that the possibility of Amelia Earhart stowing away and taking a new name was possible, "Joseph Gervais, claimed in Amelia Earhart Lives that she survived the plane crash and was taken prisoner by the Japanese. After WWII, Gervais claimed, Earhart repatriated to New Jersey, taking the name Irene Bolam and becoming a banker. " Goes on USAToday. After being brought it and questions, Bolam on many instances denied being Earhart and sued for $1.5 million dollars. People, however, still latch on like a leech to this theory. Even though photos may be similar, whatever happened to Fred Nanoon? Does his role in this have a significant impact on this mystery?
Sources:
What Happened to Amelia Earhart? (2010). In HISTORY.com. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/what-happened-to-amelia-earhart
Aspegren, E. (2019, July 19). A conspiracy, a crash and a capture: Five theories about Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. USA TODAY; USA TODAY. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/19/amelia-earhart-found-disappearance-theories/1475518001/
Irene Bolam. (n.d.). Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last. https://earharttruth.wordpress.com/tag/irene-bolam/
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