Amelia Earhart Conspiracy Theory

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“Did Amelia Earhart Survive? A Found Photo Offers a Theory, but No Proof” by Jacey Fortin entertains the idea that Amelia Earhart may still be alive. The author claims to have a picture of Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, on a Japanese dock from an old magazine picture. Many conspiracy theories have been made about the disappearance of Earhart and Noonan; “Did they land, or did they crash? Did they drown at sea, or were they marooned? Did their twin-engine Lockheed Electra plunge into the ocean, never to be seen again” (Fortin)? Recently it has come to light that someone found a supposed photograph of Earhart and Noonan on the Marshall Islands after their disappearance. Many conspiracies have been found but all are circumstantial …show more content…

Both believed they landed on islands, however one article thought it was a deserted island, and the other article thought it was in the Marshall Islands. Many conspiracy theorists can agree with multiple theories because none of them solid facts, therefore the authors would agree with each other. “The photo, which History said was found in the National Archives by a retired federal agent named Les Kinney, appears to show a tall, trousers-wearing, short-haired woman seated on a dock in Jaluit, an atoll in the Marshall Islands, with her back to the camera” (Fortin). She’s facing backwards to the camera, and her style hair and clothing choices were popular in these days. “It also appears to show Mr. Noonan and maybe even the Electra itself, on a barge off in the distance” (Fortin). This quite interesting because it’s such a grainy and at times blurry picture, so it’s a bit of a stretch. “Mr. Gillespie, a pilot, said Earhart would have needed only about 700 feet of unobstructed space to land because her plane would have been traveling only about 55 m.p.h. at touchdown” (Gillespie). Many conspiracy theories have multiple things that could be slightly off of the norm of possibility. This can conclude no rock solid evidence can be presented from conspiracy theories, thus no advancements have been made regarding their

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