What Really Happened To Amelia Earhart's Memoir

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Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer and is one of the most well-known female pilots in history. On July 2, 1937 Earhart disappeared alongside her navigator Fred Noonan while attempting to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. The plane eventually lost contact with the outside, and since then Earhart’s whereabouts have been unknown. So what happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator? Have their bodies been found? Are we close to figuring out what really happened to the Electra? The Many theories have been made explaining what has happened to Earhart, all backed up with different evidence from different sources. Photos have been uncovered as well as bones, and with each new piece of evidence investigators have gotten a step …show more content…

At the time the relations between the US and Japan were less than friendly. Earhart and Noonan were theorized to possibly have landed in the Marshall Islands when the Electra started to run out of fuel as opposed to crashing in the Pacific Ocean. Westerners were banned from this territory, so it would not be unexpected if the two were captured by the Japanese Imperial Army and taken captive. Additionally, it was believed the Earhart was a spy, and used this historical flight as a way to spy on the Japanese. History.com explains that in the published book “Amelia Earhart: Beyond the Grave” by author W.C. Jameson, it is claimed that Amelia Earhart was a spy for the U.S. government and was on a secret mission to take photos of the Japanese military installation. It is also claimed that Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized this mission, and was aware of her disappearance but did not admit that she was a spy. “Jameson argues that after Earhart and Noonan were shot down or landed in Japanese territory and taken captive, Roosevelt made no attempt to free them because he didn’t want to admit he had enlisted the famous aviator as a spy.” However, the theories, or at least the part about Earhart being a spy, were possibly debunked when her relatives asked Eleanor Roosevelt about the rumor. According to Amelia Lost by Candace Fleming, Eleanor had said no. “We loved Amelia too much to send her to

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