« I wonder why (the) History Channel did not have even one person who understand Japanese or the history between Japan and (the) US. »
Remember that newly discovered photo that suggests Amelia Earhart, who vanished 80 years ago on a round-the-world flight, survived a crash-landing in the Marshall Islands?
Two bloggers may have just debunked that theory.
As NBC reported, a newly discovered photo in the National Archives was believed to show Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, alive in the Marshall Islands. The photo showed the pair sitting on a dock.
Analysts said the photo, which first appeared on the History Channel special “Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence, ” remained unchanged.
Shawn Henry, an NBC News analyst who spent time as the executive assistant director for the FBI, said the photo was legitimate and showed Earhart.
« When you pull out, and when you see the analysis that’s been done, I think it leaves no doubt to the viewers that that’s Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, » Henry told NBC News.
But two bloggers said they found the photo in an Japanese coffee-table book published in 1935, according to CNN.
Earhart was living in the United States at that time, and wouldn’ t venture on her around-the-world trip until 1937.
The bloggers said they found the photo in the book « Naval life line; the view of our South Pacific: Photo album of Southern Pacific Islands. »
One of the bloggers, Matt Holly, told CNN that the person who was believed to be Earhart in the photo could have been a man based on the person’s upper body size.
The other blogger, Kota Yamano, told CNN that it took him 30 minutes to find the photo in the 1935 book.
« I wonder why (the) History Channel did not have even one person who understand Japanese or the history between Japan and (the) U. S., » he told CNN.
The History Channel released a short statement about the photo.
Mashable’s Margaret Sullivan said the hunt for Earhart continues.
“Even if this was nothing but a conspiracy theory, let’s hope we do find some real proof of Earhart’s whereabouts within our lifetimes, ” Sullivan wrote.
