The 1937 disappearance of pioneer pilot Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan in the Pacific Ocean has been the subject of continuing research, debate, and speculation— most recently in a July 9 show titled Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence. Here is the History Channel’s explanation of the show’s premise:
Buried in the National Archives for nearly 80 years, a newly rediscovered photo may hold the key to solving one of history’s all-time greatest mysteries. On July 2, 1937, near the end of her pioneering flight around the world, Amelia Earhart vanished somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. . . . Now, new evidence has surfaced in U.S. government archives suggesting