Posted on 07/11/2017 8:34:03 AM PDT by rdl6989
Fake Documentary?
OOoops.
Yes, the newest version of fake news. I thought it was going to be all hype when I first heard about this photo. The History Channel needs to do...history.
This kind of speculation never dies.
Back in the ‘50s I read an article in “Argosy” magazine wherein a native islander in that area told of seeing a white woman and man being led into the bush by Japanese soldiers and then heard shots. The theme was that they were shot as spies.
but but, but- they had an ‘expert’ claim that the measurement between her shoulders and hips was ‘accurate’ and that there was a high degree of certainty that it was her (of course nearly ANY woman her height would have the same measurement- but let’s not let facts get in the way of a good story)- and they also pointed out the lean was ‘the same as amelia’s’ in some of her photos
They also superimposed a photo of a known dolan shot over the photo, and they both had ‘the teeth in the right position and receding hairline’ and a ‘largish nose’- so by gum - case solved- (of course many men have receding hairlines and their teeth ‘in the right place’ and large noses)
Research and establishing fact is not a strong American ethic anymore.
Who is to say that it isn’t Noonan (a good egg) and Earhart in the photo? Perhaps they were on that atoll two years earlier and happened to be photographed.
Hilarious!
Here is the link to the photo that was found in the travel book- same photo as the one in the documentary
http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1223403/99
The History Channel has long ago lost credibility to live up to it’s name. They are way too focused on repeating conspiracy theories and hunting hidden nazis or ancient aliens to be considered anything other than fringe entertainment..
The recent History Channel show stated that they were both beheaded at their grave side by the Japs. They had a woman on who was 8 at the time and said she saw it. The show was interesting but I don’t know how truthful.
This is the reason I quit watching. Years ago it was my favorite channel.
I haven’t watched them in a long time. Occasionally I’ll watch a video on youtube that happens to be from History Channel.
So much hype about her disappearance. I remember seeing, in a supermarket tabloid or book, many many years ago about her plane being found crashed...in Canada. Serial numbers on the plane matched her plane.
Now if we could just find Richard Halliburton....Last transmission...”Having a great time. Wish you were here instead of me!”
No kidding, assuming the blogger's claim is true. Sloppy research on someone's part not to check into the background of the photograph. Just because a photograph was found in the files of the Office of Naval Intelligence doesn't mean that it was taken by a spy.
TIGHAR (Gillespie) pretty much disabused the Milli Atoll to Saipan story prior to release of this latest info.
Good call.
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