[thunderhead]

Sorry gb, you can bring race into this all that you want, but the raw data is colorblind. The trained crew and their radio logs of the coast guard cutter trump all other claimed observations, regardless of the race of any observer.

[RayD]

Apparently, the photo was published 2 years before the flight. http://yamanekobunko.blog52.fc2.com/blog-entry-338.html

[Seventy2002]

[Ski]

[gb]

Well, that is a game changer as evidence anyway. That answers my earlier question as to whether Earhart was in the South Pacific at an earlier time. Digital archive of the book But it still leaves the issue of witnesses with unchanged stories and the Marshall Island Stamps. As to strong radio signals - how strong is strong? The only Coast Guard witnesses "heard" radio calls, but saw nothing.

[gb]

The history of Amelia Earhart's life casts doubt on the authenticity of the photo in the Japanese book. I can't find anything to indicate she flew in the South Pacific (except Hawaii to California in 1935). She was also very busy in 1935, moving into a new house. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart Can anybody find a log of all of Amelia Earhart's flight (of consequence) that would suggest an earlier trip to the Marshall Islands (prior to or up to 1935)?

[gb]

How did she get to Hawaii in 1935? Hawaii to California early 1935 She rode a ship.....

[Ski]

peer gynt

gangnam style!

flying dutchman

platypus

yoda

[gb]

You have a nice stamp collection. Any of them have value?

[Malachai Constant]

It is a mystery just like UFO's if we know what they are they become IFO's and no longer a mystery. Mysteries are fun, facts not so much.

[thunderhead]

Lol yoda stamp. I find your lack of conspiracy theories disturbing!

[Seventy2002]

[Ski]

I'm trying really hard to get through this film. Somebody posted it on YouTube. Between the repetitious script and "Flo" peddling insurance, I may have to stop for puke breaks. gb, I don't collect stamps. The photo images were only to demonstrate, as DIYSteve did, that what is printed on postage stamps may or may not have anything to do with reality. So far the "photo" has been debunked. The Guardian story has been backed up by a National Geographic story, and I just don't believe the National Geographic would do something so stupid as to publish an article that would jeopardize their credibility. Just my lousy opinion, of course. Then we come to the supposed "metal fragments" of aircraft found on some remote atoll out in the Pacific Ocean. That same atoll that's named on your postage stamp above. I found this little snip interesting: Mili Atoll (Wikipedia entry): Mili remains littered with thousands of World War II relics. The law forbids these items from being removed from the island. Mostly what remains are large bunker systems, rail systems, old artillery pieces and remnants of aircraft. Examples include Japanese Zeroes and a B-25 Mitchell bomber sitting in just several feet of water. Normally I wouldn't cite Wikipedia as a source, but in this case I'm going to make an exception for the sake of expediency.

[gb]

[Ski]

There is nothing that definitively confirms that photograph is Earhart (or Noonan.) Nothing. All conjecture and speculation. After finally making it all the way through that film: Most of what you've got there is a whole lot of circumstantial and anecdotal, and not a heck of a lot of definitive evidence. I will concede that the statements from the islanders seem credible, but they're still anecdotal, no matter how you slice or dice it. (See Steve's comment above about "eyewitness testimony".) (See also statements from people who were at Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963; were there three shots? or four? or two? or one? or five? or nine?) The written statement by US Marine Corps General Alexander Vandergrift isn't corroborated or substantiated anywhere else. Was he there on Saipan when the incident supposedly occurred? No. There is no way he was there prior to June 15, 1944. Again: anecdotal. Just like Geraldo Rivera and Al Capone's safe, two hours later we finally get down to what is supposed to be "pay dirt", and it's just dirt. No possibility of DNA evidence. Nothing conclusive. So while I am confident that a lot of people are now convinced that our government was involved in some nefarious cover-up scheme (which should come as no surprise to anyone), the film offers nothing in the way of incontrovertible evidence. Another Al Capone's safe, like I said at the beginning of this thread.