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[Isaac Otherworld]

This seems almost plausible. I'm ready for the creepy drsmatic unsolved mysteries style youtube video.

 

[Pancake Mix]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel_claims_and_urban_legends#Modern_man_at_1941_bridge_opening

Not to mention his hairline appears to be receding very clearly. Nowadays it's a lot more common to have a shorter trim if that's the case. It's a stretch and not everybody does it...but it's less common today to keep it relatively long if your hair is going.

So yeah, just a man whose fashion sense was ahead of his time, and an obvious hockey fan.

 

[Meowster]

I want to believe this is real.. it feels real, anyway.

 

[newtypepilot]

ENHANCE that photo!!

 

[SiteSeer]

That was 80 years ago. Probably no records from that time still exist.

i just so happened to watch the unsolved mysteries episode on earhart the other day and one of the stories in that episode says that a group of us marines were tasked with patrolling an old japanese base, they found a safe in one of the offices and used some explosives to open it looking for loot. one soldier grabbed a briefcase and it turned out to be earhart's documents. he turned this briefcase over to his commander and that was that. another two soldiers apparently saw earharts plane flown over the island by other us government personnel and over heard other marine guards talking about earhart's plane. they later saw it burned down in another location. this episode is up on amazon prime if you got it.

 

[norm9]

Eh, though incredible if true and right under our noses the whole time, I don't believe it.

 

[UrokeJoe]

i just so happened to watch the unsolved mysteries episode on earhart the other day and one of the stories in that episode says that a group of us marines were tasked with patrolling an old japanese base, they found a safe in one of the offices and used some explosives to open it looking for loot. one soldier grabbed a briefcase and it turned out to be earhart's documents. he turned this briefcase over to his commander and that was that. another two soldiers apparently saw earharts plane flown over the island by other us government personnel and over heard other marine guards talking about earhart's plane. they later saw it burned down in another location. this episode is up on amazon prime if you got it.

Interesting... Going to look for that, been a long time since I've watched Unsolved Mysteries and with this current affair hmm.

 

[andythinkpad]

They would never confirm this if it's true. Being responsible for killing a massive icon like that , yea no.

They can if they find a bone of her. It's very easy to verify by NDA even after hundred of years.

 

[thefro]

Eh, though incredible if true and right under our noses the whole time, I don't believe it.

There's been books and anecdotal accounts of people on the Marshall Islands & Saipan saying Earhart/Noonan were there basically since the US took control of those areas during WW II.

It's always been one of the two theories put forward besides "crashed at sea/drowned".

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Why do people want this to be true?
I'd rather think of her crashing in the ocean than being captured and killed by the enemy.
I hope it's false.

 

[UrokeJoe]

Why do people want this to be true?
I'd rather think of her crashing in the ocean than being captured and killed by the enemy.
I hope it's false.

Some people like the truth. Not saying this is, but the search for the truth is always a worth while endeavor.

 

[Osu 16 Bit]

I don't get it. I can't tell anything from those pictures. I feel like I must be missing something with all these people saying it looks like them? They look like nothing!

 

[BluePigGanon]

I don't get it. I can't tell anything from those pictures. I feel like I must be missing something with all these people saying it looks like them? They look like nothing!

A big part of it is that's (ostensibly) the Marshall Islands in the 1930s, when and where there would not have been a lot of Western-looking people.

 

[Timeaisis]

Fascinating. I want to believe it's true, but it's hardly absolute proof.

I'm interesting in seeing this documentary that (hopefully) gives some more context to the photograph, too see why they think that is indeed Amelia and her navigator.

 

[Liljagare]

It's like a UFO picture.

You can't identify anyone in it.

 

[jerry113]

The widow's peak gives me pause.

 

[WinFonda]

it's a possibility

even after all this time i could see governments privy to the truth not exactly in a rush to claim responsibility for the death of a beloved figure... on top of the already damaging war crime aspect of it

 

[BajiBoxer]

Looks like it could be them, and matches some of the stories. Not definitive, but a pretty strong posibility.

 

[PeskyToaster]

A documentary that actually found something??

 

[Cyframe]

Since I was a kid I was always fascinated by Amelia Earhart and any news about what actually happened is interesting.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Didnt the Unsolved mysteries episode on her purport she was captured by the Japanese as well? That was in the late 80s-early 90s I believe...

 

[hairygreenpeas]

The mysteries surrounding Amelia Earhart's disappearance have always intrigued me. With the surfacing of this potential photographic evidence of her whereabouts at the time, I feel compelled to watch the History Channel documentary to learn more - and I say this as someone who is usually not a fan of their shtick. I hope they are able to provide a bit more evidence without going off the deep end; I would personally like to see them expand more on the various eye-witness accounts the locals made concerning Earhart and Noonan's presence on the island(s), as well as the potential involvement of the Japanese.

Personally, I feel like there may be something to this. And if it all turns out to be true - wow.

 

[SiteSeer]

The mysteries surrounding Amelia Earhart's disappearance have always intrigued me. With the surfacing of this potential photographic evidence of her whereabouts at the time, I feel compelled to watch the History Channel documentary to learn more - and I say this as someone who is usually not a fan of their shtick. I hope they are able to provide a bit more evidence without going off the deep end; I would personally like to see them expand more on the various eye-witness accounts the locals made concerning Earhart and Noonan's presence on the island(s), as well as the potential involvement of the Japanese.

Personally, I feel like there may be something to this. And if it all turns out to be true - wow.

search youtube for 'earhart saipan' and you got what you're looking for. the video i'm referencing even shows you her's and noonan's alleged jail cells.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Why do people want this to be true?
I'd rather think of her crashing in the ocean than being captured and killed by the enemy.
I hope it's false.

I would like the truth.
My wishful thinking image is she crashed on an extremely remote island and survived for years.

But honestly of the major theories, a potentially quick execution by the Japanese might have been better than crashing and reaching a deserted island only to starve or succumb to injuries slowly over days or weeks.

 

[mAcOdIn]

Honestly speaking, does anyone really expect the Japanese to have kept records, everyone's talking like these two were hot shit and they'd have to know but from what I gather from that era is that the Japanese had very little regard for people, I can imagine maybe nobody high up knew or cared, just another couple of bodies to deal with. It's just as plausible they didn't think they were spies and still offed them, used them as labor or whatever.

 

[Fried Food]

i believe the picture is real and that the events happened as they are now being alleged to.

 

[Media]

Yup. They tease and tease and tease the one nugget of actual information they have for 40 minutes. The flirt with answering the question asked at the start of the program, and entire hook, the entire. Recap the previous 10 minutes every 5 minutes with a small bit of new discussion.

I mean, I'm just bitter I've sat through 4 seasons of Cure of Oak Island.

Haha I was thinking of that show reading your post before you even mentioned it.

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

That's exactly what they want you to think. Just like that lady on the cell phone in the Carlie Chaplin video right...

What was Jay-Z doing in 1933? Some say he was planting the keys for his success,,,

Why do you think no one ever really knows what Jay is talking about...

Jay-Z is part of the same team of celebrity time travelers as the man history remembers as Paul Revere, but we now know as Jack Black.

 

[jiggle]

Whatever will happen to new radicals song now ? D:

 

[scitek]

I'm rewatching Unsolved Mysteries season 3 episode 8. The whole Saipan theory is there, and they spoke to a witness who said she saw Earhart's execution.

Didnt the Unsolved mysteries episode on her purport she was captured by the Japanese as well? That was in the late 80s-early 90s I believe...

Correct.

 

[sturgboski]

Jay-Z is part of the same team of celebrity time travelers as the man history remembers as Paul Revere, but we now know as Jack Black.

mindblown.gif

Have not seen that one.

 

[KahooTs]

Anyone up on the conspiracy theories? What evidence is there that she was doing any spying? I've seen references to a Lockheed engineer saying he cut holes into the plane for a camera, is there anything else?

 

[Escape Goat]

Her being abducted by aliens is more believable.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Anyone up on the conspiracy theories? What evidence is there that she was doing any spying? I've seen references to a Lockheed engineer saying he cut holes into the plane for a camera, is there anything else?

I don't know about evidence but that theory has been around since at the very least the 80's.

 

[Violet_0]

gotta say this photo is rather convincing

 

[neoanarch]

Total Bs

If she were a spy those records would have been declassified and madr public by now.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Total Bs

If she were a spy those records would have been declassified and madr public by now.

I don't think she was a "spy" but the defense department probably asked her to photograph or take notes on Japan's buildup in the area.

Once that was found out she was a prisoner and the United States let her burn. It would be pretty damming.

 

[Temp_User]

*wearstinfoilhat*

I would say that the CIA used Amelia Earhart as a SPAI! Her mission and the circumstances of her death was kept classified for 80 years for fear of public backlash.

*removestinfoilhat*

 

[Crimson-Death]

It's a funny world we live in.

 

[Reptars Revenge]

And look what episode of Family Guy was on tonight. Coincidence?

 

[lenovox1]

I don't think she was a "spy" but the defense department probably asked her to photograph or take notes on Japan's buildup in the area.

Once that was found out she was a prisoner and the United States let her burn. It would be pretty damming.

And the Japanese government wouldn't have made that public by now, because...

 

[Etrian Oddity]

And the Japanese government wouldn't have made that public by now, because...

I mean, look how they're still acting over comfort women. Not at all odd that they'd want to deny this.

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

I mean, look how they're still acting over comfort women. Not at all odd that they'd want to deny this.

See Also: Nanking Massacre deniers.

 

[Lord of Castamere]

And the Japanese government wouldn't have made that public by now, because...

Would the current government even know? I'm sure there were many POWs killed back then. Not like they can just type it in a computer.

 

[Kevtones]

If she lived and was captured the story just gets more interesting. Please be true.

 

[Tagyhag]

And the Japanese government wouldn't have made that public by now, because...

If they don't have proof it'll just look like they killed her for no reason.

And as Unit 731 shows, Japan will outright deny events if it makes them look bad.

 

[takriel]

all according to keikaku

 

[The Chosen One]

If this is true, I think its high time for a new biopic (not the garbage one from 2009)

It has all the elements that would make it a critical success and mop up awards- female lead (diversity), mysterious story that can be directed compellingly, flying sequences and war action scenes for the lowest common denominators that love superhero action films, etc.

Has something for everyone.

You left out the part about aliens.

 

[Steiner84]

Voyager settled this once and for all guys. accept it.

 

[//ARCANUM]

i have it on good authority she was actually taken by dolphin and whale