Amelia Earhart: History Chanel The Lost Evidence. Was She Captured By The Japanese?

[Sue sue]

http://www.history.com/specials/amelia-earhart-the-lost-evidence

Eighty years after the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan, new evidence may prove a shocking theory—that Earhart and Noonan were captured alive by the Japanese, and that the U.S. government knew she was in the custody of a foreign power, and may have covered it up

http://www.history.com/specials/amelia-earhart-the-lost-evidence/pages/exploring-the-lost-evidence
[doublepost=1499722764,1499721610][/doublepost]http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/expedition-unknown/episodes/amelia-earhart

 

[ChaosKitty]

this has been going on a long time, personally I think that guy back when really did find her remains they looked like they matched and then were lost after measured. Dogs went to the exact same spot. Secondly, I know the Japanese and their culture and how things were back then: if they had had he everyone would have known about it and her execution would have been a big deal. The picture of the woman? any white female captive they had, which they had many, could easily have been in that picture over her both in looks and dress. The oman ho said she sa he taken away? attention or if said after liberation even just the thought of food or a little attention would have made her say anything then as a child or for attention and maybe money now

 

[cubby]

I don't know tho, they make a compelling argument and I would absolutely believe that the US Government knows/knew exactly what happened.
[doublepost=1499806452,1499724183][/doublepost]http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...s-out-timeline-flaw-in-supposed-earhart-photo

In the History Channel special, some analysts argued that the photo showed Earhart (sitting at the end of the dock, facing away from the camera) and her navigator Fred Noonan (on the far left of the image). They identified the ship in the background as the Koshu Maru, and argued that the Koshu Maru rescued Earhart and Noonan after they crash-landed in 1937.

But a Japanese military history blogger, who goes by @baron_yamaneko on Twitter, found evidence the photo predated Earhart's famous disappearance. The History Channel is aware of the evidence and says it is investigating.

In an English-language post, the blogger explains that "the photograph was first published in Palau under Japanese rule in 1935, in a photo book ... So the photograph was taken at least two years before Amelia Earhart disappear[ed] in 1937 and a person on the photo was not her."

The photo book in question was digitized and published online by Japan's National Diet Library. The publication date is listed in the traditional Japanese style as "Showa 10" — that is, 1935.

The blogger also identifies the ship in the image as the Koshu, which the Japanese seized in World War I, rather than the Koshu Maru, which was launched in 1937.

The History Channel tells NPR it has "a team of investigators exploring the latest developments about Amelia Earhart and we will be transparent in our findings.

"Ultimately historical accuracy is most important to us and our viewers," spokeswoman Kirby Dixon said in a statement.

 

[ChaosKitty]

like I said it would be more than a little of a stretch with that picture and yeah, anyone can put together a fantastic blingy production to try and push people's opinions & ideas one way or another but seriously, that picture could literally be anyone, many female missionaries were captured along with British civilians & they woulda said if she had been caught, listen to some of the old recordings of Tokyo Rose, it would have been too big a feather in their cap not to have