By now, you have probably seen the headlines (there was one in the L.A. Times this morning, for instance) about the “discovery” of Amelia Earhart.
The story is complicated and misleading, so for those who do not obsess over historic mysteries as I do, I thought I would relate the short version (yes, I know it’s long, but trust me. It’s short).
There are several “schools” of Earhart mystery thought. Some are on the kook fringe: Earhart returned to the United States and lived under the name Irene Bolam. Some are close to that fringe: the oft-discredited Japanese capture theory. The mainstream theory is known as the “Crashed and Sank School,” which needs no explanation.
Then there is TIGHAR.
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