What really happened to Amelia Earhart? The 40th anniversary of the famed flier's disappearance with her co-pilot and navigator, Fred Noonan, will be July 2.

By Chicago Tribune 1-16-1977

In interviews with Saipan natives, the investigators learned that in 1937 a thin woman with short hair and a white man with a long nose were seen under guard on the Japanese-held island. Islanders told them the woman looked sad and seemed hurt. They said she apparently had dysentery.
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A photo discovered in the National Archives shows a woman who resembles Amelia Earhart on a dock in the Marshall Islands.

A newly discovered photograph suggests legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished 80 years ago on a round-the-world flight, survived a crash-landing in the Marshall Islands. The photo, found in a long-forgotten file in the National Archives,

By Tom Costello and Daniel Arkin NBC News 7-5-17

shows a woman who resembles Earhart and a man who appears to be her navigator, Fred Noonan, on a dock. The discovery is featured in a new History channel special, "Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence," that airs Sunday.

Independent analysts told History the photo appears legitimate and undoctored. Shawn Henry, former executive assistant director for the FBI and an NBC News analyst, has studied the photo and feels confident it shows the famed pilot and her navigator.
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