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Since the Japanese authorities say that they have no records of her being in custody and she presumably knowing that she would be a person of interest, might sh
by clort 9y ago
Since the Japanese authorities say that they have no records of her being in custody and she presumably knowing that she would be a person of interest, might she have been inclined to give a false name?
- woliveirajr 9y agoBut an airplane crashing in some island with a woman flying it would attract attention, specially back those days.
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- nervousvarun 9y agoDefinitely a possibility. Or the Japanese authorities aren't being forthright about their records, just as apparently the U.S. isn't being completely forthright about the source of the photo. It's all apparently muddled up in confidentiality which is frustrating as the events were 80+ years ago.
- coredog64 9y agoAn alternative explanation would be that those records weren't kept with any kind of care and the current authorities can't say either way. The Marshalls are pretty far away from Japan, and so were cut off pretty early. They were also the site of heavy fighting (unlike, say, most of what is now FSM) so it's easy to imagine paperwork preservation wasn't a high priority.
- knz 9y agoThe Japanese also treated prisoners quite horribly during WW2. I doubt records were even kept of every civilian that was killed, especially if that person gave no indication of being significant.
- sadfjhsdf66 9y agoUS serviceman have claimed finding Earhart's attaché and paperwork at the end of the war, on Saipan. They claim to have been told to keep it quiet by the US Government A government with a track record of not caring to care for citizens that get in trouble over seas. Especially back then They could have wanted it "covered up" just to avoid dealing with it or concerns over international incident.
- snowwrestler 9y agoI'd be interested in learning more about the serviceman claims you mention.
- sadfjhsdf66 9y agoI discovered the story originally while absentmindedly Googling about Earhart a few months ago (when I can't sleep I read about curious historical mysteries; Black Dahlia, DB Cooper, etc. Then I have a harder time sleeping!). It could be hogwash, all built around rumors: https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/electra/earhart/ https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/electra/earhart/ http://www.ameliaearhartmovie.com/briefcasefoundinsaipan.html http://www.ameliaearhartmovie.com/briefcasefoundinsaipan.htm...
- snowwrestler 9y agoThanks! Now I'll be up late...