Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence (2017 TV Movie) User Reviews

This documentary didn't soared high enough. Like Amelia's plane. It kinda disappeared after the real facts emerge.

[ironhorse_iv · 5/10 · 20 December 2018]

Over the years, there had been some weird wacked out theories about the mysterious disappearance of daring pilot Amelia Earhart in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean, ranging from faking her death for an romantic love interest, alien abruption, giants grabs and mole people from the center of the Earth. However, the one that History Channel concoct in this 2017 documentary, nearly sound like the events feature in the film could had happen. Who knows? Maybe, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan truly did landed in the Marshall Islands, after their plane, Lockheed Model 10 Electra loss fuel. Maybe, they indeed, end up, getting captured by Imperial Japan who mistook them for spies. It somewhat possible. Nevertheless, there wasn't much evidence to support that theory, until now. At least, that's what History Channel though, when they aired this special, heavily marketed largely based on photo evidence that purportedly showing the two still alive in at Jaluit Atoll dock in the Marshalls, waiting for a Japanese ship to arrive to take them to Saipan. However, sadly, that main piece of evidence of this documentary was quickly disproven, by historian bloggers as nothing more than a picture taken from 1935's Japanese coffee table several travelogue titled "Naval Life: the view of our South Pacific' & 'The Lifeline of the Sea: My South Sea Memoir', published two years before Earhart disappeared. Still, it does bet the question, if it's not, Amelia & Noonan, than who could them, be? Most historians now believe them to be, fair skin, Japanese dock workers. However, this hasn't stop Kent Gibson, the facial recognition expert hired for this special from analyzing the photograph, more. Gibson added that since the documentary filmed, he has acquired new facial recognition software that signals more of a match between the light skin features of the man in the photograph and that of Fred Noonan, despite the fact that the aviator & navigator was nowhere near that site at that time. What the special also failed to say, is that Gibson's previous software had indicated, little to no results as there were too few pixels in the photograph to successfully perform the analysis. This goes against everything that Gibson says in the film. As for retired federal agent Les Kinney, who found a copy in the US Naval government natural archives, he still believes that the picture still contains an image of the Japanese military vessel 'Koshu Maru' that took Amelia & Fred Noonan off the island. However, this was also debunked, by Japanese historians, as the ship, feature here was the 'Koshu'. An older vessel with a similar name, seized by Allied Japanese forces during World War I from the German Empire. The real ship was reported 1,500 miles away from the Marshall Islands at the time of Earhart's disappearance. As for the barge in the background in photo, it still might possibly contain a plane. It's possible, but nothing yet, has been proven with that findings. Regardless, the photo was not the only evidence for Earhart's survival presented in the documentary; additional information and analyses, were made, including an few interviews with past their prime elderly eyewitness & secondly oral lore tellers, in which, they try to remember things that could easily has change, over the years. Who knows, which person is telling the truth or whom is making the story up!? Additionally, the claims of a U.S. government cover up her capture, because the government didn't want the Japanese to know that they broke their communication codes, came under criticism, as well. The TIGHAR 1939 papers, the documentary shown here, is an obvious hoax, written by French document forgers, years later, hoping to capitalize on Earhart's fame. The results really did made former FBI Executive Assistant Director Shawn Henry look like an idiot, because his job was to find out frauds, but he got dupe, badly. As for the claims of her grave being found & her bones subsequently lost. It's a shame that they didn't take soil samples around it to detected trace compounds emanating from decomposing corpses. What a bunch of idiots!! As for the out of place, high school science teacher, Richard Spick who has picked up, metal evidences that Earhart and Noonan landed on a tiny atoll named Mili. He didn't even bother, getting the pieces tested. What the hell!? Even if he did, the results wouldn't make much a different. After all, many of the Lockheed Electra planes and their design descendants were pressed into military service during World War II. Some of them, even were used, during the battle of Kwajalein Atoll. It's possible that the metal pieces were carry by the tide. In truth, the Marshall Island is cover with those types of era plane wreckage. Even if they did find the whole missing plane. It wouldn't explained, why the existing evidence from radio transmissions & fuel logs suggested that the Electra was at least closer to Nikumaroro than the Marshalls. Because of all these misleading information. The History Channel cancelled rebroadcasts of the show, announced, that the documentary would not be available on streaming or on-demand platforms, and stopped scheduled airings of the show in foreign markets. Thus, making this program, a rarity. However, it can be found on Youtube, if search hard enough. Despite, that, the documentary was well shot & edited. The mixer of archive footage overlapping new images were amazing. A good example of that, was the Saipan jail scene where the film made it look like Earhart was in a cell. It was haunting. Regardless, this documentary was an interesting, entertaining mystery adventure. Hardly any slow & boring moments. If you can find it, it's worth seeing, just for that. Just note that the repetitive key information, they constantly regurgitated to you, should be taken with a grain of salt. It's a flight of fantasy, than reality.

Ha ha! History Channel got busted for making it up.

[rgvance · 1/10 · 20 February 2018]

They pulled the show from TV and made it unavailable for streaming. Want to know why? They based the whole show on a grainy photograph.......that was discovered by social media within an hour........to have been taken and logged by a library overseas TWO years before Amelia and Fred took off for that flight. If you want to read about a plausible theory, head on over to Tighar.org and have a good read. Lots of interesting info and you will be reading for hours.