Did Amelia Earhart spy on Japan? Trump’s declassification order revives mystery
Fresh attention on the famed aviator’s final flight has breathed new life into a theory about a secret US mission over Japanese territory
Nearly 90 years after Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific, a presidential order to declassify every US record on her final, ill-fated flight has sparked a fresh surge of interest in one of aviation’s most enduring enigmas.
The information the US government has on Earhart “is well-documented in thousands of publicly available, primary-source reports”, said Ric Gillespie, executive director of the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, who has spent decades tracing the final journey of Earhart.
Her disappearance in 1937 has inspired countless theories but little in the way of new revelations, he says.
Trump’s declaration, posted to his Truth Social platform, recounted Earhart’s achievements and her journey “almost three quarters around the World before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again”.