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U.S. Releases Declassified Amelia Earhart Files Detailing Final Radio Calls

The initial 4,624-page tranche details her final transmissions alongside early search records, with further releases planned.

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In this undated file photo, Amelia Earhart stands next to a Lockheed Electra 10E, before her last flight in 1937 from Oakland, Calif., bound for Honolulu on the first leg of her record-setting attempt to circumnavigate the world westward along the Equator.

Overview

  • The National Archives posted the first batch of records following President Donald Trump’s order to release all government files related to Earhart.
  • Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the trove includes newly declassified NSA material covering last known communications, weather, aircraft condition notes and potential search areas.
  • A Coast Guard Itasca radio log repeatedly notes “Earhart Unheard,” with a final message at about 8:43 a.m. on July 2, 1937: “We are on the line 157 337 wl rept msg we wl rept…”.
  • The release spans U.S. Navy and Coast Guard reports, maps, messages, memos, telegrams and clippings, and agencies say additional documents will post on a rolling basis.
  • Files also reproduce long-debunked claims and rumors, and aviation experts say the material is unlikely to overturn the prevailing view that the plane likely went down near Howland Island, while a Nikumaroro field effort has been postponed to next year.