Did Amelia Earhart really die in crash? Newly found photo says, maybe not


By AGENCY

Does this newly found photo show Amelia Earhart? Photo: Reuters/US National Archives

A never-before-seen photograph has reignited the debate as to the fate of famed pilot Amelia Earhart after she vanished while attempting a round-the-world flight 80 years ago.

The photo, found in the US National Archives by retired US Treasury Agent Les Kinney and the subject of a new History Channel documentary titled, Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence, shows what appears to be a Caucasian woman sitting on a dock in the Marshall Islands.

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