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The Lady Vanishes (Again)
Smithsonian Magazine- January 2015
Felicia Escandon
3/27/2015

The fascination with Amelia Earhart has spanned since her adventurous beginnings as an aviator
to her strange disappearance in 1937
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Originally, she
had fallen in love with aviation as a young woman and later ignited her passion by flying solo across
North America and the Atlantic
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The last definite knowledge scholars know is that “she took off at 10 a
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on July 2, Lae
time, (and planned) to land roughly 20 hours later” (36)
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There are plausible theories explained in the article,
most of which are logical and valid alternatives
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The truth, if
researchers are anywhere close to it, merges all theories into the common belief that the prevailing
“crashed- and-sank” theory is too straightforward, naïve, and easy
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To understand what possibly went awry, one must look back to the technologies used in airplanes:
nothing close to “radar, GPS, or weather satellites” (36)
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Because of the planes technological
problems, such as the faulty antennae, as well as a poor communication schedule, Earhart never heard any
urgent calls
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Her last
message to the operators was her directions of “157” and “337”: northwest and southeast
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Because Earhart was unsure of her location and was completely
out of fuel due to a storm, people assumed she crashed northwest of Howland Island into the deep,
unforgiving waters (36)
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Earhart wasn’t an amateur at flying; even with possible mistakes on her part, some fatal issues can
rightfully be contributed to the aircraft used
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Along the “157-337” line, 350 nautical miles from Howland, Gillespie found a piece
of Earhart’s plane on a remote island where he believes she and her partner lived as castaways before
dying (37)
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Gillespie has piled more physical evidence from his numerous trips; however, Navy planes searched the
island on July 9 without seeing Earhart or her companion
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This argument is the most frequently
updated with new information, however, the conspiracy has to figure out a stronger explanation as to why
the Navy did a poor job at locating Earhart
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This is slightly plausible,
but rather than answering the original question, the “Gardener Island” conclusion uncovers even more
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Nevertheless, Bill Snavely believes that the plane can be found near Buka Island,
a place where researchers would have overlooked
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A witness from
the local area recalled to have seen a plane crashing into the waterline, the engine engulfed in flames
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Snavely concludes that Earhart was headed for a secret airstrip and
that the frantic radio transmissions were recorded by a voice actress
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The Treasury Secretary, after reading classified information, informs the First Lady that
Earhart essentially got lost, disregarding all orders (40)
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It would be

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extremely unlikely for Earhart to have flown two thousand miles out of her way unless there was a deeper
meaning to the action
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After arriving on
the newly liberated island of Saipan, Devine recalls the Electra flying around the island and then being
destroyed by US soldiers (41)
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Variations of the theory explain
that Earhart was secretly instructed to spy or that she in fact survived and lived out her life under the
name of Irene Bolam (41)
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In any conspiracy, it would be
highly unlikely for Earhart to have survived a crash or a capture, thus “Irene Bolam” was probably just a
normal civilian
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In PSEOP World Civilizations II, the topic of women’s role in the workforce is covered
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Chapter 24 covers the rise of political feminism, which wasn’t completely successful in the United
States, comparatively
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Women were always in inferior roleseconomically, politically, and socially- until the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries
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While most
know Earhart as a female pilot who set record after record, she was also a feminist on the side, completely
ahead of her time
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This article was particularly interesting because it explored not only the
success of Earhart, but the mystery behind her downfall
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At the time, I believed that her
accomplishments in aviation were so phenomenal
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The article includes non-textual portions such as a picture of Earhart alone, with loved ones, and a
handy map of her flight pattern before the vanishing
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On page 37, Earhart is shown with
the most celebrated figures of her time, widening the perspective of the reader to show that she was an
icon, not just a pilot
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The pictures were appreciated and did
help, though more maps or graphs could be used for a more extensive article
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I enjoy
reading and evaluating conspiracy theories, though these seem more valid because dying at sea does not
tie up any loose ends; the lack of physical evidence and ocular proof is needed to confirm
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My interest was always
kept because multiple theories were explored thoroughly
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The article
balanced the plausibility of the theories with the factual evidence already collected, perfect for the
imaginative historical nerd

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