A recently uncovered photo may finally lay to rest the mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart’s disappearance in 1937.
The image was discovered in an old file at the National Archives, and features a women bearing a striking resemblance to Earhart. She is pictured standing on a dock alongside a man who believed could be her navigator, Fred Noonan.
This could mean Earhart survived her final flight and was taken captive by Japanese soldiers, reported the HuffPost.
Experts have studied the photo and believe it has not been doctored and could very well be of Earhart.
"When you pull out, and when you see the analysis that's been done, I think it leaves no doubt to the viewers that that's Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan," Shawn Henry, former executive assistant director for the FBI and an NBC News analyst, told NBC News.
Henry has been involved in the History Channel’s upcoming two-hour special, "Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence," which further investigates the emergence of this new evidence.
The mystery of Earhart’s disappearance dates back to 1937, when she and Noonan attempted to fly around the world. The pair set off from Lae, New Guinea, on June 29, ready to tackle the next 3,556 miles of their journey to Howland Island but were never seen again.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum recounted the last contact made with Earhart.
"The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca did receive several strong voice transmissions from Earhart as she approached the area, the last at 8:43 a.m. stating: "We are on the line of position 156-137. Will repeat message. We will repeat this message on 6210 kilocycles. Wait. Listening on 6210 kilocycles. We are running north and south."
Earhart and Noonan were never found and, following a massive sea and air search, were declared lost at sea.
Since then numerous theories have emerged as to what happened to Earhart.
"These involve radio problems, poor communication, navigation or pilot skills, other landing sites, spy missions and imprisonment, and even living quietly in New Jersey or on a rubber plantation in the Philippines," the museum noted, adding that the most logical explanation was that the pair couldn't locate Howard island and ran out of fuel.
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