A general misconception
After reviewing the various posts here, a few corrections about the Amelia Earhart disappearance case are needed. For one, notwithstanding what people think or say, it does appear the White House per an admission by FDR Cabinet member Morgenthau in May of 1938, withheld certain information about Earhart and Noonan's final disposition. Also, no matter what people feel, say, believe... whatever, and no matter how authoritative a person might sound, the simple truth is after forty years of debate the Earhart issue, where the three persons historically identified as one in the same Irene Craigmile (to include the 1945-1982 identified one who became 'Bolam' by marriage in 1958) has NEVER been resolved. National Geographic tabled it as 'Unsolved History' by virtue of its program title. Yet even National Geo admits they only presented the case in brevity, and their MO is to always approach the Amelia Earhart case as a 'historically unresolved topic.' So much being understood, be it known no one has ever forensically disproved the equation of Amelia Earhart surving and changing her name to one of three historically identified Irene Craigmile's. Head to toe physically with handwriting & voice..., the 1945-1982 identified Irene who appears nowhere in photos identified as Irene prior to the 1940s, still, possibly was, the former Amelia Earhart. It infuriates adversarial Earhart enthusiasts to admit this to themselves and others, but facts are facts. The debate about one of the Irene's true pasts began in 1970 and it's still going strong today. However, because official history has always refused to address it (AKA 'official silence') the press has always remained stand-offish about it. One will never find a Woodward and Bernstein seriously investigating Earhart's loss. Today's national news moguls would never permit it. The Earhart mystery exists because it's supposed to exist. Official U. S. history designed it that way. It would mark an incredible revelation to advance it in any direction, ever. Tighar's recent dna claim will once again end as a false hype too. They've been advancing such a connect-the-dots story about AE for many years. Of course, the Ameircan public is gullible to believe almost anything formally presented AE mystery wise, unless it seems incredibly hard to believe.