Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan Crashed in the Ocean Before They Could Make it to Howland Island. Coast Guard Itasca was waiting for the arrival of Earhart and Noonan off a little island called Howland Island. Amelia Earhart sent one last transmission to Itasca where she stated that her and Noonan thought they were close to the island, but their plane was running on the verge of empty. Soon there were no sign of the plane, according to Szalay’s website (2017) Itasca started immediately on a two week search (Earhart’s Last Flight section, para. 17). At this time, Franklin Roosevelt was the president of the United States. The American people loved Amelia Earhart and Roosevelt was going to put all his effort into finding her and Noonan. In the
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When questioning the Japanese, they strongly denied any involvement and had proof to back up their statements. When searching records of the Japanese vessels, there were no indications of contact between Earhart’s plane and the Japanese. Many believed Earhart was on a secret spy mission for President Roosevelt, but according to Goerner (1966) “Palau Island is home to the Japanese South Seas Island Government, because the they are so small, the Saipan branch office could not have conducted a massive interrogation” (p. 174). Even if Noonan miss-navigated the flight route, it would be absurd that they would have wandered that far off course. On Palua Island there were bones found while digging to find the missing bodies of Earhart and Noonan to see if they were actually held captive at a Japanese prisoner camp. After examination Goerner (1966) found that the bones were very broken before being placed in the grave and that the structures did not match the ethnicity of niether Earhart nor …show more content…
Sometimes when an event is too catastrophic or paralyzing to society, people begin to not want to accept the truth or facts as they are. People need to have a brace that way they do not have to face the truth. People can also become very desperate for answers and when certain things sound appealing to them, they begin to accept it and maybe even add their opinions in. Opinions can get in the way of the real situation, and considering everyone has an opinion they can chose to add theirs to a situation, and they more than likely
When questioning the Japanese, they strongly denied any involvement and had proof to back up their statements. When searching records of the Japanese vessels, there were no indications of contact between Earhart’s plane and the Japanese. Many believed Earhart was on a secret spy mission for President Roosevelt, but according to Goerner (1966) “Palau Island is home to the Japanese South Seas Island Government, because the they are so small, the Saipan branch office could not have conducted a massive interrogation” (p. 174). Even if Noonan miss-navigated the flight route, it would be absurd that they would have wandered that far off course. On Palua Island there were bones found while digging to find the missing bodies of Earhart and Noonan to see if they were actually held captive at a Japanese prisoner camp. After examination Goerner (1966) found that the bones were very broken before being placed in the grave and that the structures did not match the ethnicity of niether Earhart nor …show more content…
Sometimes when an event is too catastrophic or paralyzing to society, people begin to not want to accept the truth or facts as they are. People need to have a brace that way they do not have to face the truth. People can also become very desperate for answers and when certain things sound appealing to them, they begin to accept it and maybe even add their opinions in. Opinions can get in the way of the real situation, and considering everyone has an opinion they can chose to add theirs to a situation, and they more than likely