>>> IF YOU WERE GOING TO GO TO COURT, WHAT AGREE OF CONFIDENCE
WOULD YOU HAVE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THESE PICTURES OF THE EARHART COMPARE
FAVORABLY TO THE PICTURE FROM THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.
I USUALLY GO FROM NOT LIKELY TO LIKELY TO VERY LIKELY TO
EXTREMELY LIKELY. AND I'D SAY THIS IS VERY LIKELY.
>> AMELIA EARHART'S DISAPPEARANCE HAS BEEN UNSOLVED
FOR 80 YEARS. IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY AIRING
TONIGHT ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL, NEW EVIDENCE MAY EXPLAIN JUST
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LEGENDARY AVIATOR.
JOINING ME NOW IS SEAN HENRY, FORMER FBI EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR AND LEAD INVESTIGATOR. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? WHERE DID THAT PHOTOGRAPH COME
FROM? >> A RESEARCHER WHO HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, JUST SOMETHING
HE'S TAKEN ON AS A PASSION OF HIS, HE HAS BEEN SEARCHING
THROUGH THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOR YEARS LOOKING FOR ANY
DOCUMENTS FROM THE NAVY, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, U.S. MILITARY THAT
MIGHT INDICATE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
AND IN THE COURSE OF HIS SEARCH OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, HE
CAME UP WITH SEVERAL DOCUMENTS, BUT HE ALSO CAME UP WITH THIS
PHOTO. >> AND THIS PHOTO WAS SITTING IN
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. >> PRESUMABLY FOR DECADES.
>> AND NO ONE KNEW IT WAS THERE. AND SO WHY DO YOU THINK THAT
THERE IS STILL THIS FASCINATION WITH AMELIA EARHART?
>> I THINK AMELIA EARHART, THE STORY GOES BACK SO MANY YEARS,
BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER ANY CONCLUSION PUT TOGETHER, I THINK
PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
I GREW THINKING THAT SHE CRASH LANDED IN THE OCEAN AND LIKELY
DROWNED. >> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I GREW UP
KNOWING OR WAS TAUGHT. BUT THAT IS --
>> THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT SHE CRASHED.
THERE IS NO DEBRIS, NEVER A PLANE FOUND, NO BODIES FOUND,
YET THAT WAS THE COMMON NARRATIVE.
HERE WE NOW HAVE A PICTURE THAT SHOWS I BELIEVE THAT SHE IS IN
THE MARSHALL ISLANDS WITH HER NAVIGATOR FRED NOONAN AND THAT
PHOTOGRAPH CORROBORATES STORIES THAT THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT HER
BEING THERE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT I'VE
INTERVIEWED, I WENT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN THE COMMON NARRATIVE THAT THEY KNOW SHE
LANDED THERE, THEY KNOW THAT SHE WAS TAKEN BY A SHIP THAT WAS A
JAPANESE SHIP. AND TOOK HER TO SAIPAN.
AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING THESE PEOPLE FOR 80
YEARS AND SURE ENOUGH WE HAVE A PHOTO THAT SHOWS HER.
>> AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SO THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS FOUND IN
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. BUT ALSO IN THE NATIONAL
ARCHIVES THERE IS A DOCUMENT WHERE THERE IS A QUOTE THAT SAYS
EARHART WAS A PRISONER IN THE MARSHALL A EYE EYE LANDS.
SO RIGHT THERE IT SAYS NO, SHE CRASHED AND WAS A PRISONER.LAND.
SO RIGHT THERE IT SAYS NO, SHE CRASHED AND WAS A PRISONER.
>> I HAVEN'T REVIEWED THAT DOCUMENT.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT FOR A LONG TIME AND I HAVEN'T
SEEN WHAT THAT SAYS. BUT THE FACT THAT IT REFERS TO
HER BEING IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, THERE WERE ALSO SOME
INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE JAPANESE MILITARY
AND THE JAPANESE ATTACHE IN WASHINGTON WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT
HER BEING IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS THAT WAS DECRYPTED BY
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
INDICATORS THAT SHE WAS THERE. THERE ARE NARRATIVES DOZENS OF.
AND NOW THIS PHOTO COMES TO LIGHT.
>> OF COURSE TWO QUESTIONS COME TO MIND.
WHY DIDN'T THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TELL US THIS, WHY
DIDN'T THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TELL US THIS?
>> AND I THINK THOSE ARE QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT HALF OF
THIS INVESTIGATION. WE'VE I BELIEVE CONCLUSIVELY PUT
HER IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS THAT SHE LAND SAFELY AND SHE WAS HELD
BY THE JAPANESE. THAT I THINK WE CAN SAY.
THE TOTALITY OF ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT OCCURRED, WHY DID THE
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HOLD HER, WHY DID THEY NOT TALK TO THE
U.S. ABOUT IT, WHY DID THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IF THERE ARE THESE
RECORDS IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES NOT COME FORWARD.
THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE UNANSWERED.
THERE IS A LOT OF SUPPOSITION AND A LOT OF SPECULATION.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK
THERE IS A LOT MORE TO THIS STORY.
>> AND WHAT IS THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SAYING NOW?
I MEAN I'M ASSUMING THATYOU WENT TO THEM AND SAY WHAT DO YOU
HAVE TO SAY? >> NBC HAS GONE OUT AND TALKED
TO THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE NO RECORDS AMELIA EARHART BEING
IN JAPANESE CUSTODY. OF COURSE NOBODY ALIVE AT THE
TIME IS STILL ALIVE. SO THERE IS A LOT MORE
INVESTIGATION TO BE DONE. SINCE THIS FIRST AIRED LAST
WEEK, WE HAVE GOTTEN DOZENS OF PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS FROM
PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
A GRANDFATHER SAW SOMETHING, THEY FOUND DOCUMENTS.
SO WE WILL PURSUE THAT. >> I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD
TO WATCHING THIS TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SEAN HENRY.
IT AIRS TONIGHT AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN ON HISTORY.
THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TODAY. JOY REID WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.
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