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    Japanese Blogger Points Out Timeline Flaw In Supposed Earhart Photo

    An undated photo in the U.S. National Archives ignited speculation that Amelia Earhart survived a 1937 crash. But the same photo appears in a book published two years before Earhart disappeared.
    by Camila Domonoske Jul 11, 2017 1 minute
    A photograph of Jaluit Atoll was published in <em>Umi no seimeisen : Waga nannyou no sugata, </em>a photo book in Japan's national library. The book's publication date is listed as 1935.

    A Japanese military history buff has found library records showing a photo supposedly depicting Amelia Earhart survived a crash landing in 1937 was actually published two years before the famous aviator vanished.

    The photograph in question was

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