US President Donald Trump announced plans to declassify and release all government records related to aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart , including documents concerning her final, fatal flight.
“I have been asked by many people about the life and times of Amelia Earhart , such an interesting story, and would I consider declassifying and releasing everything about her, in particular, her last, fatal flight!” he said through a post on Truth Social.
Trump noted in his post that Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, achieved numerous aviation “firsts” before disappearing in the South Pacific while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world. She completed nearly three-quarters of the journey before vanishing without a trace nearly 90 years ago, an event that “captivated millions.”
He directed his administration to make all related government records public.
“Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions. I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her,” Trump said.
Her stepson, George Palmer Putnam Jr , told the Palm Beach Post in 2011 that he believes “the plane just ran out of gas.”
Other theories suggest that Earhart and Noonan may have been captured by Japanese forces or crash-landed on a different island, but neither the aircraft nor their remains have ever been found, as cited by The Independent.
It remains unclear what government records on Earhart might still exist nearly 100 years later or why any such documents would remain classified.
The president’s announcement coincides with a bipartisan group of House members preparing to push for a vote on legislation that would require the Department of Justice to release case files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .
“I have been asked by many people about the life and times of Amelia Earhart , such an interesting story, and would I consider declassifying and releasing everything about her, in particular, her last, fatal flight!” he said through a post on Truth Social.
Trump noted in his post that Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, achieved numerous aviation “firsts” before disappearing in the South Pacific while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world. She completed nearly three-quarters of the journey before vanishing without a trace nearly 90 years ago, an event that “captivated millions.”
He directed his administration to make all related government records public.
“Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions. I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her,” Trump said.
Her stepson, George Palmer Putnam Jr , told the Palm Beach Post in 2011 that he believes “the plane just ran out of gas.”
Other theories suggest that Earhart and Noonan may have been captured by Japanese forces or crash-landed on a different island, but neither the aircraft nor their remains have ever been found, as cited by The Independent.
It remains unclear what government records on Earhart might still exist nearly 100 years later or why any such documents would remain classified.
The president’s announcement coincides with a bipartisan group of House members preparing to push for a vote on legislation that would require the Department of Justice to release case files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .
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