Trump to declassify the files of the Aviation Pioneer Amelia Earhart

Donald Trump said he would order his administration to declare the government’s secret files linked to the 1937 disappearance of the American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.

The story of Earhart, which disappeared by flying over the Pacific Ocean, “captivated millions,” wrote the American president on social networks on Friday.

The disappearance of Earhart during an attempt to go around the globe has caused many theories – a simple accident due to the exhaustion of fuel to more elaborate claims of Japanese capture or espionage of the American government.

Although some FBI files and naval research reports have been declassified over the decades, certain recordings have remained inaccessible, feeding speculation on concealment.

Earhart disappeared during his attempted theft in the world, trying to reach Howland Island in the Pacific for supplies.

The official explanation is that it did not find the island, lost communication and lacked fuel, only to crash into the ocean.

Although it is a largely accepted version of events, there is no evidence – as in debris – to support it.

“She disappeared in the South Pacific trying to become the first woman to fly around the world,” said Trump. “Amelia has made nearly three -quarters in the world before it is suddenly, and without notice, has disappeared, to never be seen again.”

The other two eminent theories are that the Earhart has pierced on the Marshall Islands or near Japanese, or that it arrived on the island of Nikumaroro near Kiribati and died there.

There is no conclusive evidence for one or the other of these theories – but that did not prevent amateur and professional historians from digging them.

Parties of a skeleton found on Nikumaroro in 1940 were initially supposed to be his, but the doctors decided at the time that they belonged to a male body.

According to Trump, the documents to be downgraded and published include “all government files linked to Amelia Earhart, his last trip and everything else about him”.

The interest in his case – including attempts to locate the plane – remained strong after eight decades.

Last year, some researchers said they could have found the long lost plane in Earhart.

Sonar’s imagery, which has mapped the bottom of the ocean using sound waves, led the researchers to what they claimed to be a small plane.

The discovery was made at around 4,877 m (16,000 feet) from the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

In 2022, a series of events took place in Derry to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the historic transatlantic landing of Earhart.