Conspiracies for the Dissapearance of Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart had the courage and independence to do anything she set her mind to. She is well known around the world for her many aeronautical accomplishments. Her bravery and tenacity are legendary. Her attempt to fly around the world is regarded as one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. Her flight around the world is legendary because of her unexpected and still undetermined disappearance. Amelia broke the stereo type boundaries and let the world know that she wasn’t afraid to be the best female aviator of her time. Her unexpected last flight was her attempt to fly around the world in 1937. Along the journey, Amelia and her partner Fred Noonan made sure to stop to have the Electra checked, refueled, and to tell everyone that they were safe (Candace Fleming 102). On July 2, Amelia and her partner left Lae, New Guinea, and the Electra apparently had 1,000 gallons of fuel. At 8:00 GMT, Amelia made her last radio contact with Lae (Pop Culture Universe). They had short communications with the Itasca, which received the last transmission saying that gas was low. There are many conspiracies to how she disappeared, but the most popular are that she landed on Gardner Island, crashed into the sea, or fell victim to the Japanese during the time of war. Even after all of this time, Earhart’s disappearance certainly has kept her name in the public eye. There have been many differing conspiracies as to how she disappeared; people still continue to speculate about what happened today. Although, one of the most popular conspiracies is that she landed on Gardner Island. There had been several different pieces of evidence found by the British Colonial Service in the late 1930’s that supported this idea. Evidentially, they had found remains on the island that matched a European-descent female about 5 foot, 7 inches tall; which was supposedly Earhart’s height (Roseberry). Unfortunately this evidence disappeared, but they also found pieces of a pocket knife that was