I need facts. He's out.
In fairness, for what it's worth, here are Mr. Kinney's facts:
"Here are the facts:
You said: It's only after Putnam disputes her original account of what Earhart said that Paxton discovers the piece of scratch paper and changes her story to include "an island she called Marshall." After that, she's "off and running" with her Marshall Islands references.
Paxton doesn't dispute her original account. Nor does Putnam dispute her original account. Those are your words. Putnam simply said there is no land within 200 miles northeast of Howland 200 miles. Ric, you have no idea what Paxton said in her earlier message.
After receiving Putnam's short note dated August 4, Nina's letter of August 5, 1937, clearly explains there "blank spaces" because she couldn't remember exactly what had been said. Nina then says she found "a piece of scratch paper on which she had written while listening." There is nothing suspicious about that. Are you saying Nina was lying to Putnam? If so, what was her motive for lying? Are you saying she spent the next 33 years of her life perpetuating a lie - for what purpose?
Sorry, Ric, Nina never changed her story. Why would she go from correctly describing "Marshall Islands" to "Marshall Island?" No doubt her notes are a compilation probably completed sometime in August. "Marshall Island" is what she thought she originally heard. Naively, its what she thought the Marshall Islands were called for sometime. Years ago, you repeatedly commented Paxton couldn't be believed because her known correspondence was from the mid 1940-s and she would have had an opportunity to see news reports and "Flight to Freedom." Now you have doubled down and insinuate Nina must be lying. No dice. You can't have it both ways.
You said: "Earhart would never refer to Noonan as "the Captain" and she has to be in the plane to be heard on the radio.
Come 'on Ric, even Nina would have known the radio was in the plane. All she did was report what she thought was being said. That's being honest. Your comment reeks of desperation to keep your flock together.
You said: "Noonan never actually captained a ship although he had the necessary licenses. He was frequently referred to in press accounts about the Earhart flight as "Captain Noonan" but Amelia never referred to him as "the Captain." In her notes taken during the world flight she initially referred to him as "Freddy" and later as "Fred." Other short wave listeners heard her refer to him only as "my navigator."
For your information, Ric, Earhart referred to Noonan in the first person as "Captain" many times. Attached are several PDF's of first person news accounts of Amelia calling Noonan, "Captain."
Several years ago, I received a copy of your recent remarks of Nina Paxton. Remarks you failed to post to your forum. You mentioned that Nina heard the call sign of Earhart's previous plane, I seriously doubt Nina knowledge of the call sign was "an example of occult information." Do you really believe that?
It happened simply because on July 3, 1937, Nina heard Amelia blurt out "KHABQ" in a fit of emotional distress and scrawled it down on a piece of scratch paper."