It is a simple request that I make. If she was in the habit of listening to shortwave broadcasts then she should have notes in her notebook that supports that and, if they are there, adds further credence to her claim.
I posted this link earlier in this thread, but I guess you missed it.
TIGHAR has provided a summary of all of the films and songs referred to in the notebook.
It might be that her notebook will support her story, let's just see it.
It seems to me that her notebook does support her story. This chart has been available for 12 years for folks to inspect. Do you doubt the veracity of the report? Do you think TIGHAR is lying about the movies and songs referred to in the book?
There may be other things in Betty's notebook that she would not like to have posted on the internet for all to see. The eight pages shown here seem good enough for our purposes here.
Nothing essential to the Niku hypothesis hangs on Betty's notebook. I guess you are thinking that she decided in her old age (78 in 2000, I believe) to make up a story about her childhood that would bring her riches, fame, and glory. If so, she sure worked hard to fake the document.
Nothing shown indicates that she ever listened to shortwave broadcasts either before the Earhart event of after. These pages do support my point in that they show she did listen to local commercial broadcast of the current songs and so supports my point that whatever she heard on that day was most likely also on the standard AM broadcast band. See jury instruction 203.
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This has drawn fresh interest and perhaps time and events can bring us to a fresh view -
Is there truly any harm in TIGHAR releasing the notebook in it's entirety? It is clearly vital reference material as to TIGHAR's report on the contents that are considered germane, but to the point here - Betty, the soul of integrity in my view, could reveal a great deal more to us if the full range of her 'scanning' habits were known. No one would expect embarrassing private comments to be revealed - but that does not appear to be the nature of a document that she would release even to TIGHAR.
Betty is also now deceased, bless her - a lady no doubt of the same fine integrity as that 15 year old girl she was in 1937.
The full context of Betty's listening habits as recorded in the full notebook does appear vital. TIGHAR's attempt to summarize it are appreciated - but even the best such summary cannot convey all the important nuances therein - some of which may even support TIGHAR's view of the weight of this material. Why not release this?
To continue to not release it breeds an unfortunate air of defensiveness, however unintended, as well. It seems this would be a major credibility feather in TIGHAR's cap to step up to this.