Good Grief!
Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 04:42 PM EST 09/26/25
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! She was an Aviation Pioneer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and achieved many other Aviation "firsts." She disappeared in the South Pacific while trying to become the first woman to fly around the World. Amelia made it almost three quarters around the World before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again. 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. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Recently we've seen alot about opening classified documents in regards to President Kennedy and other things that the government may have slid under the rug the past 60 plus years. One of the things I have found fascinating is with Amelia is her tanasity to give women the courage and strength to do what some men can't do. So heck why not start a ladies flying club and call it the ninety-nines. As many of you know Amelia may have been a mediaocor pilot..and her landing and communicative skills may have been slight than perfect.. but you have to give this Atchinson girl credit for trying. If there was any cover up in her disappearance it's because of two options. We don't know until those documents are unsealed but what was her intentions with Midway. After all I do recall them talking about figuring a way to refuel in flight. After all the research I have done one of the things I find interesting is Amelia's connection with Eleanor and what was inside that manilla envelope that was in Amelia's closet at home and she told her mother to burn it if anything happened. I personally believe that Amelia got to close to everything and did indeed cost her her life. I personally believe that this is why she left her elephant necklace behind and the documents in her closet. Did she or did she not have something to hide. Only time will tell. But, if the evidence of Itascas radio logs are what they say they are..then Amelia and Fred did indeed land on Niku.
Earhart, of course, had her secrets. Today, we can see the outlines of some of those secrets. Others disappeared in the Pacific with her. However, I doubt if we will learn anything new about Amelia Earhart from freshly declassified U.S. government files, though there is always the possibilty that some obscure detail will emerge that was not connected with AE at the time.
When I was actively searching the National Archives, I was able to see any classified documents as I had a Secret clearance at the time. The only items I saw were related to the WWII transportation of items to/from Canton to the other Phoenix Islands. They were still classified simply because of the backlog of records still to be declassified.
The primary reason for classification of Earhart records at the time was the US Coast Guard requirement that any radio transmissions to/from private citizens were to be classified as Confidential. Since most CG radio transmissions used US Navy facilities, the Navy copies were also classified as Confidential. And there were A LOT of radio transmissions to/from Earhart's team in 1937.
I have the most profound gratitude for the work you did on the radio traffic, Randy -- among many other notable contributions to the discussions in the Forum.
I think you provided indisputable evidence that the reason for the loss of the aircraft and crew was their ignorance about how their radios worked. They were doomed from the time they took off because they did not know how the direction-finding equipment onboard the aircraft and in the hands of the Coast Guard were mismatched.
"Oh, the humanity!"
I second that Marty. Randy did an amazing job of collating and analyzing an astounding amount of disparate raw data and turning it into an incredibly useful and searchable product that has benefited all of us researchers, both dilettantes and professionals alike. Thank you Randy!
Such kind words! Thank you!
I, too, agree with Marty about all the work Randy did.
It always amazed me that Earhart would take on this difficult trip, making all these arrangements and having the best of everything, but NOT learn how to use the one most vital piece of equipment on her aircraft that she would need finding this needle in the Pacific haystack on this leg of the trip. Was it hubris? Or was she so used to always making do that she didn't want to bother learning. I also wondered if Fred really new of her lack of skill and understanding of the planes radios. We will never know!