>> we discovered that amelia earhardt survived her final flight and landed safely in the marshall islandsit was marked marshall islands, jaluit. on the left, a man standing next to a sign. there on the dock what appears to be a woman with short hair wearing pants like earhardt. kent gibson overlaid the photo of the man with file photos of navigator noonan. >> the hairline is the most distinctive. >> the nose is very prominent. >> he then compared body measurements of the previous will figures of earhardt. >> i usually go from not likely to very likely to extremely likely. i would say this is very likely. something else. the wol on the dock is sharing at the ship which is towing a barge something measuring 38 feet long. the same length as earhardt's plane. for decades. they have said the plane crashed and the japanese took it away. also, this catalogue referencing 170 pages including information that earhardt was a prisoner in the marshall islands. >> they said they have no evidence of amelia ear hart ever in their custody. >> we believe the japanese government knew she was in the marshall

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. >> aviators like charles lindbergh and amelia earhardt were the astronauts of the day, pushing to go higher, fut and faster. >> aviation was the hot ticket in those days. >> you might say walker of ft. wayne, indiana, was born to fliechlt as a boy no one could imagine what the future held for this son of an architect, although his childhood mischief would offer some ominous foreshadowing. >> my big delight was to make a model airplane made of balsa wood, go up on the roof, send it off and see how long it took it to crash. >> many of the military's top brass had disdain for the aeroplane. but some in uniform did believe. none more outspoken and zealous than billy mitchell. >> billy mitchell believed that air power could be decisive in warfare and that the next war would be won by air power. >> mitchell's visionary idea that the united states should have a separate air force made him some enemies, but it also made him friends. many of them, world war i pilots like captain robert oles. >> this is my dad. >> his son can still remember hearing the fly boys spin their yarns. >> i used to s

the person reported to be amelia earhardt has her back to us. >> shay did body measurements, sitting torso and they had an old picture of her because she was a swimmer sitting by a pool and over laid it and it was identical. >> there is another part of the picture, it's over to the right. it's a ship, a boat and it's towing something. and the calculations sort of indicated that that thing that it's on it or that's loaded on to it is the same size as her plane. >> right, the cargo ship and that's confirmed that's it and the barge behind it is what the aircraft was physically put on when they towed it. >> what is the likely course of events that would have led to her sitting on that dock and what happened afterwards? >> well, she couldn't find the island. she was north of the island in the weather. the only bad weather at the time was north of the island. she got to a predetermined that only she knew divert, i got to turn around and go back to safety. no professional pilot will orbit around. instead of hitting the gilberts, which is what she was trying for, she hit the marshalls held b

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could shed new light on the mystery surrounding the disappearance of american aviation pie neat amelia earhardt> she's believed to have crash landed in the pacific in 1937, well, some experts say this photo proved earhardt and her navigate or survived the crash, others called the photo another unproven they are bye their disappearance. so what do you think? people are comparing, the picture to this photo that shows with that same dock in the pacific looks like right now. >>> governor chris christie is getting another shot to talk sports on the radio. christie will be filling in on monday and tuesday afternoon on our sister radiation station wfan in new york. governor has appeared on the morning show where he made some in the so flattering comments about the eagles and their fans. christie has said in the past that he is interested in sports, broadcasting. >>> well, coming up garage sales would be popping up in neighborhood this weekend but there are some tips you may want to know before you go. >> coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" what you should and should not buy even if the deals seem too

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amelia earhardt was gone. >> reporter: the history channel revealing what it says is a possible new clueplain what happened to amelia earhart. >> you think this is amelia earhart? >> that's right. >> reporter: a former federal agent saying in the national archives, he uncovered this updated photo taken in the marshall islands in the pacific. the man on the left bears a striking resemblance to earhardt's navigator, fred noonan. >> the hairline is the most distinctive characteristic. >> reporter: they believe based on comparative photos, the person facing away from the camera could be earhart. and that mass towed behind the ship matches the length of earhart's plane, with a photo and other documents, the history special makes the claim that she may have been captured by the japanese military. but many are skeptical. >> from an aviation survivability stand point, chances are nil. >> reporter: of this being? >> of this being accurate. >> reporter: u.s. officials have not confirmed any of the show's claims. and a manager at the national archives tells abc news, so far they have found no recor

. >> real quickly before we go i'm fascinated by amelia earhardt. no one knows.red by japanese and ended up dying on japanese soil. >> they think maybe she might have been captured by them. this is file video. but they have pictures that they say will prove it and something coming out on amc sunday so we will see more. >> i will be watching that for sure. >> for sure. >> you will be watching "good day philadelphia" for sure tomorrow. nice job guys. hope it tastes as good as it looks. (giggles) hey gus, i brought something else you might like. million dollar silver and gold. yeah. the new scratch-off from the pennsylvania lottery. with top prizes of a million bucks! you've always had good taste. (laughter) keep on scratchin'! >> live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show." >> wendy: how you doin? we won't judge, but we're judging. it's going to be juicy. ♪ [ applause ] >> now here's wendy! [ applause ] whoo! thank you for watching our show. [ applause ] [ applause ]

amelia earhart and her navigator disappeared. but now investigators from the history channel believe they've found evidence they survived. >> i have a photograph which i believe clearly indicates that earhardt was captured bit japanese. >> reporter: les kinney discovered the photo while searching through former top secret items. it was a small string of islands at the time that were under japanese control. >> we have a caucasian woman with her back to the camera sitting there looking over to the ship. >> reporter: you think this is amelia air smart. >> that's right. >> reporter: it appears to show two caucasians, a man on the left and a woman sitting on the edge. facial recognition overlayed the photo with photos of ed noonan. >> it's a very sharp receding hairline. >> reporter: the teeth, hairline and nose appear to match up. then the person with her back to the corner. gibson compared body measurements, again striking similarities, and there's more evidence. in the distance, the japanese ship is towing a barge with something measuring 38 feet long, the same length as earhardt's plane. >> we believe they took her to saipan and that she died there under the custody of the japanese. we don't