November 14, 2025
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US spy agency releases Amelia Earhart records
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released long-promised documents regarding missing pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart. More records are promised on an ongoing basis
A photo of Amelia Earhart from recently released records.
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As part of a weekend gift to fans of aviation history, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday released documents from the National Archives relating to the search for pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart.
In an attempt to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the Earth, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean. The disappearance sparked a long-running mystery over his whereabouts. President Donald Trump ordered this declassification of documents related to the Earhart search in September.
The documents now released include reports, maps and communications tracing Earhart’s flight, as well as other documents detailing the searches carried out after her disappearance. The National Security Agency also declassified associated files and Earhart’s last known communications. The diverse documents include a letter from a woman claiming that her mental telepathy indicated that Earhart was still alive, and another from a man claiming that her grave was in Spain.
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A statement from Gabbard called the release “a first step,” with more Earhart-related records to be released on an ongoing basis.
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