At a recent event in Saipan, two senior citizens recounted seeing famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart in the custody of Japanese forces back when they were children. According to a local media report, the gathering was sponsored by the backers of a proposed Earhart monument on the island which has been the source of considerable controversy in Saipan. Despite the ultimate fate of the lost pilot still being up for debate, the organization subscribes to the theory that she was captured by the Japanese after crashing her plane and wound up being brought to the island.
As Earhart watchers are well aware, this hypothesis has long been argued by researchers who point to eyewitnesses on Saipan that reported seeing Earthart following her disappearance. Alas, these first hand accounts, although documented by investigators over the years, have largely been lost to the sands of time as the individuals in question have passed away. And so the appearance by two of these witnesses in Saipan this past week is particularly noteworthy as it constituted a rather rare opportunity to hear their tales once more.
Find out what the witnesses had to say at the Coast to Coast AM website.