"In a weekend gift for aviation history fans, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released National Archives records on Friday related to the search for pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart. In an attempt to become the first woman pilot to circumnavigate Earth, Earhart, along with navigator Fred Noonan, vanished in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean. The disappearance sparked a now long-standing mystery over her fate."
"President Donald Trump had ordered this declassification of records related to the search for Earhart in September. The now-released records include reports, maps and communications tracing Earhart's flight as well as other documents detailing the search after her disappearance. The National Security Agency has also declassified related files and Earhart's last known communications. The wide-ranging records include a letter from a woman claiming that her mental telepathy indicated Earhart was still alive, and another from a man claiming her grave was located in Spain."
U.S. intelligence officials released declassified National Archives records related to Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued the records on Friday, following a September order from President Donald Trump to declassify search files. The release includes reports, maps and communications tracing Earhart's flight, as well as documents detailing search efforts after her disappearance. The National Security Agency declassified related files and Earhart's last known communications. The records contain unconventional leads, including a woman's claim of mental telepathy indicating Earhart was alive and a man's claim that her grave was located in Spain. Additional records will be released on a rolling basis.
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