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| U. S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz |
In 1965, the following admission from
World War Two Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz was conveyed to CBS Radio Journalist, Fred Goerner:
"Amelia Earhart and her
navigator did go down in the Marshall Islands and were picked up by the Japanese." After the U. S. occupied the Marshalls
in 1944, liberating it from Japan, Nimitz was put in charge there. Nimitz also mentioned how such a truth about Earhart was
long ago "known and documented in Washington." [Note: Admiral Nimitz assisted Goerner with his 1960s investigative
journalism quest that peered into the non-reported details of Earhart's last flight.] Amelia Earhart did live beyond July 2, 1937--the date of her disappearance:
There were three Irene Craigmile Bolams
and one of them was hauntingly familiar. She was known as the Gervais-Irene.
| Gervais-Irene (Craigmile) Bolam, 1965. |
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| With British husband, Guy Bolam. (Photo taken by Joe Gervais after he met them.) |
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| Blend: Gervais-Irene & Amelia |
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| Irene-1965 / Amelia-1933 |
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| Blend: Gervais-Irene & Amelia |
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| Irene-1963 / Amelia-1928 |
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| Blend: Gervais-Irene & Amelia |
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| Irene-1976 / Amelia-1932 |
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| Blend: Gervais-Irene & Amelia |
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| Irene-1978 / Amelia-1929 |
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Above: The Gervais-Irene was
identified nowhere as 'Irene' prior to the 1940s. (See the other Irenes further down.)
| A 1987 Marshall Islands Commemorative Stamp... |
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| ...plane hoisted, Japan naval officer with Noonan and Earhart. "Picked up, not captured." |
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| United Nations Marshall Islands Ambassador, Alfred Capelle |
"Amelia Earhart definitely came to the Marshall Islands
in 1937."
A 2006
Associated Press quote from Alfred Capelle, United Nations Ambassador to the Marshall Islands. Until the U. S. occupied it
in 1944, Japan had been the ruling government authority in the Marshalls. Ambassador Capelle added his understanding that,
"Amelia Earhart came to the Marshall Islands for a reason... to test some kind of military equipment." Note:
It was not until 1990, after being pressured by Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii to do so, that Secretary of State
James Baker's office confirmed a 1945 classified World War Two file labeled 'Earhart, Amelia; Special War Problems'
existed in State Department archives. In 1972 a file bearing such a heading had been 'leaked' by a volunteer archivist who
stumbled across it, mentioning there was "more than one file" labeled that way in what was considered an 'off limits'
area. In 1984 State Department archivist, Patricia Morton found another file labeled the same way containing end of war correspondences
from a WWII civilian internment camp located in China. To date the State Department has never officially elaborated on the
various file contents, nor explained why such a cache of 'Earhart: Special War Problem' labeled files ever existed
in the first place. The State Department did send a letter to Senator Inouye stating the individual (in the case of 1984,
Patricia Morton) who located and revealed the file's existence was "not acting in an official capacity."
Given the above information, it is
odd how the public remains left in the
dark about the Earhart case by way of misleading press releases such as this one: March 21, 2012 Press Release: Secretary of State
Hilary Clinton described 'a privately funded' Earhart plane search effort. Since the early 1980s a group known as TIGHAR has
promoted the south Pacific Island of Nikumaroro as the last resting place for Earhart's plane. TIGHAR has been gathering debris
on the island over the years, with none of it ever being authentically linked to Earhart's last flight. It feels it 'may have'
an old photograph showing a piece of Earhart's landing gear on Nikumaroro. Most all research experts disagree with what they
describe as a 'miscalculated guess' that Earhart ended up at Nikumaroro. Curiously, the following day the Associated Press updated its statement to include
how "the White House takes no position on Tighar's photo analyses." Official history likes to promote the ongoing mystery of Amelia Earhart,
especially since the reality of her loss was later found in controversial information withheld by FDR's war time administration.
NOTE: 1938 FDR administration documents below the following:
| The Original Irene O'Crowley Craigmile, 1930. |
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| Amelia's 'pal' with her husband Charles Craigmile & her father Joe O'Crowley. |
Note:
Joe O'Crowley (above right) was the older brother of attorney I. R. O'Crowley who was Amelia Earhart's close
friend, contract advisor, and ZONTA sister. In
1931, the original Irene Craigmile lost her husband, Charles to a sudden appendicitis attack. In late 1932, Amelia Earhart and Viola Gentry arranged for the original Irene
Craigmile to take flying lessons.
In mid-1933, right after the original Irene earned her wings she became pregnant out of wedlock by her last flight instructor,
Al Heller. The original Irene Craigmile was seen no more after she gave birth to their son in 1934, yet by the mid-1940s two
other women were using her identity. This is a complex story about a quiet historical truth involving the White House administrations
of the World War Two era. Amelia
Earhart was a beautiful, wonderful person. It may not seem so at first glance, but this website is only supportive of her.
Below: From the time she was reported missing,
Amelia Earhart's image required White House protection.
In May of 1938 Eleanor Roosevelt's personal secretary,
Malvina Scheider delivered the above message to the First Lady in response to her query on why the White House refused to
release its withheld 'official report' on Amelia Earhart's July 1937 disappearance. Note: FDR's Cabinet member Henry
P. Morgenthau Jr. was referenced in the above note. (See his photo and the original transcript further below.) Although it
is clear it knew crucial information the public remained unaware of, to this day the White House has never officially
commented on why it withheld information concerning Amelia Earhart's disappearance.
"Where history treated Amelia
Earhart unfairly, it was mainly because a big difference existed between what the public thought it understood, compared
to what it did not recall about Amelia, especially during the time of her last flight. For one, Amelia was an anti-war
pacifist who was not affected by the growing negative feelings toward Japan four years before Pearl Harbor happened. Although
adhering to an isolationist stance as war approached, FDR's administration could not favor the viewpoint she maintained there.
Amelia also spoke several languages to include Japanese, she adored Japan's culture, and she always chose to do things her
own way. In effect, when the Sino-Japanese war broke out on July 7, 1937, only five days after she was declared a missing
person, she was pretty much gone forever right then." Beyond 37'
Above: General Douglas MacArthur, President Franklin Roosevelt, Admiral Chester Nimitz on the USS
Baltimore, July 1944. Famous figures from the World War Two era, there is no doubt they were aware of the Earhart post-loss
situation on a higher level than the general public. In 1965 Admiral Nimitz additionally admitted it was quietly "known
and documented in Washington" that Amelia Earhart had survived to exist under the auspice of Japan. Irene Craigmile
Bolam's (the Gervais-Irene's) later life friends in General MacArthur's widow, Jean MacArthur and United States Senator, Barry
Goldwater of Arizona were also linked to a greater understanding of the Earhart matter. As became the norm for certain
war-time controversies though, at some point it was decided the official U. S. disposition about Amelia Earhart's
disappearance would evermore be greeted with a let's move on attitude. Or otherwise, "official silence."
Thus it remained to evermore be officially recognized; After July 2, 1937, Amelia was listed as a missing person until she
was legally declared 'dead' two years later.
"Numerous investigations foundered on official silence in Tokyo and
Washington, leaving the fate of Amelia Earhart an everlasting mystery."
From Marylin Bender & Selig Altschull's Pan Am aviation history book, The Chosen Instrument, 1982, Simon & Schuster. Note: 'Official silence' created the 'mystery' of Amelia Earhart.
"I hope
I've just got to never make it public." Part of Henry P. Morgenthau Jr.'s
initial May 13, 1938 transcripted reply to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt concerning what really became of Amelia Earhart. The
White House was aware of the 'Earhart situation' on a level the news media and the public never came to understand. (See transcript
excerpts further down.) "You're onto something that will stagger
your imagination." U. S. Navy Commander, John Pillsbury refers to the truth about Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance
to CBS Radio Journalist-Earhart Author, Fred Goerner in 1962. What became of Amelia Earhart? Evidently the truth was privately known by a few select
U. S. and Japan officials long ago, and the public is finally starting to catch on to it. Note: The mystery of Amelia
Earhart came to publicly exist because it was supposed to, not because it ever really did exist.
| From FDR's Cabinet, Henry P. Morgenthau Jr. |
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| His duties well exceeded his job description. |
"I know how Amelia Earhart absolutely disregarded all orders, and if we ever release this thing, goodbye Amelia
Earhart's reputation." 1938 quote from FDR Presidential Cabinet Member, Henry
P. Morgenthau, Jr. in response to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's query on why the White House refused to release the 'official'
report on Earhart's 1937 disappearance. (See two original transcript excerpts further down.) Steadfastly ignored by official
history, yet supported by statements made later by Admiral Chester Nimitz and Ambassador Alfred Capelle of the Marshall Islands,
Amelia had opted to go to Japan's Imperial Mandate Islands, and she "disregarded all orders" by doing so.
Below: Referencing the
Malvina Scheider/Henry Morgenthau Jr. White House note, here are two excerpts from Morgenthau's original May 13, 1938 transcripted
response to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's request for the 'White House Official Report' on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
The White House never commented further beyond this document, that was no doubt intended to remain privately archived.
| From Morgenthau's conversation... |
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| ...with the First Lady's secretary Malvina Scheider about the withheld Earhart disappearance report. |
| 1938 White House transcript continued from above: |
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| The lack of a "proper search" referenced the U. S. never searching the Marshalls. |
Note: Henry Morgenthau
Jr. actually ended his conversation with Malvina Scheider by suggesting she "make something up" to appease the First
Lady's request. (In the follow up note at the top of the Home Page one can see her reply was more straight forward.) He also
professed to know what really happened at the end of Earhart's flight, with his assistant, Stephen Gibbon adding there was
'evidence' opposing the need for additional searching. It is apparent throughout the content of this message the White House
wished for the public to accept Amelia Earhart as 'gone forever.' It never admitted so much, but it seemed to wish for the
public to regard the conclusion of the Earhart saga, as if Amelia had died. Twenty years later, in the late 1950s an overwhelming
preponderence of circumstantial evidence surfaced describing how Amelia ended up existing under the auspice of Japan prior
to the outbreak of World War Two. To this day neither the White House nor Japan has ever issued a statement refuting this
suggestion as Earhart's ultimate post-loss reality.
| Amelia Earhart, age 26, before she became famous. |
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| Her veil has been lifted. She didn't 'disappear.' |
Media outlets are influenced not
to promote it, but anymore it is certain FDR's White House was aware Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan ended up in the Marshall
Islands in 1937. Obviously connected to this hidden reality, as mentioned, Secretary of State James Baker's office confirmed
the file existed, but it did not elaborate on why such a 'Earhart, Amelia; Special War Problems' World War Two classified file on Amelia Earhart ever needed to exist. Previously though, an identically labeled post-war '1946' dated 'Earhart,
Amelia; Special War Problems' State Department file displayed some controversial information. Initially revealed in 1972
by an archivist who found it curious enough to remove it, the file mentioned how Amelia Earhart had requested "naturalization"
to Japan's Imperial mandate islands in August of 1939, and had test flown planes for Japan there prior to doing so. To this
day, questions about this long ago 'leaked' file have been met by official silence.
The Long Understood, Non-Promoted Reality Of
Amelia Earhart's Story: Take
A Look, Read, Keep An Open Mind...
Only recently was it forensically revealed;
there were three different women who were attributed to the same Irene Craigmile Bolam identity, and the 'Gervais-Irene'
(below) was very special:
Below: The three different
women who were attributed to the same 'Irene' identity. In 2006, after the son of the original Irene Craigmile clearly identified
another woman as his childhood mother (far right below), opponents of this verified truth financed Director Noel Dockstater's
documentary for the National Geographic Channel. Dockstater's effort declined to include the plural Irenes reality, supplied
incomplete information to Forensic Detective Kevin Richland, and went on to influence such on line hubs as Wikipedia and Facebook
against accepting the Irene-Amelia truth.
Again, people fail to recall how Amelia Earhart was an anti-war pacifist.
Just as Charles Lindbergh did in 1937, four years before Pearl Harbor occurred, Earhart favored maintaining FDR's isolationist
viewpoint for the United States. She was also a well loved hero in Japan then, just like Babe Ruth had been, who so strongly
influenced baseball there during his visit to Japan a few years earlier. The charade of the false promoted history
of Earhart's disappearance is easier understood when these historical truths are recognized. Contrary to rumor, Japan would
have never harmed Amelia Earhart, especially where she actually opted to remain under their authority after she was
reported 'missing.'
| 1966 Doubleday book by CBS Radio's Fred Goerner... |
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| A top ten New York Times 'Best Seller,' years later 'official silence' left few recalling it. |
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How The Amelia Earhart 'Disappearance
Controversy' Developed In The Modern Era These two great investigative books from the past combined for over ten years of documented research.
They clearly revealed how in 1937 the United States and Japan decided not to publicly disclose an awareness they shared on
what became of Amelia Earhart. [The Marshall Islands were under Japan's authority in 1937.] Those who inquired
about it were greeted with 'official silence,' and by the late 1970s the Smithsonian Institution, along with the families
of Amelia Earhart and the original Irene Craigmile shared a common agenda; one rejecting all ideas differing from the simple
'crashed-and-sank' suggestion of Amelia's demise. No matter what different people have described in recent decades, the United
States 'official' viewpoint has always encouraged the historically safe crashed-and-sank
opinion only. Forensically though, it recently became clear Amelia did not just crash and sink, nor did she disappear from
the face of the earth, nor was she executed for spying, nor did she perish with Fred Noonan on a remote desert island. A purpose
was served though, for the ongoing introductions of these and other ideas helped keep the 'mystery' idea going.
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| 1970 McGraw-Hill book by Joe Klaas w/Joe Gervais |
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| A best seller as well, later unjustifiably ridiculed, pontificated Amelia 'privately survived.' |
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| Monsignor Kelley & the Gervais-Irene, 1980. |
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| The Gervais-Irene used the original Irene Craigmile's identity from the 1940s to 1982. |
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| Msgr. Kelley's sister Gertrude & the Gervais-Irene |
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| Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia 1976. |
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"After all she'd been through,
she didn't want to be Amelia Earhart any more." Monsignor James Francis Kelley, former President of Seton Hall University
discusses his late close friend Irene Craigmile (Bolam) [AKA 'the Gervais-Irene'] in 1991. Kelley also admitted his involvement
with Cardinal Francis Spellman and Jackie Cochran in bringing Amelia home from Japan, and honoring her changed identity after
World War Two. See the Amelia Earhart Miscellaneous link on the upper left for more about Monsignor Kelley.
| From a 10/18/82 New Jersey Tribune article: |
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| A decade later Msgr. Kelley verified his late friend Irene Bolam's (Gervais-Irene) 'dual' identity. |
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From 1970 on, even after the Gervais-Irene
died in July of 1982 people still weren't sure about her past or who she really was...
| Gervais-Irene Craigmile Bolam |
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| From Beyond 37's study, overlayed with Amelia Earhart. |
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...but the truthful nature of Father
Kelley's words became clear after Beyond 37's forensic analysis commenced in 2002.
| The Gervais-Irene... |
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| ...superimposed with Amelia Earhart. |
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| 1978, the Gervais-Irene... |
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| ...proud with her wings, she was identified nowhere as "Irene" prior to the 1940s. |
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| The Original Irene Craigmile (center) in 1930. |
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| The Gervais-Irene used her identity from the 1940s to 1982. |
"People need only
ask why an authorized biography was never published, or a movie was never made detailing the life of Irene Craigmile Bolam.
For beyond the uncertainty of where she actually came from when she began living on Long Island, New York the mid-1940s, she
was a worldly, classy, and fantastic person who was at times extraordinarily benevolent. She had government, clergy, and military leader friends in high places all over
the world, especially in Japan, England, and the United States. She was the corporate president of Radio Luxembourg in the
1970s, she claimed to have been well acquainted with Amelia Earhart and to have flown with her, and from the 1ate 1940s until
she died in 1982, she knew and even hung out with several of Amelia's old friends. She even knew NASA astronauts. Yet, after
the McGraw-Hill book, Amelia Earhart Lives made Irene Bolam a national news item in 1970, by showing how USAF Major
Joe Gervais had discovered the past connection between Irene and Amelia to have been no ordinary coincidence, the
book was quickly removed from the stores. Soon after all references to the controversy that became her were quietly swept
under the rug of official history. To the few who understood the truth the controversy never went away. At the same time official
history, through its use of national media resources, always fought back. For example, as recently as mid-2006 cable television
fell victim to entering the fray once again. It happened after a few 'false' Amelia Earhart iconic-image protecting stalwarts
learned how in April of 2006, Irene Bolam's 1934 born son had identified an entirely different woman as his childhood mother,
juxtaposed to the Irene Bolam who had been referenced in Amelia Earhart Lives. This re-solidified the 2003 forensic
realization of there having been more than one woman who had used the same 'Irene' identity. In response, suddenly a movement
arose to produce a new Earhart special on the National Geographic Channel. It was once again directed at influencing the American
public to avoid taking the decades old Irene-Amelia controversy too seriously, even though it never ended as an officially
settled issue. The National Geographic Channel premiered its show in November of 2006. It was careful not to mention Irene's
living son at all. Nor did it bring up the earlier forensic discovery of more than one woman having used the same 'Irene Bolam'
identity. Serving its purpose to help keep the mystery of Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance in tact, (when it was
actually solved in the private sector decades ago) the show is still airing today using new titles to keep it fresh, as it
implies there was no real controversy connected to Irene Bolam, when indeed there was, and still is." Tod Swindell,
2011
| Amelia Earhart, age thirty in 1928. |
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| Photo taken after her Friendship flight. |
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| From a 1963 photo taken in Japan... |
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| ...the Gervais-Irene Craigmile Bolam, known as 'Irene' from the mid-1940s until her passing in 1982. |
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| The Gervais-Irene & Amelia Earhart |
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| Gervais-Irene,1963 / Amelia,1928 |
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| Equally blended... |
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| ...Amelia at age 30 and the Gervais-Irene Craigmile Bolam. |
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Above: In 1965 at a gathering
of well-known retired pilots in East Hampton of Long Island, New York; World War Two hero, USAF Major Joe Gervais (Ret.) met
one of three different women who were historically attributed to the same name of 'Irene Craigmile Bolam' (nee O'Crowley.)
The one he met is labeled in the Beyond 37' study as 'the Gervais-Irene.' The study revealed how the Gervais-Irene
appeared nowhere identified as 'Irene' prior to the 1940s. Note: Contrary to what ended as an assumed public opinion
that it had been answered, as both Amelia's and the original Irene's families casually sidestepped the issue, the past 'true
identity' question of the Gervais-Irene was ultimately left unanswered by any means of 'official' historical authority. Instead,
official United States and Japan historians were guided to ignore the obvious truthful reveals exhibited by the Irene-Amelia
controversy.
Notwithstanding the influence of a few outspoken opposing Earhart theorists, who in recent years
hard steered the National Geographic Channel, Wikipedia, and Facebook to consider other ideas, certain new truths
about Earhart were recently discovered and revealed anyway. Among them: After four decades of debating over who she
really was, it turned out the Gervais-Irene (who died in 1982) head to toe and character trait wise did reveal
herself as a forensic match to Amelia Earhart. It was also revealed how more than one person was historically attributed
to the singular identity of 'Irene Craigmile Bolam.'
| A Gervais-Irene Craigmile handwriting sample: |
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| From a 1967 Gervais-Irene letter, with Amelia's high school "Amelia M Earhart" signature added. |
Above: A Gervais-Irene/Amelia Earhart
handwriting comparison, with the Gervais-Irene veritably admitting she was 'known' as both Irene and Amelia. Taken
from a 1967 letter where she referred to two individuals; famous pilot Viola Gentry and Early Birds of Aviation President
Elmo Pickerill, the Gervais-Irene wrote "because they each knew us both well as Amelia Earhart and Irene Craigmile."
Note:
Although still protected by official silence,
to a select group of Earhart research experts
it is obvious anymore how Amelia Earhart lived on to change her name to 'Irene Craigmile.' [Again, she ultimately became
one of three different individuals who employed the same 'Irene Craigmile' identity.]
The new paradigm of the Earhart mystery to be regarded is this: Evidently, it was determined via the will
of Amelia's own family, (to foremost include Amelia's sister, Muriel who died in 1998) the will of Amelia herself, and the
support of friends Amelia had in high places; after the public accepted Amelia as 'gone' a ruse to obfuscate her continued
existence was needed. So much led to the 'official silence' regard concerning what really became of Amelia Earhart.
With a closed blind-eye from the Smithsonian Institute, and where there was never an 'official investigation'
launched into Amelia Earhart's disappearance, such a regard continues to protect this life long biographical truth about Amelia Earhart
from being welcomed into the realm of publicly accepted information.
| Gervais-Irene (Craigmile) Bolam, 1965. |
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| With British husband, Guy Bolam. (Photo taken by Joe Gervais after he met them.) |
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| Blend: Gervais-Irene & Amelia |
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| Irene-1965 / Amelia-1933 |
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| Blend: Gervais-Irene & Amelia |
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| Irene-1963 / Amelia-1928 |
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| Blend: Gervais-Irene & Amelia |
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| Irene-1976 / Amelia-1932 |
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| Blend: Gervais-Irene & Amelia |
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| Irene-1978 / Amelia-1929 |
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Important clarifications
about Beyond 37's founder, Tod Swindell (See brief bio in 'About Beyond 37' below the following.) 1.) With the subject of Amelia Earhart, Tod Swindell
recalls the history of her story as it was, juxtaposed to the adjusted for the public charade it eventually became. 2.) An internet search of the
name "Tod Swindell" will receive hits on Amelia Earhart, his experience in the film industry, and the untold true
story (as opposed to the fictional TV version) of the legendary mountain man, John 'Grizzly' Adams (1812-1860.) 3.) There is a substantial amount
of misconveyed information on the internet pertaining to Mr. Swindell's long term forensic research study on Amelia Earhart's
disappearance: A.)
Although other researchers professed it, Mr. Swindell never stated his own belief that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan
were 'captured and jailed' or 'arrested as spies' by Japan as reported by the Associated Press. Rather, he merely referenced
the 1965 statement made by U. S. Navy Admiral, Chester Nimitz: "Amelia Earhart and her navigator did go down in the Marshall
Islands and were picked up by the Japanese." Mr. Swindell feels the flying duo was more than likely treated well
by Japan's military and government officials, after they were rescued at Mili Atoll of the lower Marshall Islands in early
July of 1937. He also feels that flying in the direction of the Marshalls was how Amelia Earhart "absolutely disregarded
all orders" as specified by White House Cabinet member, Henry P. Morgenthau Jr. to First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt,
nine months after Earhart and Noonan went missing.
B.) Mr. Swindell adheres to the realistic probability of a statement posed by retired
Air Force Major, Joseph A. Gervais when he interviewed him in 2001: "Look, there are eight years missing from this person's
life. Nobody knows where she was actually living, or what she was actually doing from the time she disappeared in 1937 until
after the end of World War Two. All we've learned is she turned up on Long Island after the war with a new name and a slightly
altered image, and the public was never supposed to be aware of such a thing. According to official history Amelia Earhart
was declared 'dead' two years after she disappeared, and official history preferred to leave it that way." C.) From his research, Mr. Swindell
strongly feels there was no major international conspiracy linked to hiding Amelia Earhart's name changed survival.
Rather, he feels it was more of a private arrangement involving a few very close friends of hers, a few select government
and clergy figureheads, and a few of her close family members, to include some of the original Irene Craigmile's close
knit family who Amelia had known from the late 1920s on. D.) To date, no one has ever directly challenged Mr. Swindell's 2002-2007 Forensic
Analysis, although plenty have automatically decried it. Of note, in 2006 Noel Dockstater of the National Geographic Channel
conveyed how the "science was solid" in the Swindell analysis, where it displayed three different people who were
historically attributed the same 'Irene Craigmile Bolam' identity, with one of them, (the Gervais-Irene) who appeared nowhere
identified as Irene prior to the 1940s, head to toe and character trait wise bearing a haunting resemblance to Amelia Earhart.
However, without any explanation given, the National Geographic Channel ommitted these aspects of Mr. Swindell's analysis
from its 2006 produced program still being rerun today. Instead, it chose to continue casting doubt on the (obvious anymore)
reality of Amelia's post-loss survival with a new name. E.) Mr. Swindell identifies a protective stance concerning the legendary
heroic image of Amelia Earhart; one long maintained by Amelia Earhart's survived family, the Smithsonian Institution, Tighar,
the Amelia Earhart Society, and Elgen Long and Nauticos at the forefront. He cites how since the 1960s there has existed a
'clear effort' to keep the mystery of Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance alive in the eyes of the public by way of the combined
dominating influence of these entities and others, through national news media outlets.
About
Beyond 37'
|
| Beyond 37's Tod Swindell |
Hello. My name is Tod Swindell
and I am the creator and editor of Irene-Amelia.com. I was born in Yonkers, New York in 1958 and I grew up in the greater
Los Angeles area and just north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I am a graduate of the University of Arizona and a member of
the International Documentary Association and the Directors Guild of America. Twenty years ago, inspired by my late grandmother,
Doris Clearwaters Eby, I began examining Amelia Earhart's full life story. Doris (who idol-worshipped Amelia Earhart) was
born in Indiana in 1900 three years after Amelia was born in Kansas. Doris ended up as a single working mother of two in Los
Angeles in the 1930s, near to where Amelia's last home was in Toluca Lake of North Hollywood. I remember Doris telling me
how she believed Amelia Earhart did not disappear in 1937, rather, that Amelia had left her husband with a wish not to live
as a famous 'hounded' person anymore. Of course I found such a thing hard to believe. But Doris was a very smart and well
studied person, and she had followed Amelia's career closely. In 2001, ten years after my 'Earhart
truth' research quest began I formed Beyond 37' with retired USAF Major Joe Gervais and retired USAF Colonel Rollin C. Reineck,
two decorated World War Two heroes. Joe Gervais was the first true Amelia Earhart investigative researcher. He began
his own quest in the late 1950s. In 1970 the book Amelia Earhart Lives (my grandmother, Doris had read it) featured
certain aspects of Gervais' research described by many as 'too controversial' for the public to appreciate, let alone comprehend.
Subsequently, the book was removed. I met Joe Gervais through Amelia Earhart author, Randall Brink in the mid 1990s and I
came to know Joe and his wife Thelma well the last ten years of Joe's life. Having always confronted the media placed historical
charades about Amelia Earhart--that remain abundant today--Joe Gervais passed away in 2005 still advocating the truthful nature
of the Irene-Amelia conveyance. Just like Doris had, Joe believed Amelia had intentionally optioned out of her life as a public
figure--to the point of changing her name for the sake of future anonymity. He also believed Japan and Pan Am Airways helped
her to do such a thing. Most people thought he was nuts. Except Joe was very smart and well studied too. Especially when it
came to subject matter of Amelia Earhart.
Joe Gervais first came to accept his 'Earhart quietly survived'
deduction in 1965, before making it public in 1970. Three decades later, after the initial findings of my 2002-2007 forensic
evaluation (arranged to test Joe's magnanimous effort and claim) displayed the results it did, [Note: I was surprised
to learn no one had ever forensically tested Joe's 'Amelia Earhart quietly survived' claim before] Joe's compatriot who I
came to know as well, USAF Colonel Rollin Reineck authored his 2004 book Amelia Earhart Survived inspired by my analysis;
one that included head to toe comparisons, speech comparisons, and handwriting comparisons among other things. Colonel Reineck
had been researching Earhart since the 1970s. His book featured certain elements of my study publicy for the first time, to
include the forensically verified plural-Irenes reality. Rollin passed away in 2007, also still advocating the truthful
nature of the Irene-Amelia conveyance. Meanwhile, anti-truth persuasions notwithstanding, and no matter what new breakthroughs
occurred over the years, the Irene-Amelia truth remained to be greeted by official silence in Washington. However,
it is important to realize the Irene-Amelia conveyance has never, ever been 'officially' disproved. Indeed, no matter
how hard Wikipedia and Facebook try to claim it was disproved based on the incomplete data presented by the National Geographic
Channel's Kevin Richlin, and no matter how hard the families of Amelia Earhart and the original Irene Craigmile try to persuade
the public to not take the Irene-Amelia truth seriously, (in stride with the Smithsonian) those who fully understand the Irene-Amelia
equation have no problem accepting it as a withheld historical reality. [Note: The learned understand how the mystery
always existed because it was supposed to exist, not because it really does, or ever did exist.] This includes the special
collections archivists at the University of Texas at Dallas where Joe Gervais donated his forty year trove of Amelia Earhart
research. There, they assert his claim as 'among the most plausible.' In any case, try to accept this website
for what it is, and believe in what you see that is so painfully obvious, as opposed to the variety of differing theories
pseudo Earhart research authorities such as The Amelia Earhart Society, Alex Mandel of the Ukraine, Gwen Gale of Wikipedia,
Elgen Long, and TIGHAR try to persuade you to believe in. Instead, here you can learn about, comprehend, and ultimately come
to terms with some historically buried truehoods you never knew about the world famous American pilot from the 1920s and 1930s,
Amelia Earhart. Thank you, Tod Swindell-2011
| WWII hero & retired USAF Major Joe Gervais... |
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| ...in 1983 on his way to Howland Island. Amelia never made there in 1937. |
"You will always hear important sounding people tell you the
Irene-Amelia equation isn't true. Well, it is true." 2001 quote
from retired USAF Major Joe Gervais (1924-2005)
| The original Irene Craigmile, 1930 |
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| After her mother died she was co-raised by her paternal grandmother and her aunt, I. R. O'Crowley. |
The Original Irene Craigmile and her
Aunt, I. R. O'Crowley After July 2nd, 1937 Amelia Earhart was listed as 'a missing person.' But did she really go missing, or disappear? History described it that
way, but in recent years new information about Earhart's final destiny managed to plainly surface. It included Amelia Earhart's
past close friendship and professional alliance with the original Irene Craigmile's aunt, attorney I. R. O'Crowley,
and the ZONTA's, an international organization of professional women I. R. O'Crowley and Amelia Earhart had been distinguished
members of.
Here's what is now understood:
The forensic analysis unearthed some startling information about the never settled controversy surrounding the book Amelia
Earhart Lives. It first made national news in 1970, only to be quietly swept under the rug of 'official history.' The
analysis revealed new information about the original Irene Craigmile (the niece of attorney I. R. O'Crowley
mentioned above) and her 1930s friend, Amelia Earhart. Most remarkably, it discovered how the original Irene Craigmile
was seen no more after she gave birth to a son in 1934. Additionally, the study revealed how three different women had been
historically identified as one in the same Irene (nee O'Crowley) Craigmile Bolam, and how one of them, referred to
in the study as "the Gervais-Irene," displayed a haunting resemblance to Amelia Earhart. [Note: In 2006 the son of the original Irene Craigmile did not
identify the Gervais-Irene as the mother he recognized from his early childhood.] See below:
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| The Original Irene O'Crowley Craigmile, 1930. |
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| Amelia's 'pal' with her husband Charles Craigmile & her father Joe O'Crowley. |
Note: Joe O'Crowley (above right)
was the older brother of attorney I.
R. O'Crowley who was Amelia's close friend, contract advisor, and ZONTA sister.
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| The Gervais-Irene Craigmile, 1978 |
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| She was identified nowhere as 'Irene' prior to the 1940s. |
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| The Non Gervais-Irene Craigmile |
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| Known as Irene Craigmile from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, then again in the 1970s. |
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| Gervais-Irene photo... |
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| ...blended with Amelia photo |
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The original Irene Craigmile was a 1930s 'flying pal' and 'friend' of Amelia
Earhart's. In April of 2006 the 1934 born son of the original Irene Craigmile admitted a good friendship had existed between
his mother's family, the O'Crowleys of Newark, New Jersey (particularly with his mother's aunt, attorney I. R. O'Crowley)
and Amelia Earhart. He also identified the third woman below on the right (ID'd as a third 'different' Irene Craigmile) as
his early childhood mother, who was not the original Irene Craigmile (shown below left,) nor was she the Gervais-Irene. The
forensic analysis clearly revealed how the original Irene Craigmile no longer appeared to exist beyond the mid-1930s, approximate
to the time of her son's birth. What became of the original Irene Craigmile remains a mystery unto itself.
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| The original Irene Craigmile, Amelia's friend. |
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| What became of her remains a mystery unto itself. |
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| A third 'different' Irene Craigmile |
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| She used the original Irene's identity, and served as an early mother figure to her 1934 born son. |
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| Gervais-Irene photo... |
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| ...blended with Amelia photo |
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Below: Since 1970, three
nationally published books proclaimed the Gervais-Irene to have been a person who was formerly known as 'Amelia Earhart.'
Why did these books never receive much public attention or gain acceptance? The answer: 'Official silence' left them
'unofficially endorsed,' to where the general public refused to accept such a truth. Nevertheless, it was and still remains,
the truth.
| The 1970 Joe Klaas, Joe Gervais book... |
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| ...A New York Times best seller as well, determined Amelia 'privately' survived with Japan's help. |
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| By Robert Myers & Barbara Wiley, 1985 |
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| A first hand account; claimed Joe Gervais was right about the 'Irene' he met in 1965. |
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| By Colonel Rollin Reineck, 2004 |
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| First mentioned Beyond 37's forensic study, claimed the Gervais-Irene was 'formerly' Amelia Earhart. |
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