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Welcome to Beyond 37's Irene-Amelia.com
"
You're Onto Something That Will Stagger Your Imagination." This
was former U. S. Navy Commander John Pillsbury's 1962 comment to a CBS Radio Journalist named Fred Goerner, after Pillsbury learned Goerner was investigating the 1937 disappearance of Amelia
Earhart. Seventy years before Hilary Swank took on Amelia Earhart, 'official silence' began a 'public-domain' mystery about the famous lost pilot.
Few knew it involved an enigmatic woman named 'Irene.' A self described 'friend' of Amelia Earhart's in the 1930s, Irene emerged
ambiguously from the 1940s WWII era. Amelia Earhart researcher, Joe Gervais had a strange encounter with her in 1965. For
years Gervais had lived with Amelia Earhart's image etched in his mind. This left him with the ability to recognize a hidden
truth.
| One of two 'new' 1940s Irene Craigmiles. |
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| AKA the 'Gervais-Irene' ('Irene Craigmile Bolam' after her 1958 marriage to Guy Bolam of England.) |
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| The original Irene Craigmile, circa 1930. |
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| A past friend of Amelia's, seen no more after the 1930s. |
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| The 'third' Irene Craigmile, shown in the 1940s |
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| AKA the 'Non Gervais-Irene.' By 1945 she'd left, leaving only the Gervais-Irene as Irene Craigmile. |
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What Joe Gervais learned and described about Irene became a national news story in 1970.
It was soon dismissed by the press however, as was Joe Gervais, but he was never proven wrong. Now, a recent forensic analysis has uncovered some curious realities about the 'Irene' who Joe Gervais met, photographed,
and researched the background of all those years ago. Included is the stunning discovery of how Irene Craigmile Bolam's identity
had been shared by two other women, and the 'fact' that according to U. S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz in 1965, it was always
'quietly known' in Washington how Amelia actually survived her ordeal after making it to the lower Marshall Islands. Below
find elements reprinted from the study, along with many excerpts reproduced from Beyond 37's controversial forensic research
essay, Three Irenes and the Missing Person Case Of
Amelia Earhart.
What did Commander Pillsbury mean by his comment? And
what about the highly regarded international traveling woman from the 1960s and 1970s, the 'Gervais-Irene' who was known as
Irene Craigmile Bolam? A complete enigma, she's seen nowhere in photographs identified as 'Irene' prior to the 1940s; in 1958
she wed a purported MI-6 operative; she spoke several languages and was an expert on Japan and oriental cultures; she served as President
of Radio Luxembourg in the 1970s... was her story hidden in the lining of Pillsbury's 1962 remark? No doubt. The 'shared identity of' and
several other new discoveries about Irene's person have caused a complete 'forensic reevaluation' of her full life story.
| Photo overlay blend... |
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| ...of Amelia Earhart and the 1945-1982 ID'd Irene Craigmile Bolam. |
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| The transition back begins... |
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| ...to the 1945-1982 Irene Craigmile Bolam. |
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| 1945-1982 identified Irene Craigmile Bolam. |
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| AKA 'The Gervais-Irene' AKA 'Irene-Amelia' shown in a photo taken during a 1963 visit to Japan. |
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It is now clear
how when this controversy first broke in 1970 it was deliberately pushed aside by historical dictum. As well, Amelia's 1930s
friend and fellow famous flier, Viola Gentry (who was also a later life good friend of the 'Gervais-Irene') had worked with
Amelia's Sister, Muriel to cover the story. Also, and most importantly missed since the 1960s, was how no national press circuit
reporter since Fred Goerner of CBS has ever been endorsed, let alone 'permitted' to conduct a thorough forensic investigation
into Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance, or into the complete life history of Irene Craigmile Bolam for that matter. References
about the Irene story occassionally surfaced now and then, to include mentions by the Smithsonian and the National Geographic
Society, but they have never been of a first person nature, while they always appeared diminished and carefully obfuscated
as they were conveyed. In one way, national news circuit wise it's referred to as 'playing ball' in order to keep 're-sweeping'
a controversial story under the rug of official history.
| Amelia Earhart in 1933. |
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| The 'mystery' of her disappearance began four years later. |
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| Amelia's 1930s 'pal,' the original Irene Craigmile |
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| Shown between her husband and father, again, she was seen no more after the 1930s. |
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| Amelia's 1933 Image blended equally with... |
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| ...the 1940s-on Irene, AKA 'The Gervais-Irene' or 'Irene-Amelia.' (See more comparisons below.) |
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| 1945-1982 ID'd 'Gervais-Irene' shown in 1965. |
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| AKA "Irene Craigmile" AKA "Irene Bolam" after her 1958 marriage. |
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NOTE: 'Irene-Amelia' and 'The Gervais-Irene' are interchangeable
terms.
What Is Special
About This?
The results of the recent 'controversial' forensic study that examined the investigative research
of Joe Gervais revealed: (1.) Amelia's past 'friend' who was the original
person known as 'Irene Craigmile' no longer appeared after the 1930s. (2.) From the 1940s until 1982 two other women were
attributed to the original Irene's identity. (3.) One of the two women identified as 'Irene Craigmile' from the 1940s to 1982
(see the various comparisons below) displayed a haunting congruence to Amelia Earhart, who otherwise was said to have 'vanished
without a trace' in 1937.
What's Old And New About The Earhart Mystery?
Since the 1960s there have
been a variety of theories presented on what became of Amelia Earhart. Among them; one claimed she died in a prison overseas,
another claimed she was executed for spying, and still another claimed she and her navigator, Fred Noonan perished on a desert
island. Although they all managed to fuel the public imagination, none were ever verified as correct. Recently however, the
remarkable findings of the new forensic analysis have caused some renewed interest in the uparalleled investigative research
of Joe Gervais from years ago, that not only concerned the odd circumstances of Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance, but as
well, the woman from the past known as 'Irene Craigmile Bolam.' Mrs. Bolam was a low-profile person
who was held in high esteem by her peers. Joe Gervais had encountered Mrs. Bolam among a group of well
known retired pilots in 1965, and devoted the next several years towards determining who she really was, or who she previously
had been.
Note:
If you watched the brief profile of the Joe Gervais Irene-Amelia theory displayed on the National Geographic Channel, it did
not include the newfound reality of there having been three different women attributed to the same identity of Irene Craigmile
Bolam, nor did it offer a head-to-toe comparison analysis, expert medical opinions, or handwriting and other character trait
comparisons. Realize, both the Smithsonian and the National Geographic Society have never been permitted to conduct their
own investigation into Amelia Earhart's disappearance, nor are they allowed to 'side' with any one theory. Here however, one
can observe the most objective and comprehensive version of the Irene-Amelia conveyance.
| The post-1930s 'Gervais-Irene' Irene Craigmile... |
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| ...equally blended with Amelia Earhart. (See more samples below.) |
Above: From the Beyond 37' forensic study, in 1965 World
War Two hero Joe Gervais met the 1945-1982 ID'd Irene Craigmile Bolam in New York at a gathering of well known retired pilots.
He found her importance and familiarity suspect. She told him how she had known Amelia and she had even flown with her. Seen
above, Amelia Earhart's image morphs into the 1945-1982 Gervais-Irene. Note: The three different women who were identified
as one in the same 'Irene Craigmile Bolam' are all displayed in Irene-Amelia.com, yet only the Gervais-Irene (displayed here
and elsewhere in the site) matched Amelia Earhart's person in such a haunting head to toe congruence. The forensic analysis
also revealed how the Gervais-Irene does not appear in photos identifying her as 'Irene' prior to the 1940s. Most importantly
while left unrealized by the public, was how the Gervais-Irene appeared to have emerged from nowhere in the 1940s to become
a new 'Irene Craigmile.' "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. (Further
down see the 'Joe Gervais, 1924-2005' section and the 1987 Marshall Islands Stamp series. Also: See the newly added handwriting
signature-comparison featured on this page.) NOTE: Over the years a few private individuals and organizations have influenced the media, representatives of the National
Geographic Society, even Wikipedia with false negatives about the long term investigative achievements of Joe Gervais. No
matter, the Gervais information is very real and it always has been. Below: World War Two hero Joe Gervais (1924-2005.) Since the 1960s his Amelia Earhart disappearance
research has remained unsurpassed, and it has never been overchallenged 'officially' or otherwise. Gervais detractors (and
they do exist) decry his achievements.
| WWII hero & retired USAF Major Joe Gervais... |
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| ...aboard The Flying Lady sailboat on his way to Howland Island, 1983. |
The
recent years forensic study upgraded the
Gervais 'Irene-Amelia' conveyance. It is now viewed as a reality based controversy. Previously, the public had long been conditioned
by 'official silence' to not recognize it that way, where the
information did and still does present a historical quandary to contend with. None the less, it is real. Experience the aroma
here, of some true history smelling salts left over from the World War Two era, specifically caused by the past administration
of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Do recall from 1938 what 'right hand man' FDR Cabinet member, Henry P. Morgenthau
Jr. relayed to First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt about the 'truth' of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, (as
learned from an official White House transcript found years later) and how he "hoped" to "never have to make it public." As course had it, he never did make it public.
| 1945-1982 Gervais-Irene Craigmile Bolam |
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| Shown at Cocoa Beach, Florida in 1965 after visiting 'friends at NASA.' |
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| The transition begins... |
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| ...see Amelia's image becoming apparent. |
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| Amelia's image starts to take over... |
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| ...notice the congruent alignment; face, chin, neck, shoulders, et al. |
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| Amelia's image dominant. |
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| From a 1935 photo taken during Amelia's pre Hawaii to Oakland flight sea voyage. |
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Above: From the study; the Gervais-Irene's
image morphs into Amelia's image. Amazingly, Joe Gervais went from the late 1960s to the late 1990s so certain about the past
identity of the Irene he encountered and photographed, he never felt a need to conduct a comparative forensic analysis. Beyond
37's was at last arranged to compare physical beings and character traits. The end results were astounding, to say the least,
although not to Joe Gervais, who had recognized the truth about the woman he'd met for years. Below: Read about the Gervais-Irene's past relationship with
Monsignor James Francis Kelley, who in 1991 at last admitted in a taped interview how his dear friend Irene who died in 1982,
had in reality been the 'former' Amelia Earhart.
| From a 10/18/82 New Jersey Tribune article: |
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| A decade later Msgr. Kelley told the truth about his late friend 'Irene' in a taped interview. |
Rollin
Reineck: "We believe Jackie Cochran was sent to Japan to help bring Amelia
home. Are you aware of that?" Monsignor Kelley:
"Yes, I was involved with that." [The above exchange was excerpted from a 1991 taped conversation
between USAF Colonel Rollin C. Reineck (Ret.) and Monsignor James Francis Kelley of Rumson, New Jersey. (See photos below.)]
| Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia 1976 |
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| The Gervais-Irene |
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| The transition back begins... |
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| ...images in alignment... |
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| Gervais-Irene + Amelia |
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| = Irene-Amelia |
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Above: Throughout
the 1960s and 1970s Irene-Amelia, AKA 'the Gervais-Irene' traveled often, to include internationally. Where she was and what
she was doing during the WWII years remains an unanswered question of course, where some suggest her person during the era
later inspired the "Where Is Carmen Sandiego?" video computer game. After the war she re-established her ties with
the Zontas and a select few friends who she ultimately kept in strict confidence. She did spend much time in Luxembourg helping
to manage the affairs of Radio Luxembourg, a company she and her British husband, Guy Bolam (who she married in 1958) once
owned together. (Guy
died in 1970.)
The images above feature a photo taken of her in Yugoslavia in 1976. She journeyed there accompanied by her good friend, Monsignor
James Francis Kelley's Sister, Mrs. Gertrude Kelley Hession. True, in a 1991 taped interview Monsignor Kelley, a former President
of Seton Hall University admitted his good friend, Irene Craigmile Bolam (the Gervais-Irene) was formerly known as Amelia Earhart.
Since then his account was repeatedly misconstrued, his credibility viciously attacked, and even his sanity was brought into
question. Recall though, Monsignor Kelley held Doctorates in Psychology and Philosophy, and those who knew him best (even
in his later years) referred to him as 'quite lucid,' and insisted he simply told it like it was. After the recent discovery
of there having been 'three different women' who used the same 'Irene Craigmile Bolam' identity, his expressed opinion about
Amelia Earhart was finally accepted at face value. (Monsignor Kelley passed away in 1996 at the age of ninety-two.) Some people
tried to twist the Gervais-Irene's post WWII reality into illicit involvement with the Soviet Republic. Yet it was actually
more of a 'let freedom ring' thing. For by virtue of her corporate involvement with Radio Luxembourg, and by circumventing
the air waves censorship of the USSR, the former Amelia Earhart actually played a hand in introducing the Beatles to the Russian
public in the 1960s and 1970s.
| Newly added from the Beyond 37' study... |
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| Gervais-Irene's handwriting in 1967, and Amelia's own "Amelia M Earhart" signature at age eighteen. |
Above: In 1967 Joe Gervais wrote to the 'Irene'
he had met two years earlier. He did so while still curious about her true past identity. He'd investigated the background
of Irene Craigmile in the meantime, only to find out she'd been a virtual nobody in the world of aviation. So much left it
fairly illogical to him how she would be regarded so highly in the 1960s by other famous pilots. Here, shown in her handwritten
reply, she had just referred Gervais to two individuals for him to question further; Viola Gentry and Elmo Pickerill. Viola,
a famous pilot herself had been a good friend of Amelia's in the 1920s and 1930s. Elmo Pickerill had also known Amelia. Notice
the curious reason she referenced them to Joe Gervais: "because they each knew us both well as Amelia Earhart and Irene
Craigmile." There, it was almost as if she was outright describing herself as two different people. In the full letter
obtained from Joe Gervais in 2001 by Beyond 37's Tod Swindell, (a copy of the same one reprinted in typeface in the 1970 book
Amelia Earhart Lives by Joe Klaas) in the present tense she carefully denied
herself to be Amelia Earhart, (anymore) writing in proper english, "I am not she." [NOTE: Amelia Earhart's handwriting
as an adult was inconsistent. Sometimes she would print, sometimes she wrote very controlled and neat, (as in her letters
to Eleanor Roosevelt) then again, sometimes she demonstrated a sloppy or 'rushed' cursive style. The Beyond 37' study also
features several pages of handwriting comparisons. The sample above was first displayed by Swindell a year before Rollin Reineck
reproduced it for inclusion in his book, Amelia Earhart Survived.] Even where
she wasn't she anymore, she sure used to be... she. Below: Elmo Pickerill responded to Gervais, reaffirming how
he knew Irene Craigmile (Bolam) while also confirming her past friendship with Amelia Earhart and Viola Gentry. Mr. Pickerill
expressed his belief Irene was bonafide, and he appeared to know nothing about the shared identity of Irene Craigmile (Bolam),
or at least, it seemed that way. He also appeared not to know the original Irene Craigmile hardly ever flew at all. As well,
where forensic comparisons were not conducted back then, no one realized how Viola Gentry would have had two friends who looked
so hauntingly similar to each other in Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937, and in the Gervais-Irene, who appeared from
out of nowhere in the 1940s to become a 'new' Irene Craigmile:
Below: Same photo of the original Irene
Craigmile. What
was the connection between Amelia Earhart and the original Irene Craigmile? The original Irene Craigmile knew Amelia Earhart
as did her prominent Attorney Aunt, Irene Rutherford O'Crowley who was a past good friend and 'Zonta' sister of Amelia's.
So what became of the original Irene Craigmile? Amelia Earhart no doubt knew yet she never told anyone, and neither did her
friend who obviously operated in Amelia's confidence on the matter, Attorney Irene Rutherford O'Crowley. So how did a new Irene Craigmile in the 1940s suddenly start looking like a carbon copy of
Amelia Earhart, who had 'vanished' in 1937? Because of 'official silence' regarding this matter, the public has been denied
access to the story.
| The original Irene Craigmile, circa 1930 |
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| Husband Charles Craigmile (left), and her father Joe O'Crowley (Right). |
| This Irene (below) was not the original... |
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| ...but she used to know the original. |
| It may be hard for people to believe or accept... |
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| ..yet the long-hidden-from-the-public 'official truth' was/is, Amelia survived and changed her name. |
Amelia And The Original Irene Craigmile
It
Is Now Known: Amelia Earhart's Survival During the WWII Era And Post WWII
Era Was Quietly Covered By A Few Of Her Less Recalled 'Important' Friends. One Such Person, The Esteemed Irene Rutherford O'Crowley Was An Attorney, A Zonta President, And The Aunt Of The Original Irene Craigmile. Beyond 37's Controversial Forensic Analysis Discovered And Revealed;
After The Original Irene Craigmile Gave Birth To A Child In 1934 She Was Seen No More. Yet There Was No Record Of Her Disappearance
Or Demise. The Original Irene Craigmile Led A Hard Life. An Only Child, When She Was Twelve Years Old Her Mother Died. Her
Father Was Rough-Edged So She Was Taken In To Be Further Raised By Her Paternal Grandmother And Aunt, (The Same Aunt Described
Above, Who Would Later Become A Friend Of Amelia's.) In 1931 While She Was In Her Mid-Twenties Her First Husband,
Charles Craigmile Tragically Died. Twice She Became Pregnant Out Of Wedlock; Once Before She Married Charles, And
Then Two Years After His Passing. The Last Time Inadverdently Involved Amelia. True, It Was Late 1932 When Amelia Earhart
And Viola Gentry Tried To Help The Original Irene Re-Find Happiness By Introducing Her To Flying. Their Effort Backfired Though,
As In Mid-1933 The Original Irene Craigmile, Right After Earning Her Pilot's License Realized She Was An Unwed
Mother-To-Be... Courtesy Of Her Last Flight Instructor, Al Heller. The Two Eloped Before Their Child Arrived
in Early 1934. Veritably However, The Human Being Trail Of The Original Irene Craigmile Ended At That Point. No One Knows What
Became Of The Original Irene Craigmile. It Is Also Plain To See The Years Of 1924 And 1934 Marked Major Transition Periods
In Amelia Earhart's Own Life. And Anymore It Is Absolutely Certain, No Matter What Is Said Or Written About It, And Regardless
Of Hilary Swank's Movie That Basically 'Dumbed Down' The Public Perception
Of Amelia's Complicated Fame Years; Amelia Earhart Survived The WWII Era.
True, She Slightly Altered Her Appearance before Living From The 1940s Until 1982 Reidentified
As A New Irene Craigmile. Apparently She Did Such A Thing For Personal Privacy And Political Historical Correctness.
The TIGHAR Organzation, The Amelia Earhart Society, And Elgen Long Conjured Misleading Information The National Geographic
Channel And Wikipedia Still Convey About This, Proving Out How The Status Quo Cover-Up Of Amelia's True History Is Still Active
Today. Do Not Believe Their Falsehoods. TIGHAR says Amelia died on the desert island of Nikumororo. She Didn't. The Amelia
Earhart Society implies Amelia was a spy who likely died while in Japan's custody. She wasn't, and she didn't. Elgen Long
says Amelia simply ran out of gas before crashing and sinking into the ocean. She didn't. No Matter, these three news-media
dominating theorists have force-fed their different ideas to the public since the 1970s. Finally, at long last, one can trust
and believe what one sees and reads right here, for it represents the new truth-serum paradigm about what really became of
Amelia Earhart, after she was said to have "Vanished Without A Trace" in 1937.
| This is not the original nor the Gervais-Irene... |
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| ...but her younger and older images were repeatedly ID'd as Irene Craigmile Bolam, making three. |
[NOTE:
See the various links (towards the top on the left) for the forensic separation of the 1940s-and-on women who employed the
same 'Irene' identity. Especially review the 'Closer Comparison of Eyes and Faces' link. The 'third Irene' shown above, AKA
the 'Non Gervais-Irene' featured on the Irene Bolam Memorial Dinner program remains a curiosity. There are some physical traits
shared by the Gervais-Irene and the Non Gervais-Irene, adding fodder to Amelia Earhart's long rumored yet otherwise well hidden
'maternal reality.' In other words it appears as plausible; there may have been a
hidden biological connection between the Gervais-Irene and the Non Gervais-Irene. To this day no one in the public realm knows
who the 'third' Irene really was. Some feel 'Mary Eubank' was a name she used. If so, it still would not eliminate the suspected
biological connection.]
Before the recent-years forensic analysis
took place it was never ascertained how three different women had been attributed to the same Irene Craigmile Bolam
identity. Still, due to 'official silence' on the matter both the Smithsonian Institute
and the National Geographic Society have realized no choice but to close a blind eye to the full implications of the study.
It may be difficult to accept,
but anymore it appears Joe Gervais was onto something quite real with his long ago assertion
of Amelia Earhart's survival as a reidentified person. After thoroughly investigating her past, Gervais lived the remainder
of his days (he passed away in 2005) attesting to the non-recognized fact, of how the 'Irene' he met and photographed in 1965
was formerly known as Amelia Earhart. Most people automatically discredited
him, the families of both Irene and Amelia ignored and/or quickly dismissed his bold assertion as well, but nary a soul ever
proved him wrong, which is why a major curiosity about the Gervais-Irene's true past always remained.
| Eleanor Roosevelt & Amelia Earhart |
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| Amelia's image + the Gervais-Irene's image... |
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| ...displays a true congruence. |
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| Orville Wright & Amelia Earhart |
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| Amelia's image + the Gervais-Irene's image... |
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| ...displays a true congruence. |
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[Click on either of the next two photos down to go to the 'Forensic Comparison Samples' link. Recently the National Geographic Channel downplayed the long held Irene-Amelia controversy. This website displays decades of
important investigative research it omitted.]
"She certainly knew flying. She knew everything there was to know about Japan." 1982 press quote from Irene's friend,
John Malloy of Rumson, New Jersey. Mr. Malloy expressed his opinion three months after Irene's passing. He and other survived friends of the 1945-1982 identiied
Irene Craigmile Bolam viewed the issue of her past identity as suspect. * * * Below:
Photos of Monisgnor Kelley & Irene-Amelia, and U. S. Secretary of the Treasury under FDR, Henry P. Morgenthau (Jr.).
Monsignor Kelley wrote in his 1987 autobiography, how in 1941 Morgenthau had awarded him a citation for "Three Years
of Patriotic Service To His Country." Morgenthau had been intricately entwined with the 1937 Earhart disappearance case.
See the following:
| Msgr. Kelley & the Gervais-Irene, 1980. |
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| Several years after Irene's passing Kelley felt it was 'finally time' to start sharing what he knew. |
| FDR right hand man, Henry P. Morgenthau Jr. |
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| He oversaw FDR's secret service division beyond his Secretary of the Treasury post. |
" I hope I've just got to never make
it public." 1938 quote from
FDR White House Cabinet member, Henry Morgenthau Jr. on the known yet withheld
circumstances of Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance. Part of an official transcript, the U. S. Executive Branch
never allowed what it knew about Amelia Earhart's disappearance to become public information. Two months after Morgenthau
sent the above quote about Amelia's loss to Eleanor Roosevelt, he released the innocent version of Earhart's final words.
Add to this the telling quote from U. S. Navy Commander John Pillsbury, who described how her post loss reality would "stagger"
the imagination, as well as the 1965 Admiral Chester Nimitz mention of how years ago
it was quietly "known and documented in Washington; Amelia Earhart and her navigator went down in the Marshall Islands
and were picked up by Japan." (As opposed to 'captured' or 'imprisoned.') Admiral Nimitz also intimated
what became of the flying duo after they were rescued
was 'unclear' to him About the Earhart disappearance information withheld by FDR'S Administration Cabinet member Henry P.
Morgenthau Jr.; in 1938 Morgenthau was pressed to release the Itasca log by Jackie Cochran and Paul Mantz, as it was said
to have recorded Amelia Earhart's final moments in July of 1937. Morgenthau refused to do so, describing how he couldn't release
it to anyone, not even to one person, for it would mean having to make it public for all. Oddly enough, A few months later
Henry Morgenthau wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt how he (suddenly) 'found it possible' to release the Itasca log. Yet the version
he released later evidenced major discrepencies.
"She stated she was turning north and they continued to hear her at intervals, her
signals becoming fainter each time received." From a statement made by Colonel H. H. C. Richards, Air Liaison Australia,
as read in a U. S. O2 Intelligence Memo, 11/1/38. This 1980 declassified document differed greatly from the final Earhart
transmission report released by White House Cabinet member, Henry Morgenthau Jr. a year after Amelia vanished. Evidently,
after realizing no choice but to offer something about Amelia Earhart's final moments, what he released differed from the
Coast Guard Cutter Itasca's initial version of Earhart's final words. Instead of "turning north," the public version
of Amelia's final words became "We are running north and south," elimnating the last specified direction she was
flying in. Add to this the less recalled fact, of how within three weeks of Amelia's disappearance Morgenthau had travelled
all the way to Hawaii from Washington DC. There he personally met with and debriefed the Itasca's Commander, Warner Thompson
about the Earhart situation.
In 1987 the Republic of the Marshall Islands actually
issued a commemorative stamp series depicting Japan's rescue of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan at Mili atoll. So much remains
a recognized part of their country's 'commonly accepted' history today. Still, U. S. Executive Branch 'Official Silence' about Amelia Earhart's loss has remained ever since she and Noonan were described to have 'vanished without
a trace' in 1937, just five days before the sudden outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. The new war immediately dwarfed the
headlines of the disappearance of Earhart and Noonan, and placed a severe strain on United States diplomatic relations with
Japan. Contrary to popular belief from days of yore however, Japan's Emperor Hirohito and its Imperial Navy Admiral, Isoroku
Yamamoto would never have permitted the mistreatment of the world-loved and 'recognized pacifist,' Amelia Earhart.
| "50th" Anniversary (1937-1987) |
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| Stamp series issued by Marshall Islands, depicts Japan's rescue of Earhart and Noonan at Mili atoll |
| In the 1987 Stamp series a Japan naval officer... |
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| ...stands with Noonan (knee bandaged) and Earhart. A "rescue," not a "capture." |
| The first stamp series image.... |
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| ...the 'takeoff' from Lae, New Guinea. |
| Final stamp series image... |
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| ...shows the bigger picture. |
"Regarding any past Executive Order
Seal, [where no doubt President Franklin Roosevelt ended up having to do such a thing concerning what he and his inner circle
of advisors knew about the Earhart incident] only
a sitting President can undo an Executive Order Seal from the past."
Joe Gervais, 1996 [So much ultimately amounted to the 'official silence' always known to greet the subject of Earhart's 1937
disappearance in Washington DC. In a way, everything written or said about it otherwise was done so non-authoritatively. As
well, certainly the Marshall Islands rescue of Earhart and Noonan would have been something the U. S. national news media
would have been influenced to 'steer clear' of promoting. Address it when asked? Sure. But 'do not promote it.'
"After
watching some [of his] video and looking at the self-published book by researcher, Tod Swindell, who employed the methods
and expertise of forensic anthropologists to compare AE and IB physically, I think Joe Gervais was right." International News Journalist, Rosalea Barker of New Zealand from an edition of 'Stateside.' Ms. Barker had just
covered an Oakland Western Aerospace Museum symposium about Amelia Earhart attended by three hundred Earhart-curious individuals.
"Foudray also thinks Gervais' and Swindell's research is 'just the tip
of the iceberg.'" "All the evidence all put together, I feel
like she (Amelia) did survive." "I think she survived and came back to the United States." Excerpts from two interviews with Lou Foudray of the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum on the investigative
research of Joe Gervais and Tod Swindell; from a Topeka Capital Journal article by Jan Biles and a 2009 interview conducted
by Lara Moritz of KMBC TV Kansas City. [See Press Notices link for more.]
| Joe Gervais, 1983, on Howland Island... |
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| ...shown standing next to the Amelia Earhart Memorial there. |
Joe
Gervais, 1924-2005
So WWII hero Joe Gervais was right
after all. From the late 1960s until his passing in 2005 Major Gervais, who had researched and investigated Amelia Earhart's
life story as thoroughly as anyone, described how Amelia actually survived her controversial disappearance in 1937 with the
public and national media never being 'officially' clued in. Is
this why the governments of the United States and Japan to this day maintain 'official silence' when it comes to the subject
matter of Amelia Earhart's loss? In the faces of many naysayers Gervais unwaveringly maintained his assertion of Earhart's
survival as correct, and how it became the former Amelia Earhart's own preference
after WWII to live on as a non-public, all-be-her 'still prominent' person in the U. S. who continued to travel internationally,
until she passed away in 1982. Joe Gervais concluded how Amelia had acquiesced the identity of a friend of hers from the 1930s
by the name of 'Irene Craigmile.' (The original 'Irene Craigmile' whose image appears nowhere in photos after the 1930s, was
a person whose past existence and family history Joe Gervais had also investigated.) He also agreed with the determination
of how the former Amelia had altered her familiar look a bit, to have likely included
a medical 'deviated septum rhinoplasty' procedure she endured. Although the National Geographic Channel recently downplayed
the decades-old Joe Gervais claim with misinformation, and the Smithsonian has always managed to steer clear of seriously
addressing it, after his passing the University of Texas at Dallas archived the four decades accumulation of Joe Gervais investigative
research on Amelia Earhart's life and disappearance, and it currently attests how the Gervais theory represents the 'most
plausible' one. Of note, to date the Gervais Irene-Amelia claim has never been 'officially'
disproved. At the same time, ostensibly in the interest of maintaining the status quo regard of Amelia's heroic legacy
and the sanctity of the 'mystery' of her disappearance, the survived family members of both Amelia and Irene only encourage
people to look beyond the years of intense investigative efforts of former retired USAF Major Joseph A. Gervais, a WWII pilot-hero
himself who logged almost twenty-thousand hours of military flight time. (Gervais also served in Korea and Vietnam.) Few recall
anymore, in 1960 while touring among the former Imperial Islands of Japan, then 'Captain' Gervais with his 'Operation Earhart'
partner, Captain Bob Dinger gathered over seventy sworn affidavits of local residents and officials recalling Amelia Earhart's
survival there after she turned up missing in 1937. No matter, U. S. military brass stationed at the Fuchu Air Base in Japan
soon confiscated such material, along with other information learned and gathered by the two Captains during their early investigation
time period. Forty years later in 2001, Joe Gervais remarked how given the circumstances of his 1965 meeting with Irene and
her appearance, he knew who she was (or had been before) right then and there. He also remarked how for some undisclosed reason,
and no doubt dating back to FDR's administration, the public was never supposed to know Amelia Earhart had survived in any
way, shape, or form. * * *
Below: Observe the three different
individuals who were historically identified as one in the same Irene Craigmile. A brief note about the "third"
Irene Craigmile shown below on the right: For years it was rumored Amelia Earhart possibly gave birth to a child in Canada
in 1924, four years before she became famous. No doubt, no one but Amelia's Mother and Sister would have known such a thing.
Amelia would have been in her twenty-seventh year then, and as the described 'potential father' of the child, Lloyd Royer
(who had proposed marriage to Amelia before she left California) later recalled; "She (Amelia) wasn't interested in marriage."
Amelia did not plan to become famous. Fame found her in 1928 when she was thirty years old. As the Son of the original Irene
Craigmile clearly recognized the "third Irene's" image seen here, and where a person known as "Irene Jr."
who was described as "16 or 17 years old in 1940" had grown into womanhood with the original Irene Craigmile's family
as well, and was not recalled by future O'Crowley generations; the forensic research of Beyond 37' considers the likelihood
of such a person as the 'hidden' 1924 born daughter of Amelia Earhart. This person definitely was not the original Irene
Craigmile, nor was she the Gervais-Irene, and by 1945 she was no longer living with the O'Crowley family either. To this day,
in a forensic sense, the "third Irene's" true identitiy remains unknown. Be it also known; in 2006 the 1934 born
son of the original Irene Craigmile admitted he held no photos of his mother pre-dating the year of 1947, but too, he attributed
all three of the images below as 'childhood mother' figures of his. Evidently however, he never came to know his biological
mother who was the original Irene Craigmile, shown in the middle photo.
| 'New' 1940s Irene Craigmile without augmentations. |
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| AKA the 'Gervais-Irene' ('Irene Craigmile Bolam' after her 1958 marriage to Guy Bolam of England.) |
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| The original Irene Craigmile, circa 1930. |
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| Her maiden name was "O'Crowley." She was seen no more after the 1930s. |
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| The 'third' Irene Craigmile, shown in the 1940s |
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| AKA the 'Non Gervais-Irene.' By 1945 she'd left, leaving only the Gervais-Irene as Irene Craigmile. |
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* * *
News wise, Earhart's 'mystery' was likened to a quote from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; "When legend becomes fact, print the legend." As described in
the section on Henry P. Morgenthau Jr., reliable sources kept information from the press on what happened. They appeared aware
of a different world-flight ending for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, one left unspoken to the public.
Fox-Searchlight's recent movie 'Amelia' renewed interest in the decades old and perpetually debated Irene-Amelia controversy.
In the meantime, in recent years it became certain Amelia Earhart somehow did survive amid anomalous circumstances. Also,
as described above, of the three main 'media touted' theories that have long tried to account for Amelia's 1937 disappearance,
it is plainly evident Amelia did not 'crash and sink'--after she stopped transmitting while still safely airborne with at
least four to five hours of fuel remaining; nor could she have flown "north and south" at the same time, especially
where it was later discovered her last specified direction was "north" only; nor were she and Fred Noonan imprisoned and subsequently executed by Japan; nor was the
Nikumororo Island 'bones rumor' true, as it was recently shown to be a false lead after the admission of no bones at all being
found on the island in recent years, and the realization of many other visitors having happened on the island (FKA 'Gardner
Island') before and after Amelia's disappearance. Wikipedia succumbed to 'false truths' about the Irene-Amelia conveyance, and even the National Geographic
Channel shied away from the reality of such an incredible story. Hilary Swank and Mira Nair were also advised to 'stay away'
from it, and they did, leaving them to put out a fairly limited if not 'politically correct' or 'milk-toast-safe' rendition
of Amelia Earhart's nine years of world fame. Yet those who devoted years of serious investigative research to finding the
'real' Amelia Earhart, learned about a few major truths never endorsed to the public, to include the high level 'official
silence' regard towards the confusing-to-the-public issue of Amelia Earhart's long ago disappearance. More review... then be sure to peruse more info
& the original Home Page directly underneath.
| 'Look familiar? Amelia always had sinus trouble. |
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| Info on her post-loss 'deviated septum rhinoplasty' and dental work is included in this website. |
The photos directly below feature two different women. It was recently
revealed how both were historically identified as one in the same Irene Craigmile Bolam. Question: Which one of the two women shown below
was the 'original' Irene Craigmile (Bolam)? Answer: Neither. The original (maiden
name 'Irene Madaline O'Crowley') who was a 1930s 'friend' of Amelia Earhart's, stopped appearing in photos after the 1930s.
| Irene Craigmile (Bolam), 1945 |
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| The Gervais-Irene, post-loss augmented, publicly identified as 'Irene' from 1945 to 1982. |
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| Irene Craigmile (Bolam), 1940s |
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| The Non Gervais-Irene, recently 'family described' as the same Irene Craigmile (Bolam.) |
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Where both women shown above were historically identified as the same Irene
Craigmile Bolam, see the "Closer Comparison of Eyes and Faces" link
for their distinct separation. Also see the "Will The Real Irene Craigmile Bolam Please Stand Up" link, upper left, for info on the 'original''
Irene Craigmile (Bolam). To view the 1982 newspaper 'forged photo history' of Irene Craigmile Bolam, see the "1982 New Jersey Tribune" link.
| A rare philatelic cover left behind by Amelia. |
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| This one she signed and gave to Margot DeCarie, her personal secretary. |
What
happened to Amelia Earhart?
"The recent Forensic Analysis displaying more than one person identified as Irene Craigmile Bolam
has placed a new twist on the decades old Joe Gervais assertion, of the Irene Craigmile Bolam who he met and photographed
in 1965 in reality having been the 'former' Amelia Earhart. Notably, the survived families of both Irene and Amelia along
with the Smithsonian Institute, historically avoided having to address or acknowledge such a 'plural Irenes' realization.
It is true how an 'interested' National Geographic Channel agreed to display the new 'shared identity' controversy before
it curiously backed out in the ninth hour. As well, the decades old tri-pact convention of media touted 'Earhart theorists'
also steered clear of drawing attention to it. In recent times however, said 'big three' entities influenced Hilary Swank's
'Amelia' movie into becoming a politically correct biopic, as opposed to a noteworthy achievement of historical verisimilitude."
Beyond 37' Official United States historians have avoided dealing with the Irene-Amelia
controversy by intention, even though the Gervais-Irene (Irene-Amelia) has remained implicated as the former Amelia Earhart
since the 1960s. Some researchers regard it as an obvious revelation the public
has been steered away from addressing, mostly due to the large amount of 'misinformation' conveyed about it. Still, the Gervais-Irene's past proved incomplete in a personal and photo-history way. Although
the original Irene Craigmile and Amelia Earhart were friends in the 1930s, again the survived families of both have dismissed
inquiries into the odd outcome of their past acquaintance, where by the mid-1940s a different Irene suddenly resembled Amelia
Earhart... who had turned up missing just years earlier. The odd congruence between Amelia and the Gervais-Irene truly is
haunting in physical, character trait, and even past association ways. Also recall how no official investigation into Amelia
Earhart's 1937 disappearance was ever conducted. (See more comparisons
below.)
* * *
"The National Geographic Channel is well aware of Mr. Swindell's recent forensic discovery of more than one
person having used the same Irene Craigmile Bolam identity. They were to display it in their new TV special about Amelia Earhart.
I believe they decided against it to avoid the controversy it would have caused. Earhart survived, there's no doubt about
this anymore." National Geographic on-camera Amelia Earhart history scholar, USAF Colonel Rollin
C. Reineck (Ret.) (National Geo also ignored the medical, aging, facial posturing, and lighting
explanations that accounted for the few differences it pointed out. As well, the channel offered no in depth personal history
of Irene, no MD testimonials, no head to toe comparisons or handwriting trait samples, and it also avoided mentioning Irene's
and Amelia's family opinions of the matter. Basically it did its best to look beyond the true enormity of the Irene-Amelia
controversy.) From The Associated Press (Also on CNN)
"We were inclined to think Irene probably was not Amelia. However the Forensic studies
are very convincing. She was not an ordinary housewife as she claimed. She was influential, knew many well placed people and
was well traveled." The now late John Bolam, referring to the Swindell/Beyond
37' Forensic Analysis from an Associated
Press article by Ron Staton. John Bolam was the 'much younger' survived Brother of Irene's British
husband, Guy who she wed in 1958. He believed Guy (who died in 1970) was British MI6. * * * Of A True
Historical Concern
Following the recent
years 'learned revelation' of more than one woman having employed the same 'Irene' identity, coupled with nearly four previous
decades worth of some influenced 'public neglect' to be achieved regarding the Irene-Amelia matter, (dating back to the harsh
treatment of WWII hero Joe Gervais after his initial realization in the late 1960s) (see the "Joe Gervais" paragraph
below) ...people are finally beginning to wake up and smell the coffee of this, at long last, most detectable reality. The
whole point of individuals exercising a personal option to transfer into some new 'anonymity' status, is because they wish
to no longer be recognized for who they once were, for reasons, perhaps, only known to them and a very few others. In the
case of Earhart, a once world famous public figure whose tragic end was all but conveyed without definition in 1937 through
both national and world media sources, such a thing would have seemed unheard of, if not impossible to accept, let alone recognize
later. Yet anymore there is no denying what has been learned over the years about the personal history of Irene Craigmile
Bolam, nor is there any denying what has been achieved forensic comparison wise when it comes to the physical and character
trait congruence observed between the 1945-1982 identified Irene Craigmile Bolam and Amelia Earhart. As well, their similar
'social status' realities became impossible to overlook, especially where they were both prominent Zonta members, and into
the 1970s openly maintained key alliance friendships with Muriel Morrissey, (Amelia's Sister) famous 1930s pilot Viola Gentry,
and a slew of international officials, figureheards, and politicians, (such as Barry Goldwater) who always seemed more than
willing to advise people not to suspect her person to have been formerly known as Amelia Earhart, to the extent of aligning
the mere suggestion of it with notions of past unknown negativisms. Yet the Irene-Amelia conveyance, however talked down was
still never officially disproved. Meanwhile, as distinguished and proud and worldly as she always was, more people everyday
are accepting this plainly recognizable truth to represent the new paradigm 'true-blue' final fate, of the legendary pilot
hero, Amelia Earhart.
It Is Important To Realize...
In recent years (from 2006 to 2009) several individuals posted false and/or
misleading information over the internet about the Irene-Amelia conveyance. Wikipedia is a prime example. Where the recent
forensic analysis clearly displays how only the 1945-1982 identified Irene Craigmile Bolam matched Amelia Earhart physically
and character trait wise in a haunting congruence, those who detract from this newfound reality do so while ignoring the truth
of the multiple Irenes equation. Hence, claims such as "they don't really look alike," or "they were different
heights," or "it was proven false, Irene and Amelia were not the same" are made without a forensic foundation.
Even Wikipedia features a 2007 non-relative supplied biography of Irene Craigmile Bolam featuring a statement suggesting how
one Kevin Richlin, a Forensic Detective from Riverside, California finally 'proved' the age old Gervais 'Irene-Amelia' claim
wrong via his recent years appearance on the National Geographic Channel. Yet, contact Mr. Richlin himself and he'll say he
did no such thing. Incidentally, the Wikipedia biography of Irene features a photo of the 1945-1982 identified Irene only,
who was the former Amelia Earhart regardless of all dismissals and rebuttals. The entire Irene-Amelia episode now looks to have amounted to some kind of historical
sham the public is just now catching up to, while a Freemason Society pact from the past may have had a hand in it. (Recall
FDR, Winston Churchill, J. Edgar Hoover, General Douglas MacArthur, General Jimmy Doolittle, and even President Harry Truman
are all listed as past Freemason Society members.) Where so, it would have first come to be during the pre-World War
Two years, then continued on while U. S. official historians remained silent, or steered the topic in a different direction
whenever they were asked if Amelia Earhart survived, and/or especially... if she ever changed her name to 'Irene.'
< For more on the curious life history of Amelia Earhart, her friendship
to the original Irene Craigmile, her uncanny alignment to one of the post 1930s Irenes, a review and synopsis of the new Hilary
Swank movie 'Amelia,' and some old rumors and still currently misconstrued 'facts' about Irene-Amelia correlation... check
out the various click-on page links shown upper left. Again...
Will the real Irene Madaline
O'Crowley Craigmile Heller Bolam please stand up(?) (The 'shared identity' math seems a bit complicated at first, but it really isn't)
| Who is/was this person? |
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| Shown in the 1940s, she is/was not the original Irene Craigmile nor the former Amelia Earhart. |
The woman in the photograph directly above was not the 1945-1982 identified Irene, nor was she the original
Irene. Still, the only identity publicly attributed to her after the 1930s was that of "Irene Craigmile Bolam."
It is apparent, intentionally to the public the two 'non-original' Irenes were identified as one in the same in the interest
of obfuscating and protecting their real identities. As well, the mystery
of what became of the original Irene Craigmile grew to loom as a heavy one. Meanwhile directly below, see another example
of the 1945-1982 identified Irene compared to Amelia.
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| 1945-1982 Gervais-Irene, harder exposure... |
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| ...different angle too, all of eighty years detectable. |
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| Amelia Earhart, age twenty-six. |
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| 1923 into a mirror self-photo portrait. She would become famous in 1928. |
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| Above photo in an equal morph blend... |
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| ...with the 1978 photo of the 1945-1982 ID'd Irene |
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"We
don't discuss that around here." President Richard Nixon, 1970, responding to the then national news story about
the just released McGraw-Hill book, Amelia Earhart
Lives. The book implied Irene
to be the 'former' Amelia Earhart. Irene held a press conference at the Time-Life building in New York, (alone) damned the
book as "a pack of lies" and "a fantastic story," and strongly stated "I am not a mystery woman and
I am not Amelia Earhart." She then stormed out after fielding no questions. Joe Gervais remarked,"She handled the
press like a pro." Years later her good friend, Monsignor James Francis Kelley indicated she saw no choice but to react
as she did. He also pointed out by 1970 she had 'not been' Amelia Earhart for many years so her denial in the present tense,
especially to her, was not necessarily a non-truthful statement. In 1979 Kelley also told his friend, Donald Dekoster how
by the 1960s she "barley recognized herself anymore for who she used to be." Irene sued McGraw-Hill but after five
years refused to submit her fingerprints as 'proof positive' of her identity, so in early 1976 a ten dollar consideration
was paid by her to Gervais and the book's author, Joe Klaas, who in turn paid her the same amount to end a separate suit she
levied against them. McGraw-Hill did pay a mid five-figure settlement to her for 'damaging her reputation' by way of a few
specified false allegations, to include the suggestion she was never legally married to her British husband, Guy Bolam who
she had wed in New York in 1958.
* * *
After initially agreeing to
do so, observe here what independent filmmaker Noel Dockstader did not discuss or show in his self-produced film 'Where's
Amelia Earhart' occasionally seen on the National Geographic Channel. Mr. Dockstater declined to address the recent discovery of more than one person having used the same Irene Craigmile Bolam identity. According
to the history of Irene Craigmile Bolam she was born in 1904 and died in 1982. Yet the Irene Craigmile Bolam who Joe Gervais
met and photographed in 1965, then spent several years investigating the background of, only appeared in the photograph history
of Irene Craigmile Bolam from 1945 to 1982. Again, just recently this became newly recognized forensic reality information. Shown directly below, the woman featured on the
cover of Irene Bolam's 1982 Memorial Dinner program was not the Irene Craigmile
Bolam who Joe Gervais met and photographed in 1965 at a Long Island, New York gathering of well know retired pilots.
| Eyes and Faces forensically compared... |
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| ...this 1982 'family ID'd' Irene Craigmile Bolam was a different person than the 1945-1982 Irene. |
Below: The younger and older images of two different people historically identified as one
in the same Irene Craigmile Bolam. (Neither marks the image of the original person born into said identity; nee"Irene
Madaline O'Crowley.")
| Irene Craigmile, 1940s |
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| As identified by the original Irene's Son in 2006 |
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| Irene Craigmile, 1982 |
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| Same person as shown to the left, the original Irene's Son supplied this 1982 news series photo. |
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| 1945-1982 ID'd Irene [1945 'Zonta' labeled photo] |
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| Earliest known photo of this particular Irene Craigmile (later "Bolam") |
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| 1945-1982 identified Irene Craigmile Bolam |
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| Same person as shown to the left, photo taken in 1965 by USAF Major Joe Gervais, (Ret.) |
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| Prior to rhinoplasty and brow skin tucking... |
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| ...before dental work and cosmetic adjustments, one can easily recognize a familiar image |
It is certain only the 1945-1982 Irene died in July of 1982, so where the other 'non-original' Irene's estimated
birth year was 1924 by family friend Lucy McDannel, said 'Irene' would have turned eighty years old in 2004 making her continued
existence at that time a possibility. Again, neither woman shown above was the original
Irene Craigmile Bolam who bore a Son in 1934. Still, both women
shown above repeatedly appeared in newsprint photos and in an obituary sense while identified as one in the same 'Irene Craigmile
Bolam.'
A Preface of Additional
Information Presented in this Website:
Note: Among the photos and info displayed farther down, read more about the 'different Irenes' who employed
the same identity. Also be sure to check out the various page links shown in the left column to include the 'Forensic Comparison' links, the 'Press Notices' link, and
'The History of Amelia Earhart Research' link. [One
may also scroll halfway down for the more formal Home Page foreword and introduction.]
"In the past five years great strides were made to help the Earhart-curious
better understand the controversy of Amelia Earhart's disappearance and its future correlation to the identity of Irene Craigmile
Bolam. Most important was the realization of more than one person having shared the identity of Irene Craigmile Bolam, with
the 1945-1982 identified Irene matching Amelia Earhart physically and character trait wise. Said Irene was internationally
familiar, she socialized with Amelia's Sister, and she was part of organizations Amelia used to belong to." Tod
Swindell, 2007 * * *
The National News Media 'Big Three' Earhart
Investigators
It is
essential to realize: Although they represent completely different theories, one Elgen
Long of the Nauticos Group, one Bill Prymak who heads the Amelia Earhart Society, and Richard Gillespie who maintains
the TIGHAR organization, (all fairly wealthy and influential private citizens)
have dominated public perception of Amelia Earhart's 'mystery' through the news media for the past three decades. Recently
their influence guided the National Geographic Channel's latest profile of Earhart's 1937 'disappearance.' Mr. Long, a past
good friend of Amelia's late Sister Muriel has always touted the 'crashed and sank' version of Earhart's fate. (After the
1960s Muriel and United States history quietly seemed to favor this ending as well.) Bill Prymak suggested Earhart and her
navigator, Fred Noonan were possibly spies who ended up in the Japanese mandates and somehow perished there. And Richard Gillespie
offered how the duo ended up at Nikumororo of the Phoenix Islands where they radioed for help for three days before the tide
pulled their plane out to sea to sink, leaving them to die of hunger and dehydration. Curious, no authenticated evidence ever
substantiated any of their claims, and few academic historians have ever taken any Earhart theory seriously. Elgen Long used
to lecture to audiences with Muriel sitting beside him, and more recently he was engaged as an advisor for the Hilary Swank/Fox-Searchlight
movie, 'Amelia.' Contrary to Elgen Long's opinion, over time Bill Prymak became to main media go-to person regarding the age
old 'spy' theory; and since 1990 Richard Gillespie has held many TIGHAR press conferences about his Nikumororo claim. [Recently
Mr. Gillespie held one announcing how Earhart's DNA evidence was possibly retrieved from Nikumororo, mentionioning it will
take "a year" for a Canadian lab to test some items he found there. Experts regard it as a sensational suggestion
lacking true merit and creating false hopes. For one thing, the items he referred to were attributed to previous ships known
to have moored there or run aground, and at least one brief attempt made at habitation. For another, the last 'official' radio
message from Earhart was received while she was still safely airborne. True, after she stated one final line of position her
radio fell silent while her plane was estimated by experts to still have 'four or five hours of fuel left.' No "we're
in trouble" nor were any SOS signals ever authentically accounted for, and thus bore the basic mystery of Amelia Earhart.]
The 'Earhart spy theory' was introduced in the 1960s although to date it too has never been authenticated or ever accepted.
Meanwhile, as if time washed them away, there were many conveyed reports of Amelia Earhart's continued existence under the
auspice of Japan among its Imperial Islands after she turned up missing in 1937. As mentioned in the Joe Gervais paragraph
shown above, the first collection numbering greater than seventy in individual affidavits,* was confiscated by top U. S. military
officials in Japan in 1960 at the Fuchu U. S. Air base. [*From The Search For Amelia
Earhart by Fred Goerner, Doubleday, 1966.] Many more surfaced since then as "official silence in Tokyo and Washington"
always prevailed. * * *
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| 1945-1982 Irene + Amelia = Irene-Amelia |
THE TRUTH WILL
SET YOU FREE
TRY NOT TO FEAR THE IRENE-AMELIA TRUTH, OR TO READILY ACCEPT THE FULMINATIONS OF PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WHO
LOUDLY DECRY IT, AS THEY DIVERT PUBLIC OPINION OF AMELIA EARHART IN OTHER DIRECTIONS THROUGH NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS. INSTEAD,
RECOGNIZE THE SILENT REGARD TOWARDS AMELIA EARHART THAT HAS LONG BEEN EXHIBITED BY THE FAMILIES OF AMELIA
AND IRENE, AND OF COURSE BY JAPAN, ENGLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES. FOR SO MUCH IS AKIN TO OFFICIAL SILENCE,'
WHERE TRUTH ALONE ALWAYS TRIUMPHS.
Since 1970 the person of Irene Craigmile Bolam has remained a less reported on yet, 'heated' subject of
debate among Earhart research scholars. Most ended up trying to dismiss her importance out of hand, but it was as if she refused
to go away. See and learn here, how in recent years and regardless of the way official U. S. historical dictum record keepers
try to avoid dealing with the topic, it is plain as day anymore how Amelia Earhart, at some point during the World War Two
era, surely did become one of three individuals who employed the same identity of 'Irene Craigmile Bolam.'
*The Original Formal Home Page*
Foreword: As official silence remained in effect,
in 1987 few Americans took notice of the five-part Republic of the Marshall Islands 50th anniversary postal stamp series,
(1937-1987) commemorating the Japanese Naval Authority's rescue of Earhart and Noonan at Mili Atoll of the southern Marshalls.
Nor did they later notice, the 2002 Associated Press article featuring the Marshall Islands U. N. Ambassador, Alfred Cappelle's
statements about Amelia; how she "definitely" ended up in the Marshalls and so much had always been viewed as "common
knowledge" in his own country. Famous Amelia Earhart researcher, Joe Gervais would later pontificate on how the inability
of the American public to accept such a truth, was due not only to 'official silence' and 'misinformation' on the matter;
but also to American pride and prejudice, or, the reluctance of United States citzens to accept being enlightened about their
own history by people from a foreign land.
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Note:
Please See The Forensic Comparison Samples Link, And The Wikipedia Explanatory Link.
In Washington DC at the Smithsonian Institute, there's a large elephant by the name of "Irene" squatting
in the middle of the Amelia Earhart controversy. The Smithsonian Institute placed a lampshade on its head and tells the curious,
'It's nothing... It's just an old lamp.... Don't pay any attention
to it.' * * * On truth distortion and alternative truths, where only one truth exists yet so
many possibilities are offered: "The entertainment of the alternative in its
highest development, becomes the entertainment of the ideal." A. N. Whitehead, 1937 In a way, over
time Amelia Earhart's truth was bowled over by quite a variety of shined and polished theories. None of them ever came close
to resembling the real truth though, and so much left the public to accept the 'ideal' of Amelia Earhart's fate existing as
'an everlasting mystery.' One of Whitehead's 1937 concepts of 'History' reads: "History is the record of the expression of feelings peculiar to humanity." Considering
how famous fliers Amelia Earhart and Viola Gentry were once good friends, in 1965 Joe Gervais found it peculiar if not a bit
odd, how Viola Gentry had another good friend named 'Irene' who looked like a carbon copy of an 'older' Amelia Earhart, and
was held in such high esteem by other famous fliers and even NASA astronauts. It would not be until the 'multiple Irenes discovery'
was made over three decades later; World War Two hero Joe Gervais would finally be vindicated for what he had come to believe
in, and long stressed to the public he clearly recognized, right up until his death in 2005.
* *
*
The Hypothetical 1937 Amelia
Earhart Flight-End 'Quiz-Challenge': Where was Amelia Earhart the last time she laid eyes on her
Lockheed Electra airplane?
A. On or near to land…
(an island or atoll, etc.)
B. Still airborne…
C. Sinking beneath the ocean surface with it after ditching on the water… D. Adrift in a raft watching it sink...
E. Watching it ablaze after a fiery wreck…
F. Watching it get hoisted onto a Japanese hauling ship... G.
Watching it fade away from aboard a Japanese fishing boat... H. Looking back at it while
hiking down from a mountain jungle...
I. At a Japanese Naval Authority base in the pacific…
J. On a Japanese Imperial Mandate Island, or in Japan…
K. In the United States…
L. Somewhere else…
All of these theorized 'Earhart flight endings' have been seriosuly discussed and/or existed in the realm of possibilities over
time. Of course, unless one automatically accepts “C” as the answer (the crashed and sank theory) it's noticeable
how Amelia’s final disposition would otherwise remain 'unknown.' The rogue idea introduced by Joe Gervais in the 1960s basically went like this: ‘Joe Gervais did not know how it got there, all he knew was with certainty he believed
he recognized the survived body of Amelia Earhart in 1965, in the name-changed form of the Irene Craigmile Bolam he met at
a gathering of well known ‘senior citizen’ retired pilots. Viola Gentry, one of Amelia’s past New York pilot-friends
was also good friends with the same Irene Bolam and her British husband, Guy Bolam. When Joe Gervais met Irene and Guy, indeed
it was Viola Gentry who introduced them to each other.
On the surface, after the modern forensic analysis
began in 1997 it finally did begin to appear odd how Viola Gentry, a charter Ninety-Nines’s women’s flying club
member with Amelia Earhart, (Amelia served as the Ninety-Nine’s first president starting in 1929) yes it seemed odd
how Viola had two friends who matched so well in different eras of photographs. If anything it appeared
as a remarkable coincidence how Viola’s 1960s friend, Mrs. Irene Craigmile Bolam aligned head to toe in photographs
with Viola‘s long gone friend, Amelia Earhart. At least, until 2002 anyway, when it was discovered and revealed how
more than one person had been identifiied as the same Irene Craigmile Bolam. By 2006 it was also certain, after verification
was received from the original Irene's 1934 born Son Larry Heller, no photos displaying
the Irene Craigmile Bolam who Joe Gervais greeted and photographed in 1965 showed her identified as Irene prior to the mid-1940s.
In other words, the person named ’Irene Craigmile Bolam’ who Joe Gervais encountered, seemed to have emerged from
nowhere into existence sometime in the 1940s identified as Irene Craigmile, according to the photographic record of Irene
Craigmile Bolam's person. In the meantime two other women, the original Irene Craigmile and a woman who still remains forensically
non-identified to this day, appear in the early photo history record of Irene Craigmile Bolam. Incidently as
well, Irene's complete name on record after the three marriages attributed to her person (1927, 1933, 1958) ended as Irene
Madaline O'Crowley Craigmile Heller Bolam. Of note, O'Crowley was her maiden name, and after a thick paper trail that evidenced
a 1940 annulment of her second marriage to Alvin Victor Heller, (who would go on to become a Sr. VP of the Miami Aviation
Association) the name of 'Heller' was formally dropped from her person and reverted back to 'Craigmile,' until her marriage
to (family described British MI6 operative) Guy Bolam in 1958. This later realization signaled a remarkable
discovery made in the long held Gervais claim-dispute. Plus, it finally backed former Seton Hall University President, Monsignor
James Francis Kelley’s 1991 admission (after he refused to admit it for many years) of his long time good friend ‘Irene’
having formerly been known as Amelia Earhart. Otherwise on paper, if one ignores the multiple Irenes discovery, everything
else appears fairly linear as far as Irene's life story goes. Yet such had been the arrangement, evidently.
It also appeared there were various individuals who over time, wished not to clue the the public in on such a forensic truth
about Earhart's real personal history. After all, history had declared Amelia
'dead' two years after she turned up missing. Apparently she was always to remain so. Naturally Earhart’s survived Sister
Muriel, who knew her as Irene in later life, along with the original Irene’s still living Son were included among those
who were against exploiting the truth, and apparently the Smithsonian, the National Geographic Society, the Amelia Earhart
Society, TIGHAR, Nauticos, and ostensibly the forever silent about it U. S. Government all but surreptitiously coerced the
national media circuit over time, to pay attention to other ideas about Amelia Earhart’s ending. Thus, for years they
all collectively steered the public away from what has now grown to become a rather
obvious forensic truth to behold. And as evidenced by Noel Dockstater's recent National Geographic profile on the matter,
he as well had been hopelessly bullied into submission on the matter. It is also a shame how media stories
focused on the negatives of Earhart’s survival only; via the perverbial catchall 'Earhart
may have survived for a while, but she sure must have died over there somehow’ routine. It was hardly ever asked: What if she survived and didn’t die? It’s true,
Amelia Earhart and/or Fred Noonan survival stories all sell their final demises (or 'deaths') in some sure way. The Nikumororo
story offered by TIGHAR ends with Earhart and Noonan’s death by starvation and/or dehydration. The Amelia Earhart Society
as well might imply how Amelia Earhart’s death took place in the Marshall Islands or on Saipan, although philosophically
it rejects all theories at the same time, as confusing as that sounds. Four decades ago, in 1966 the media first exploited
the negative offerings of CBS radio journalist, Fred Goerner and continued to do so through Buddy Brennan‘s offering
from the late 1980s, where both described Amelia Earhart having been on some kind of spy mission before being caught and either
executed by Japanese soldiers, or dying of some kind of sickness while in Japan’s custody. The idea of Amelia Earhart
remaining basically ‘ok’ the entire time after she turned up missing, coupled with some hard to explain experiences
she endured during the war era that left her to change her name for future anonymity rather than explain it all when she returned
to the U. S., was never even remotely welcomed into the realm of possibilities
by ANYONE, except for Major Joe Gervais and those who became devoted to his years of investigating the matter. Contrarily,
the most consistent media support over the years since the late 1970s was afforded to Earhart family friend, Elgen Long who
always insisted Earhart, Noonan, and their plane made it to the deep bottom of the Pacific Ocean, somewhere northwest of Howland
Island. Hence, in most people's steered perception of the matter, Amelia Earhart ended up there, and the elderly Elgen Long
himself would even be hired to advise the makers of the new 2009 Hilary Swank film, for nothing more really, than the sake
of political history correctness. * * *
It is evident how official U. S. historians were
conditioned over time to steer both the media and the public away from seriously investigating the Irene-Amelia story. Until
the late 1990s they most often succeeded in doing just that, and they still would be succeeding had it not been realized by
a select few scholars, how Earhart's 'survival' was at long last
a recognizable forensic true-hood. So many letters had repeatedly been written to the White House, to the Smithsonian
Institute, and even to the National Geographic Society about the Earhart case over the years, yet they were all systematically
answered with polite and non-informative 'sorry, can't help you there' replies.
Once again, as Bender and Altschull wrote in their 1982 Pan Am Airways history book, The Chosen Instrument; "Numerous investigations foundered on official
silence in Tokyo and Washington, leaving the fate of Amelia Earhart an everlasting mystery." Of course,
one could always turn to the 1965 words of Admiral Chester Nimitz, who stated it was long "known and documented in Washington"
as non-public information, how Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were actually picked up by Japan after they were said to have
'vanished' in 1937, and they had continued to exist henceforth under Japan's auspice.
No matter. In the Conclusion
link the reader will perhaps consider, how even high-end Masonic members have influenced the public's perception of U. S.
history over the years, through such notable organizations as the Smithsonian Institute and the National Geographic Society.
So where the History Channel conveys how nine past United States Presidents were Freemasons, the following list of WWII era Freemason
members is also very impressive if one ponders the true Amelia Earhart saga, and is justifiably deemed worthy of at least
some consideration. Such a WWII era list of Freemason members (often referred to as 'a secret society of upper echelon, highly intelligent, and highly influential
individuals') included General Douglas MacArthur, President Harry Truman, General
Jimmy Doolittle, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin Roosevelt, FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover, WWII national
radio reporter Lowell Thomas, WWII Philippines imprisoned General Jonathan Wainwright, cowboy entertainer Will Rogers (a friend
of Amelia's who died in a 1935 plane crash,) and even a post-WWII friend of Irene-Amelia's, Senator Barry Goldwater... yes,
all were past Freemason Society members. Once strongly challenged
by the Papacy (Catholicism) dating back hundreds of years ago,
Freemasonry still exists today. Masonic societies are always applauded for their benevolent doings, and they are still quietly
influential towards the way history should go down
and be recorded. Interestingly enough, when
the late 1990s to early 2000s forensic and investigative research advancements in the Irene-Amelia case became known, a 'back
away and observe' attitude was identifiable. But such a control factor still seemed to ominously dominate from within. The
various 'private citizens' who have long steered the United States national media sway over the Amelia Earhart controversy,
if not Masonic themselves could have been unknowingly subjugated by such an influence. In the specific example cited above,
four years after the 2002 'shared identity discovery' was made, right after it was affirmed by the Son of the original Irene
Craigmile in April of 2006, within a few months of it becoming known information, filmmaker Noel Dockstader via the National
Geographic Channel, set out to take control of such a revelation through the national media eyes of the public. After the original Irene's Son, Mr. Larry Heller identified the entirely different
'Irene Craigmile' individuals prevalently shown in this website to have been his one in the same Mother figure, with the 1945-1982 identified one [Irene-Amelia] matching the profile of Amelia Earhart in a
haunting congruence, within a short while Mr. Dockstader
had molded his self produced 'Undercover History' National Geographic Channel episode around the Irene-Amelia topic. With
equal measure, to be sure, he carefully took the Irene-Amelia controversy and mixed it in with the outdated yet more traditionally
publicized Amelia Earhart disappearance theories, avoiding the new dilemma caused by the original Irene's Son by not even
bringing it up. Basically, Dockstader simply revisited the old 'Irene Bolam' story without truly
updating it, and he hired a forensic detective who he clearly left dumbed down on the matter to shore up his expressed opinion.
Not to forget, the National Geographic Channel's original show title at the time, 'Unsolved
History' was a true indicator of NG's locked-in approach to the topic. Even Noel Dockstader admitted he 'knew' NG was
not about to enlighten a national TV audience in any truth-conversion way. No doubt the long debated Earhart disappearance
subject matter is too controversial of a historical topic, and too concretely set in the American public mindset as 'a mystery' for National Geographic and/or the Smithsonian Institute, to suddenly
start admitting how a different Amelia Earhart disappearance story version was known all along by some of its past, and perhaps
even present to an extent, big brother-like 'influential' coffers. Yet there is always hope. Perhaps President Barack Obama with his 'new winds for change' and
'truthful to the people' updates will instigate a permissive outcropping that allows for some responsible clueing-in of American
citizens, as pertains to some of its own true history value. Amelia Earhart was always a wonderful person, even after she
changed her name to Irene during the World War Two era. No one knows why she did such a thing, but her reasons must have been
good ones. The hidden historical fact remains, she did to it, and so much is all that is wholesomely known thus far in a true
forensic sense. Of course the Smithsonian Institute and National Geographic Society are still trying to get people to avoid
seriously considering such a truth, and no doubt they always will, until the United States Executive Branch orders them not
to, anymore.
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e-mail EarhartTruth@Irene-Amelia.com. The Beyond 37' film, book, and website
projects are dedicated to the late USAF Major Joseph A. Gervais (1924-2005) and the late USAF Col. Rollin C. Reineck (1920-2007).
Both were World War Two heroes who learned the basic Irene-Amelia truth decades ago. Major Gervais, who was considered by
many to have been the most devoted Amelia Earhart researcher ever having pursued the mystery since 1960, discovered the
Irene-Amelia reality in 1965. The controversial 1970 McGraw-Hill book by Joe Klaas, Amelia Earhart Lives expounded
on the enormous amount of Joe Gervais' investigative research, and displayed the first nationally published photo of
Irene-Amelia. Myriad fallout the Amelia Earhart Lives book caused notwithstanding,
and still lacking official authoritative guidance, Colonel Reineck spent the last several years of his life trying to
advance the Gervais claim of Earhart's name-changed survival to authenticity. Colonel Reineck's book Amelia Earhart Survived,
published in late 2003, was largely inspired by the Irene-Amelia forensic studies of Beyond 37's Tod Swindell. Several
portions of the analysis appeared in the Reineck book, and more samples are better displayed in this website. [Beyond 37'
was formed in 2001 by the Tod Evan Company in Los Angeles. It is run by Investigative Researcher/Filmmaker Tod
Swindell, who also serves as Chief Editor of Irene-Amelia.Com] Irene-Amelia.com
totals to date since being posted last year: 512,217 world-wide hits; 171,405 downloads. Canada, Germany, Great Britain, and
Japan lead for most foreign country views. The most viewed pages and/or links are: 'The History of Amelia Earhart Mystery
Research' page, the 'Odd Rumors' page, the 'Hilary Swank Amelia movie' page, the 'Amelia at the Microphone' photo link shown
on the home page, the 'Why The Fear' page, the various 'Physical Comparison' pages, and the 'Forensic Conclusion' page.
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