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Below: Who was/is this person?
Shown in younger and older versions, she definitely was not the original Irene Craigmile (Bolam), nor was she the Gervais-Irene
Craigmile (Bolam) either. To this day her true identity remains unknown. (Scroll down for the eye & face comparisons.)
NOTE: Besides the enlarged set of Amelia's eyes, the eyes in the three separate 'Irene' photos shown below were
also enlarged for the comparisons. (Another eye match between Amelia Earhart and the 1945-1982 Irene Craigmile is found in
the Important Comparison Samples link.)
The Enlarged Eye-Set Comparison Samples Below Need To Be Viewed From Left To Right.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: The three portrait photos directly below represent the images of two
different people. The photo on the left displays the 1945 image of the 'Irene Craigmile' who Joe Gervais met and photographed
in 1965. (As well, the 1945 image is the first time said particular 'Irene Cragmile' appears identified as such in the photo
history of Irene Craigmile's person.) The two photos to the right of it represent the younger and older versions of a different
Irene Craigmile identified by the original Irene's Son, Larry Heller in 2006. Mr. Heller also remarked he'd never seen the
'1945' photo on the left before, even though a slightly different-angled version of it appeared in the 1982 New Jersey Tribune
series he contributed to. (See 1982 New Jersey Tribune link.) Below the eye comparisons, also see how the facial images align
with each other in the transparent photo overlay samples, to equate their individual younger and older selves while further
separating them as individuals.
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| 1945-1982 Identified Irene Craigmile |
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| Younger "Early 1940s Family Identified" Irene Craigmle's Eyes |
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| 1945-1982 Irene Craigmile's Eyes |
| Gervais-Irene / Irene-Amelia 1945 |
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| 1945-1982 identified Irene Craigmile |
| Non Gervais-Irene, Age 23, 1947* |
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| 1940s family identified Irene Craigmile [Bolam] (ID'd by her Son in 2006) |
| Irene AKA the 'Gervais-Irene' or 'Irene-Amelia' |
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| Shown in Japan with British husband, Guy Bolam, 1963 |
| 8/8/65 Joe Gervais taken photo of Irene... |
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| Viola Gentry introduced Gervais to her that day. |
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| Younger "Early 1940s Family Identified Irene Craigmile" |
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| 1945-1982 Irene Craigmile Eyes |
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| Older Version, "Early 1940s Family Identified" Irene Craigmile's Eyes |
| Only One Eye Aligns, And Not Very Well; No Match |
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| "1945-1982" and "Family Identified" Irene |
| Gervais-Irene / Irene-Amelia 1965 |
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| 1965 Joe Gervais photo of Irene Craigmile [Bolam] |
| Non Gervais-Irene, Age 58, 1982* |
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| 'Older' early 1940s family identified Irene Craigmile |
| Eye to eye alignment with Amelia's face begins |
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| Amelia photo was taken in 1928 after her Friendship flight |
| Eye to eye alignment begins with Gervais photo... |
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| ...and a 1933 photo of Amelia = Irene-Amelia |
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| Older Version, "Early 1940s Family Identified Irene Craigmile" |
| Sample: Match |
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| Amelia's and 1945-1982 Irene Craigmile |
| Sample: Match |
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| Younger and Older "Early 1940s Family Identified" Irene's Eyes Combined |
| Only One Eye Aligns, And Not Very Well; No Match |
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| "1945-1982" and "Family Identified" Irene |
| Match; younger to older Irene-Amelia |
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| Overlay combination of the left two photos |
| Match; younger to older family ID'd Irene. |
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| Overlay combination of the left two photos |
| As Amelia's image takes over... |
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| ...face print wise, little to no variance is observed in an alarming congruence. |
| Amelia,1933, from a photo with Eleanor... |
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| ...and Franklin Roosevelt. Head to toe, all aspects of Amelia and the Gervais-Irene aligned. |
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The 1997-2004 forensic analysis of the Gervais claim led to the above 'discovery-realization.'
What's seen in this display, is a definite forensic separation of two individuals who employed the same Irene Craigmile
identity. What's more, it is evident how neither person was the 'original' Irene Craigmile. In 2006 National Geographic
was made aware of this information, even filmed it, yet ultimately chose not to display it on television, obviously to avoid
the controversial repercussions such 'endorsed by them' information would have generated. Yet the deeper reason it
chose not to display such curious information to its national TV audience, was due to how it attributed a clear case of identity
fraud recently discovered to have been part of the life histories of Irene Craigmile, and of Amelia Earhart. Amelia became
'the former Amelia Earhart' after acquiescing the original Irene Craigmile's
identity during the World War Two era. The skeleton in the closet therefore remained; 'What
became of the original Irene Craigmile?' There is little doubt the non-willingness to answer such a question bore
at least some weight on the lack of any authoritative 'admission' about the past identity switch of Amelia Earhart.
Meanwhile, in well over a hundred full body comparisons along with myriad character trait comparisons achieved between the
woman Joe Gervais met and photographed in 1965, and Amelia Earhart of the 1930s, it is no doubt the case anymore how Joe Gervais
was correct to have implicated the Irene Craigmile (surname 'Bolam' added by her 1958 marriage to British national,
Guy Bolam) he met, spoke with, photographed, and then for years thoroughly researched the background of to have been the former
Amelia Earhart. It has even evolved into a state of being highly obvious anymore to those who have most thoroughly looked
into it. As well, where it does appear to be a still hidden certainty how the Gervais-photographed
Irene Craigmile was the former Amelia Earhart, the glaring question therefore becomes: What was the true identity of the 'early
1940s family identified Irene Craigmile,' where she too was so obviously not
the original Irene Craigmile? Where the whole Gervais claim was traditionally described
as 'conjecture' by opposing theorists, one might as well offer the true identity of the 'early 1940s family identified
Irene' to have been that of Amelia Earhart's 1924 out of wedlock born daughter, who was quietly taken in to be raised
by the original Irene Craigmile's O'Crowley family after Amelia suddenly
became famous in 1928. (See the description of 'Irene Jr.' found in the original Irene Craigmile's biography in
the 1982 News Tribune link.) The likely father was plane mechanic, Lloyd Royer... who had proposed to Amelia before she left
California in 1924. (She turned him down.) It's evident as well, how Amelia's long friendship with Lloyd Royer dating
back to when she first started flying in 1921, that included a business partnership and years of correspondence, is hardly
referenced in any of the biographies written about her.
In terms of high-level
political justification in the former Amelia Earhart's favor, there no doubt existed good reasons to protect her there
as well. As a known neutral pacifist, and one who also admired and regaled Japanese and oriental philosophies and cultures,
she more than likely remained legion with both Nipponese and U. S. ideals during the WWII era. Therefore, in order to protect
her iconic heroic 'American patriotic legacy,' it was no doubt thoroughly deemed by the FDR administration how the
person known as Amelia Earhart was to remain 'gone forever' in a historical sense, after she turned up missing in
1937. So much would have also necessarily been categorized with an Executive
Order Seal. One famous pilot even expressed the opinion in newsprint after the Gervais-Irene died in 1982, (Irene-Amelia)
of how the cover up dating back to the World War Two era was akin to a "Watergate" like scenario, where it actually
existed on a White House level. Thus the impenetrability and long held 'official silence' regard towards the Earhart
disappearance story. (Note the USA Today review quote pertaining to Randall Brink's 1994 book Lost Star, "...Brink writes of a vast cover-up that got as far as the White House...") With the
recent years gained information, and where 'official silence' did always greet Earhart loss questions in Washington
and Tokyo, such a dated executive branch cover-up anymore appears as plausible. Some Hidden Hitches With Facial Identity Comparisons
Why Detective Kevin Richlin and others 'necessarily' demure... To further
address the less-known realities of the situation, there is no doubt Irene-Amelia had opted for certain augmentations to adjust
her highly recognizable visage into one less recognizable. Beyond the time passage that naturally evoked her sartorial and
cosmetic changes, evidence of a deviated septum rhinoplasty procedure also appeared, as well as skin tucking, and cosmetic
dentistry applied to reduce the gap between her two front teeth. When any human identity expert worth his or her salt compares
Irene-Amelia's face to Amelia Earhart's of the 1930s, such past alterations are noticeable. Yet without the medical
records for the changes that took place being available, such 'experts' are hard pressed to offer a positive identity
placement based on facial comparisons alone. Hence, it also becomes essential to apply the entire long term forensic analysis
to the equation in order for one to determine its obvious 'final verdict,' something the National Geographic Society
and the Smithsonian Institute have avoided having to do since the study results were first made public in 2004. Therefore,
the reverse progression displayed in the 'Comparison Samples' link does evidence the specific facial changes Amelia
endured, in order for her to become less recognizable for who she once had been. Meanwhile from head to toe, with height,
arms and hands, legs and feet, handwriting and voice..., indeed with all evaluations so thoroughly examined, the 1945-1982
Irene Craigmile's person and Amelia Earhart's person from the 1930s do ultimately represent a thorough forensic match.
| Irene Craigmile Bolam, AKA Irene-Amelia |
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| True Age 80 Years, Early 1978 |
| As Anyone Can See... |
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| ...Amelia's Still In There |
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