Other
opposing Arguments Found On The Internet And Elsewhere....
Non-valid statements are repeatedly offered about Irene-Amelia. They're made by individuals
who pressure the media and the public into viewing her changed identity claim as a false one or an outright impossibility,
even though in real life it's actually true. Notice though, how not one of them represents any form of a U. S. historical
dictum guiding influence. Rather, they are mere private individuals urging their own 'cottage industry' opinions on
the story's less informed masses, in order to keep the Irene-Amelia truth from being recognized and accepted.
It's not so difficult for the objectively informed, to identify the private-sector steering committee long guiding
public opinion on this issue since the 1970s. For example, between 2002 and 2004 the newly discovered information about the
long held Irene-Amelia claim offered 'conclusive credence' to it, causing the network of anti 'Earhart survived'
campaigners to re-emerge and once again argue against it. Beyond the aforementioned Dr. Alex Mandel of the Ukraine, (who is
discussed more further down) here is a short-list of other 'media dominating' private citizen naysayers, along with
noteworthy organizations who remain curiously reserved, when asked to express their opinions on the Irene-Amelia debate:
Elgen Long: Nauticos figurehead and crashed and sank theorist, who
has argued against the Irene-Amelia claim since the 1970s.
Bill Prymak: 1989 founding president of the Amelia Earhart Society. 'Has argued against the Irene-Amelia
claim since the 1980s.
Richard Gillespie: Head of TIGHAR,
(a historical aircraft recovery group) has argued against the Irene-Amelia claim since the 1970s.
The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and the National Geographic Society: Both organizations have forever refused to openly participate in the Irene-Amelia
claim investigation, and favor the crashed and sank theory only.
The families of Irene Craigmile and Amelia Earhart: The families have traditionally not participated in
Earhart mystery solving efforts, while also dismissing the Irene-Amelia claim out of hand before seriously addressing it.
The 99s and Zonta Clubs: Amelia had been a prominent
member of both organizations. They've long refused to offer any insight or serious commentary on the Irene-Amelia claim.
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It is true how no official investigation
into the 1937 disappearance case of Amelia Earhart has ever been launched. The United States Government has traditionally
maintained its silence about it, and as the Smithsonian is linked to representing U. S. Government historical viewpoints,
so too has it never been permitted to conduct its own investigation into Earhart's so called 'mystery.' Still,
various individuals appear to represent a kind of 'official air' about themselves when discussing the Earhart mystery,
even though there is nothing official about them at all.
Before citing any opinions from the
above list, a brief question and answer session helps explain how American history facts are recorded for posterity.
First, here's a quote about the subject of 'history' itself made by 1920s & 30s Philosopher and Mathematician,
Dr. Alfred North Whitehead. It was pulled from his Yale and Harvard lectures from said era. It's simple, but worthy of
consideration:
"History is the expression of feelings peculiar
to humanity." Alfred North Whitehead
Question: When it comes
to how the recording of United States historical facts is accomplished, and what new factual declarations actually make their
way into academic textbooks, whom does the U. S. public citizenry turn to?
Answer:
The entities who control the official endorsement of United States historical dictum record keeping.
Question: Who are these "entities?"
Answer:
There are many. Among them is the Smithsonian Institute, The National Geographic Society, Ivy League and/or all college history
professors, (who conduct their own historical research studies to learn what they do, and then advance new important findings
for approval) and state, government, and national media influences just to name a few. Basically, in order to change the way
an important historical topic already exists as 'factually conveyed' in any academic text book, or almost any non-fiction
book for that matter... more than one of the above entities is almost always part of the influencing and approval process.
Again, curiously... although the Irene-Amelia conveyance is often referred to in non-fiction books and periodicals, nowhere has it ever been described as something that was ever outright 'disproved.'
Question: Who are the main combatants who most often raise their voices against the Irene-Amelia claim?
Answer: They are private
citizens only. For starters a good examination of the internet Wikipedia and Lost Flight of Amelia Earhart false diatribes of Alex Mandel, and Amelia
Earhart Society figureheads Ron Bright, Dave Horner, and Bill Prymak is recommended as their efforts, carefully thought out
and well written, still fall way short of conveying the forensic reality. Also, some past offerings of TIGHAR President Richard
Gillespie, and even some contradicting statements made from 2004 to 2006 by the original Irene Craigmile’s own Son,
Larry Heller among others are worth looking at. Not to mention Elgen Long, the crashed-and-sank theorist and long time friend
of Amelia's late Sister, Muriel Earhart Morrissey has been the one of the two main media-supported theorists ever since
Irene-Amelia died in 1982. The other one to receive the most media attention since the early 1990s is the TIGHAR club, that
pretty much invented its 'desert island castaway' theory based on unsubstantiated data and hearsay.
Of Interest...
One of the more noticeable things about the Irene-Amelia conveyance, is how hard
people in the private sector have campaigned against its acceptance EVER SINCE it came into public view in 1970. Those who
lead the charge seem to often come from the inner history realm, of long time Amelia Earhart status-quo historical legacy supporters. The lot of them includes since the 1970s and 1980s, the names listed above.
If one
asks the Smithsonian Institute about Irene-Amelia, they will dismiss the claim about her out of hand and support the crashed and sank theory
only. As well, the National Geographic Society admits how it is not allowed to state any mystery 'solving,' so when they report on
the Irene-Amelia claim they can only downplay it, or skirt the issue entirely. National Geographic answers to a higher call
when it comes to historical subject matters akin to the Earhart mystery nature; that
of preferred U. S. historical dictum record keeping. Again, such a preference has long dictated to leave the Earhart case
existing as 'a mystery' only. For no 'official or semi-official' entity representing the United States historical
dictum viewpoint, has ever been 'officially' authorized or permitted to investigate the Earhart case, in an effort
to help advance the solving of the so-called 'mystery' attributed to it.
Sweeping
it under the rug...
AES founding President, Bill Prymak
started the Amelia Earhart Society in 1989 with a goal in mind: To gain Joe Gervais as its most revered member. Mr. Prymak
would always include Joe Gervais on AES trip invites, would often finance the participation endeavors of Gervais and his Wife
Thelma, would honor Gervais ceremonially, and he was always open to boast the treasure trove of Gervais research regarding
Amelia Earhart... that his AES organization gained access to by virtue of Joe Gervais agreeing to become an AES member. However,
when it came to the most important research issue to Joe Gervais concerning Earhart’s story… that being his 1965 discovery and
later in-depth achieved awareness of how Amelia survived and changed her name to ‘Irene,’ Mr. Prymak was always
first to discourage other AES members about it, and to all but insist they not believe it.
So it is noticed once
again for review, how after Irene-Amelia died in 1982... and as the volumes of
combined 1960s and 1970s research of Paul Briand, Joe Gervais, and Fred Goerner were left to fade from memory, by the end
of the 1980s three new media-touted entities had taken over to dominate the Amelia Earhart research scene. They were:
(1.) Amelia’s
Sister Muriel’s friend in Elgen Long, who promoted the traditionally preferred by U. S. historical dictum "crashed
and sank" scenario.
(2.) Richard Gillespie’s TIGHAR group who supported Earhart’s newly introduced
"five hundred miles south of Howland Island, desert island ditching and starvation" scenario.
(3.) Bill Prymak’s
AES organization, that quietly invited curious researchers to look into the "Marshall Islands, Japan rescue and/or imprisonment
theory," while devoid of course, of endorsing Amelia's name-changed survival as Irene.
Curious, even though all
of the Irene-Amelia opposing theorists remained well aware of the Gervais ‘Irene-Amelia claim’ ...along with the fact it had never been disproved… they still commonly and vehemently
argued against it. And in recent years, the mentioned 'post 2002 emergence' of Dr. Alex Mandel, the fairly unknown
physicist from the Ukraine was hard not to notice.
As discussed, Dr. Mandel knowingly miss-conveyed
how the Irene Craigmile Bolam who Joe Gervais met among other famous pilots in 1965... was proven 'not' to have been
formerly known as Amelia Earhart. In other words, he more or less lied about it. For such a thing was never forensically concluded
by anyone. Yet Dr. Mandel managed to influence the esteemed Wikipedia into thinking it had
been done. He did so by falsely asserting and influencing Ms. Gwen Gale and others at Wikipedia into believing enough, how
after thirty-six years of scholarly debate over the Major Joe Gervais 'Irene-Amelia' claim, detective Kevin Richlin
finally put an end to it all. Again, said assertion was far from true. Still,
Wikipedia myopically bought into allowing Dr. Mandel's false Irene Craigmile Bolam depiction to advance it that way.
In
effect, Mandel's claim to Wikipedia of how Det. Kevin Richlin's limited and briefly expressed opinion brought an abrupt
end to the the thirty-six year old Irene-Amelia debate, was and remains an irresponsible overstatement.
On the internet Dr. Mandel also relentlessly challenges writers
of articles who demonstrate any support of, or curiosity towards the Irene-Amelia claim. Again though, few in the world of
Earhart research knew who Dr. Mandel was before 2002, the same year the multiple-Irenes discovery was made. He emerged from
the Amelia Earhart mystery woodwork so to speak, specifically to combat the recently re-introduced Gervais, Reineck, Swindell Irene-Amelia 'Forensic Conveyance.'
For more information on the 'Irene-Amelia' impassioned
rebuttals of Dr. Alex Mandel, on just about any search engine type in "Dr. Alex Mandel, Bolam." You'll be amazed
at what you find. For the last five years he has been curiously devoted to his own mission for some reason. And he worked
hard to provide the false biography of Irene Craigmile Bolam that actually found its way to be transcribed by Wikipedia.
As well AES
lead men Ron Bright, Dave Horner, and Bill Prymak additionally provided lengthy arguments to their AES followers, that go
overboard with a purpose of trying to persuade people not to believe in the Irene-Amelia conveyance.
Amy Kleppner of course, Amelia’s living
Niece always supported her Mother’s wish of endorsing Elgen Long’s efforts, as passively does the Smithsonian
Institute and the National Geographic Society. Almost curiously though, said two institutions are not allowed to become directly
involved in Earhart investigative research. Rather, they casually report on what private researchers say about the Earhart
mystery now and then.
Especially after the 1997-2004 Forensic Analysis took place and concluded what it did about
the Irene-Amelia conveyance, all of these above listed adversaries of the long held Gervais Irene-Amelia claim came out of
the woodwork and started fighting harder against it. To the point of strongly influencing National Geographic into believing
the study was nothing more than a slight of hand hoax-like charade... that should not be taken seriously.
It was
never advanced by Gervais theory opponents, how the sponsor of the study, Tod Swindell had engaged the original Irene Craigmile’s
Son, Larry Heller by contract, after making contact with him in 2004 and eventually enlisting his interest in an option arrangement.
Mr. Swindell taped his 2004 phone conversations with Larry Heller that ultimately led to the contractual agreement
between them, with ten thousand dollars paid in 2006 to option Mr. Heller’s version of his Mother’s life story.
The decision was made to do such a thing, because in 2004 Mr. Heller admitted in conversation how he was aware of more than
one woman having been identified as his Mother in the 1982 Woodbridge, New Jersey News Tribune, via the series that profiled
his Mother’s life story juxtaposed to Amelia Earhart's. In the recorded phone conversation, Heller and Swindell
are heard discussing the issue of the woman in the 1982 series who was not the same Irene Craigmile Bolam who Joe Gervais
met and photographed in 1965. To Swindell's question, “Do you know who the other woman was?” Mr. Heller replies,
“I can’t tell you her name, but I will advise her of this phone call.”
Mr. Heller’s reply
conveyed two things: (1.) Mr. Heller was aware of how the 1982 Tribune series featured more than one woman identified as his
mother, and (2.) He knew the other woman, was aware she was still living, and he was in touch with her. As well though,
Mr. Heller would not share any ‘who and where’ information about her.
Mr. Heller was not expecting
Mr. Swindell’s call and began the first conversation by asking him “How did you get my number?” Mr.
Heller also explained how he was in the middle of a garage sale at his Huntington, Long Island home that he would soon be
moving from, and he asked to be called back, which Mr. Swindell did. Then, they spoke more at length. Swindell is heard advising
Mr. Heller of the forensic study results, and of the new book out by Rollin Reineck that regarded Mr. Heller’s Mother’s
curious life story. Mr. Heller interrupted the conversation early on to stress how he was not the Son of Amelia Earhart, and
how he would “take a DNA test to prove it.” Mr. Swindell replied how he already knew Mr. Heller was the Son of
the original Irene Craigmile, not of Amelia Earhart.
After learning of such a contact with Mr. Heller, AES President
Bill Prymak became noticeably upset. By the following year he had encouraged an AES cohort of his, one Dave Horner to contact
Mr. Heller as well. Mr. Heller's account changed from that point on. For example, even though the forensic analysis (not
to mention the testimonials of people who knew her) clearly displays Amelia and Irene-Amelia at the exact same height, David
Horner finagled Mr. Heller into only recalling his true Mother’s height as about 5’2”, even though it was
clear the Irene Craigmile Bolam who Gervais met was 5’7” to 5’8” at least, just as Amelia had been.
During Mr. Horner's interview with him, Mr. Heller also defied there was anything malevolent or suspicious about his Mother’s
past. Ultimately, this shows how closely guarded the Irene-Amelia story has always been, and how whenever a significant advancement
was made on it, adversaries swiftly arose to defile them with broad strokes.
A final example of turnabout can
be found in the 2006 recorded conversation that took place at Mr. Heller’s Manhattan Attorney’s office. On tape
Mr. Swindell is heard reminding Mr. Heller of their 2004 conversation, and how Mr. Heller acknowledged that he knew more than
one woman was identified as his Mother in the 1982 Tribune series. To such a comment Mr. Heller can be heard loudly retorting,
“No!” almost before Mr. Swindell finished making his remark. Of course, this was just moments after he acknowledged
the 'early 1940s family identified Irene Craigmile' only, as the 'Mother'
he recalled from his early childhood, while adding he'd "never seen" the 1945 Zonta photo bearing the likeness
of the '1945-1982 identified Irene Craigmile,' who Joe Gervais met
in 1965. In any case, it all ended with a paid-dearly-for signed contract with Larry Heller, along with the new issue concerning
his future lack-of-ease while discussing his Mother's 'plural identity' equation.
Curious
as well… in late 2002 Bill Prymak had been one of the original recipients of the preliminary forensic study-analysis
that was co-sponsored, co-orchestrated, and mostly conducted at that time by Mr. Swindell. After a month of evaluating the
study, here is a reproduced excerpt from the reply Bill Prymak sent to Tod Swindell about the study's initial results,
that included the discovery of more that one identified Irene Craigmile Bolam:
“Tod, this is your creation,
nobody else’s. My personal feelings… stay the course… your current product will not diminish by protecting
it, for the moment, from the tumultuous events certain to befall you if you go public… nourish your product, refine
it, let’s meet in Vegas… (soon!!)”
[NOTE: This was already five years after Mr. Swindell had been sharing
with Bill Prymak, other Irene-Amelia forensic study offerings that included her image and handwriting. The reference to the
specific ‘creation’ Prymak refers to, is the plural Irene Craigmile Bolams discovery in the photographed life-history
of her person. Gene Tissot, whose comments can be read in the Testimonials link, refers to the same discovery. Tissot and
Reineck had received duplicates of the same study Bill Prymak did.]
Bill Prymak continued: “Public acceptance of
your work at this time may be tenuous. Wait until you can strengthen your position…. I believe in you… Rollin
believes in you… we have to get the rest of the world to believe in you… so mature your product towards this
goal… Bill"
[Note: In the autumn of 2001 Rollin Reineck persuaded Bill Prymak to invest $2,500 into
Mr. Swindell's Beyond 37' Irene-Amelia documentary film project and on-going forensic study and investigative research
analysis. Both Reineck and Prymak did individually invest said amount into the project, that was otherwise entirely self-underwritten
by Mr. Swindell. Ironically, not long after the Beyond 37'/Swindell forensic study confirmed the past shared identity
of Irene Craigmile Bolam in November of 2002, that was followed by Eugene Tissot's, Reineck's, and Mr. Prymak's
complimentary responses to Mr. Swindell, (also see 'Press Notices' link) Mr. Prymak refused to use his Amelia Earhart
Society media influence to make the results public, and he soon demanded his investment back from Mr. Swindell.]
No
doubt, Bill Prymak was doing his best to persuade Mr. Swindell not to 'go public' with his study results. And
after replying this way, by early 2003 Bill Prymak had launched a campaign of silence and disregard towards what the study
results conveyed. He refused to share or endorse the results to other AES members, and by 2004 he was describing Mr. Swindell
to other Amelia Earhart researchers as "an amateur" and a person of 'questionable' and 'unreliable'
character. He no longer inner-faced with Mr. Swindell at all, and by 2006 he too had influenced the National Geographic Society’s
program (Mr. Prymak’s name is in the credits) to not display the 2002 discovery of the plural Irene Craigmile
Bolams, while endorsing the engagement of the less research informed police forensic detective, Kevin Richlin.
Today, at the various internet locations one can read the overboard persuasive and lengthy commentaries focused solely
on trying to convince people, to never take the Irene-Amelia claim seriously, and to make sure the 1997-2004 forensic study
results are only described as lacking credibility... where at all linked to the efforts of Amelia Earhart researchers Gervais,
Reineck, and Swindell.
About Wikipedia’s falsely portrayed “Irene Craigmile Bolam” biography,
(go to Wikipedia and type in ‘Irene Craigmile Bolam’) see the Mandel-Prymak influenced life story account of Irene
Craigmile Bolam posted after the National Geographic Special the two influenced aired. Realize
at the same time however, within the context of the false Wikipedia biography of Irene Craigmile Bolam, you’re
also looking at a nice photo of the former Amelia Earhart.
(I. E. To hide something valuable by placing it right
under people's noses.)
For the “The Lost Flight Of Amelia
Earhart” motion picture project and anti Gervais, Reineck, Swindell tirade essays... Google “The Lost Flight of
Amelia Earhart” and “Irene Bolam” with “Mandel.” This was also provided by AES President Prymak
and Alex Mandel, Pat Gaston, and Dave Hoerner.
As far as the long time steering of historical misconception goes, and the long term anti Irene-Amelia fulminations
of Bill Prymak, Richard Gillespie and a few of their sedulous devotees found on the internet…. there’s plenty
of this kind of thing out there. Feel free to take a look, although realize as well, how conveying the real historical truth
about Irene-Amelia appears to have little to do with their common objective(s).
